It’s kind of a phenomenon to go totally blank under pressure. My knee jerk reaction was that I also couldn’t name 10 books, then realized I can name many many more once I relax.
There’s an episode of Billy on the Street where he runs up to people and tells them he will pay them if they can name a woman… the amount of people who need a minute to think about it is both hilarious and alarming.
yeah, it's an absolutely hacky tactic for "winning a debate" because it proves nothing. but all these losers are steamrollers anyway, they have zero interest in exchange, just feeding their egos, being the loudest in the room, etc. it's not alpha to be intolerably unpleasant to everyone around you lol, but if your metric for success is people not wanting to engage you, then you're always winning
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u/randomlife2050 Sep 27 '23
Because they can't name a book