[alt text: a text-and-image meme. The text says: "When you're in the pit and you stop a hardcore kid from spin kicking you in the face". The image is a photo of two men facing each other. One man is older and muscular, and the other is younger and skinnier. Both men seem to be naked in a shower, and the younger man's leg is raised up such that his foot is up against the wall of the shower, next to the older man's head. The older man is holding the younger man's raised leg with his muscular arm. Upon further inspection, the photo seems to be a cropped frame from a gay male pornographic film.]
excellent hypothesis. it feels like the fictional 5 monkeys experiment where conditions have changed but we maintain the behavior because that's just how it's done