This is best answer. The number of people that don’t know knife etiquette is really alarming. If you put your greasy fingers on my sunglasses I have to wipe them off. If you inadvertently stab me, that problem is slightly more likely to ruin my day.
I will extend this one step further and say that there are far too many people (Americans) who have firearms and don’t know firearms etiquette, which is essentially firearms safety. There are a few things that might fall into the “just etiquette” category, but almost all of it is safety based. I just had to tell somebody that looking downrange through their scope (even with their bolt open) when I’m downrange hanging a target is considered bad form. They legitimately had no idea but were completely polite about it and said that it made sense and they felt silly for not knowing. I don’t want to start a firearms debate, but I think one thing people can agree on is if you’re going to have firearms you need to handle them with respect/caution. I think in general the shooting/firearms community could do a better job not shaming people for asking “stupid questions”. I walked out of a range not long ago because I got a condescending answer to a basic safety question. After reading their rules I had a question about the unusual wording. I’m not going to walk onto the line not understanding the house rules. If that is cause to be a dick I assume other things aren’t in order.
It’s almost like buying something as soon as it comes out brings the risk that it won’t be in full working order and will still have significant flaws. I’m not sure that that’s exactly news. But the fact that people who are so in love with the iPhone that they are willing to get rid of a perfectly good working iPhone and unnecessarily upgrade for vanity are willing to back out is moderately interesting/telling. I feel like the pre-order group in any market is always surprised when the thing they pre-ordered is not 100% as good as they were promised. But then they will continue to pre-order…