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Essays

Diminishing Returns

Sean Moore

Funny thing happens when you give a rat a lever. Being curious, he’ll press it. And so you give him a treat. Maybe a drop of sugar water. Being smart, too, he’ll press it again. And so you give him another treat.

Well pretty soon you have a fat rat who’s gotten pretty good at pressing a lever. And so you change the game. The next time the rat presses the lever, there is no drop of sugar water. So he presses it again. And again. And so on the fourth press, you do give him that droplet. Being smart still, the rat will press the lever as many times as it will take to get that drop of sugar water.

Well pretty soon you have a slightly more active rat who will press the lever 10, 20, 100 times to get another droplet. And so once again you change the game. The rat presses the lever again, and again, and again, and he’ll never get another drop. Being smart once again, the rat will never stop pressing that lever. He’ll spend his entire life searching for that drop of sugar water.

Funny thing happens when you give a girl a shitty boyfriend. Being trusting, she’ll let him into her life. And so he’ll be so sweet. Being loving, too, she’ll let him in further in her life. And he’ll be so sweet again.

Well pretty soon, you have a happy girl who has a shitty boyfriend pretty embedded into her life. And so he changes the game. The next time she spends time with her shitty boyfriend, there is no sweetness. And so she tries again. And again. And so on that fourth try, he is so sweet again. Being trusting still, she’ll try with her shitty boyfriend as many times as it takes to get that sweetness again.

Well pretty soon you have a slightly less confident girl who will try 10, 20, 100 times to get her shitty boyfriend to be so sweet to her again. And so once again he changes the game. The girl will try again, and again, and again, but she’ll never get another time with her shitty boyfriend being so sweet. Being trusting once again, the girl will never stop trying. She’ll spend her entire life looking for the side of her shitty boyfriend she once thought was so sweet.