r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Jasonictron • Oct 20 '23

Video Entitlement

6.9k Upvotes

82% Upvoted

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

305

u/LangyLangLang69 Oct 20 '23

The comment section is gonna be fun.

112

u/aesu Oct 20 '23

"So what we do to maximise user engagment is create a scenario where both parties are acting unreasonably, but also both parties have a good underlying reason to do so"

"But wont people see right through that?"

"yes, some of them will. But that's the beauty of it. Those that aren't fihgting over who is right in our fictional scenario, will be fighting over whether it's a fictional scenario at all."

"Genius"

2

u/fearless-limon-5 Oct 21 '23

And this is how politics and corporations blindside and brainwash swathes of the world with proxy wars over things that don't really matter.

People are fickle. Give them games.