Maybe we should all be rude?

[jackfaire]

The problem in that one is she's not a horrible mother and most of the family doesn't agree with her cousin's assessment but they definitely felt it was rude for her to get mad when her cousin was being pleasant.

[TheCheerfulTreeRat]

How to talk to a woman wearing headphones gives lots of handy tips on how to talk to women (who may be rude enough to try to ignore you). You'll have to page down through a lot of supportive comments to get to the actual article itself.
It's quite amazing.