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What is a 'social rule' that we all follow but nobody ever actually agreed to? (lemmy.world)

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Like how we all face the door in an elevator or feel the need to say 'ope' when we almost bump into someone. What’s a silent rule of society that you find hilarious or totally unnecessary?

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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 78 points 3 days ago

Socrates would say, and I would agree, that by following the rule we have already agreed to it.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 points 3 days ago

Chomsky would disagree with manufacturing consent.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Chomsky can eat a dick for the company he keeps

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago

Chomsky thinks that the west shouldn't send aid to Unkraine to fight Putin's fascist Russia. Noam can go punch sand

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 days ago

And Socrates believed in slavery. There's a problem with expecting a purity from your philosophers.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

There's a difference between a philosopher having caused harm in the past vs them causing harm now

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

That's definitely debatable, depending which philosopher you asked.

[-] TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

don't forget that Ghandi was a Chomo.

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 11 points 2 days ago

and he was on the Epstein plane.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago

Chomsky is the reason we have LLMs.

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 days ago

I mean if you follow under threat you haven't consented to any meaningful degree.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago

Pretty hard to put threat of force behind an unspoken rule.

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I mean just ask people who have been socially rejected/ isolated for breaking those rules. There's definitely a threat

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

There is a wiiiiide stretch of sky between "do this or I'll hurt you" and "I don't want to be around someone who acts unsocialized".

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago

They didn't say anything about force.

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