The ritual is done at least 20 times, with months or years between each session, taking 10 to 30 minutes. The ones that pass through it all are accepted as warriors and future leaders

https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Sater%C3%A9_Maw%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maw%C3%A9_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraponera_clavata (bullet ant)

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the ideas of conditioning and building tolerance might be foreign to you

I feel some very strong projection vibes here. Also, conditioning yourself to pain doesn't work by going from zero to one of the most painful things known to man.

I mean, there were (are?) Alternative cultures that see pedophilia favorably. I'm not exactly about to warm up to that, either.

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