They think really hard about what they should have done and then they think that’s what they did do?
Mostly this, yes, but more “they think what they probably did based on the kind of person they are”. Like, maybe, in this one, the guy reached over to the girl, and held on lightly to her sleeve and bumped the table, causing his drink to tilt slightly and spill over slightly (this being my theory for what “really” happened). So he thinks “Well, I’m not the type of person to grab someone to stop them from leaving, and I obviously didn’t do that. What I did was I reached out to her, asking her to stay.” And she thinks “This crazy bunny-killer grabbed me and he practically turned over the table and he spilled his drink”. And then they tell it to someone and any qualifiers go out the window and they exaggerate a bit more just to better convey their distress/innocence.
And hm, that’s a good point. I was modelling most of the posts as being put up immediately, but it really could be either one. I think the ones with rebuttals probably were posted immediately, because it seems like it’s a lot less likely that ones with a delay will get rebutted.
Mostly this, yes, but more “they think what they probably did based on the kind of person they are”. Like, maybe, in this one, the guy reached over to the girl, and held on lightly to her sleeve and bumped the table, causing his drink to tilt slightly and spill over slightly (this being my theory for what “really” happened). So he thinks “Well, I’m not the type of person to grab someone to stop them from leaving, and I obviously didn’t do that. What I did was I reached out to her, asking her to stay.” And she thinks “This crazy bunny-killer grabbed me and he practically turned over the table and he spilled his drink”. And then they tell it to someone and any qualifiers go out the window and they exaggerate a bit more just to better convey their distress/innocence.
And hm, that’s a good point. I was modelling most of the posts as being put up immediately, but it really could be either one. I think the ones with rebuttals probably were posted immediately, because it seems like it’s a lot less likely that ones with a delay will get rebutted.