alienation

It's that feeling of alienation, this kind of mental carsickness that we all walk around with, that stuck-in-traffic feeling but in your mind that I think has really become the mood of the times.

“The Spectacle’s function in a society is the concrete manufacture of alienation.”

Sometimes that can lead to alienation and loneliness, but it also can be restorative.

Originally drawn by video game designer Ken Wong, the picture's aura of disconnection and alienation has become so synonymous with Mogwai's song that some fans have turned it into tattoos.

But I was struck by your alienation and your frustration — you were often bored and admirably, quite stubborn.