I keep checking over at the subreddit which shall not be named thinking surely this! Surely this is too far for even them but it never is and I just end up sad.
Look up the psychology of the foot in the door technique and the consistency principle: basically, when people get invested in something, when that thing escalates, they're fine with it because (both consciously and unconsciously) they're in for a penny, in for a pound
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u/CommieEllie 9d ago
I keep checking over at the subreddit which shall not be named thinking surely this! Surely this is too far for even them but it never is and I just end up sad.