funny.

saw this on a blog and i found it quite funny.

The social rulebook

Fine: Asking a stranger for directions.
Not fine: Asking a stranger something less exact, like where "a good restaurant is," or if it's "supposed to be nice or rainy tonight."

Fine: Walking up to a random girl in a bar or party and introducing yourself.
Not fine: Walking up to a random girl in any other situation and introducing yourself.

Fine: Petting a stranger's dog if the dog comes up to you on the street.
Not fine: Patting a stranger's kid on the head if he comes up to you on the street.

Fine: Sitting at a cafe with a friend, talking to them at normal volume.
Obnoxious: Sitting alone at a cafe on the phone with that same friend, talking at that same volume.

Fine: Yelling, "Fuck you!" at a nice, 60-year-old woman who accidentally cuts you off in her car.
Not at all fine: Yelling, "Fuck you!" at a nice, 60-year-old woman who accidentally bumps into you while walking on the sidewalk.

Fine: Making out with your girlfriend in a dimly-lit bar
.Not fine: Making out with your girlfriend in a dimly-lit restaurant.

Fine: Someone singing or doing magic on the street for money.
Weird: Someone doing stand-up comedy on the street for money.

Fine: Turning to the unknown man next to me in Fenway Park and hugging him ferociously after a walk-off home run.
Not fine in the least: Turning to the unknown man next to me in any other situation and hugging him ferociously.

Fine: Singing to yourself under your breath in public.
Insane: Talking to yourself under your breath in public.

Fine: Going to a bar with your friend, losing him, and spending most of the night meeting people on your own.
Weird/creepy: Going to a bar alone and spending most of the night meeting people on your own.

Fine: Spending all day on the beach in nothing but a bathing suit.
Not fine: Spending all day on the beach in nothing but boxers.

Fine: Getting into a football game so much that you wear a player's jersey to the stadium.
Not fine: Getting into a movie so much that you wear a character's outfit to the theater.

Fine: Kissing your friend's mother lightly on the cheek when greeting her.
Completely weird: Kissing your friend's mother lightly, anywhere else on her head, when greeting her.

Fine: Complimenting someone by asking them if they've lost weight.
Not fine: Complimenting someone by asking them if they've gotten a nosejob.

Fine: Bringing food or wine to a dinner party to help bear the burden.
Not fine: Giving cash to the host of a dinner party to help bear the burden.

Fine: Asking a stranger to take a picture for you (something you can't do without help).
Not fine: Asking a stranger to hold your ice cream cone while you tie your shoe (something you also can't do without help).

Fine: Setting a guy friend up with a girl he might like to date.
Not fine: Setting a guy friend up with a guy he might like to be friends with.

Fine: Two people on a basketball court asking two strangers on the court if they want to play a game.
Weird: Two people on a tennis court asking two strangers on the court if they want to play doubles.

Fine: Walking around the bar at night with a bottle of beer.
Weird: Walking around the bar at night with a bottle of soda or water.

Fine: Taking a sip of a friend's drink at a baseball game, despite potential germs.
Filthy: Taking a sip of a stranger's abandoned drink after they leave the baseball game, despite potential germs.

Someone who commits certain slight violations of some of these customs might be called "outgoing." Any more than that will lead to adjectives like "shameless," "rude," "offensive," "dickish," "weird," "gross," "creepy," etc.