What Is The Most Effective Psychological “Trick” You Use? (r/AskReddit)
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"my future self" Man, screw that guy! I do all the work and he reaps all the benefits!
Well I am replying to your last self, So isn't the future self guy reading this?
@@omarfaruq6767 i did/will read this reply and have/will have responded to it. I hope you have had/will have a good day.
LMAO
@@themajesticotter193 now your future self is reading your reply from your past self from the comment of your past self
@@themajesticotter193 Bruh your future self is still working have some empathy for your future self😭😭😭
/j
"The illusion of choice." When dealing with hospitalized children or patients with dementia, it can be very useful to say things like, "I have your medications for the evening. Would you like to take them with water or soda?" When presented choices, people rarely consider non-listed options, such as refusing the pills, especially if they are developmentally young or have memory problems. It respects patient rights, supports a healthy nurse/patient relationship, and everybody gets the pills they need to stay well!
and if the patient chooses they don't want the pills?
@@gungrave6923 ask them if they want no pills with pills or with pills
Pills are not healthy
Problem is if they ever catch on to what's happening they will never trust you and become paranoid.
My parents did this with me, at about seven I caught on and had a really hard time with it, I felt like I was constantly being manipulated, and like they didn't want me to think for myself, teenage years were as good as you can expect with that.
@@gungrave6923 Then you educate. Remind them of the conditions the medications are treating in terms they understand and the effects on their health of they don't take them. If they still refuse then that's their right!
Dude, the "sorry she reminded me of my sister she died in a car accident" had me dumbfounded lol
Yeah, nobody going to say shit after that
Words have power and I'd never say she died in a car accident! Just you remind me of my sister is all
@@guanedits6349Not really. Words only have the power you give them.
@@user-zg5ey5xo9i Life and death is in the power of the tongue.
@@guanedits6349 Yea sure
As a manager, when I get really angry, I get quiet. I actually do this so that I won't say anything in anger that I'll regret later. However, when I come out of that state I notice my employees are highly attentive and will do what I say without the slightest inkling of resistance.
No one goes near the big muscular guy in jail, that doesn't talk to anyone, and has resting b*tch face lol..
I hope they understand why are you doing it. I would probably take it as passive agression, which is very bad thing to do
They’re probably scared.
I just get really buddy buddy with them and talk to them one on one with things they like to talk about then I lie and say the big bosses are coming down on me because xyz (whatever isn't getting done) and everyone jumps on the task to save my ass.... I was never in danger in the first place, the big bosses love me.
@@seventysue8090 so you manipulate and lie to your staff and make them believe the big boss is a jerk. That's horrible and I feel very bad for you. You are a poor example to your employees and you should probably resign immediately. You're supposed to be the one they learn from and you're teaching them how to just be dishonest jerks. I hope you're proud cuz noone else is. In reality, you're a huge liability to your company. Your staff gets unnecessarily stressed because you're not brave enough to just tell them to work like they should. You cause them emotional distress and that's the biggest problem for any company. I wouldn't be bragging about these things.
The smile one is super powerful. As someone who grew up with a natural mean mug I started to notice people would respond so much better to just being nice and smiling even if it was fake. Then it just started to be apart of me and I think I'm a happier person for it.
Honestly?
A smile in Glasgow seems to be taken as superiority or smugness. I've been walking around with unnatural mean mug to fit in for YEARS now.
I always smile because i have social anxiety, so i try to do anything i can to avoid confrontation or annoyance, and so im always smiling and nice lol
I lack skills to a ND disorder. I basically smile, listen, observe, then I respond to the person.
@@ButWhatIfItIsyeah but that's Glasgow
Most people prefer to think of themselves as a good person, even when they're doing something they know is wrong. A big reason @19:30 works so well is because it allows their ego to preserve that illusion of morality. "I wasn't flagrantly diregarding the rules - I just needed other options."
