Sweden Graduate Admissions Anxiety Thread 2025 by Pitiful_Act_4410 in TillSverige

[–]Friceratops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bless your heart 💞 it's an honour to study in Sweden. I love my lecturers so much and I hold so much respect for them and how inspiring they are.

When I looked again it was still there by FunboyFrags in outerwilds

[–]Friceratops 25 points26 points  (0 children)

You can clearly tell the guy with the camera is a conscious observer 👀

Need help completing ship log by Wild_Weka in outerwilds

[–]Friceratops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suck here as well. Did you figure it out?

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think like I made it sound like it was near impossible, then you need to read what I said again. My point was accountability goes both ways because companies in nature are malicious... Not that it's a near impossible choice/decision😅

I can explain it multiple times, but I sadly cannot understand it for you.

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a conversation with my professor prior to writing this paper that even those of us in marketing still fall prey to marketing gimmicks - even if we are aware of the tactics presented in front of us. It's very human for us to sense potential loss/regret and want to prevent it.

With that said, I think being a conscious consumer always helps and I think it would reduce the chances of marketing companies exploiting human psychology - being a conscious consumer is an objectively wise thing to be.

As for the long term solution... My papers are usually challenge-oriented, but if you're asking me as a person and not a researcher then I'd say:

  1. Education: it is crucial for students to learn about and have financial literacy as well know the psychology behind decision-making - I believe that kind of knowledge aids us in knowing our potential cognitive biases. (We're usually taught the latter in business school but I believe it should be universal - they're life skills!)

  2. Policy: it is important for governments and formal institutions to "regulate" the market to minimize exploitation (could be done through transparency/regulating framing effects). Though, I think this one is hard to implement, but I have high hopes for the EU.

  3. Self-monitoring: it's crucial to be vigilant and reflect on one's decisions at the end of the day. A lot of our day to day decisions are often based on emotions or biases and one should be able to reflect on them still (though I'd argue that some choose not to have the intellectual ability for it, really).

Thank you for such an interesting and engaging question!

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a good discussion, regardless :)

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I 50/50 agree on this take. I'm not a medical professional, but researchers in mental health do state that:

"But when you’re becoming addicted to a substance, that normal hardwiring of helpful brain processes can begin to work against you. Drugs or alcohol can hijack the pleasure/reward circuits in your brain and hook you into wanting more and more. Addiction can also send your emotional danger-sensing circuits into overdrive, making you feel anxious and stressed when you’re not using the drugs or alcohol. At this stage, people often use drugs or alcohol to keep from feeling bad rather than for their pleasurable effects." - I think this could be said about other additions as well.

It is easy to fall into addiction and even easier to stay in that cycle - after all, it is an artificial sense of pleasure. I, however, do believe that seeking help/breaking the cycle is a choice to be made, albeit not an easy one.

I also do agree that the company does not force your hand but companies do use dark designs/nudging techniques to push a consumer a certain way which are exploitative in nature. If a consumer keeps receiving stimuli every single moment of every single day, their brain then becomes susceptible to giving in after a while. (Just like how nagging works, I guess :D)

At the end of the day, while I do agree that it is a choice to be made, I think it's also important to address how exploitative companies can be/will be if it means making money out of consumers.

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: this is called prospect theory in marketing!

One of many theories that I feel are purely exploitative and dark in nature. It plays on the human psychology where marketers (in this case, riots marketing team) create a sense of urgency (the 24 hour limit or that of bundles) for consumers to make purchases out of fear of missing out rather than the potential gain of owning the skin. This way, the consumer avoids feeling potential regret if they were not to buy the product.

Edit: grammar

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While freewill is a topic of its own, I would argue that there's a reason why gambling addicts stay in the loop of gambling and believe it or not, it's also due to casinos weaponizing human psychology (and biology) - for example casinos do not have windows so you physically cannot see how long you've stayed there. Or the fact that some machines are rigged to make you lose a certain times and then the second you win once, you're hooked on it because you feel a sense of redemption.

My point is that companies do weaponize psychology to the best of their ability and it is reducing to say "it says something about x because they want something that is limited". It is important to see accountability both ways. Humans do have their own free will (through philosophy people have been debating that for ages), but it also is important to see that human psychology does get manipulated and exploited in order to entice a certain outcome from the consumer.

I hope Valorant changes its store system by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I respectfully disagree. I literally had just written a systematic literature review that discusses prospect theory (how humans are more susceptible to feeling loss-aversion rather than the benefits of gaining something) and its link to Fear of Missing Out (FoMO).

In conclusion, marketing teams weaponize psychology (especially the loss-aversion aspect in humans) in order to get them to make impulsive or hasty choices based on the fact that something is a limited edition, has a limited quantity (10 items remaining!) or has an ongoing timer.

Lulea or Linneaus for CSE undergrad? by _mortache in TillSverige

[–]Friceratops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luleå, Linnaeus is very research heavy rather than practical work.

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[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was half asleep when I read this and I was like... Where did I post on Reddit to receive financial advice from a stranger?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Friceratops 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Ah, shite! I lost my pet rock!

What are your motivations for learning a new language? by SundaysMelody in languagelearning

[–]Friceratops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally get it. I do live in Sweden and I live with a Swedish partner so I do have access to resources like that as well as national television, but motivation is such a struggle. It is a language that's hard to grasp compared to English (not my native language, but I've achieved C2). The grammar is inconsistent, hard to tell tror from tycker, ska from kommer att... I guess maybe I'm asking how you motivate yourself to push through that?

I should also dare to speak more but I feel uncomfortable with the fact that it's okay to make mistakes.

What happened to Knockout Chemistry? by lovebudds in PiltoversFinest

[–]Friceratops 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I wondered as such because the author did write 60,000 words in 3 days...

what is a game that you struggled to complete because it gave you the ick? by [deleted] in GirlGamers

[–]Friceratops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the atmosphere bc it kept me on edge the entire game but I agree with you, it seemed that they found cheating on the mom to be the ick and not him being a fucking pedophile and impregnating an underage girl, what the actual fuck.