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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's a classic negotiation technique abusing the psychological anchoring effect.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I’ve heard of writers on shows like the Animaniacs doing it, insisting heavily on a more outrageous joke having to go in knowing it’ll get knocked back as a Trojan horse to slip the real jokes they want in.

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