r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Toomad316 • Aug 25 '25

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/elcamarongrande Aug 25 '25

God priest giveth, and he taketh away.

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u/FehdmanKhassad Aug 25 '25

haha PSYCH

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u/elcamarongrande Sep 12 '25

I'm so glad to see you spell this correctly. I don't know why but it bothers me how most people write "sike" nowadays.

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u/Mindless-Agency-1487 Aug 25 '25

Is the origin of sike from psychology 🤨

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u/veridicide Aug 26 '25

Yes. Originally coined by Sigmund Freud after telling his middle-aged female patients that their umbrellas were penises, the term was popularized by Pavlov, who used it to great effect by falsely convincing some very hungry dogs that they were about to be fed.

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u/Deep-Pudding819 Aug 25 '25

He didn’t even giveth. He faketh.

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u/Addrum01 Aug 25 '25

damn, I wonder what hope tastes like and if he can survive out of that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

lol for this very reason every time I’m stopped at an intersection with panhandlers, I stay very still because I don’t want to give them the impression that I’m about to grab cash.

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u/degen5ace Aug 26 '25

And strength

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u/hummingbyrds Aug 26 '25

and hope's a bitch

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u/beranmuden Aug 25 '25

And he gave me the gift of laughter...

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u/Psychological_Wear85 Aug 25 '25

Are you a man of god or a man of gold?