It was the pandemic, I think. People in their 50s who saw the internet as some weird thing before 2020 suddenly became forced to use it. They weren't ready for their brains to be flooded with the worst of /pol/ and as a result they've basically lost their minds to the AI psychosis also lead paint
Elizabeth TaylorThis might be engaging in stereotyping a bit, but there does seem to be something about people in the 50s range (could be expanded out a bit to late 40s/early 60s) where many of them do just seem to be so ANGRY. It's something different to the usual old person conservatism to something harder edge