Everything I needed to learn about "cause" and "effect", I learned in the dentist office as a small child. Well, I shouldn't say I "learned" it, but rather I made it up. Myself. At age 4.
There was this treasure chest full of small toys-n-things. Pencils, erasers, fake tattoos (but never any candy ~ which was a stupid idea. What child doesn't like candy?). After the dentist finished torturing working on me, I would get to pick a toy from the treasure chest.
Sometimes I picked the allowed ONE. Sometimes I took TWO. Sometimes I took a handful. One time they caught me taking more than one and told me to put the others back. I very calmly explained my philosophical views on dentists and treasure chest "prizes".
You see... It depends entirely upon how much pain you've inflict upon me. If it's just a cleaning... Then that's worth ONE prize.
If you numbed any portion of my mouth and proceeded to drill... on anything, then that is worth TWO prizes.
But if you began to drill before I was completely numb or pulled a tooth or worse... I took a minimum of THREE prizes (depending on the degree of pain and I felt fully justified)
You see? "Cause" = you hurt me mofo... "Effect" = I'm taking whatever I deem appropriate.
Today I went to the dentist for the cavity they found during my last cleaning. And if that kid wasn't standing at the treasure chest (which in this dentist's office it's a giant plastic tooth full of toys), I would have taken the WHOLE lot of it!! I thought about knocking her over, but the valium they gave me (just to get me in the chair) made me a little wobbly.
