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They were human beings just like us, and I think it is safe to bet the farm that love in all its forms was also present back in Assyria. Arguably, any form of 'urban love' -- from prostitute to thine neighbor's wife or daughter/son of wrong family -- likely found its first expression in levant in Assyria.

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/688/love-sex-and-marria...

(that slave-master dialogue reminded of a chat gpt session .. how to prompt your slave for accurate feedback, circa 2000 BC)

Satisfied customers are less inclined to write reviews.

Being a scribe probably had an anti-social selection bias.

What will people think of us in 4000 years when they unearth 4chan archives?

They will either swiftly throw it back into the dust whence it came, or they will immortalise it as new scripture. Depends on the direction of future society, really.

4chan was a source of pranks and laughter.

Tumblr was a source of fragility and fearful censorship.

And, thanks to Twitter, Tumblr won.