@ClarkHat @St_Rev @mr_archenemy "oh, don't call me sir, it makes me feel old" *tries to remember, feels disrespectful anyway*
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Replying to @popelizbet
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy NE has anti-egalitarian culture. I'll say "sir" when in uniform, to a superior but not otherwise2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy Down here it's "sir" to pretty much anyone and everyone. Feels nice. Reassuring.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @random_eddie
@random_eddie@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy I think it's a bi-stable state. If it's a norm, it feels OK (as in military). >>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@random_eddie@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy but if outside .mil , one person doing it is pushing himself down & looking up.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@random_eddie@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy see, coming from here I've never seen it as connoting inferiority.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @popelizbet
@popelizbet@random_eddie@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy LTs call captains "sir" capts don't call LTs "sir" to sir is to note status diff4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy Two gentlemen strangers, regardless of their stations, call each other "sir" together.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @random_eddie
@MorlockP@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy There's actually a valuable result from following that particular social protocol.+1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @random_eddie
@MorlockP@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy ... it signals you are one who follows the protocol. Which has further implications.+2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@random_eddie @popelizbet @ClarkHat @St_Rev @mr_archenemy indeed. All social norms signal "can be trusted to follow norms". That's valuable.
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Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@random_eddie@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy I will tell you it straight shocks people that I answer my dad's calls "yessir."0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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