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One of my rules for real life friends is that, if someone ever says "I hate you" when I tell them good news, they are not someone I want to be friends with. I believe that there is a genuine lack of support in that type of jest. If someone is my friend, their tragedy is my sorrow and their triumph is my joy.
I honestly think the internet has raised a lot of people's sense of who they are competitive. So you'll get some teenager in the middle of nowhere feeling crazy envious of some pop star getting attention. People can't identify their peer groups any more and this makes the sort of people who need that more hateful.
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