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Palamon

Palamon

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    Hehehe, what are bribes/threats you give in order to make someone do something? <3 Threaten to... steal their snacks? Not let them borrow your game or something? Or something more severe and less childish?
     
    i bribe my younger brother to do little things all the time

    although i think that's considered incentivizing, not bribery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
    The "incentives" I've seen people offer in the UG and the Battle Server have scarred me for life.
     
    I haven't really done this before, not to anyone else. Though, sometimes I use that tactic on myself. Like, if I finish this chore or that thing I'm supposed to do, then I can reward myself by watching this thing, or snacking on that, etc. I suppose when done in that way, it's more motivation than it is bribery..
     

    I used to do this all the time as a kid to try and get my way, but now...not so much. This is a tactic that is used quite liberally on my younger brother, but given his autism it's the only thing that really works sometimes to get him to do something - threaten to deprive him of something he wants to do in order to get him to do something else. So, if he doesn't go to bed at a decent time, he doesn't get to go out the following day. And so on.

    It's more a verbal dance of implied incentives in this house though; the desire for someone to do something will be outright voiced or heavily implied once or twice, and it'll hang in the air whilst we all try to manuever around it. It'll either get done or it won't depending on how people act, what it is, and so on. I suppose it's the same thing, just less direct and more "adult" if you prefer. It's all part of the game, though.
     
    I'm sure I have, to my little brother at least. I can't recall any instances though. :(
     
    I've offered to get snacks as an incentive to go to the store, but that's about it.
    I don't really bribe people, I'd feel bad.
     
    FINISH THIS JOB OR YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT YOUR FREE WEEK WE'VE DISCUSSED TWO MONTHS AGO. My last months in a nutshell.
     
    I might do it for fun with my boyfriend :P.. Like on Friday he said he was running a little late and I said "For every minute that I have to wait for you, you get one less minute of a massage I was going to give you!!" XD I thought that might speed him up a bit.. lol..
     
    I used to do this with my parents. I would tell them I'd clean my room for example if they let me get something. Either that, or if I was good at some point, I'd use that as a way of getting what I wanted. I think I grew out of that phase, which is probably a good thing. XD
     
    I don't tend to bribe but I have been bribed a lot in my life haha. I've certainly never blackmailed or threatened anyone though as I just can't bring myself to do so. Though if I wanted to I certainly could have.
     
    I don't. See, I ask for help once in a blue moon, and when I do, it'd be from a person who's mature enough to do their job properly. Like, I don't need some immature assclown who'd only accept if I bribe them to do my bidding. Besides, I always reward the ones who help me out (unless they do a shit job) afterwards in one way or another.
     
    Not really, but I am pretty easily bribed if I want something.
     
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