So ... your planet's idea of courtesy is to hold your friends at a distance?
How I interact with my friends is my own affair, and I haven't discussed that at any level here.
What I (and bovil) have talked about is how a reversion to courteous rituals in stressful conditions is nearly automatic -- in part because of my upbringing, and in part because I know I have a short temper when I'm overly tired.
If I have time and any kind of ease, I interact with people differently -- well, at least people I like. With people I don't like, that courteous mask stays in place 100% of the time.
Way to go. OK, so that's why I felt so abused and unappreciated when I volunteered at a worldcon. I certainly won't do that again.
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How I interact with my friends is my own affair, and I haven't discussed that at any level here.
What I (and
If I have time and any kind of ease, I interact with people differently -- well, at least people I like. With people I don't like, that courteous mask stays in place 100% of the time.
Way to go. OK, so that's why I felt so abused and unappreciated when I volunteered at a worldcon. I certainly won't do that again.
I'm sorry -- did you volunteer to me?