Well, seeing as how I grew up on a horse ranch, I can totally confirm the ‘cartoon logic’ you speak of is absolutely real, and is used to help train at least some donkeys and horses.
It’s more like teasing them to go after something they can never have.
palebluethought@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, again, I’m not saying that’s not a thing, man. Just that’s not what carrot vs stick metaphor is about
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Can you provide me a couple older references to this? Preferably before the year 2000, or at least before the AI and enshittification era?
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s pretty intuitive from the saying. It’s the carrot OR the stick, not the carrot ON the stick. The carrot is the reward for doing the thing, the stick is the punishment for not doing it. Just google it.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Read OP’s post again, it literally says “carrot and stick”.
I’m not about to nitpick my life experience with someone that’s probably never rode a horse or donkey in their life, doesn’t know how to read, and goes to Google for all their information.
nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Here’s a wiki link for you
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_and_stick
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I asked for before the enshittification era.
I’m not about to trust a controversial article that could have been manipulated by almost anyone these days.