Rick says-- I was at Dollar Store today and waiting in a long line, it was easier to drum up a bit of small talk with person in front and behind but both shut down with stone cold silence despite my friendly demeanor, honed by years of sales experience. People are f------g scared lately, no matter what. You can feel it. Neither had masks on-- but they're likely vaxxed-- I've seen reports where vaxxed people are becoming sociopathic. My encounter cannot confirm that obviously but today's encounters were consistent with that theory. I'm rarely unable to drum up small talk with a joke or two but today led to stone cold silence for at least a good three minutes while waiting for the line up to shorten... with no further attempts. SOAB!

But then what else would we expect from alien insectoid invasions? It's not like you can have a conversation with the mind of a digital preying mantis.