Gosh, I don't have those experiences! Am I oblivious? I don't think anyone has ever addressed me as "Yo" I am not special or live in a special place. Just wondering? Of course technology is different and we all participate in one way or another. Remember hearing about the first telephones and people were resistant? Why doesn't a visit suffice? Or a letter? Well, time marches on and people like what is offered. There was controversy when the auto came into being. What will happen with the horses? We like our horses and not the new fangled thing. there are pictures of piles of horse manure all over city streets back then, but, the car was considered not good progress. People back then felt the same way about the supposed progress interfering with what they like and remember about the "good ole days". Me, I like progress. Think fancier sewing machines, rotary cutters, gizmos, etc. How many of us are true purists like back then where we gather scraps and cut with a scissor if we are lucky to have one, hoard thread and one needle and make do?
I do like polite ways and manners and there are still a lot of those around, I think. We all do our parts, right?