Figured this went in controversy because some people will disagree with me and be like, WTF IS RONG WITH YOU!?!?!?! XD My problem is I'm anti-social. (But noe brazen enough to deliberately disobey laws. DX)
Frankly... I take after Oscar the Grouch. XD
When I was little I despised manners. I didn't like using them, and I didn't want them used on me. (Mainly because my grandma fussed at me for not having them, when it was just that I mumbled [extremely shy, still am].)
I'm not quite that bad now, but I still despise the words "please" and "thank you". >_> Now, I say plz on the net, but I'm mostly referring to the real world. ARGH I hate those fraggin' words. Hate them hate them hate them. (You're a mean one... Mr. Grinch... XD) I do not want to hear them, I do not want to say them. ARGH.
Oh hell, I may as well say it, I don't like any of them. (I would like a society where we just went on our way and didn't say a dang thing to anyone. At all. X3 Like that would happen.)
What does everyone else think?
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Manners are overrated. But in all seriousness, I am anti-social, too. I remember that someone tried to do something that required me to say, "Thank you", but I replied, "Buzz off." I am not allowed to say such things to my family, but I do shrug them off and say, "Whatever." Whenever Melody does something nice for me, she forces me to say those words. Example...
Melody: I made cookies if anyone wants some. Shirako: Well -- Melody: Shirako, if you want so much as one crumb, you will say "please" and "thank you". Shirako: ... Melody: Well? Shirako: [Mumbling] May I please have a cookie, Melody? Melody: And? Shirako: [Mumbling] Thank you for the cookie, Melody. Melody: Was that so difficult? Shirako: ...
Melody is too polite for her own good.
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"Hey, Mr. Bump. Thought I'd drop by for a visit." "Uh, hello, Miss Whoops." "Sorry to hear about your accident." "Oh, well. That'll teach me to wrestle elephants." "Hey, a remote control! Ooh, how about we watch some rollerderby?" "Uh, uh, no, Miss Whoops, that's not for the T.V.! Ow! Bed! Crunching! Oh!" "These remotes are so unreliable..."
And Dragon Wing has a point, but still... I was in Ingles (grocery store) Friday, and there was some Spanish people in the aisle. I had plenty of room to squeeze past Daddy, but the son I think it was said "Excuse me" and pulled him forward. I thought to myself "F**k you. I R RUDE AMERICAN NOW GTFO OF SPARTANBURG u r not welcome in my state." (I like my state. It's the government and the people I don't like.)
EVERYBODY GTFO OF MY TRASHCAN you are not invited. XD
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Herr A: We didn't put a Christmas tree up, nothin'. We went to the beach. It was wonderful. BUT... I got in water up to my... crotch area, and when that wave hit ALLLLLLLL my business went running towards my intestinal tract...
While it is true that the current generation is slowly lacking in manners (and possibly intellect as well), I am not extremely rude. Example of an extremely rude person...
Random person: Um...pardon me, but do you have a watch? Could you tell me the time? Rude person: I'll give you the time. [Evil French laugh] [*HONK*] People passing by: MR. RUDE!
...That...that was...erm...well...take a guess, if you want.
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Trashcan? People go into your trashcan? Also, your post made me laugh a bit, Doma -- do you mind if I call you "Doma"? Anyway, I may not use "please" and "thank you" much in real life, but I am...polite...to my teachers...and elders. I always try to avoid a situation where a "please" and/or "thank you" is required.
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"Hey, Mr. Bump. Thought I'd drop by for a visit." "Uh, hello, Miss Whoops." "Sorry to hear about your accident." "Oh, well. That'll teach me to wrestle elephants." "Hey, a remote control! Ooh, how about we watch some rollerderby?" "Uh, uh, no, Miss Whoops, that's not for the T.V.! Ow! Bed! Crunching! Oh!" "These remotes are so unreliable..."
I have this thing with manners or anything related... One ok... Two... -starting to get angry- Three -hardly keeps herself from screaming 'Shut up your getting on my nerves'- Four -limits- Five -Nuclear explosion- These were seconds... To manners and lectures i say KILL THEM. Something when people start talking about this stuff, makes my blood boil...
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Ehm... I've been thinking and... ehm... Nevermind...
