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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Or even, have just "done the polite thing" for so long that they don't know any differently.
It is no different than breaking out of the mold and doing something differently to spark growth and evolution.
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Heh. Ustwo knows this as well, but not all evolution is positive and many evolutionary changes are dead ends.
Manners are social lubricants. They allow us to tolerate one another with a minimum of friction. I'd wager a substantial amount of money that if someone here practiced "radical honesty" on all their friends, within a year they wouldn't have many friends left.