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I’d walk that back to the first trump campaign. That’s when assholes decided it was ok to come out of the closet and abandon all pretenses at having any objective reasoning behind it. The whole “snowflake”, “liberal tears”, and “fucking the country up is ok as long as it pisses off the libs” thing really got rolling.

Don’r forget, we had trump convoys harassing people, nazis at protests starting fights, laws made so that it is ok to run over protesters…. Yeah, the shitty behavior thing was in full swing prior to Covid.

Everybodys got their head shoved up their ass.

Main character syndrome is rampant.

Well that’s rude of them to say…

COVID definitely made me more misanthropic.

Covid was the the grand reveal of what average americans actually are.

And 50% of average americans are self centered, hateful pieces of shit that deserve a fist shoved down their throat and a red hot rod shoved up their ass.

25% are genuinely decent people who would make any sacrifice to protect people they've never will, and probably never would meet.

and the remaining 25% make a big show of trying to decide between which one of these two groups of people are the actual good people. (and then, regardless of who they say or how they act, end up perfectly in line with the 50% )

I always knew deep down inside that most people are shit head assholes.

Covid brought me a lot of validation in those feelings.

The other thing people are missing is that Covid came about during trumps presidency and it was Trump that TRULY showed me how fucking abhorrent a huge amount of people are in this country.

As a result I have a lot less respect and regard for the common person.

Let me tell you why I'm rude.

I'm standing in line for a return at Target. This old karen with a "Grandma for Trump" shirt on walks up behind me.

I've been waiting for at least 10 minutes and nobody is there. I've got all the time in the world, the workers have seen me, all good.

Karen starts bitching to me about how the "lazy n****rs" won't serve her here. it's happened tons of times.

I look this old bitch in the face and say, "fuck off you racist old cunt. nobody owes you shit."

she got all red in the face and sulked off to whatever crackden she crawled out of.

I'm rude, because of the audacity of racist white old fucks who just need to mix their meds juuuust right for the deep sleep.

if y'all racist pos are that fucking miserable, do the world a favor and fuck right off to a hole in the ground.

COVID, or the response to COVID, broke a lot of people's brains.

I mean I don't know a lot of people actively wanted to kill others because they decided it was a fucking hoax and some of them literally went to their deathbeds while risking doctors' and nurses' lives via exposure to them.

Something emboldened the stupid to be monstrously pig-headed and arrogant about being stupid, and guess what, the people with an education are absolutely sick of their loser ass bullshit.

You don't negotiate or play nice with idiots whose stupidity can and will fucking kill you and your loved ones and even the ones doling out medical care to the idiots. Nah, this is the world they asked for. Done pandering to pansies who can't face fucking reality because it makes them feel stupid. Guess what, you are stupid. Get used to it, nimrod, or get a fucking education.

Japan as well. One theory is that people realized how much nicer it was to have work-life balance and not be jammed on overcrowded rush hour trains only to be forced back to it

Customer service rep here. Can confirm.

America has hollowed out its public school system, and then wonders why products of that system have reduced in quality?

Its all the drain bamage.

32% say it’s sometimes acceptable to play music out loud

I can't say I'm surprised by the revelation that 32% of people need to fuck off and die, I just didn't think that it would br for this.

I don't think people have been parenting at all for over thirty years and as a result we have become a nation of self unaware entitled shitbags with IQ's in the double digits at best.

Idiocracy is fucking real life.

Because of COVID, or just within the last few years? I'm not sure the rudeness was caused purely by the pandemic, because gestures broadly

People have been saying that the world is getting ruder for thousands of years. I didn't see anywhere in the article where they compared this finding to that baseline.

I always felt it was because of 'social norms' (the unwritten non-laws we all conduct ourselves by) have eroded away in the age of Trump, enhancing the normal angst the two 'culture war' sides have for each other, releasing people from acting civilly with each other. Throw in the new age of corporate 'conflict bots' on social media, and things get amped up even more.

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No. Started before pandemic.

Been brewing for 100yrs or better.

Largest recent notable change was when Chump gave permission/encouragement to "people" to be public assholes starting the Cult of Chump.

And it's gone downhill from there.

I'd definitely agree, especially regarding driving. Last summer I was talking with my insurance agent, and wondering why auto insurance rates were going through the roof, to which he responded that accidents are surging. I live in a small town, and haven't really seen to much of an increase. Then I went down to visit my mom last weekend, and holy shit now I know what they're talking about. People driving like absolute lunatics, much worse than when I lived down there, especially during rush hour. Another side note, COVID broke people experiencing concerts. It used to be people dancing, moshing, singing along, etc. Now, people just stand there, usually on their phones, and look at you like a nutjob if you dance. I saw David Gilmore at the Hollywood Bowl a few months ago, and aside from people talking straight through the show (which happened even before COVID because people have always sucked), most of the crowd was sitting still in their seats, and the people behind us got mad when we were standing. It was weird. Like I know that Gilmore attracts an older crowd these days, but still, it's David freaking Gilmore.

Are we sure this isn't just recency bias? Pretty sure people have been very rude for a long time

This past summer I was on mass transit and some asshole was smoking a blunt. On the fucking subway car.

I could be nice.... for money.

Tons more road rage

I have much less tolerance for morons.

They also can’t fucking drive to save their own lives and are constantly checking their phone at red lights.