Tl;dr is they are a secret society at Yale comprised of legacy kids (I believe both presidents Bush were members, for example) that has initiation rites that are supposed to be humiliating which creates a bond. Apparently they have changed quite a bit from their heyday in the first half of the twentieth century.
I thought the Wikipedia page sounded sanitized but since you are the first person I’ve ever heard mention them, I’ll take your word on its accuracy. TIL more about secret societies
There’s a decent Wikipedia entry on them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones?wprov=sfti1
Tl;dr is they are a secret society at Yale comprised of legacy kids (I believe both presidents Bush were members, for example) that has initiation rites that are supposed to be humiliating which creates a bond. Apparently they have changed quite a bit from their heyday in the first half of the twentieth century.
I thought the Wikipedia page sounded sanitized but since you are the first person I’ve ever heard mention them, I’ll take your word on its accuracy. TIL more about secret societies