Best HFY Stories: The Human Negotiator

[@stevedixon921]

My parents used a similar tactic when it came to 'sharing' food between my older brother and I. One got to divide the portions, the other got to choose which portion they wanted. Made it so both of us would make at least token effort to not short the other too egregiously. What can I say, it works.

[@SCPhillips32]

I wonder if the human ambassador had the same childhood experience?

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Classic way of insuring fairness.

[@IONATVS]

@@SCPhillips32My parents did the same, and my understanding is it’s a pretty common tactic to get siblings to share more fairly. So I’d imagine the negotiator (and by extension their writer) would have at least been familiar with it, if not had it used on them by their own parents.

[@hazelmurdoch6529]

Ah - the old "Mum's Choice" - one of you cuts the cake, the other one chooses which part they get. ...ah, yes, I remember it well

[@Fire-superme]

Was gonna say that in a different way but you beat me to it “I’ll pour the orange juice into 2 cups and you chose the cup you want”

[@bigjay875]

That's exactly what I was thinking as well.

[@kaviyalinikarthi6767]

Love this lmao, "trust me bro", I will immediately loose any trust I had in you.

[@Thelnir]

Same.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Ya, a clear indication someone is trying to bullshit you.

[@AJB-jr6ll]

Those who must constantly advertise about how honorable and fair they are I usually anything but what they claim

[@broEye1]

They really should have read up on human culture and principles. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book to deal with negotiations between hostile or excessively self-serving parties. And they clearly antagonized the guy in the first meeting, otherwise he might have brought up this plan himself.

[@autisticwitch7581]

Those hostile and excessively self-serving parties 9/10 times being cohabitating human offsprings, i.e. siblings.

[@IONATVS]

@@autisticwitch7581yup. my brothers and I had this tactic used on us EXTENSIVELY.

[@Azrael178]

Ah yes. The negociator

[@raymondcarter1137]

Spell check?

[@Nevir202]

There's a fancier, like round robin version of this, for dividing up things among multiple parties. Does anyone remember how it works I just vaguely remember it exists.

[@iamcurious9541]

There are different processes for different numbers especially prime numbers

[@raymondcarter1137]

The negotiators…hero’s without fanfare. Unfortunately the archenemy appears…The arbitrator!

[@denifnaf5874]

''Trust me bro''

[@markbeiser]

He missed the part where humans automatically don't trust anyone who says that!🤣

[@Whisper555]

The Human Negotiator is clearly a descendant of King Solomon 😈

[@BrazenBard]

"You can't split the baby! Better she gets it, and he lives!" "Clearly, you are the true mother. You get the bigger half."

[@KryptLynx]

I don't remember the name of the method, but it is a known way to split resource fairly with biased parties: make one divide and second to choose. Except the way it works should be made known for both parties.

[@purplefood1]

It's a little bit different but the same vibe

[@billcook7285]

This is how we used to divvy up a sack. 😂

[@jondoe8350]

Ima gonna start using this when sharing food

[@jugger017]

1 minute ago, fresh out of the oven

[@Mark73]

Saw that resolution coming a mile away

[@Michael_Brock]

I see response 3 mins in one splits, other chooses. Mentioned in other comments.

[@danzydan2479]

Made me laugh. Good content.

[@jameswoods8849]

1 hour since posting perfect for consumption. 😂😂

[@carminedesanto6746]

GM ☕️🍩☃️

[@ccsorn]

FTA