Attacks your time

Fake scarcity

Supply is made to look short so you grab it.

The first tell

You feel afraid of missing out. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.

What it sounds like

A booking site says: Only 1 room left. It has said that all week.

Say back

I'll take the chance that it's gone.

If they push

Three other people are looking right now.

Then one of them can have it.

How this family is disarmed

Slow down. A good offer survives a day.

See it in dating and at work

Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.

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