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Help me understand... you don't think this has elements of hazing? Perhaps you are suggesting the 'tests' are not arbitrary but instead are an essential part o
by xpe 4y ago
Help me understand... you don't think this has elements of hazing?
Perhaps you are suggesting the 'tests' are not arbitrary but instead are an essential part of evaluating if someone is fit for a group?
- coldblues 4y agoNot arbitrary, indeed. Primarily verbal. Just throw offensive words at someone and see if they have an "instant allergic reaction" to them.
- anigbrowl 4y agoHazing is a little different insofar as people apply to join and then have to go through the hazing ceremony to gain acceptance (which with time can become highly abstracted, eg initiation rites in Freemasonry). What's being described above is covert signaling, where the group is trying to expand and employs pseudo-aggression as a combination recruitment/sorting strategy.