the anticipation / reality quadrant

last night, i was gacha rolling and actually getting tired of rolling for the fav (usually the exciting part of the shitty gambling game lol, thank god i don't actually spend anything there), started thinking on how modern day marketing/corporatism has made a fine art of of fucking with the "anticipation" dial of us humans (cranking it up unnaturally high) in order to sell us stuff that provide a frankly, "meh" life experience (or reality). 

which, i would argue, is pretty much the opposite experience for most of human history - low anticipation, satisfying reality. sometimes pleasant surprises with long-lasting satisfaction don't even feel like a thing anymore ngl. and it got me thinking about this system in "quadrants" and what life experiences I would personally categorize.

the quadrant: 

satisfying anticipation / satisfying reality
"satisfying" anticipation / meh reality
meh anticipation / satisfying reality
meh anticipation / meh reality

( examples and more musings under the cut )