# Does Etiquette Evolve? -- or, That Should've Been a Text

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 28, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-etiquette-evolve-or-that-shouldve-been-a-text/938915 "2021-03-28T18:58:49Z")
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### Author: ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-etiquette-evolve-or-that-shouldve-been-a-text/938915/57 "2021-04-06T06:01:39Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> If you do not want to be disturbed, do not turn on or answer your phone.

That argument [has been addressed on this board before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telemarketer-speaks-i-respond/45861)…I believe the full paragraph needs repeating:

> **You do have a phone wich implies you WANT to be called.**  
> I have a butthole, too, but that doesn’t imply I want a running jigsaw inserted into it. Oh, but hey, you’ve got a VCR, so clearly that implies you want me to come into your house and put on a German Scheisse video while your mother is visiting. You’ve got a drawer full of silverware, too, so that implies you want someone to saw on the webbing between your fingers with red-hot butter knives while someone else scoops out your eyeballs with your grapefruit spoons. Right?

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