There is humor in all of this, but underlying the humor is something very sad. The sad lesson is that the electronic world is not any different than the physical world. Human beings have a penchant to exclude And exclusion, no matter where it exists, is destructive and ugly. Perhaps you can recall a time when you were excluded from a group or club or activity, as an adult or child. Perhaps you can recall the assault your self-esteem took, how angry you were at those who excluded you , how harsh life seemed.
Many men can recall the pain of being excluded from a school team.
The columnist Bob Greene remembers the time he was cut. I was twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and I had tried out for the junior high school basketball team. It was a cut list. The seventh grade coach had put it up on the board. My name was not on the list.