yeah i understand that , i was just pointing out that tuning up and down the jungle is the only way to change the game without adding new content <| sep |> Maybe this <| sep |> Back in ' 82 , I worked with a guy whose brother trained folks at this facility . When the brother ' s six years were up , he got a $ 25 , 000 bonus to reup for four more years . 1982 dollars ! <| sep |> I don ' t think this is a binary issue . With parenting and childhood psychology there is always a right and wrong way to do something . The Santa experience can be a very positive thing if done appropriately and used as a tool for growth . Most people I know fall into this category because for them it was a milestone of maturity . Sure it stung a bit when you finally figured it out , but you learned a valuable lesson in critical thinking and skepticism . None of us blamed our parents because we knew why they did it . I only know of 1 or 2 people who had a bad reaction to the Santa experience , and that was because their parents really shoved the dogma down their throats and didn ' t care to work it out in the end . My parents praised me for coming to terms with it on my own and had a long talk about why they did it for me . There were tears for what I felt I lost , but I felt closer to my parents in the end . They taught me a valuable lesson and gave me several years of magical fun that I could only appreciate at that age . I had a good experience because my parents were prepared .