> Reality is nobody cares about you in the (semi-)public. Unless you of cause go really crazy.

A few people have been saying that. But, how can you possibly know? It sounds like a platitude one tells themselves in order to not feel self-conscious, rather than an actual discernable fact.

I guess I read this as "as long as you're not disrupting other people/going against the cafe's policies then who gives a shit if other people care about you" more than "other people will never care about you"