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> Asshole behavior begets additional asshole behavior from others. Non-assholes are hardened into assholes over time to survive, and a spiral of incivility reig

> Asshole behavior begets additional asshole behavior from others. Non-assholes are hardened into assholes over time to survive, and a spiral of incivility reigns. I've been infected by this before. Never again. (I prefer to slap up so I ended up getting shown the door.) Before we go through a hiring round with my team nowadays, I like us to review what I've seen approvingly referred to over on Metafilter as The Baboon Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/science/no-time-for-bullies-baboons-retool-their-culture.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/science/no-time-for-bulli...

neilv 7y ago
The end of The Baboon Article: > Dr. Sapolsky has no idea how long the good times will last. ''I confess I'm rooting for the troop to stay like this forever, but I worry about how vulnerable they may be,'' he said. ''All it would take is two or three jerky adolescent males entering at the same time to tilt the balance and destroy the culture.''
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  I work in an extremely male dominated industry, and let me tell you... Never underestimate the ability of one or two jerky adolescent males to massively fuck everything up! Oh dear.
sdrothrock 7y ago
> I prefer to slap up so I ended up getting shown the door. What does "slap up" mean?
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  I’m guessing throw punches.
- skrebbel 7y ago
  Being an asshole to the boss, I think.
- Y_Y 7y ago
  Usually it refers to a kind of meal. I think in this context it's like "punching up/down" as in taking out your frustration on superiors.
- klenwell 7y ago
  From the article: > Slapping down people of lower status in the company hierarchy. This would be the other direction.
DonHopkins 7y ago
>''And if baboons can do it,'' he said, ''why not us? The bad news is that you might have to first knock out all the most aggressive males to get there.'' Register to vote!

neilv 7y ago

The end of The Baboon Article: > Dr. Sapolsky has no idea how long the good times will last. ''I confess I'm rooting for the troop to stay like this forever, but I worry about how vulnerable they may be,'' he said. ''All it would take is two or three jerky adolescent males entering at the same time to tilt the balance and destroy the culture.''

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
I work in an extremely male dominated industry, and let me tell you... Never underestimate the ability of one or two jerky adolescent males to massively fuck everything up! Oh dear.

sdrothrock 7y ago

> I prefer to slap up so I ended up getting shown the door. What does "slap up" mean?

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
I’m guessing throw punches.
skrebbel 7y ago
Being an asshole to the boss, I think.
Y_Y 7y ago
Usually it refers to a kind of meal. I think in this context it's like "punching up/down" as in taking out your frustration on superiors.
klenwell 7y ago
From the article: > Slapping down people of lower status in the company hierarchy. This would be the other direction.

DonHopkins 7y ago

>''And if baboons can do it,'' he said, ''why not us? The bad news is that you might have to first knock out all the most aggressive males to get there.'' Register to vote!