Why Is Everyone So Angry?

 I interviewed a dozen or so of the respondents about their experiences. As with so many things in the pandemic, It was clear that reality had begun to shift, and that what once would have been horrifying — this outpouring of rage against a backdrop of constant, low-grade mistrust — had become the new normal. As the storekeeper with the tantrum-y customer told me: “You’re looking at someone and thinking, ‘I don’t think this is about the cheese.’”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/insider/why-is-everyone-so-angry-we-investigated.html