After agreeing to double and donate a bonus she now owed, one participant broke character with: 'oh God I'm gonna be in so much debt over this, let me call a guy real quick — hey Warren yeah I'm gonna need to borrow some money.' It's a perfect illustration of how people rationalize escalating commitments rather than admitting they were played. The humor lands because the audience recognizes the same impulse in themselves.
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