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Jorg's avatar

Face it, people in general want and need a pecking order. Possibly because so many people are unsure of their own value in any given community. The worst offenders, IMO, are those who try to increase their rank in the order by lowering the rank of someone else. And too many of those who act like that at least succeed partially, again, I think, because so many people are unsure of where they really rank (could it be determined by a neutral outside observer).

Easier to pick on the easily cowed and unsure, but it's very bad behavior and seems to me to generally come from those who are not only unsure of their own value but are willing to bully others to cover up.

And my experience now comes from people 'arguing' about the "authenticity" of ethnic food. Get a grip, people.

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Deepa's avatar

I think a spelling bee is entertainment for the audience, in the same way that a basketball game is. I mean, there is nothing useful about throwing a ball in a basket, except to win a basketball game.

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