Ever notice that social life is full of "humiliation rituals" and "shit tests" that are basically meant only for the purpose of punching down on a newcomer to a group or a lower caste within a group, in order that they may demonstrate that they are "capable of taking it?"
What I find fascinating about these rituals is that people ostensibly justify these with various pseudo-logic
>it toughens you up
>it filters out crybabies and big egos
but really these shit tests have nothing to do with filtering out whiners and big egos. It's just really a test of whether you know such a thing is gonna happen. basically if your parents take you aside and say
>"look kid, life's gonna be full of these random shit tests and you just have to sit there and take it even though it's unfair"
that kid is way more likely to "pass" the shit test even if he HATES IT than someone who didn't get warned in advance.
What the fuck is wrong with humans?
This.
It’s like how adults justify bullying as “kids being kids” and even say “bring back bullying”.
Adults in general seem to want to brutalize childhood.
They think kids not doing life threatening stunts or doing cringey shit is making them too soft.