Maybe it always was. But smartphones and social media definitely pushed it a lot. You can even see it here, whenever people get downvoted just for posting some

Maybe it always was. But smartphones and social media definitely pushed it a lot. You can even see it here, whenever people get downvoted just for posting something that is too uncomfortable (e.g. bcs it's criticism that touches their own lifestyle, ...). There are ripple effects everywhere. Nowadays it's like yoi said: People are often explicitly proud to be stupid.