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touching parts of the body in a mock attack.
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You sort of attack somebody and they're laughing
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but if it's--but if somebody's trying to mug you
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you're not "Ah, this is so funny."
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You have to realize that this is a mock attack; you're simulating attack.
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So one theory is--is a signal of mock aggression and collective aggression.
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It's basically--it's like a sound of some sort of mob attack.
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It's mock aggression in the sense that
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when people laugh they're often teasing, kidding around.
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They're throwing out insults, maybe they're tickling each other,
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maybe they're making fun of each other, maybe they're making fun of themselves,
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and there's some aggression to it.