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[–] 5260309? 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

mmm. Sounds like a learned behavior to me, IMO.

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[–] gramman74 [S] 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

I think you are correct. That kind of behavior was never corrected as a child.

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[–] causuistry 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Couple that with 'the customer is always right' mentality. Just throw a fit and you will be rewarded.

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[–] 5260474? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

People suffered from a medically recognized affliction known as hysteria, and once it went out of vogue it simply vanished, or changed into something else. Before that it was brain fever, and quite a popular ailment after suffering ill news.