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About sharing something and how it's supposed to be done by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 11/26/2012, 1:12pm PST
There's a really stupid commercial for one of Pillsbury's crescent rolls where there's only one roll left, and the guy suggests they share it. He cuts it into two pieces, one about 1/3 of the size and the other the rest, points to the small piece and says "that's half."

The other guy fights him. He should have just said, "Fine," then taken the big piece.

See, you don't get to cut the pieces AND decide which piece you get to have; that's a guarantee of unfairness since it's a conflict of interest.

It's why if you toss a coin, one tosses and the other calls which one they want.

If you're diving something with someone else, one makes the division and the other decides which piece they want. It even works if you're splitting up a business with a partner, one picks a price then the other decides whether they want the business and will pay that price, or they want the money and you pay the price.

But you don't get to both decide the size of the pieces and choose which piece, it don't work like that.
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About sharing something and how it's supposed to be done by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 11/26/2012, 1:12pm PST NEW
    But the canned croissant tastes so much better after you stab a man for it. NT by MM 11/26/2012, 1:19pm PST NEW
        True. Blood is thicker than water. And much tastier. NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 12/12/2012, 8:19am PST NEW
    You watch too much TV. You should get out more, get some fresh air and exercise NT by ORRR JUST GO FUCK YOURSELF 11/26/2012, 1:51pm PST NEW
    You should submit this to Asperger's Digest NT by Entropy Stew 11/26/2012, 3:15pm PST NEW
    Welcome back, bro by Souffle of Pain 11/26/2012, 7:59pm PST NEW
    "The result of a coin flip is determined by who flips it." NT by Thoughts from a 50-year-old dumbass 11/27/2012, 7:45am PST NEW
        You're the dumbass; I said result is determined by the one who DOESN'T flip it. NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/23/2013, 2:11am PST NEW
            *facepalm* NT by the entire fucking audience 02/23/2013, 5:24am PST NEW
 
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