Some people enjoy having their heartstrings tugged. Others don’t. What causes people to feel sympathy differs from person to person. I remember reading some twe

Some people enjoy having their heartstrings tugged. Others don’t. What causes people to feel sympathy differs from person to person. I remember reading some tweet from Chrissy Teigen before she stopped tweeting complaining about a restaurant serving her a $10,000 bottle of wine without mentioning the price when she asked for something that went well with her dish. Not my kind of problem but it annoyed her. No doubt there are Americans from generational wealth who could write about their discomfort dealing with Brits of similar status in Britain, not knowing all the correct shibboleths. People feel alienated all the time, everywhere. I felt alienated from my classmates all through primary and secondary school. I got to university and found my people. Not fitting in and figuring out how to fit in is a really common experience. Right now there’s some black kid who’s really, really into metal going to his first live gig and he’s feeling awkward because he doesn’t know anyone and when he does he’ll pronounce something wrong or say cool instead of based or something. There’s an American kid at his first day at a school in Britain who’s going to get called a Yank. There’s a leftist kid going to his first demonstration who’s going to get called a TERF. This is a thing that happens.