I’m moving back home to the UK after living in Japan for 11 years. I noticed a westerner at the boarding gate with his feet up on the seats opposite him. I thought that was incredibly rude, especially as he had his shoes, which Japanese people normally remove when putting their feet on something people sit on, but I didn’t dwell on it.

After boarding the plane, he walked past my seat, and I noticed he was carrying the book “The Real Anthony Fauci”. I wasn’t familiar with the book, and although I think there are things Fauci deserves to be criticized for, it just screamed conspiratorial chud. I decided to wait until I had WiFi access and could Google the book before passing judgement, and it turned out some people don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt.