Why are people so grumpy and cynical today?
Generally speaking many people are grumpy, cynical, busy, and unfriendly today. Especially in the United States, towards the northeast or southwest. How can people stay happy and optimistic and productive, with all of this cynisism around and grumpiness? It’s clear those people don’t care or are just frustrated/angry. Maybe they’re miserable and they’re out to anger others. That’s fine, as it’s their problem, but we have a whole society full of these types. What’s causing this shift in attitudes/morals/values, and general mood? Is it lack of God, questionable mental health, just plain ol’ trashiness and hatred? I ask myself these questions, pondering sometimes while I’m driving around, or while I’m at the mall, trying to figure out why the people around me are so afraid, shallow, shady, weird, just basically unpleasant people. I have better things to do than to get discriminated against, or deal with other people’s bad attitudes, but it’s very in-your-face. The current media is a very