De-escalation, it’s amazing how easily you can talk people down from an elevated stress level when you keep your own composure
Not really a psychological trick but I hope it helps someone like it did me with social anxiety.
If you're in a classroom, and the teacher is doing homework questions or asking questions, volunteer for as many questions as you're comfortable with on the ones that you KNOW the answer to. If you know her first question is "what's 5-7?" and her next one is "Take the derivative of 5x^8-ex^x and plug it into the tetragonal formulae subbing the patagonian constant for pi", volunteer for the first question so she doesn't feel compelled to call on you for the second. You may need to volunteer for questions until your teacher calls on you or sees you volunteer for a bunch of questions, but after answering like two or three you're solid.
I do this too 😂
From time to time, I have used the "Passive-Aggresive" tactic. Sometimes its too risky to be openly hostile to some people, so I have to be slick and subtle about it.
They already cased the place
they are only waiting for a vehicle so
I can leave .they said I was used up
and nerd a new one.
Works until someone far slicker sees past it and is openly hostile towards your attempt a passive aggression. Bonus points if they embarrass you in front of other people too.
@@Gman941what i came to say. Ive pulled the card you describe to a few people, amazing feeling. You dominate them in every way- and heres the thing; they deserve it. People are only gunna be passive aggressive to someone who isnt being aggressive/hostile towards them- so its not like the person in the original commentors shoes is showing integrity in being honest despite imminent risk. No, theyre just sneak dissing talking shit like a pussy lmao.
And when you can see this you get to call them out without sharing their same fear of hostility because; youre in the right, youre smarter, and youre stronger- thats why they are afraid.
Be wary about smiling to strangers when you are outside USA. In many European countries (mostly Slavic ones) if you smile to stranger you will be read as someone who tries to flirt. If you always smile you will be seen as someone who has few screws loose. And never ever ask Pole "how are you?" if you don't want to hear complains. Lots of them. Complaining is our national sport.
and in Canada here, be wary about not smiling, we will think you're sour and no-one will want to speak with you, it's only natural for us to either smile or hell even stop to chat to random people
yeah same in lots of east Asian countries too. I think they'll just think what's wrong with you 😅
Wtf good luck 😂
I moved to the US from Germany when I was 10, and I always thought it was rude and creepy when strangers told me to smile. Like, I'm just walking home from school, why would I be making any sort of facial expression? I'm no psychopath.
Therapists actually use that trick about being silent in their work. If the person doesn't talk right away you give them time to answer the question or just don't say anything. The awkward silence will make the person want to talk to fill the silence
Teacher said to use a semi-colon (;) to look smarter; I believed her.
Thanks man; I'll try it
Semicolons make you look pretentious; use them sparingly.
Only use them if you know how to use them!
@@tyttuut ; ok ;;
Wow; nice advice
They always say you can’t change someone’s mind in an argument, but that is not true at all. I do it all the time. You start by leveling the emotional field by vigorously agreeing with the other person on something you both find correct, then you slowly work your way back to the original argument from there, making slight deviations along the way. Use basic argumentative logic to guide them to your view. It really works. You have to really know your position though, and objectively determine it’s value.
If someone asks me why I'm looking at them I will take something from their appearance and compliment it, it immediately disarms them. Also if someone is acting rude towards me, I will be as genuinely sweet and kind towards them, because it puts a spotlight on their behaviour towards me. They usually find a way to slip away from me because they are embarrassed or they will be humble and actually apologise.
That is like, straight from the book " How to Win Freinds and Influence People " , by Dale Carnegie !
carnegie hall was named after him. Kinda like " kill them with kindness " lol... quickly look at them and see if there is anything they may be interested in.
Or that you have in common !
I kinda tell ppl when I’m done talking like…I’m getting kinda fatigued from being social. Gonna retreat. But hit me up later if you want.
Isn’t awkward, mean, but is honest.
