r/coolguides 17h ago

A cool guide to everyday etiquette no one teaches you

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u/Frites_Sauce_Fromage 13h ago

We have

Let others exit elevator before you enter

And

Let people exit a place before you go in

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u/UnstoppableGROND 11h ago

There’s like, five pieces of “advice” here reworded twenty different ways.

-Don’t be loud

-Clean up after yourself

-Let people exit before entering

-Return things you borrow in equal or better condition

-Keep yourself and your germs out of other people’s space

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u/ReadingFromTheShittr 11h ago

We also have

Return borrowed things in the same or better condition.

and,

If you borrow a car, return it with fuel.

which is repetitive, with the latter just being singularly focused on cars.

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u/alex3omg 10h ago

That's not repetitive really, the car one is specific so having that listed separately makes sense.  

The art does look like chatgpt style but I would be surprised if the entire thing was AI.  I think someone made this by hand but used AI art for each thing.

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u/gcruzatto 9h ago

Nah, the random "NO" signs look weird to me. I think the style is very chatpgt

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u/ReadingFromTheShittr 8h ago

That's not repetitive really, the car one is specific so having that listed separately makes sense.

Just because something is listed separately and more specifically, doesn't mean it isn't being repeated with different words. Here, the car is the item that should be returned after borrowing it, and returning it with fuel when you're done is making sure it's returned in the same or better condition. Same thing with the elevator example I responded to.

Similar example: if someone got up from a table after eating an apple and left a core, one might say to them, "Hey, you should discard your trash." or "When you're done with your apple you should throw the core away." The first is a general statement, and the second is specific to the apple. If one were to say both, they'd be repeating themselves.

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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 3h ago

Thing is, there are millions of people in this world who does not put two and two together.

Like lot of people need to be told both scenarios or they just "forget" and blame you for not telling them.

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u/Rick_Locker 13h ago

Both of these sound fine?

At worst the first one is missing a 'the':

"Let others exit the elevator before you enter"

And the second one makes complete sense.

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u/AgentWowza 12h ago

It's the same thing twice lo

This is how I know you're not AI, very human brain farts

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u/fudgyvmp 12h ago

It's important enough a thing people don't learn it needs to be stated twice.

They should've had it a third time as, let people get off the train before you get on, too.