I think that I am one of those “fringe” people that has a hard time really understanding all of the formalities. I suppose that I interpret and “understand’ them to some degree, but it all seems silly to me. I am very straightforward, I say what I think and what I mean. I do remember to be kind, because kindness is a social thing that makes sense to me. I find it easiest to connect with other people who are very straightforward. Many people strike me as “fake,” but I think of it as a social norm. I’m sure that I do it, I’m sure that most people do… I just have difficulty grasping it quite as well as others. It’s hard for me to compare it to other cultures or the history of humans as social creatures, but I know that my tendency to want to just say whatever I am thinking, and also my tendency to shy away from a lot of social rituals that are common, are where my strengths and challenges are. I don’t really know that etiquette is less rigid, necessarily, I think it has just shifted.