The 2nd one is like, the exact opposite of me. I always tell myself: "but that's a problem for future me"
Look straight ahead walking through people. People subconsciously get out of your way if they can see you. Never fails
The one about instant gratification might not work on people with depression. Firstly there's that aspect that future self might actually be worse. Secondly depression might affect you habits so drastically that you will view essentials as instant gratification. 'Food? Nah, it will only temporarily make me feel better, I'd better skip to at least be consistent with myself'.
Thats true. I think thats a really compelling point. I didn’t even realize that I used to do that versus what I try to do now. I have chronic depression and PTSD from my childhood. I’ve found that if I combine 3 methods it helps a lot tho. The convenience method: “I’m going to the kitchen so I might as well bring these dishes so I dont have to go out of my way later. The better me method: “would the me I want to be get this behind on laundry? No I think the me I want to be would stick to a routine of doing it x amount of times per week.” And then the future self one in the video. These all combined helped me do things like brush my hair or clean my filthy ash room.
Not only that, but it will probably not work on people who do not have object constancy
thats true my brother offered to give me a present but I was like dude I just wanna be left alone you ruined my day I need time to process these Emotions
*To counter passive aggressive, sarcasm and recentful jokes you just have to take them literally*.
>"Woah you sure seem to be working very hard" (to me sitting on couch)
Me: Yes, thank you. I really needed to cach a breath after all that.
The idea of passive-aggressive speech is to insult while saving face (not exposing themselves), so by taking it literally you force them to accept that it was indeed a compliment, or make them insult you in the open, causing them to lose face.
They are cowards because they don't dare say that to your face, or else they have to admit that they are a horrible person saying something mean directly, after you gave them a compliment or a thank you.
4:31 I do something similar, but I usually start with a few songs more that are more intense versions of how I feel currently.
For example, if I'm angry I might listen to songs like "Sarcasm" by Get Scared or "Middle Finger" by Bohnes for a bit so that I can be angry in a safe environment.
Then I'll transition to songs that are calmer or more hopeful to calm myself down.
This helps keep me from repressing my feelings and instead channeling them then controlling them.
Since I was a kid I learned that if you talk to someone and their not listening, but you know they won't admit it.
Just touch their shoulder and say "What do you think" but look puzzled, most of the time they'll admit they weren't listening and say why every time.
Now days it's passive ability when I know someone ain't listening which always anger me.
Pro life hack: Saying please and thank you like I mean it.
asking people for favors: just tiny "could you hand me that book from the shelf behind you?" things; they feel needed/helpful, i can thank 'em and smile - also gives them the permission to ask me for favors - - took me a long time to learn to ask people for help
Mine is the stone wall. If someone gets angry, you just watch them escalate like you're watching a movie. Smash popcorn and take nothing personally.
Do this to my father everytime we argue. Getting calm when the other party is altered initially makes them even angrier, but then they start to realize how they are behaving and also calm down, leading to a less aggressive discussion.
Whenever someone is talking to me and I don’t really want to listen I just stare at them straight in the eyes until they stop talking to me
🙂✌️
I'm studying philosophy and I'm from Mississippi. But I'm a server and I've lived a tough life, but I'm very intelligent and I've studied a little bit of everything. I act goofy and aloof, but as a server I play the Mississippi dumb card to learn obscure facts about other places. Self depricating humor is the best way to humble yourself and make people comfortable around you. I can relate to anyone, but it is never expected. Works great for my social anxiety.
Sometimes I’ll accidentally try to cause another hiccup by force during a hiccuping spell and it ends right there.
If one of my younger piano students starts to get tired and antsy, I’ll look at my clock that’s conveniently faced away from them and say something like,
“Uh oh!! We’re almost out of time!” Let’s hurry and look at some theory!” Or “ooooo, we only a have a few minutes left! We won’t get through much, but let’s look at this other song real quick.”
