@AnarchoPapist @simplic10 This, plus chaotic modern sexual relations - it's an outlet for a biological force our culture hasn't channeled.
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@AnarchoPapist@simplic10 any time you see someone "white knighting" or even making violent threats, that's the lust to duel
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@simplic10@drethelin WHAT I had no idea about this -
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@simplic10@drethelin Maine, New Jersey, Missouri, California, New York... https://www.google.com/search?q=school+fight+clubs …
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@gavri It's an extremely attractive behavior/solution to conflict, sends all the right signals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_scar … -
@gavri Rare to criminalize things that aren't attractive. Adrenaline from facing opponent without mask or protection - just imagine.
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@gavri "Coolness" is what makes social norms transmissible, no? Many dimensions to the coolness here as opposed to say rock-paper-scissors -
@gavri probably right that I haven't articulated why dueling is the kind of behavior that social proof facilitates the spread of
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@sarahdoingthing Interesting. Care to expand? What makes the environment ripe for it? -
@simplic10@sarahdoingthing Unlikely: a culture valuing honor is a prerequisite for dueling. Honor isn't a quality much esteemed nowadays. - 10 more replies
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