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0 pointspixl973y ago0 comments

>everywhere these days.

Whenever you have a sentence that has 'these days' and is describing human behavior, just leave off these days.

Humans have been cheating pieces of shit throughout history, especially when they are in a position where there is no recourse from the other parties in the transaction.

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raspberry13373y ago· 2 in thread

This assumes that average human behaviour does not change over time, which seems quite unlikely to me.

chongli3y ago

It’s a market for lemons [1]. You, the player, have no information about the teammates and opponents you’ll be matched up with. Therefore, over time, high quality and well-behaved players tend to exit the market, leaving only the cheaters and tantrum-throwers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons

pixl97OP3y ago

When someone tells me something that's been happening for a long time is suddenly going to stop happening, it's most believable when they present evidence that is the case.

Being that humans have been cheaters in one way or another in significant numbers. For example modern infidelity figures are around 25% based on surveys. Somehow I just don't think your statement here is backed up by observation.

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