@puellavulnerata I met so many of them like that, that nice ingratiating people who are probably perfectly fine started to creep me out
@FinalOverdrive which is true of most of our ancestors and most of the people they ever had to deal with - strangers are new.
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@sarahdoingthing And a lot of elaborate manners, intrigue, and social games, manipulation originated with the aristocracy -
@sarahdoingthing The sort of behavior that is expected says more about a society than a given person who deviates.
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@sarahdoingthing Nor really should we have to now. It's not inherent to a technological society to have hierarchy or exploitation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing That being said, they also (until conquest) had no particular reason to think ill of strangers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Survival, even today, depends on leaving as few behind as possible. Ideally no one.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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