When actually there’s like, 11 minutes left. 11 minutes is an eternity for a young student (and for a teacher trying to TEACH that student😑), but once they think they’re almost free, they’re more willing, I’ve found anyway, to chill and interact and actually have fun.
Sometimes I realize I do things without knowing it’s like a psychological thing but then if I ever find myself doing them after seeing a video like this that explains that it’s a thing, then I feel like I can’t be genuine about doing that thing anymore. Like being happy when you see someone and they will be happy to see you too. Now idk if I’m gonna think “ok be happy so they are happy to see you” instead of just “oh look! It’s this person! Im happy to see them!”
15:45 That sounds very much like the "my dad always said *x thing that you actually thought of* " one for preventing people from dismissing your own wise sayings
If u get hiccups, just inhale and swallow before exhaling. Works all the time for me
I remember seeing these twins on a talk show a few years ago. They were saying how they lived the same life, doing the same things, and they were very clearly trying to say the same words at the same time (what they did at the beginning of this video too). They are obsessed with being the exact same person, which is probably why they want to be with the same partner and have a child at the same time.
1:28
Idk if this really has anything to do with psychology, but what I usually do is raise my hand for simple questions I 101% know. Answer enough times and the teacher'd want someone else to give it a try, and most likely would want to ask other people and avoid people.
In corporate, I would use a trick of telling a manager who was notorious for endless changes to marketing materials that any changes once a product was live at the reseller site would cost $100 and take several days. Funny how that stopped any unnecessary changes. Any legal issue was always magically something my contact at the reseller would "help" me with this one time. I don't miss that job.
After every topic, my geometry teacher says "alright, what questions do you have for me? questions, questions questions." I love it personally, and if I had any questions I would ask them.
On other people if I want them to do something for me, or see my perspective, or plant a seed, I talk to them with compassion and and respect. I smile and use the word "brother" or "sister" a lot and tell them things like "I love you." It really keeps them calm and malleable.
I do reverse trash talking to rude people, this way I can get out all the rage from me and it also doesn't make the rude guy more angry
Ever just respect someone for no reason? They tell you everything.
I do the whole responding to a question with a "What?" thing. I legitimately have no idea what they asked when I ask them to repeat it, but then realize what they said right after, and have an answer. I've always wondered if it was common, or if my brain runs on dial-up and needs a moment to connect.
This is something I’ve been using a lot recently in a game called subterfuge and getting good deals when I shouldn’t
It’s actually a few tricks,
being supportive laid back and pacifist sounding is pretty good at hiding your intentions.
Making someone think that they don’t have claim to something and you do when it’s the other way around
And making your deal in a way that your opponent stops thinking about the effects other than what you say
Basically to win any “diplomacy” based game. Gas light your friends
College teacher here: we already know ahead of time who will receive the question. Because we see the question and the person answering it as a complete package.
When you want someone to admit having done something, describe what happened and insert an irrelevant mistake. They'll try to correct you on that, thus support the main point.
E.g. "And then she hit me with her cane." - "It was an umbrella!"
Works best when the person is already angry or in an argumentative mood which luckily is basically the natural state for my person in mind. 😁
I've seen this in crime tv shows lol
“So, why did you stab that man?”
*staring intently to another cop*
Most of these are just people being wierd and when people react to it they think "wow I totally tricked that guy"
Pretending to forget what was I saying while talking and then asking them what was I talking about. Depending on whether they lie saying "no you finished talking" or actually making you remember what you were saying,
I will then, actually find out if they were even listening in the first place or not.
At 16:20 I did that same thing to my mom, I told her that the "floral director" at my job said that [insert plant tip here] when really it was my own plant tip and there is no floral director at my job
If you work customer service, wear cool colors and pastels: pale blue, lavender, lilac, pink, pale green, etc. Colors have an immediate impact on the viewer's mood. Looking at cool, neutral tones makes people feel calmer which can help keep them from flying off the handle over nonsense.
