I find it strange, and counter to my own values, that telling people "shut up, I don't want to hear what you want to talk about" is considered "polite", while talking about what you want to talk about, without asking permission first, is considered rude.
-1Lumifer
That implies most everyone on LW is impolite most of the time.
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