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which social norm would you do away with, if given the opportunity?

i personally think giving up seats for women is dumb. as well as smiling at children in public.

what about you?

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Any and all preconceptions in relation to gender roles.
People calling all ball point pens Biro's :eek3:



Really though, this is a suprisingly tought question i thought lol
The freedom (lack thereof) of being able to do the macarena on a train.

goddamit i want my macarena!
not talking to strangers
Arctic_wombaT
not talking to strangers


Yes :sad:
I'm the kind of person that'd go up to a random person and start talking to them. But I can't do that normally. Ohhhhh the weird looks I get. So sad.
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roxy ag
smoking ofc. there are absolutely NO benefits. well, besides a scapegoat for tax...
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It's tragic that technically we live in a free country but it is unwritten social norms that oppress all of us.
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Spleeny
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I'm fairly happy with life tbh. Don't think I'd change anything.
Spleeny
I'm fairly happy with life tbh. Don't think I'd change anything.


i guess i should one thing "people who push their Zen beliefs on others".
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Mr Otter
I'm suprised nobody has said 'wearing clothing in public' yet.
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Lordzola
bring back pub smoking!! made sheffield smell better

and the bus giving up seats too
Arctic_wombaT
not talking to strangers


You can up north.
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- People believing they have to get rat-arsed to have a good time
- That racism is ever okay (whether white-black, black-white, black-black etc)
- Smoking
- Littering when there is a bin 5 feet up the road

and many more...
Holding doors open for old people and then they look at you as if you stabbed their family :angry:
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tkhaz44
People who appear to shout unimportant things very loudly in foreign languages to people they know on the other side of the road
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shrep
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Guys having to make the first move.
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niall c
-the egoistic obsession with offence and thus not being able to tell the truth to people's faces
-the bitching that results from the above
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shrep
Guys having to make the first move.


Agreed.

Also,

-English people believing that saying something louder (with additional, incomprehensible gesturing) to someone who doesn't speak english will actually cause them to suddenly be fluent in our language and understand.
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Mobiles phones having to be answered 24/7

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