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When I was in my 20's and 30's, I had not yet been fully exposed to the folly of human nature...certainly time changed that. Given enough time and exposure, I suspect you will too. As far as being ****** off by everything..well, the only thing that truly pisses me off is when I see someone jeopardizing their safety or the safety of others.
I've been an electrical engineer (PE) most of my life, unfortunately I've seen multiple deaths due to bad practices and lack of respect or understanding of the danger by the folks performing a job. I also (over time) became the responsible engineer for projects that could cause death and injury to the public if something went wrong....so I tended to be a little paranoid over the capacity of the human race to do stupid things. All it takes is one person or one accident to completely ruin a career. I could not afford to adopt any other mindset.
I'm nowhere near as credentialed or experienced as yourself but I understand where you are coming from.
I'm a non-PE, non-degreed Controls Engineer; not sure if you would recognize someone without a degree as a "real" Engineer, but I do design machine control systems for a living.
I am well initiated in idiot-proofing. It is a real challenge to design something that a moron can't use to hurt or kill himself with, but is still usable and diverse.
Fortunately I have not seen anyone seriously hurt or killed.