Viruses..Why?..What's the point?

I want to know what exactly is the point of people making viruses. Do the people that make them have an inferiority complex? Does it make them feel 'L33T' to see that their creation has infected so many people? What makes a person sit down and write a program that's sole purpose is to make the lives of everyone else miserable? Are the creators that miserable in their own lives that they feel the need to share their misery? Misery loves company right? Better yet, are they that pathetic and anti-social that they have nothing better to do than cause trouble? Read on over here at Think Computers.