Oh god no, I don't talk to people in public any more.
I have repeatedly gotten "oldman yells from porch" angry when seeing a string of "peak"s and "absolute cinema"s in the comments under any form of media which, at best, can only claim it wasn't trying to sell me something. I won't get further into that because it's not productive and probably sounds elitist.
Somehow, without the aid of nuclear devestation, people have managed to reset to Year 0. Just "rediscovering" shit that already existed as if it's new tech. And then try to sell it to people.
It'd almost be funny if it didn't make me so fuckin mad.
You're not wrong but we've already had enough fascists not feeling ashamed to air heinous ideas publicly in the US. Shame isn't a good, universal metric because some people don't feel it and will weaponize that.
I already lack the energy required to try and explain how you've created an unnecessary division.
Small talk is just talking about unimportant things, because it can be considered impolite to start digging into the core of stranger's identity while you're both waiting in line. Sounds to me like you're putting your discomfort around strangers on small talk.
I am also an introvert. I've just put effort into trying to continue conversations.
I used to have dreams
Work is a drag
But I guess I have memes
Roses are red