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Season 3 Recap: What Is Modern Etiquette?
Or, how to be a gentleman (gender neutral)
Apr 3 • 
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Stop Using Venmo Like a Broke Jerk—A Guide
Top 10 rules for the p2p age
Mar 27 • 
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Venmo is a Cope
Why millennials and zoomers are always settling up
Mar 18 • 
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How to Hold a Knife and Fork
Where table manners come from, and which ones matter now
Feb 14 • 
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Why No Elbows on the Table?
History of a not-so-arbitrary rule, plus updated guidance
Feb 5 • 
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How to Give the Best Handshake
Plus, the underlying power dynamics of the hand sandwich
Jan 30 • 
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Why Makeup Works
New rules for using this manipulative technology to your advantage (men included)
Jan 22 • 
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A Very Brief History of Chivalry
Fact checking the trad chads
Jan 16 • 
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Can Chivalry Survive Without Gender?
A new social code is emerging thanks to trad chads and 4th wave feminists
Jan 9 • 
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How to Be Less Rude
A formula for more social agency
Dec 19, 2024 • 
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How to Compliment a Stranger
Why this small grace has such big social effects
Dec 11, 2024 • 
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How to Ghost
The modern break-up protocol
Dec 4, 2024 • 
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