"Wish we could turn back time to the good old days
when our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out"

(Twenty One Pilots, 2015)

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"People here are different from us. The Spanish sometimes seem as if they were upset about something..."

(A venezuelan migrant in Madrid, 2019)

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• Did you ever feel any pressure at the ALDI checkout?
  Did you discard the thought of paying exactly to get rid of unwanted coins and paid with one bill instead? Or did you notice that old lady getting insecure over not being able to keep pace? Did you experience a subtle pressure from folks next in line when you entered your PIN wrongly twice?
   

• Did you notice more passive-aggressive behavior around you? Eg. when someone replies to whatever statement you just made with an overtly critical sounding "What do you mean by that???" (ideally accompanied with a frown of his forehead). Such reactions don't result from what you said but from a certain, negative state of mind - which usually hardly leaves room for pleasant communication or common ground.
   

• Did you ever notice somebody pressing their lips together when they really should give you a smile?
   

• When was the last time you picked up a magazine, started a small talk, or simply did nothing when you were waiting at the doctor's?
   

• Do you sometimes send a message if it is allright to call now - instead of simply calling straightaway?
   

• Do you just have to check your phone when it vibrates - even if you are in a cinema or driving your car? Or if not - how long can you resist not to check your mobile when you know there is "news" - or even when don't? Can you remember at least once ignoring or even forgetting your phone signaled and you just found that message some hours later?
   

• Have you ever been ghosted (ie. someone simply stopped messaging with you without notice)? Did it drive you mad, did you get used to it or are you ghosting others yourself? 
   

• Did you ever took a detour when stuck in traffic even though you kind of knew it would not really be any faster? Do you sometimes honk at someone in front of you but generally hate being honked at?
   

• Did you ever write a flaming negative Amazon seller rating just because the seller made a simple mistake? Did you ever wonder if such feedback was fair if you were the seller?
   

• How many times are you tracking some parcel before it arrives? 

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How would you feel about all this if you imagine yourself being time warped from the 70s or 80s to today's world?

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Did you ever wonder why there is a growing feeling of dissatisfaction and hate in our societies?

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• Burnout

• Road rage

• Digital dopamine

• Helicopter parents

• Karoshi

• FOMO

• Populism

• Protest voting

• Ghosting

• Smombie

• Resting bitch face

• Phantom vibration syndrome (aka ringxiety)
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/appy.12164

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