Wearing bright, warm colors can make people feel excited, but it can make them feel agitated and aggressive as well. Red in particular is a no-no.
If you want to get a child to drink medicine, do this:
Child: My throat hurts.
Parent: I know, I'm sorry you don't feel well. I have something you can drink to feel better, but it tastes nasty. Sorry, it's probably not a good idea that you drink it.
The child will see the bad taste as something minor and will be willing to put up with it in order to feel better. PS, this has to be done the first time you ever give them medicine. It will not work on an 8-year-old.
I hate it when my mom would always say because i said so. So now when anyone said that i get irritated. Its a wya of shutting someone down and being borderline abusive. Its a way of saying that the one who says because i said so, is always right
A good one I use, in customer service is misleading questions.
So we have an app which a customer can scan to apply coupons. You load the app in the line, scan it as the shoppings going through. Simple enough. But people will often mi it up and forget to scan it, or forget to activate coupons before scanning the app etc.
So if it goes wrong, I'll ask if they're sure they did it the wrong way, by saying
Me: "And you're absolutely certain that you scanned the app _after_ paying, and made sure that you activated the coupons _last_?"
Customer: "Yes, I'm certain."
Me: "Hmm, and there's no way you did it in a different order?"
Customer: "Sigh,,, No, I'm certain."
Me: "Okay, that will be why it didn't work then. Subject to the instructions you need to activate the coupons prior to scanning the app, and the app needs to be scanned prior to payment."
It always catches them off guard, and more importantly, they've already stated they're certain they've done it the wrong way, clearning myself of liability.
With the "handing people random crap" thing, I would probably be capturing a very large arachnid, placing it in a transparent container, making sure the lid is on tight, then handing it to them while discussing butterflies. It would also assist with developing my acting skills.
The wife bothering the husband with the mechanical part. Is a horrible person. I hope she stops exiting in a painful way.
22:06 now that's a matured child at a young age 😆
People will take things if you hand it to them most of the time. I like to talk about this while handing people a random object. Then ask them why they took the object.
Smiling is my go-to. Like, at work I constantly have a light smile on while near other people, great everyone with a "Good morning" regardless of the time and basically no one can be mad at me, even if I fuck up constantly and insult them constantly (in a joking tone, all situational comedy) all through the power of smile. Also, know a little bit a out every topic. Even if you just nod along someones monologue while you recognize some keywords, it will seem more natural if you actually do know the keywords
The future self thanking you for what you can do right now one really made me think. Kind of life changing one right there.
As someone who consistently nods when people are speaking, even when I don't mean to, I get a lot more attention and information than I actually want. It's both a blessing and a curse.
22:15 works, 100% I've been an extrovert all my life now that I'm 19 and taking a computer course of one year.. I act happy childish and reckless and say the excited hiii to everyone... And you guys won't believe me but, now when I don't wish them or say anything.. They come up to me and say their hi and get happy to see me..
Smile at everyone, compliment them on something specific they're wearing... Like "hey, I like your jacket" instead of the usual and boring.. U look good, ask for small favours.. "pass me the water bottle" "help me cross the road" "hold this for me" "can I borrow a pen? " etc... Just small things I'm starting to do now but damn.. This works charm and none of those folks believe now that I was an introvert... The drastic change and it makes me feel better too, like if I have a bad day... I automatically cheer up when I'm leaving for my class
Also im a girl.. So idk but uhmm I think it'll work for guys as well?
Idk if this counts but I am really good in school usually but when I do get in trouble I just start crying uncontrollably and the teachers let me go to the bathroom to clean up and then they let me go back in the room while they yell at everyone else involved (I’ve only ever gotten in trouble in a group)
My best psychological trick is so good. I am in 8th grade and I discovered this one myself. My favorite way to trick someone to get a question wrong is to tell them that the question is too easy to get wrong and do so much to boost their confidence but when it comes to them submitting 95% of the time they get it wrong. By an easy question I mean your level question. Also the 5% of it not working is me since someone tried it against me after I did it to them.
