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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5
It's not about the hobby. It's just the direction our modern society has gone. And it's not about a lack of ettiquatte or decency. Because as the 21st century has unfolded, and the world has become more digital with vastly more access to communication platforms, the short-form communication you bemoan has become normal. So what was considered poor etiguette to us is considered appropriate ettiguette to the current generation. They are actually acting appropriately under the norms of the society they were raised in. So it's hard to hold it against them that they don't conform to our norms, because that is a society they have never lived in. We can accept that things change and adapt, or we can shake our fists at the clouds. The latter just makes us miserable. Just understand, when they talk/text/message that way, it is not their intent to be rude. It's literally how they have been taught to communicate. It's no different than a person from a culture who requires you to take your shoes off when you enter a house. If you have never heard that etiquette, you might unkowingly break it. Does that make you a bad person? Or should the person who holds to that etiquette be patient and understanding as both of you try to adapt to one another?
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Clarance Darrow couldn't have said it better. I lived in Japan for many years so I get the shoes.