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>I recognise these techniques. I use them myself sometimes (blush) but only on the deserving (or so I think)

Reminds me of the scene from Hitchhiker 4 (aka "So long, and thanks for all the fish"), when the Rain God (who doesn't know he is one) drives his truck past Arthur and gives him a mighty splash of rain water:

Splattered in his rear mirror a couple of seconds later was the
reflection of the hitch-hiker, drenched by the roadside.

For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he
felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about
feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on
into the night.

Flip a coin...