You know, it's interesting the things you learn down here after being processed through the initiation stages. It's the gutter for good reason, not that you can't find similar shenanigans on the BB's.
Ultimately, most of the banter and angst tossed about between 'subjects' boils down to self-preservation. The kings laugh and take their ransom from the knaves gullible attributes while they are at each others throats.