Here's a story that explores similar ground.

Divided by Infinity

It's in The Perseids and Other Stories By Robert Charles Wilson

We don't do respect around here, meat.

What's a "commercial break"? Arrrrrrr!

Actually I don't know anybody who hates trans people. Tbf it's a pretty dull subject.

Downloading both immediately

Thank you very much

Fiend Without a Face 1958

Vintage claymation

Google keep. That yellow thing. Take notes constantly. SO useful. And voice to text. Wow

Is it inherently bad? Out of control? Something else?

Hypothetically, one could step away from the whole internet/media/information system. Stick with firsthand experience and the testimony of trusted friends.

To what degree would that include "science"?

What would that look like. Amish?

It was a wrong turn anyway, so I edited it. Sorry. I hoped to catch it before you replied.

But my point was the arrogance and disrespect. I find it shocking. The actual form of the insult was secondary.

Agreed

That was the original idea for alien. The aliens are actually this advanced cultured race. But they get crazy in childhood and puberty.