Its just a normal human emotion towards members of your own tribe. I transitioned out from tech into biotech, and I would probably feel the same if people level

Its just a normal human emotion towards members of your own tribe. I transitioned out from tech into biotech, and I would probably feel the same if people leveled accusations against all tech people. I am not interested in an intellectual monk like existence. Our subjectivity is what makes us human. But to answer your question, I have no way of knowing where you're coming from other than the information you volunteer. Its no different than me calling my own brother ugly, versus a random person on the street calling my brother ugly. Those statements 'hit' differently. Similarly, you having a frank conversation with your buddies is not comparable to other conversations with strangers on the internet.