Not defending this douchnozzle but, IMO, we were all equally retarded. We just didn't have access to the world to show our retardedness like these kids do.
My wife and I were talking about this yesterday but about bullying. When we were kids, kids got bullied but, for the most part, they only had to worry about it during school hours. Today's kids, if they're targets, can't get away from it because the bullying goes online and spreads across the world. Look at the "I can count to potato" girl. While the bullying didn't affect her directly and she didn't even know about it for years, the entire world has been laughing at her for years.