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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoThat explains the boomers and the older cohort of Gen X but it really doesn’t explain consistently dropping educational success in the past 20 years.
Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Covid. It can cross the brain barrier. Losing your sense of taste and smell is a sign of brain damage. A nurse on reddit who works with Covid patients said they noticed an increase in irrational aggressive behaviour.
whaleross@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It could also be conditioning and culture. A lot of American culture seems to be centered on the ego, the satisfaction of the ego and then a very fast escalation to anger and violence if the ego is perceived to be threatened.
I don’t think it is realistic to wish it go away with the generation exposed to lead paint. And I doubt it is productive to make microplastics the new excuse.