Societally Rewarding

You aren't socially rewarding anybody. I think that is not only the single most offensive way of structuring a society but serves no purpose other than to condition people to accept servitude. You know that right? That isn't a thing.

Hym "That sounds like some ignorant conservative shit. You aren't 'Societally Rewarding' people when they exchange their labor or advance or they 'succeed in general'. That's not a social reward. People try to treat it that way. As though success is a societal reward. They do the same thing with sex. But their behavior in no way needs to be concordant with any consistent behavioral ethic. They can find vague, amorphous predictors. And sure, I'm sure the data on the predictors is accurate. But that's not the point. Who has the sucess is irrelevant. That it's FRAMED as a 'Societal reward' is the issue and what's more interesting is what I think is WHY it's framed that way. The success isn't enough. They want to DESERVE it. So... It's societally framed as a reward. So that people are motivated to strive for success. So that what they succeed, they get that release of dopamine and continue to strive. It's a 'Skinner Box.' (In abstraction obviously). A conceptual machine much like my Chaff grenade or my money generator. A lot of things are treated like Societal reward. Association. Sex. Success. A portable skinner box sold to you buy society. You carry it with you everywhere you go and then blame social media while you mash the button. But I've said this all before."

by Hym Iam August 23, 2023

Microsoft Rewards

a program on the internet that gives you giftcards

I used microsoft rewards to get a robux gift card!

by mr nobodyu October 29, 2023

Slothful Reward Bias

A manipulative tactic where someone offers a monetary or tangible reward not as a genuine incentive for a task, but as a trap to completely discredit you. The tests or challenges are designed by the reward-giver to be unwinnable or rigged, giving them total control over the narrative. When you fail to meet their impossible standards, they use your attempt to claim the reward as "proof" of your incompetence, greed, or bad faith, thus achieving their real goal of destroying your credibility.

Example: "He offered me $10,000 to build a website in a weekend, with specs that would take a team of five a month. It wasn't a job offer; it was pure Slothful Reward Bias."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

self-reward

When retired seniors are "entitled" a) to have 6 hours of recreational screen time per day (e.g. to binge-watch T.V.), b) to Google for (or to watch) contents deemed inappropriate for the rest of the family — just because they have once worked hard for several decades in a row.

My grandpa calls it his 'self-reward' when he binge-watches six hours of his favorite shows, saying he’s earned it after decades of hard work!

by Emotional Cruiser November 13, 2025

risk vs reward

Comparing the consequences to the benefits.

You get to decide the risk vs reward.

by PineappleJuice May 12, 2015

High Risk High Reward

woods in tarkov

bro 1 - bro, wanna do woods?
bro 2 - nah bro we're gonna loose everything to a scav with a shotgun 200 meters way
bro 1 - high risk high reward bro

by Therealonefromthestreets November 25, 2022

Wingman's reward

When you get to hook up with the friend of the girl that your mate is going for, because you and the girl friend are stuck with each other and there's not much else to do.

It's not a great reward but better than going home empty handed.

Note that it's not a wingmans' reward if you're actually into the girl. That's tag teaming and not wingmanning.

I wingmanned Kyle last night and collected a half decent wingman's reward.

by drinkbord January 11, 2023