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Do you feel like it was easier to talk to folks 10 years ago? (piefed.social)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago

I would be a poor judge of this. I was one of the closed-off people earlier and life, but have opened up over the years as I've become a bit more self-assured and less concerned with how people see me. I still tend to prefer individual pursuits, though.

But there does seem to be a lot of loneliness going around, particularly with my kids' generation and the elderly. Speaking to the former, it seems to stem from incessant online scrutiny following them around everywhere and causing them to withdraw into safer modes of limited social interaction. And I thought my high school experience was hell. It's very sad.

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