How To Be Civilized, Friday, Period 3

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"So," Seivarden said. "I see that you survived that party you had last night. Just to be clear, even without aphrodisiacs in the air it's not civilized to have a party with kissing games without wearing gloves."

She gave Tisarwat a look.

"But today we're going to talk about something else, although obviously I do expect you to wear acceptable gloves as usual, of course."

Here she gave Mae a look.

"Now, politeness is usually a good thing, but sometimes you need to make sure someone understands you disapprove of them. This should of course be done in a civilized way. So today's exercise will be to first think of a situation where you would need to express your disapproval, and then come up with an insult, in words or actions, that's subtle enough to be proper, while clear enough not to be mistaken for a compliment."

"A simple example would be when your poor cousins yet again invite themselves for tea. You could serve them using an inferior tea set, while talking of the expensive one someone just gave you. No one is going to miss the point, of course."

"So please, go ahead."

Wait for OCD. OCD is up.]

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Insultingly

Listen to the lecture

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And feel insulted if you like.

Discuss

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With Seivarden and with each other.

Talk to the TA

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If she's here.

Talk to Seivarden

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She's giving you disapproving looks.

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Thanks to my_own_advocate for helping me come up with the idea.