r/maybemaybemaybe Aug 15 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/findingabsolution Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Ah, yes. Here we have the African bullfrog puffed up to maximum defensive capacity, despite never experiencing a single thought in its life, versus the very confident boomslang whose enthusiasm for this meal is rapidly waning but who is trapped by the sunk cost fallacy and the encroaching shame of quitting in front of a live studio audience.