I don't know if I should feel informed or concerned

This image is a screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter), shared to the Reddit Meme subreddit. The post, by user @ghumflation, is captioned 'When you've a frnd who is psychology student', followed by a screenshot of a text conversation with their psychology student friend. The friend first shares a purported psychological manipulation trick: disagree with someone for the first 5 minutes of a 10 minute conversation, then agree with them for the next 5, to make them see you as more attractive because they feel they persuaded you. Immediately after sharing the trick, the friend adds a warning not to manipulate people, explaining they are only sharing the trick because they think the recipient is dumb and want to make sure they do not get manipulated. The core humor comes from the conflicting emotions the recipient (and viewer) feels: grateful that the friend is looking out for them, but also concerned that their friend casually knows and shares manipulation tactics.

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We studied something today

Very interesting

Like if want to manipulate someone and you're talking to them for 10 mins, during the first 5 mins disagree with whatever they're saying and for next 5 mins agree with everything they're saying that way they Will find you more attractive they'll think that in the start you were rather a difficult person and then they persuaded you just like an artificial warm up

DO NOT MANIPULATE PEOPLE

I'm just telling you this

Cz you're dumb

Don't get manipulated

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When you've a frnd who is psychology student

Overview

This image is a screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter), shared to the Reddit Meme subreddit. The post, by user @ghumflation, is captioned 'When you've a frnd who is psychology student', followed by a screenshot of a text conversation with their psychology student friend. The friend first shares a purported psychological manipulation trick: disagree with someone for the first 5 minutes of a 10 minute conversation, then agree with them for the next 5, to make them see you as more attractive because they feel they persuaded you. Immediately after sharing the trick, the friend adds a warning not to manipulate people, explaining they are only sharing the trick because they think the recipient is dumb and want to make sure they do not get manipulated. The core humor comes from the conflicting emotions the recipient (and viewer) feels: grateful that the friend is looking out for them, but also concerned that their friend casually knows and shares manipulation tactics.

Origin notes

The original content is a public tweet posted on X (formerly Twitter) by user @ghumflation (display name inshal). It was later reposted to the Reddit Meme subreddit, where the submitter added the title 'I don't know if I should feel informed or concerned' to describe the relatable conflicting feelings elicited by the text conversation.