Pointless Social Customs That Need To Be Retired, ASAP

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Pointless Social Customs That Need To Be Retired, ASAP

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We do a ton of stuff, as a society, because we always have. We're beginning to suspect that that's not an especially good reason to keep doing a thing. So we asked our readers to find the most irritating examples of quaint customs that people still adhere to, that make absolutely no sense in this day and age. And we gave cash to our favorites. Because that's a custom that makes sense.

Here's what they came up with:

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