UnWritten Rules

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Society has loads of rules that are not written down, for example:

Don't stare
Greet people with a smile
Clean hair looks better than greasy hair
Don't be annoying
Don't criticise other people

Why are none of these written down? I think its about time these were all written down, and the reasons for the rules also written down. I intend to create an internet site that lists all the rules, and their reasons (if there are reasons don't think there are for some of them, they are just silly). I am first of all going to collate a list of unwritten rules, if anybody wants to contribute you can email them to me at [email protected]

Does anybody know if anybody that has already done this?

I don't know if anyone's done this before, but I think it's a good idea. I like lists. They make life much easier to understand. I maintain lists of lots of things.

Just keep in mind that a lot of these rules are culture- or situation-dependent. Like, different degrees of staring are tolerated in different countries, and cleanliness is far more important at a highbrow dinner than when hanging out with laid-back friends.

I actually have thought about this at length before. Obviously some directory of social skills instructions would be really, really helpful to a lot of people (I've never been dx'd anything, but I'd sure find something like that useful!). Obviously, it would not be 100% comprehensive, as one cannot pre-plan for everything that one may face in life, but, given the spectacular ability of Aspies in rote memorization, a system of writing the unwritten social rules of the world could be pretty comprehensive (95% of that 100%?).

If such a system were to be developed, I would envision it could be in several parts...probably several actual documents:
--General Code of Social Rules...the timeless, basic stuff.
--Updates every year or two, as new social rules and customs become apparent in society and others go away.
--Regional addenda, as some social rules are true in some (geographic) places, but not others.
--Smaller updates on a regular basis--perhaps every few months--to highlight fads and other short-term phenomenoa the NT world around the AS reader may be going through.

Just some thoughts on how to structure the structuring of all that currently is inquantifiable in society.

I found a DVD once on one site, I think there may be a book for it too:

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Is there a redneck version for where I live? There's non-rednecks here too but I usually don't give a crap about them.

I agree with the idea.