dope and drama. a working theory.

I have always wondered why some people just allow others to treat them like shit.

I have also observed in various social 'scenes' which shall remain unnamed, that frequently sociopathic bullies were quite popular. My working theory was that people who are weak willed simply stood by bullies. They did this knowing that although they themselves had no real social connections that the act of accepting this horrible treatment would at least get them laid and into fancy parties.

Now evidence suggests something else might be at work.

MICE LACKING SOCIAL MEMORY MOLECULE TAKE BULLYING IN STRIDE

The social avoidance that normally develops when a mouse repeatedly
experiences defeat by a dominant animal disappears when it lacks a gene
for a memory molecule in a brain circuit for social learning, scientists
funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.

Now we just need to find out how taking too much e turns off this same gene...