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All true. If I were presented this deal with a total stranger who offered me, say, $30/$100 -- yeah, I'd take it. That's a tank of gas as opposed to not having a tank of gas. I have no clue where the "fuck you stop lowballing" thing comes in -- an American thing? The article says it's American to offer 50/50 ... I guess the thinking being that it's just luck that either player has the opportunity, so it should even out? If all of that is the case, where is the point that you mention, where "fuck you" becomes, "I would be an idiot to turn down even that amount"? Glad you mentioned this; the game theory section was what hooked me on the article and was also the most interesting part of it to me.