Online or offline. News keeps reporting about loneliness and disconnection, but in my experience it’s just that it’s harder to interact with people in a civil way because they are so hostile, angry, and arrogantly convinced their viewpoints and experiences are the only legitimate ones.
Not to mention the lack of civility towards servers and other service workers. I can’t recall if I was just indifferent 10 years ago, but on a almost daily basis it blows my mind how openly rude many people are to servers and such, which seemed like a much more rare thing when I was younger.
That’s so bizarre. Funnily enough my experiences is also always regarding my dog.
Used to go biking with my dog, and old people would always want to give me a piece of their mind for it, because it was so dangerous. I had an tachymeter, I knew how fast he could and should run, we had all the tools, and he is trained to do so. He’s part husky, he is literally bred to run.
Granted, these things have been few and far between. Most people leave you alone, and the few that don’t tend to be nice.