One I came up with that helped me build better habits and become more confident was labeling odd behaviors or traits I wanted as illegal. For instance, I would tell myself that having confidence is ‘illegal’ and that you can get away with it no one can stop you. Same if you want to go eat out by yourself. Just tell yourself that that’s like super illegal and against society. Makes you want to do it more. Having anxiety is illegal 😉
This is the best video of this kind ive found so far
10:20 I also thinks so, I always say "what" when someone asks me something even though I already heard them
Some thing I use when someone tells me some thing I don’t know is thank you for the information even if it’s some thing that goes against what I think or it’s not actually useful I’m still getting information from them either way and all information it’s good information
I also listen to music to help my mood. It's mainly in the form of a playlist I use on my drive home from work so I don't take work frustrations home to my family.
I forget this Trick very often and I try Not to use it because its egoistic. When i want something that someone else that i know and like ( friends or family ) has or uses right now, i ask them nicely if i can have it but then before they answer i just Tell them "nah its alright u can have it". Two scenarios that Happen now: they give it to you because they want to be nice or you make them think you would've been nice to them (cuz u let them have it) and then next time they give it to you because they remember your kindness. Works better then asking with the Argument "you had it last time", and you dont need to argument. I also have a even more powerful Trick like this but i forget it more often then i use it...
Interesting.
The “smile” one gives me joker vibes.
1:00 I always use this trick
Thx for sharing 👍
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'Damn you! Past Ted!'
that convo right before 15:00 is literally me right now. i work at jack in the box(otw out the door) for almost a year theyve beent rying to train me on grill and i refuse because then ill be trained in the entire store and they’ll use me more, ive already turned down a manager position learning grill will basically be becoming a manager for my current pay
When someone seems like they are lying, retelling the story with the biggest facts wrong or embellished. Thier need to correct you kicks in because they wonder who else else heard more wrong & worse.
Watched my dad use reverse psychology on my mom and it work perfectly. He doesn't care that my little brother smokes but mom caught him. And so he didnt get in trouble from mom he pretended to get really mad and upset and make threats until my mom stopped him and decided their was nothing wrong with it cause she didn't want him to be in trouble from his dad. Therfor he didn't get in trouble lol
I do the first one in online games. When my teammates are distracted to the enemy's trash talks instead of focusing to the objectives.
I would just type or tell something unrelated. (e.g. schlongs, mom's sphagetti, i'm a scat man!, Debussy, etc.) it threw them off and forgets what were they arguing.
I recommend vivid set of words that will slip into their minds for a good 5 seconds. The more ridiculous the better.
Just be nice to people.
It usually works.
14:36
"Strategic incompetence"
What a brilliant fvcking label for something!!! 😂😂😂
The first one is what I like to call Verbal Judo. It figuratively throws aggressive people around so that there will be a chance that they won't attack you. Cause if someone was going to attack you, they'd already have done it. But threats and whatnot is just a ploy. When someone says "what are you looking at" just ask them about where they got their shirt or if they say "are you hitting on my girl" just ask them about their relationship. Cause if that aggressive person attacks you after you've been nice to them. Then it shifts the image of that person being just an asshole instead of both you and the other person being assholes
Be polite and respectful to customer service workers, especially the ones who routinely get abused. Even if they cant help you in the end, thank them anyway. Statistically it pays off in the long run.
Just wanna write super ghostbusters parodies, but notifications said no.
Oh look a wild MSM player
Please elaborate
Opening to people so that people feel like they can trust me and open to me.
19:51 I've always defaulted to that, I think, to a fault, as I _always_ assume innocence; I can't comprehend intentionally doing something deceitful, as I'm too honesty-driven myself. Sometimes I'll hear somebody say "that person lied to me" and I always get kind of confused because I'm thinking "but... what if they just didn't know?"
