My favorite rigs story allowed me to use my learned team building skills from the tomg exercises in real life interweb analysis (thanks TOMG you are offically invited to have a beer)
cognitive dissonance: An emotional state set up when two simultaneously held attitudes or cognitions are inconsistent or when there is a conflict between belief and overt behavior. The resolution of the conflict is assumed to serve as a basis for attitude change, in that belief patterns are generally modified so as to be consistent with behavior."
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Originally Posted by rsigley
0 i was bored today so i kept giving some guy who was on major tilt the opposite side of my bets and he lost all of them now i feel guilty and i think i'm going to give him the money he lost in person because it seems like it matters a lot to him
The resolution of the conflict is assumed to serve as a basis for attitude change, in that belief patterns are generally modified so as to be consistent with behavior:
the new rigsley perspective 12 hours later :
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Originally Posted by rsigley
it sucks he fell so hard, but it was inevitable and it's probably better how it happened. if it went on longer some people get delusion and think they just hit a rough patch and that is how they end up losing their houses. i'm sure there's 100 led whatever his name is every day who do the same thing but don't brag to a forum of educated people who can help him understand his errors and ruin their lives over it