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Showing respect to or emulating rich people.
feel the need to say 'ope' when we almost bump into someone
Found the midwesterner?
No one alive today agreed to Daylight Saving Time.
something something spraying monkeys with cold water
It has been introduced in my country during the early 80s, so I have to disagree on that one.
That's just about 40 years ago, so pretty sure there are still people left who agreed to it.
Yeah, I was over-simplifying to make my statement more dramatic and semi-funny, because so many people hate the clock-switching.
It's complicated. DST is mostly observed in North America, Europe, and part of Australia, and mostly since pre- or during WWII, BUT yes there are a few countries that started later. There are also some original ones that stopped observing it and then started again later. Also, some of the people still alive from when it started would have been too young to be able to agree to it.
So I'll amend my statement to "The vast majority of people alive today didn't agree to DST". Doesn't have the same punch.
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Socrates would say, and I would agree, that by following the rule we have already agreed to it.
Chomsky would disagree with manufacturing consent.
Chomsky can eat a dick for the company he keeps
Chomsky thinks that the west shouldn't send aid to Unkraine to fight Putin's fascist Russia. Noam can go punch sand
And Socrates believed in slavery. There's a problem with expecting a purity from your philosophers.
There's a difference between a philosopher having caused harm in the past vs them causing harm now
That's definitely debatable, depending which philosopher you asked.
don't forget that Ghandi was a Chomo.
and he was on the Epstein plane.
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I mean if you follow under threat you haven't consented to any meaningful degree.
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‘How are you today?”
“Good, you?”
“Good, thanks.”
Aw hell no. I trauma dump on everyone who asks me "How are you?"
No matter how many times I remind myself that this is performative NT dishonesty, I cannot make myself lie. If you ask a question, you should expect an honest answer. You will never convince me that it’s the “neurotypicals” who aren’t psychologically unwell.
Okay everyone avoid Jenna.
UK version (male)- any deviation, even with your best friend/dad is a capital offence.
-Alright?
-Not bad, you?
-Yeah not bad.
Or the office version
- Alright?
- uhu
- mm
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I personally really enjoy facing the back of an elevator especially if it's crowded. And then I start talking to everybody and asking them various sorts of questions. Often asking them to give a speech during the meeting that I impromptly called. It's wonderful to see how nervous people get.
cool I don't do any of that stuff on account of im retarded
The elevator one seems pretty universal, but "ope" is regional.
These kinds of social norms aren't universal.
One that I wish were more universal would be standing on the right when using an escalator, and leaving the left side for walking.
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I like the tradition of "bless you!" when someone sneezes, but it is surely not necessary. And why do we say that for sneezing but not coughing?
In the team I work with, we've established saying "Shut up!" if someone sneezes instead.
The proper response for coughing is "Die quietly".
Hahahahaha
I was at the urinal the other day and sneezed; someone said bless you from a stall.
It was awkward. Breaking one social norm to uphold another.
You can restore the social contract by putting your hand under the stall for a firm handshake. If he consents, you get a firm handshake and relief that the social contract is restored. If he refuses, then you have to deal with the shame and heartache.
If he doesn't take the handshake the only appropriate thing to do is to wait outside the bathroom, follow him to the parking lot and then follow him home. Once you learn his address, you can start learning his routines and the routines of his family. There are many options at this point, but the one I recommend is applying for a job where he works. The next step could take a long time, potentially years. Work your way up the ladder. Take night classes to fit the roles you're applying for internally, and dedicate yourself to the job. Delay finding "the one" and starting a family like you've always dreamed of. Nothing matters but the job. Bide your time and when you finally are promoted to this man's boss, on your first day, offer a handshake. Of course, he won't deny you. Relish this moment. Feel the warmth of his hand I yours. Smile and say "was it really that hard?" When he gives you a quizzical look, laugh it off like it was a joke. You want to call it there, but you're in too deep. You're making nearly 300k a year in salary and commissions and you have a clear shot at EVP if you play your cards right. Your lifestyle has changed and you have an expensive mortgage, a boat payment for a yacht you don't have time to take out, and a number of women half your age that you spend what little free time you have with wining and dining. They have expensive tastes. You tried coke recently and you really like it. It makes your job so much easier because you need to be "on" all the time and you haven't been sleeping well, but you've discovered that if you do just exactly the right amount, you can perform at peak. You have it totally figured out.
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I hate this tradition fiercely and I’m glad to have moved to a place where sneezes are generally ignored. As they should be.
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I say gesundheit as I'm not religious and don't like to propagate religious sentiment, but I like the idea, too. I'm not German.
I say “pineapple”, because unlike God, pineapples are real. Also it confuses people.
Pineapples want to digest me though
On the scale of malignancy, I’d say the pineapple’s desire to digest us is pretty tame compared to the attitude of most gods. At least it’s tasty while it does so.
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I have a friend who says 'coughs you' lol
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Having to sell our labor for a fraction of the profit and being outcast if you want to opt out.
Coupling healthcare to employment.
Forcing the majority of retirement savings to be tied up in the stock market and killing company sponsored pensions.
Those aren't social rules and 2 of the 3 are about as regional as OP's "ope".
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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?
I look in the mirror when there is one.
And when i bump into someone i go "SORRY IM SORRY IM SO SORRY IM SORRY AREYOUOKAY"
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All of them, in a way. We don't sign on to social rules we just kind of learn them, usually from our parents, then from other kids. Someone who's never been in an elevator might face inwards. I'm from the North of England. The first time I took a ride on the London tube I was 30ish, and I was completely unaware of the incredibly complex and subtle social rules at play there. I made eye contact and even smiled. I tried to strike up a conversation. This was completely wrong to do, it turns out. I never agreed to be so unfriendly, specifically on the tube, but now, I am.
So anyway to answer your question, the weird requirement to sort of suppress your humanity on public transit in big cities is maybe necessary, definitely not hilarious, but very, very strange.
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"Ope! Lemme just scooootch on by ya!"
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