I kind of like the distinction between John's and Hoffman's traps. John obviously believed in what he was doing, and the traps not only had a real purpose, they reflected the individual and also could be beaten. Hoffman is just deranged and insane and only vaguely cared about the message, so his traps were often impossible. Like the last one in 7, a play on the fake survivor's story but its obviously Hoffman didn't test it since the pectoral muscles couldn't hold the weight of the body, making the trap impossible and therefore pointless.
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