Do these two things –

• Reward good behaviour
• Punish bad behaviour

Avoid doing these two things –

• Reward bad behaviour
• Punish good behaviour

An example of the 4th: the dog is having fun in the park. You call it over and it comes like a good dog. Then you put the leash on it and take it home.

An example of the 3rd: the dog begs for food and you give it food.

An example of the 1st: the dog gives up begging, slumps down in resignation, and then you give it a treat.

You made the top one look too good

your kind of politics is status-quo-enjoyer

Thank you for telling me what my kind of politics is.

Do I owe you a fee for the diagnosis?

OP is not the only one who has noticed a lot of content on here is shallow&political

If you don’t like political posts, don’t read them.

If only it were that simple. These nerds pop up all over the place. Like when I posted about the World Cup, nothing but politics-nerds in the comments: https://lemmy.ml/post/45406364

What do you want to learn how to make (out of wood)?

You’re setting up a rhetorical double-bind

I tried asking about the World Cup the other day and the comments were all about politics. Super gay and annoying.

no it’s not

ew sarcasm

Comment section of this post is not beating the allegations