> It's so incredibly rude Rudeness is subjective and based on implied social agreements that a) change, and b) are not as universal as they are assumed to be.

> It's so incredibly rude Rudeness is subjective and based on implied social agreements that a) change, and b) are not as universal as they are assumed to be. Based on my personal experience I can agree that if someone uses their phone in a gathering of people it can disconnect them from those people, and that some people see “choosing to disconnect” as disrespectful, but I think that to unilaterally call that disconnection rude is to ignore the world we’re currently living in as well as the legitimate chance that those people are addicted beyond their control.