One-Up-Manships

I don't participate, In one-up-manships. There is no benefit I see from it. And what in return does one get? Another risking of common sense? I remember as a child, When it was fun to play the 'dozens'. Fun to berate a friend's mother. As something done to irritate... Understood as a joke to play on another. Today those games can not be played. Unless someone is seeking, To be hurt in a physical way. Since any one-up-manship persisted... Will lead a child seeking revenge with a weapon. To then declare an innocence. As a defense! With a self satisfying look, Of a smugged seriousness!