Male friendships involve teasing in front of each other but not behind their backs, and friends defend each other externally.

“which was that it it said uh 90% of being a dude is making fun of your friends to their face and and cheering them on behind their backs.”

“when you tease somebody and you're like, "Hey man, do you see this guy's dance moves or you see this guy shoot free throw?" Whatever it is, you're just making light of human foibble and and all the funny things that we do. And there's there's just this really subtle repair work where they're saying like, "I'm teasing you, but I know you got it, you know, and I'll support you."”

“to male friendship, which is that they can say anything to your face, even be harsh criticism, but you know that if you're out of the room, they're not going to cut you down.”

“if you want to understand u males in groups and healthy uh masculine friendship guys are going to tease each other relentlessly in front of each other but they'll never tease behind somebody's back and they'll back the other person who they were just teasing in person >> against the rest, you know, they'll buffer them against any kind of criticism.”

“It's not like you tease your friend behind his back. It's it's the teasing to his face that actually builds the bond.”