A “I think it’s lame that your behavior is influenced by how others see you.” B “Yes.” A “So we can’t stop this behavior X.” B “Hmmm, I’m not sure about that either… I think my behavior is being influenced by my concern about being considered ‘lame’ by an entity I don’t understand…”

boomerang joke I think I saw a similar composition in a cartoon I saw on Twitter, but I didn’t like it, so I couldn’t find it. Maybe it wasn’t such a blatant use of the word, but more like a story where the protagonist realizes the equivalent of B’s point…

- [[Other people's values]]

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