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[scottobear]

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often, the very young, the untraveled, the naive, the unsophisticated deplore these formalities as 'empty' or 'meaningless', or 'dishonest' and scorn the use of them. No matter how 'pure' their motives, they thereby throw sand into machinery that does not work too well at best.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

or at least one that requires minimal servicing. :)