On: The Decline of Etiquette and the Rise of 'Boundari...

[delichon]

Bizarre that this is framed as a decline of rather than a change to etiquette.

  etiquette, noun: rules governing socially acceptable behavior.

Does anyone really think that there is a recent decline in rules governing socially acceptable behavior? I'm finding the rules to be harder for me to predict than the ones I grew up with, but not at all scarce.

[somedude895 → delichon]

> Does anyone really think that there is a recent decline in rules governing socially acceptable behavior?

Absolutely there is. The article gives plenty of examples of this. I've lost count of commentators advocating for de-tabooizing more and more issues or topics and taboos are really what etiquette is about. Hyper-individualism has etiquette replaced with individual boundaries.

[TeMPOraL → delichon]

Well, yes. The very subtitle of the article describes it:

> For centuries, strict social norms dictated what people could politely talk about. Now we have to figure it out for ourselves.

Of course, this goes beyond just talking.