> Oscar Wilde once wrote that “Each man kills the thing he loves”. I don’t know exactly what Wilde meant by that, but our collective attention and obsession, amplified by the speed and intensity of the internet & social media, tends to ruin the things we love: authors, musicians, restaurants, actors, beloved movies, vacation spots, artists, democracies, and even a tree that became too famous to live.
This is exactly true, and one of the more important reasons to use a pseudonym online and avoid social media. Any attention you get is at best short-lived, and at worst dangerous.
The tree is gone because someone out there is has internalized some disturbing feelings and he (because it's probably a male) is incapable of dealing with them in a productive way. You can replace tree for almost any deviant online behavior, which encourages the feelings without satisfying them.
This is exactly true, and one of the more important reasons to use a pseudonym online and avoid social media. Any attention you get is at best short-lived, and at worst dangerous.
The tree is gone because someone out there is has internalized some disturbing feelings and he (because it's probably a male) is incapable of dealing with them in a productive way. You can replace tree for almost any deviant online behavior, which encourages the feelings without satisfying them.