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Elevator (Lift) Etiquette - Do you push floor buttons for others?

One thing the pandemic taught me to do is to use my knuckle when pushing buttons. Using the tip of the finger makes it more likely to transfer whatever bad things are on the surface of the button to your face, where you might pick up an infection, whereas the knuckle makes that less likely.

What about you?

Do you push buttons with the tip of your finger, like we all used to? Or do you use your knuckle? Or maybe an object like a pen or pencil so you never physically touch the button?

Please vote in the poll.

*I'm not saying an open mind is a good thing, I think it's too often caused by mental illness, and an open door is good but if it's left open to anything and everything you don't even have a door, that said, taking psychedelics the first thing people experience is an opening of the mind often called love.

I see people say this all the time in reference to fights.

If the person attacks someone weaker they'll be like: "Wow. Look at that asshole attacking someone two times smaller than he is. What a coward. Go pick on someone your own size."

HOWEVER. If the person attacks someone STRONGER they'll also be like: "Fucking idiot. What the hell did he think was gonna happen? Attacking someone two times bigger than him. He deserved that ass beating."

So basically the moral of this story is to attack someone who is similarly as strong as you rather than someone weaker or someone stronger.

But of the two extremes which is worse?

Her book (1971) argues that men, not women, are actually the ones oppressed through courtship, marriage, and cultural expectations. She compares marriage to slavery, saying men give up independence to provide for women and children in exchange for affection. It’s been called misogynistic, but also brutally honest and thought-provoking.
What do you think—truth or outdated generalization?

📚 The Manipulated Man by Esther Villar (1971) (title changed to “The Tamed Man” for modern audience) remains one of the most controversial books on gender roles.

Villar argues men are not oppressors but the opposite: women use courtship, marriage, and social expectations to make men providers and protectors. Men give up freedom, risk their lives, and work for women and children in exchange for brief affection.

She compares marriage to slavery — the wedding as the day a man loses independence, entering a Sisyphean struggle enforced by culture and government. She also describes “female rivalry,” where women compete to control men, using sex and pressure to keep them loyal.

Other writers, like Chinweizu (The Anatomy of Female Power) and Warren Farrell (The Myth of Male Power), echo the claim that society is more matriarchal than acknowledged.

Condemned as misogynistic but praised as brutally honest, the book challenges us to rethink who truly holds power in relationships.

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