| guilt trip |
this is a very severe technique, and is actually not very common because practitioners of this art seem to prefer the more nuanced techniques - they prefer to finesse their way to the end goal. perhaps they don't want the proceedings to degrade so they focus on more passive techniques. although uncommon, it is important to study the nature of the threat technique; it distills the issue into a simple affair - would you like to die by a gastro-intestinal-explosion (G.I.E.) or would you prefer to die by strangulation?
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illusion |
| kind request | inebriation | |
| shock and awe | humor | |
| respect/etiquette | conspiracy | |
| culture | body language | |
| history | morality | |
| lineage | metaphysical | |
| request for opinion | competitiveness | |
| compliments | insult | |
| bribe | nagging | |
| trade off | connection | |
| compromise | peer pressure | |
| physical char. | imperative | |
| temporal char. | threat | |
| need | duress | |
| preemptive strike | forced feeding | |
| trickery | timing | |
| chemical | the future... |
i have relatives that live in croatia, slovakia, hungary and israel and it is of utmost importance that their guests consume massive quantities of food. these hosts seem to feel personally insulted if you do not eat three, four or even five portions of the food that they are offering. initially i was critical of this forced-gluttony, but after reassessing the phenomena, i have become a connoisseur of their brilliant methodologies. my analysis of their techniques is intended to serve as the first step in the process of developing an effective counter-strategy.
although someone who eats large amounts of food on their own accord is the ultimate guest, those guests who succumb to these techniques generate a surprising level of joy for the host.
i have also not noticed a significant difference between the consumption of food that was prepared or purchased. one might think that a host would take more offense if food they slaved over was 'under-consumed'. it seems however, that the labor involved is not critical - all that matters is that massive quantities are ingested.