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JRS's avatar

I always remember the fake commercial going around with the 4 year old melting down at the grocery and at the end it says "use condoms." You never see a family enjoying a nice picnic and it say "don't get FOMO."

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Performative Bafflement's avatar

Right - because people have loss aversion, and downsides matter more emotionally and are more salient than upsides.

So people would happily give up 2, or 5, or 10 picnics with kids to avoid one public meltdown.

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Benjamin Scott's avatar

I, personally, wouldn't. I would take 5 or 10 happy outdoor trips with my favorite young relatives (no kids yet) in exchange for 1 Walmart meltdown. Maybe I would take 2 for 1. Hard to say. Probably.

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