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As you might imagine, the knee-jerk reaction by gamers hasn't been very positive, as evidenced by a quick glance on X/Twitter.
Source: https://hothardware.com/news/sony-reveals-playstation-plus-price-hikes
Beyond that, the knee-jerk reaction of too many politicians and regulators seems to be "they're too big, they must be doing something illegal" is something I find appalling.
But the SA Government’s knee-jerk action in response to peaceful climate protestors at an annual fossil fuels conference, is yet another attack on people’s right to protest.
Source: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/south-australians-oppose-labors-new-anti-protest-bill
"Earlier on, we saw a knee-jerk reaction to AI by banning it going into spring semester, but now the talk is about why it makes sense for students to use it," Lance Eaton, an administrator at Rhode Island-based College Unbound, told the media outlet.
"I have just wanted to avoid any hint of the institution doing 'damage control' or responding in an knee-jerk way."
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ubc-turpel-lafond-controversy-1.6707942?cmp=rss
It took the knee-jerk reaction of the security officials attached to the convoy to shake the youths away.
'Lockdown didn't help, many people had a knee-jerk reaction to just get a dog because it helped them get out and about while we were locked down.
Mr Khan did not indulge in his usual knee-jerk reaction of calling opposition politicians ‘thives’ and ‘dacoits’.
Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/03/17/the-way-forward/
Old habits die hard, though we don't believe the recent knee-jerk reaction will last.
"Rent control is a knee-jerk response to high costs that fails to consider future market distortions," Steel said.
"Swaps can be extremely volatile and this is likely to be a knee-jerk reaction before they settle down."
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1775056/interest-rate-rise-warning-Bank-of-England
The 20-hour gap between an anonymous triple-zero call and the discovery of a woman’s body in a Sydney unit concerns the NSW premier but he won’t react in a knee-jerk fashion.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nsw/2023/05/29/premier-concerned-gap-womans-death/
The decision to curtail account sharing is likely a knee-jerk response to Disney+ hemorrhaging subscribers.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/disney-is-clamping-down-on-password-sharing-canada-1850882098
The knee-jerk reaction to the headlines has been to sell the entire sector.
The opening of the café is another occasion for the usual dynamics, reactivating Julio’s savior complex, Luis’s knee-jerk defensiveness, and Minister Payne’s itch for redemption.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-this-fool-became-the-summers-best-comedy
The same tactics that got us in to the plastic bags mess, the same tactics that shut down nuclear by the same groups that now say back to paper and nuclear are now blocking in a knee-jerk reaction stuff best left to people with a brain.
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/activists-resume-protests-of-german-coal-mine-expansion
This will lead to some volatility in oil prices during intense periods of conflict but should see prices normalize, following the knee-jerk reaction."
We fear the knee-jerk and too often decontextualized reactions to the conflict.
“We value the importance of constructive dialogue over knee-jerk reactions often associated with ‘cancel culture.’
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/technology/kick-streaming-twitch-gambling.html
“We weren’t told about the moratorium at the time, they were secretive about it,” Mr Fancourt said, calling the measure “disproportionate” and “a knee-jerk reaction” to a European environmental ruling, which has impacted many English local authorities.