Driving off someone from being online, as a troll, because it gives you a thrill.
This is an awfully specific flex, but it is a flex nonetheless, that people do feel to boast about. Because it’s just another form of a power-trip. Congratulations, you’ve driven away someone who could’ve been a contributory member of a community to make yourself feel better by orchestrating lies, performing witch hunts and huddling with your troll buddies in ways to figure out how to process this.
There’s nothing prideful about this to flex over.
The typical bullshit midwestern work ethic “I just worked 30 billions hours of overtime this week!”
As a European, I thought that was a universal American thing.
Where I come from, the opposite attitude exists - you’re supposed to enjoy life and take it easy.
As an Amercan who has worked AND enjoyed life, my employer over here was less than thrilled with the idea that my life didn’t revolve around my job.
Not entirely the USA, and older generations tended to embody it more.
I have a brother-in-law who picks up as much overtime as he can and brags about how little sleep he is able to get. My response is always: “that’s not the flex you think it is, you exploited bastard!”