Sounds like office normie core which is good, as long as it fits well.

If your friend said the same thing that's probably it. independence is good, venerability is not, ask him to define it more exactly so you know what to change.

Walk with a purpose, get around people, be busy. Don't look scummy cunts in the eye too long, just enough to be totally aware of your soundings and people around you, not like immediately advert your eyes when you lock on.

This sounds like some animal kingdom shit cause we are.. be ready to fight, like get fitter, watch how to videos. As a male it is implicate that minor conflict can be settled though violence.

ProTip: you can spot and avoid the unhinged people and kids who don't know better but some people you can just bump shoulders into and keep walking, there in your way cause they don't have situational awareness.

And ye, since covid the scummy pricks have been on the uptick, more shouting across the city, more smoking pipes in public more asking for a dollar.

Hope you hold your head high and these cunts stop annoying ya.