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When arriving hours late was fashionable

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Being punctual was completely treated as a highly embarrassing social failure. Elite partygoers heavily intentionally arrived completely hours after the stated event start time, strictly ensuring they completely made a massive theatrical entrance while deeply insulting the heavily panicked, totally waiting host.

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