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 6 days agoExactly. Food on the table? Elbows off. It’s simple.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 days ago
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Good to know you’ve never sat at a table with a lot of people, I guess?
schnokobaer@feddit.de 6 days ago
Yeah, no need whatsoever to eat cramped too tightly around a table.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 days ago
This is one of the few cases where the down and upvotes actually matter for the issue at hand buddy.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Why?
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 6 days 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.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 6 days 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.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Yes, neurotypicals are indeed able to have large family dinners. But they have to do it using table manners as a crutch. They can’t just have an honest conversation about what’s really necessary, they need to rely on this social construct to tell people what to do without explaining why. It’s a great weakness. If only the average person weren’t so afraid to introspect and to question why we do things.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Respect. Culture. Table manners.
Take your pick.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
“Because”