Serious What's with the hazing*?

*I don't know what else to call it

What I am talking about is the shouts like "It's [username]'s birthday today! Message them!" or "[username] is doing a giveaway! Message them to enter!"

It's obviously not their birthday and they're probably not doing a giveaway, the entire point is to annoy them by flooding their chat.

Why do we do this? If it's meant to be funny, it's not very good at its job.

 

Absolutely aimless yap inbound:

Spoiler: Yap that repeats you but with more words

Yeah, those kinds (primarily the birthday ones because they seem the least genuine) of shouts always oddly gave me frat house vibes..? I can't get the right words out of my head to really explain it, but it feels just pointless to me- is harassment the goal? Maybe my flavor of potential autism prohibits me from seeing what's so funny idk.

An attempt to make it make sense:

Spoiler: The real answer is probably 'cause it's funny lol'

1- misery loves company, and they get to hurt their target, as well as everyone's brain currently forced to view their Silly and Original Prank.
2- they have no idea how to form a thought of their own and think preteen-style-bullying-esque tactics are peak comedy.
3- something something "love to hear yourself talk" something something "any attention/publicity is good attention/publicity"?