Hmmm, idk. I think at least some of the time it’s level 2, in my experience. Yes the goal is to make them feel good, but the mechanism is by making them think the hummus tastes good. (Maybe in some cases it’s common knowledge that you’d say it tastes good even if it was horrible & that all you really mean therefore is “go team us” but I think that’s atypical.)
Hmmm, idk. I think at least some of the time it’s level 2, in my experience. Yes the goal is to make them feel good, but the mechanism is by making them think the hummus tastes good. (Maybe in some cases it’s common knowledge that you’d say it tastes good even if it was horrible & that all you really mean therefore is “go team us” but I think that’s atypical.)