Is the general public getting stupider or am i getting smarter?? I love my cousin to bits but every time he speaks, i lose brain cells. I didn’t always think he was this dumb. I find a-lot of people are too dumb to interact with lately so i stay in my house, alone, typing code and laughing at Netflix. Am i the problem?

probably both, glitch from too much coding...

Probably you are part of the problem too, but it's not just you.

I also feel the general populace is getting progressively dumber, to the point you don't want to interact with them ever.

Probably has to do with the systematic eradication of critical thinking in our society, and the recent trend of instantaneous gratification culture people are growing in.

But dunno, I'm not a sociologist and thank Satan, because if I were, I'd end up in a killing spree or something...

I think you are indeed quite intelligent, this means you keep building knowledge that allows you to get better in applying that intelligence. Your interests likely are beyond beer, meat, woman and countries most popular sports or faking intagramable moments. Further increasing the gap.
If you are anything like me you are also part of the problem; the tolerance of stupid and waist of time/space gets less and less.

Nothing changed, you just happened to notice something. You are still just as dumb though.

what once has been seen can not be made unseen again.

No, society didn't change much. It just became more visible - and now you know...

@electrineer yup and that’s okay. Looks like i am no dumber than you or all the other dumbasses here.

@witchDev that's exactly what the general public would think