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I don't consider people who refuse to shake my hand to be rude. Generally I consider them to be hypochondriacs. This places them directly in opposition to me,

by throwaway22032 5y ago

I don't consider people who refuse to shake my hand to be rude. Generally I consider them to be hypochondriacs. This places them directly in opposition to me, because it strongly correlates with their likelihood to be in the 'cus covid' clan. In that case, there is no way to avoid being rude, because the reason you don't want to do the thing is precisely the reason I _do_ want to, as a show of resistance against antisocial behaviours.

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wonderwonder 5y ago
exactly, its also very important to me that I judge individuals over a single polarizing issue and discard anything else that makes them a human. My reaction to other peoples opinion on that issue also totally makes everyone else a whacko and not me. /S
- throwaway22032 5y ago
  Refusing a handshake is an action, it's not an opinion. I don't really care what opinions my friends and business contacts hold, but if their actions show that they're afraid of even touching me then like, we're just not going to get on, what's the point? Call it a day, plenty of fish.
Cd00d 5y ago
I don't think it's helpful to make assumptions about the reason for someone's personal preference or comfort and then to deny them the respect of empathy. If you're rude because you jump to the conclusion that I "irrationally" fear covid, you may need to consider that you're at risk of radicalization. Just a thought.
- throwaway22032 5y ago
  If conservatism is radical to you, that's cool by me. At the end of the day, we don't need to agree.
  - ska 5y ago
    > If conservatism is radical to you non-sequitur, I think.
    - throwaway22032 5y ago
      Indeed, I don't think his comment makes sense either.
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  - Cd00d 5y ago
    TBH that's a very baffling definition of conservatism to me. Makes me wonder what the root of your defined values are.
    - throwaway22032 5y ago
      First search result, Wikipedia: Conservatism Conservatism is an aesthetic, cultural, social, and political philosophy, which seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions. Literally that; I place value in traditional social institutions. Like my University, my local pub, the office, lecture halls, and yeah, the handshake. Freedom of travel. That stuff. I think they're more important than coronavirus nonsense. A lot more. Certainly now, so now we have to fight to get them back to where they were. They're worth as much to me as one of my limbs would be, they're life itself.
      - nicoburns 5y ago
        To be fair, the reason freedom of travel has been limited is precisely because the virus has the power to take away people's lives and also the health of their vital organs (e.g heart, lungs). I think it's reasonable to want to fight for normality and tradition, but there has to be a balance. Here in the UK we're nearly there. Our government is considering removing all restrictions sometime in the next 2 months (it may end up being a bit more phased - lot's of people are in favour of continuing to mandate self-isolation when you actually currently have the virus). If you want that where you live then consider advocating for vaccination uptake, because that's what's allowing us to make these changes here without triggering a public health crisis.
oh_sigh 5y ago
Do you own a dog house?
notpachet 5y ago
Your skill in resisting antisocial behaviours has increased to 76! Your skill in resisting antisocial behaviours has increased to 77!
- throwaway22032 5y ago
  You have unlocked "clandestine hang out"! You have been invited to "meet up guild!" You have acquired "partner that actually wants to go on a holiday! You get coronavirus! You now have 23,773/23,774 HP! Oh no!
mindslight 5y ago
Funnily enough, I'm wary of people who can't make small adjustments to their behavior in respect to whomever they're interacting with. If they're incapable of adjusting to even small differences, it's a pretty good indication that their overall behavior isn't going to be so cognitive either. And sorry dude, pandemic rejection is societal institution rejection and thus definitively not "conservative". It appears you've been taken in by a bog standard political con.

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wonderwonder 5y ago

exactly, its also very important to me that I judge individuals over a single polarizing issue and discard anything else that makes them a human. My reaction to other peoples opinion on that issue also totally makes everyone else a whacko and not me. /S

throwaway22032 5y ago
Refusing a handshake is an action, it's not an opinion. I don't really care what opinions my friends and business contacts hold, but if their actions show that they're afraid of even touching me then like, we're just not going to get on, what's the point? Call it a day, plenty of fish.

Cd00d 5y ago

I don't think it's helpful to make assumptions about the reason for someone's personal preference or comfort and then to deny them the respect of empathy. If you're rude because you jump to the conclusion that I "irrationally" fear covid, you may need to consider that you're at risk of radicalization. Just a thought.

throwaway22032 5y ago
If conservatism is radical to you, that's cool by me. At the end of the day, we don't need to agree.
- ska 5y ago
  > If conservatism is radical to you non-sequitur, I think.
  - throwaway22032 5y ago
    Indeed, I don't think his comment makes sense either.
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- Cd00d 5y ago
  TBH that's a very baffling definition of conservatism to me. Makes me wonder what the root of your defined values are.
  - throwaway22032 5y ago
    First search result, Wikipedia: Conservatism Conservatism is an aesthetic, cultural, social, and political philosophy, which seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions. Literally that; I place value in traditional social institutions. Like my University, my local pub, the office, lecture halls, and yeah, the handshake. Freedom of travel. That stuff. I think they're more important than coronavirus nonsense. A lot more. Certainly now, so now we have to fight to get them back to where they were. They're worth as much to me as one of my limbs would be, they're life itself.
    - nicoburns 5y ago
      To be fair, the reason freedom of travel has been limited is precisely because the virus has the power to take away people's lives and also the health of their vital organs (e.g heart, lungs). I think it's reasonable to want to fight for normality and tradition, but there has to be a balance. Here in the UK we're nearly there. Our government is considering removing all restrictions sometime in the next 2 months (it may end up being a bit more phased - lot's of people are in favour of continuing to mandate self-isolation when you actually currently have the virus). If you want that where you live then consider advocating for vaccination uptake, because that's what's allowing us to make these changes here without triggering a public health crisis.

oh_sigh 5y ago

Do you own a dog house?

notpachet 5y ago

Your skill in resisting antisocial behaviours has increased to 76! Your skill in resisting antisocial behaviours has increased to 77!

throwaway22032 5y ago
You have unlocked "clandestine hang out"! You have been invited to "meet up guild!" You have acquired "partner that actually wants to go on a holiday! You get coronavirus! You now have 23,773/23,774 HP! Oh no!

mindslight 5y ago

Funnily enough, I'm wary of people who can't make small adjustments to their behavior in respect to whomever they're interacting with. If they're incapable of adjusting to even small differences, it's a pretty good indication that their overall behavior isn't going to be so cognitive either. And sorry dude, pandemic rejection is societal institution rejection and thus definitively not "conservative". It appears you've been taken in by a bog standard political con.