Why does the internet take everything to the extreme?

[King Khufu]

I know about social programming. Keep mind control, make things exciting with all the latest gossip talk. Let it trend in internet memory. Marketing blah blah blah. Zzzzz

But seriously, why do people entertain it on a serious note? All the racial and gender bashing stuff.
Is everyone that bored with themselves or just dulled out from having their fill of internet?