.@HPluckrose That can be a very subjective thing, this “what I consider to be intrusive”, and we mustn’t base even vague social norms on it.
Yes, and there's also this one which I favour.https://twitter.com/andyffgibbons/status/781429698358284288 …
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Which is funny, and I’d love to see them in the wild. But that still has nothing to do w your argument.
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Which is mostly facetious until I got to people arguing that its sad or problematic to not want more talking on the tube.
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Coz this happens all the time. If you don't like social talk & you do like silence, not seen as preference but a failing.
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That its somehow selfish not to chat away to ppl but not remotely selfish to make others listen to your chatter.
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I will make the case for it being better generally to have a expectation of quiet than conversation in confined spaces.
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But mostly I am joking abt the expressions of horror & disgust coming from Londoners abt this. They're also mostly joking.
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