In my experience, yes. Try discussing in an impassioned manner something of importance to the human race, or of life and death importance to the human you are s

In my experience, yes. Try discussing in an impassioned manner something of importance to the human race, or of life and death importance to the human you are speaking to, and watch how quickly people will change the subject to whining about your "attitude" or fixating on some curse word you used, rather than the important subject at hand.