a need to look at the adjectives one use

ST today gave me a very enlightening view on the (mis)use of adjectives!

About the MDA clip on H3

"Many Netizens praised the civil servants for daring to be different, but felt they were trying too hard to be cool"

I didn't know that the majority calling them "out of touch with the ground", "cannot stand it", "cringe worthy", "I wonder where did all the taxes go to" is called "praising to be different". I learn today that "cringe worthy" is "trying too hard to be cool!

About a dog that was attacked by 5 rottweilers, Prime 3

"My dogs are usually friendly. They bark only when somebody disturbs them or when a stranger comes near the gate" - Mr Japinder Singh, the owner of the dogs

So if I were to stay in a private estate, and scream at every Tom Dick and Harry who comes near my gate, am I considered friendly then? 

Since your dog barks at any stranger who goes near the gate, and by inference, them, when in the world are they friendly then, other than to you?