Is there a name for the phenomenon where to discourage Category X you permit/encourage access to an unrepresentatively crappy member of it?
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@sarahdoingthing Poisoning the well? -
@St_Rev my grandmother grew during prohibition and they brewed beer but in each case put a few bottles of root beer to give curious cops - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing Like the Streisand Effect for behavior? -
@wrathofgnon hmmm kind of but Streisand might be a failure mode for the behavior I'm talking about - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing Do you mean salvia and alcohol are crappy? I don't understand apologies. -
@Martin17773 compared to other drugs, yes - execrable high school lit like A Separate Peace maybe a better example ;) - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing rumspringa comes to mind, but more as a related concept -
@schakalsynthetc Had to google that -- definitely. - 8 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing OTOH, the scale of problems caused by alcohol abuse (esp here in Scotland) suggests it's not an *effective* anti-gateway.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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