social etiquette

heard on radio: look at the person's face at a point in the center of the forehead about an inch above the eyebrows, occasionally looking at one or both eyes, never look at anything below the neck.  so the clothing has to be appropriate, the body in whatever condition and conformation it happens to be and we are not "supposed" to look at or mention it ever.  in a "business-social" setting.  like damn church.  this is so 1950s.  but never mind, the chinese will tell us how to do business etiquette properly.

not supposed to notice: pain, pleasure, distress, beauty, disharmony, danger.  Chemical signals, discomfort.

nose to grindstone.  stick to business.

so i guess i'll look at violence first because it seems more basic, related more or less to food.  then things-that-smell-bad, the results of the violence that we must perform if we want to live.  then sex: the optional activity.  then money, the quantification of sin.