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> Does anyone have a different Torah or Shulchan Aruch??

I do. This is surely depends on a person, on environment, and, consequently, on a generation. I quoted before R Ouerbach reacting to a student’s comment that there is tahanun today by whispering to the gabbai “skip the tachanun”, while exactly same scene a generation before caused for mocking the student’s inappropriate remarks.

Maybe in a generation where people were treated harshly, a little petch was felt one way, and in a generation where people travel in their own cars, you might damage that person’s self-esteem …

Gemora discusses “luxury” Persian bathrooms – I don’t think any of you would go into one today