Hello /sci/. This isn't necessarily /sci/ related, but it's a discussion I'd like to have amongst /sci/ folks.

I have recently developed a pretty profound disdain for the common man. It started before covid, but I fear the extra isolation has only exacerbated issues.

I'm sure most of you here are introverted and tend to isolate - i'd also wager that most of you aren't fond of most people (even by 4chan's standards). Things like people's lack of awareness, selfish priorities and willful ignorance disillusion me consistently.

But I don't want to be disdainful anymore. I was always a little, but I used to be more ambivalent. That's what I want again - to feel ambivalent.

/Sci/entists who have dealt with alienation, lack of meaningful communication from those around you or have standards in excess of most people's - how do you stay tethered to society?