Out in the cold cruel, real, world, they would be and laughed at.
Only because we all live lavish lives and have tons of free time to ponder our lives and come up with new ways to express ourselves, can people be allowed to be nutty and this insanity to become mainstream.
These dweebs aren't "mainstream". They're evidence that the internet is a two edged sword. It gives me (Christian, Patriot) an international soap box from which to speak.
It also gives them an international soap box from which to speak.