Being opposed to any unscheduled interaction with other people is being way too normalized in all areas of life. It’s fine to be an introvert but having nobody ever talk to you isn’t like, a normal thing to expect or want. Put down the phones! https://t.co/M0xWHLsGXX

— Cartoons Hate Her! (@CartoonsHateHer) March 15, 2025

I’m as introverted as they come and when I am out in public, I do not expect to never have an interaction with another human being. This is, frankly, a fucking insane Gen Z bullshit expectation. And is part of the HR-ization of culture we should all be battling against. The feminist “no one should talk to anyone in public ever because some random woman who is probably overly-neurotic anyway might perhaps perceive it as harassment” has gone way, way too fucking far.

A few years ago I was at Wal-Mart looking for Christmas stuff. I spent way too long looking for the bows. For some reason and anomalously, they were placed near all the lawn mowing-related paraphernalia. As I was taking the long walk back to the cashier section a woman approached me and said, “Hey, can I ask you where you got those bows? I’ve been all over this store three times and I cannot find them.”

I said, “I know! They hid them well. They’re near the lawn and garden section by all the lawn mowing stuff. I can’t imagine why.”

And she laughed and thanked me. I was glad to help her as I’d spent 15 minutes looking for them myself.

I guess that sort of casual interaction is going to get less and less common now as people retreat into this world.