Decoder with Nilay Patel · 2026-09-14 · 69 min · 13,690 words

Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything

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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

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