I’m talking about people who insist on following rules that don’t exist and then beat those who don’t.

  • Let’s make a rule: “Don’t ask others to abide by a rule that doesn’t exist.” (boomerang joke)

@okadaic: continued]: the other day, “Don’t interrupt the buffet line (!?)” I think it goes back to the story of. There is no such rule anywhere when people say “[Follow the rules. If someone said to me on a trip, “Let’s go around this museum in 60 minutes because we have time for tea,” I would reply, “I can’t read the time until I see the museum, so if that’s the case, let’s go separately.

@okadaic: (Continued) Nowadays, the social trend is to “let’s beat up anyone who can’t follow the [implicit rule The social trend nowadays is to “beat up anyone who can’t follow the implicit rule” as much as you want, which has become almost a form of entertainment. And then, the shit hits the fan in this thread as well. I ignore them because that’s what they want me to do.

relevance

  • In the first place, [Rules are a product of past negotiations.

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