Considering that most of my life has been spent dealing with people who seemed to be programmed, robotic drones, to the point that I’ve had the sense that I was living in some sort of simulation and at times felt like I was the only “real” human in existence?

Seems about right.

I know what I just wrote is over the top. A childs mind will grasp at any explanation when there is a void of explanation. Obviously, I have moved past that thought of being the only human and have landed on the fact that it is simply programming.

Until I’m given a way to break the programming. I’ll continue to engage the way I always have. At arms length.