Anyone else feel like our social skills as a society have completely fell off of a cliff?

Maybe it's just my age, but it's been a really long time since a stranger organically made me laugh, said something thoughtful or insightful, educated me on something, or wowed me with their humor or intellect. Perhaps I'm just around the wrong people, but the average person I see at the store, school, work, etc. is mentally unhealthy in some way (aren't we all), gets irritated easily, can't be reasoned with, won't apologize, won't listen, etc.

I have memories of the late 90s and early 2000s, and it didn't seem like this then. Especially going to university or in corporate jobs, you would meet a ton of really engaging, funny, interesting people. You could end up talking to someone about their thesis on the letters of a dead poet, have a guy really eloquently try to get your number, listen to a someone tell a hilariously animated story so well you die laughing, etc.

It also seems like everyone is "cutting people off", "matching energy", "ghosting" etc. Long-term relationships, both romantic and platonic, seem to be harder to keep than ever. Everyone seems burdened by the idea of putting in effort, and everyone is ready to bail at the first sign of awkwardness or conflict.

Am I just old and not getting out enough to meet the right people, or have common social skills regressed?