Table 2. Messages written when the offer is 80/20 or 90/10.
| Offer | Subject | Accept | Message | Emotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80/20 | 1 | No | Sorry, I'm a person too. When the cards are all in my hand, you should try to appease me instead of offend me. There was a 50/50 split. It couldn't have been easier. So, since you decided you are obviously better than I am. You get nothing. Enjoy it, I know I will. | Negative |
| 2 | No | If you would have been less greedy than maybe we would have gotten some money. Treat everyone as you want them to treat you. | Negative | |
| 3 | No | Should not have been greedy. Oh well, you make nothing. | Negative | |
| 4 | Yes | |||
| 5 | Yes | Thanks For Nothing. | Negative | |
| 6 | Yes | It would have been better if you had chosen D. I was going to split $0, so you would no gain. But $4 is better than nothing. So I decide to go with it. Have I been the divider, I would have chosen D. | Negative | |
| 7 | Yes | I guess I'll do $20. You are getting way more than me. But if I screw you over I get no Money either :-) | Negative | |
| 8 | Yes | Tuesday is election day! Vote for Kerry Read the platform johnkerry.com :-) | Neutral | |
| 9 | Yes | Not fair, I wish I am the divider! But I get $4 is better than none. | Negative | |
| 10 | Yes | Too selfish. I would rather get nothing and let you get a penny. | Negative | |
| 11 | Yes | Dude, that's kina greedy and I'm seriously contemplating designating $0... I was hoping you'd choose D so we'd both be happy but whatever, Grrrr... | Negative | |
| 12 | Yes | You suck, you are lucky I'm broke! If you did the A I would have put 0. | Negative | |
| 13 | Yes | You are lucky I'm broke! | Negative | |
| 14 | Yes | |||
| 15 | Yes | I should have chosen to divide by $0 but I'll take the $9 since I don't like wasting my time. Enjoy your $16. | Negative | |
| 90/10 | 1 | No | Hey, we could both benefited equally, but no -sorry. | Negative |
| 2 | No | I don't think so buddy! | Negative | |
| 3 | No | Well, we all want to make a little bit. I have the money here. Since you are my divider, I think it would better for the both of us to go for rule D. either that or we won't get nothing at all... | Neutral | |
| 4 | Yes | We should have divided the money equally. Don't be so greedy. People are always out for themselves | Negative |
In the Offer column, the first number is the proposer's percentage share and the second number is the responder's percentage share. As described in the experiment's instructions (Supporting Methods), “D” stands for an equal-split offer and “A” stands for an offer of 10% to the responder (so 90% to the proposer). The last column shows whether the message is classified as expressing positive or negative emotion or is neutral (i.e. neither positive nor negative).