I feel you. Fellow Brit here and it’s like ugh why can we not talk to each other? Is there a culture where people you are close to are really free with their feelings without all the overbearing customer service / stranger interactions that seems to come along with that?

Why can’t I be deadpan and sarcastic 85% of the…

I think that's called the "whataboutery" fallacy.

We've allowed corporations to do much worse than this at thousands of sites and your panties get bunched up by THIS??