Entitled jerkness does seem to be increasing, but there's been a step change since covid. Millions of damaged brains, now with a predisposition for aggression and confrontation. Add in guns, and....libertarian paradise?
It's important to remember that the social media megasites that have sucked all the oxygen out of the internet are designed for anger, aggression, confrontation. That Facebook lady who testified to Congress put it on public record, though there's been ample evidence for some time. The sites push out what it thinks will make you angry, want to fire off a thoughtless comment, get in a dumb fight with strangers. They can show you more ads that way. Capitalists rejoice!
These kinds of brusque (to put it lightly) people have always been with us, but 40+ years of that Reagan neoliberalism has so degraded civil society there's no cushion left. Everywhere you go is raw nerves.
Entitled jerkness does seem to be increasing, but there's been a step change since covid. Millions of damaged brains, now with a predisposition for aggression and confrontation. Add in guns, and....libertarian paradise?
It's important to remember that the social media megasites that have sucked all the oxygen out of the internet are designed for anger, aggression, confrontation. That Facebook lady who testified to Congress put it on public record, though there's been ample evidence for some time. The sites push out what it thinks will make you angry, want to fire off a thoughtless comment, get in a dumb fight with strangers. They can show you more ads that way. Capitalists rejoice!
These kinds of brusque (to put it lightly) people have always been with us, but 40+ years of that Reagan neoliberalism has so degraded civil society there's no cushion left. Everywhere you go is raw nerves.
They are present in real life too! This one woman - I could NOT believe it. So horrible. Totally rude, a complete loser.