Odds&Ends

Please take this information and understand the social bubble you've put yourself in on Tumblr is a microcosm of reality. There are billions of people out there not on this site, completely unaware of what your fandom circle thinks is important. And they have money and they spend it.

There are millions of people who live every day unaware of anything going on beyond the tip of their own nose. They see what's familiar and they buy it. They have no expectations of anything being better or new.

So when stuff that's funding transphobia or pushing harmful political messages or making money off of anti consumer practices is successful remember: it's not the people on this website who asked you to abstain that are actually spending their money and you look like an idiot when you imply they are.

Someone on reddit asked about it. And it turns out there’s a logical-ish reason:

all of the other players pair off with their man to prevent anyone else entering into the fight … so it’s a form of self policing. 

[…] The players basically want to prevent 2 on 1, etc. fights and by finding a “hugging” partner so there’s no ganging up on one guy, even on accident. They do it because it’s fair. And it’s kind of cute sometimes.