Since I started trading cryptocurrencies and stocks, I've found that I can't connect with my friends around me anymore.

When friends discuss what takeout to order, I immediately talk about low-altitude economy drone delivery;

When friends talk about what shows they are watching, I mention short dramas going overseas, cultural media, and TikTok concepts; when friends discuss the recent US elections, I bring up Musk's rockets, tariffs, and the Federal Reserve's interest rate discussions;

When friends talk about which new smartphones look good, I mention domestically produced chips being independently controllable and the iteration of upstream and downstream industry chains.

I feel that my friends are all just kids, and I have this sense of being in the upper echelons of society, controlling a global perspective, that kind of coldness at great heights, lonely yet somewhat smug.

Do you feel the same way? Is this normal?