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> if I'm not connected with who they want. it means that the pleasantries of the social interaction was a total farce - the "personal connection"? 100% grade A bullshit. The acrimony and inhumanity of it disgusts me.

This made me laugh. I'm not sure about the tech scene specifically, but LA in general has this reputation for the entire city & cited as the main motivation by everyone I know that has moved away from it.

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>polite people who couldn't care less about you baldly lying with a smile; constantly appeasing you as if you're a docile imbecile

Same here. Was attempting to figure out if this was sarcasm or not. This is how I'd describe LA, with one small difference. In LA you're treated as if you're super cool, rather than a docile imbecile. Had to laugh.

It does have that reputation. Presuming that being considered insincere is undesirable, I think people are keen to counter that urban mythos.

There's a combative culture here against the busybody with the bluetooth and latte discounting the people around them as an aberrant narrative.

LA has a culture of listening and compassionate attention if you reach for it. I was reaching for it for years in the bay but mostly found people pigeonholing me, not as an engaging human being but as a self-entitled bottomfeeder.

When you picture the smiley glad-hands, admit it--you're picturing a movie producer. The further outside the entertainment industry, the more normal LA gets.

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