Almost half of Americans say people have gotten ruder since the COVID-19 pandemic
www.pewresearch.org
Many Americans perceive a rise in rude behavior, and 34% say they see it almost always or often when they go out in public.

Five years after the coronavirus outbreak, many Americans say public behavior in the United States has changed for the worse, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The problem is that this theory is incomplete. What actually makes them become a total asshat on the internet is no real social consequences for being so. Being banned isn’t actually a deep social consequence. Especially when you can just use a VPN and spin up a new email, and then a new account, basically infinitely. So while the initial point of anonymity is part of it, the deeper part of it is lack of real social consequences for such behavior, enabling shitty behavior long-term.