Playing dodgeball without it wouldn’t be a mixture of funny and sad, it would just be sad.

This is an example of a Nash Equilibrium. A situation where no one gains by unilaterally changing and shedding their "us vs them" mentality. However, in many such situations people would all be better off if they could change together, in this case all shedding their "us vs them" mentality together.

Unless the “us vs them” mentality actually is the basis of all cooperation. In that case we would all get burned for acting together.

you may have something there if you were not posting in an odd numbered position. I being a person who is posting in an even numbed position will make this comments section much more interesting and funny. I am sure you have come to realize that the next person who posts will have a odd numbered posting position or the 3rd slot which is important to mention as he probably cannot count. of course anything he says will be stupid as he is a big dumb ninny!odd person!