[GhostKnight]

your closing is absolutely true as the majority of all of us "fake it till we make it"

[geggam]

This sort of fake it till you make it incorporates passing the hot potato as well. Someone will get left holding it and burn.

[GhostKnight]

logically, the potato will cool down over time, so every next holder will be less likely to burn

[geggam]

I think it heats up. Somehow the delay tends to make the problem grow