I have this thing with manners or anything related... One ok... Two... -starting to get angry- Three -hardly keeps herself from screaming 'Shut up your getting on my nerves'- Four -limits- Five -Nuclear explosion- These were seconds... To manners and lectures i say KILL THEM. Something when people start talking about this stuff, makes my blood boil...
This is more of an anger problem than the discussion of manners...or lack thereof...Hmm...
Well, the Mr. Men Show is on, so I cannot really talk now.
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"Hey, Mr. Bump. Thought I'd drop by for a visit." "Uh, hello, Miss Whoops." "Sorry to hear about your accident." "Oh, well. That'll teach me to wrestle elephants." "Hey, a remote control! Ooh, how about we watch some rollerderby?" "Uh, uh, no, Miss Whoops, that's not for the T.V.! Ow! Bed! Crunching! Oh!" "These remotes are so unreliable..."
I'm strict with my own manners, but don't make a fuss and try to teach other people them.
I taught myself manners. I keep my back-straight, eat civilized with a fork and knife, and say please and thankyou. Also I usually try to make myself look nice and decent. By my standards anyway.
When people are complete slobs or extremely rude, I can't take it. But if I'm with a bunch of people I know well, I let myself go. Angela will probably know this from experience with. She'll probably also be able to give you some rather interesting quotes.
dOMITUPSYK wrote:When I was little I despised manners. I didn't like using them, and I didn't want them used on me. (Mainly because my grandma fussed at me for not having them, when it was just that I mumbled [extremely shy, still am].)
I think every kid must have hated using manners most the time in their life. But then when a kid uses them, it sounds cute.
For me, when I say 'please' or 'thank you', I feel as though it makes me sound desperate which I don't like cos it makes me feel like people would think "yep. They're desperate".
Yash, ever'bodeh can call me Doma. X3 It's shorter. And glad I could make someone laugh. X3
Now, I don't believe in being rude, however... okay. This is the best way for me to explain this:
Polite: Me: *gets ANY KIND OF cookie [I don't have food allergies] and says nothing*
Rude: Me: *gets cookie* ZOMFGWTFBBQ THIS IS PEANUT I HATE PEANUTS GIVE ME CHOCOLATE YOU *bleepitybleepbleep*!!
And supposing peanut is all they had. And I agree wit Akira, I usually sound desperate. I don't know if it's my tone since I'm ultra-shy (and my voice usually comes out so high pitched in these situations that dogs start barking), or what.
Me: *gets cookie* Thank you! *runs away* Person: O_o Well, SOMEBODY'S on a no-sugar/cookie/junk/whatever diet...
And in this day and age, the polite thing to do is say nothing. But the kids my nephews age (10-) will complain their freakin' heads off...
Leci: You have any juice? Me: Nope. Milk, Coke, and Water. Leci: Why don't you have any juice? Me: I don't like it, and Great Nanny (My grandma, her great-grandma) can't have it. Leci: You should have bought juice. Me: *thinking* WHY I OUGHTTA KNOCK YOU FOR A LOOP!!! *says nothing*
>_> I go by the phrase, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
(XD I originally had, "If you can't say anything, don't say anything at all. XD)
I know, long post. X3
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I believe in manners, but only to a certain extent. Nothing too extensive. For instance: I think it's ridiculous for one to have to keep their elbows off the table, to have to eat /everything/ with utensils when eating with your fingers works just as well (prime example: my ex-grandmother eats pizza with a fork and knife), having to "excuse yourself" from the table (my cousins' family does that and they get so offended that my brother and I weren't raised up that way... we're done eating, we leave... end of story), when people answer the phone with something like, "Hello, so-and-so residence, so-and-so speaking." It's just like... GET TO THE POINT ALREADY, etc, etc.
Please and thank you I try to say most of the time... though not excessively and definitely not when I'm just being casual with friends and family. I don't like being rude or ungrateful, and I hate when people are like that just as much, but manners /can/ be overrated and overused. I especially hate them when I feel forced to use them.
It's like saying sorry. I positively hate being forced to say sorry. If I'm not sorry, I'm not going to say it. Making me say it does not make me feel it. Just the same when my mom is always badgering me with the question, "Did you say thank you?" That is especially annoying when I have in fact said thank you. Sometimes people just don't hear me because I talk too quiet and too fast. Doesn't mean I didn't say it though.
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