This Guardian article on the prevalence of flaking out on plans includes a quote that really spoke to me:
“Increasingly with gen Z and millennials there is a fetishisation of introversion,” said Andrew, 23, from Brisbane who works in telecoms sales. “Web comics and memes make a moral comparison to extroverts, who are supposedly loud, obnoxious people. Introverts are [depicted as] moral people who own cats and crochet. But our generation is also experiencing record high loneliness, so I think we shouldn’t praise choosing loneliness or celebrate [extreme levels of] introversion.”
YES. As an ambivert, I’ve noticed this tendency online for a while now, and it annoys the crap out of me. Choosing to be at home alone is not more virtuous than enjoying the company of others. There’s nothing wrong with it, but introverts always seem to imply they’re better people for it. “Fetishisation” is a good word.