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evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

Elbows have always been allowed on the table. The rule for fancy dining was that you couldn’t have elbows on the table during a course, i.e., when people are actively eating, but before/after, it’s fine. That’s a reasonable rule to be considerate of space.

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Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Never been an issue for me. The issue would be invading someone’s personal space. Maybe we just have bigger tables where I live.

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PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Exactly. Food on the table? Elbows off. It’s simple.

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- SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Why?
  
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  - MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    If you have a large number of people eating in comparison to the size of the table, and the table is already covered in food, the only place on the table to put your elbows is in other people’s personal space.
    
    The rule should be “no elbows right next to someone else’s food” but neurotypicals are terrible at communicating due to their underdeveloped social skills and empathy.
    
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    PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    People other than you, who are not “neurotypicals” whatever tf that even means, are able to accomplish seating large amounts of people at a table and use basic table manners just fine. It’s just common courtesy.
    
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  - PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Respect. Culture. Table manners.
    Take your pick.
    
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    SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    “Because”
    
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- Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Well it’s never been an issue in any space I’ve eaten in, so I think you’re wrong.
  
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  - PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Good to know you’ve never sat at a table with a lot of people, I guess?
    
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    schnokobaer@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Yeah, no need whatsoever to eat cramped too tightly around a table.
    
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    Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    This is one of the few cases where the down and upvotes actually matter for the issue at hand buddy.
    
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Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
If elbows aren’t allowed on a table during a course of a fancy dinner, they have definitely not always been allowed on the table.

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- Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Yeah I thought that was a ridiculous statement as well
  
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