I don't know when exactly it started, but it's unquestionably been at least six months. It applies to Internet and in-person communication equally, incidentally, which is what makes me suspect a possible astrologic connection, if it's not something I'm doing myself, which I haven't been able to identify. (And I've asked the very people I've argued with. It seems to bewilder them as much as me how shit just Doesn't Make It Across.)