How can it be, for example, that implying something in a weird passive–aggressive way is the default technique when trying to get something done for you? How is it in any way possible that one of the best ways to nurture and feed a friendship is to ask another person ‘How are you doing?’ incessantly without properly listening to the answer? How is it that isolation – being left with only one’s thoughts – is a widespread trope for unhappiness, of all things?
