Social behaviours.

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I'm not really with you on the correlation between banter and yellow-ray blockages. Yellow-ray tends to be more about groups rather than individual interactions so if anything it would be relevant to orange.

However when it comes to banter that seems to be more Blu-ray relevant, having to do with communication. The question though is whether or not it is actually always a 'blockage' because there are certainly many different forms banter can take.

This is where I see one of the greatest human challenges taking place. The challenge of both expressing yourself honestly while also being conscious of how you are being received. A lot of people tend to only focus on one of these two things but it is more difficult to maintain a balance.

I think what it comes back to is the purpose for the communication. I think banter comes in to play a lot when people feel they want to participate but maybe not invest, so they want to engage whatever is going on but keep a 'safe' distance. This is obviously different from trolling or intentionally disruptive behavior which I am not mentioning.

However, on the flip side, banter can also be a sign of total comfort. Some of my closest friends are really easy to banter with, even while talking about engaging subjects, and it feels natural. Other people are more 'formal' it seems but in general I find that once Im close with someone there is usually a lot of banter.

I honestly often think that the words are just for the enjoyment of expression and that the actual communication is going on much beyond the surface.