# What manipulative tactic have you worn out?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525 "2014-11-03T16:27:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/1 "2014-11-03T16:27:52Z")

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Mine is " Honey I am getting oldder, not sure how much longer I will be able to do this, please don’t say no"

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/2 "2014-11-03T17:36:07Z")

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Does it work? Did it ever?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/3 "2014-11-03T19:13:24Z")

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Yes. She still takes him to Chuck E. Cheese’s every year on his birthday.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/4 "2014-11-06T17:57:42Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Yes. She still takes him to Chuck E. Cheese’s every year on his birthday.

She’s hoping he will get stuck in the overhead maze so she can leave and eat better pizza across the street at Pizza Hut.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/5 "2014-11-06T19:36:02Z")

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I dunno. Nothing’s ever replaced, “Jeez, honey, the Russians could nuke us any minute. You want to die a virgin?” - and it’s pretty obsolete now.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-manipulative-tactic-have-you-worn-out/703525/6 "2014-11-06T19:39:58Z")

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People never believe I’m going to let go when I hang them over the side of a building anymore.