If you don’t want to get called on, constantly raise your hand. You will get called on at first but then … suddenly they will stop calling on you.
everytime i’m having an argument,i just reverse their logic and it always works
Me: why?
U: I don’t know what do you think?
Me: I literally don’t know & don’t understand that’s why I’m asking.
Somehow I use most of these very often.
Also, if somebody isn't talking loud enough for you to understand what they are saying, if you purposefully respond with "so you said " they will subconsciously speak what they just said but much louder. Louder than if you were to tell them you can't hear them
It works amazingly for drive-thru jobs too
If in customer service, if someone is upset, saying you understand that they are upset USUALLY calms them down
Also, if someone is raging at you, online or otherwise, acting apathetic usually makes them angrier.
Lmao my dumbass thought of unicorns again when they said turtles
I have trouble communicating with people. So at work I try to remember my coworkers food of choice so if I notice their "vibe is off" (give me a break my communication skills stopped evolving around 9th grade and I was an introvert) I can slide anomously them something to boost them and since I generally disappear until I'm needed they only notice if I'm in the area and they feel better depending on who their upset with
The smiling one is true af I love to do it and love when people smile at me
I often look over a meeting agenda about 2 hours before a meeting and soe seeds of my plan to other people who will be in the meeting then when the issue comes up often times my idea is used.
When someone insults you but you bring up the request they asked you for like
"I guess I'm not giving you that [Insert Thing here] anymore"
This one takes dedication but literally always being sarcastic so you can never look dumb when you say something dumb and can easily take back something you said and act like it was a joke.
"You are, of course, free to [do whatever I don't want you to do]"
These are brilliant, each idea.
Candy is a very powerful tool and can often get things done that they normally can't. Flying, hotels or just dealing with people at the customer service desk for something outside the normal policy you can get some nice service with a sealed bag of assorted candy. Something that has chocolate and non chocolate item in it is best as it is more likely to have something they like or when dealing with allergies.
Yes! I do that also. There's a ripple effect to it.
That was great! Learned some great tricks from that, thanks everyone 😀
Me and some friends were playing Exploding Kittens, X grabbed a card that lets him grab a random card from any one other player without looking, he chose to grab a card from me and I unknowingly lifted the "Defuse" card, he refused it and grabbed another from the deck in my hand, later on he ended up with the bomb and exploded while another friend pointed out that I tried giving him the Defuse earlier, I tried going for the double reverse psychology trick, never worked again
Lol i used this reverse psychology loop too when i plwyed cards like this, it can really mess with people's minds and make it more like hilariously guessing whats about to happen instead of a punishment for nothing lol
I kind of did this in Risk. I sat down in Australia and would spend the first few turns just picking fights with them in other areas and slowly built a buffer around SE Asia and then sat back and watched the other players fight over the rest of the map while I built up a massive army and took Asia and Europe in one turn. Africa fell a couple turns later and then they only had 3 ways to attack me and it became a battle of attrition and I slowly took everything. After that I couldn’t play anymore because everyone made it their mission to eliminate me as early as possible so it ruined the game for me sadly.
Second one is one of the best, I use it sometimes.
in my last job, i was always swiping my coworker's tools off his belt. but i can never keep a straight face. the one time i managed to keep a straight face, he spent 5 minutes looking for his tools before i slipped it back. clever bastard figured out i swiped his tools. when i asked him how, he told me i always had a smirk when i did. if you think someone is yanking your chain or pulling your leg, look for a facial cue and listen for a verbal tell. most people will always have something that gives them away. mine was the damn smirk.
Upon meeting a person, asking them innocuous, but unexpected, questions so as to enable a better read of their face and body language. With experience, you can get a pretty good read on a person this way. Even better is to do this while looking the person straight n the eyes.
Also, making a little quip about something while watching their face and body language.
In time it becomes much like reading a book.