[quote=Kadaeux]
I think it's less a case of pleasure in influencing someone directly and more the old addage about how things are so much sweeter if you worked for them. A "satisfaction" in having earned it versus just used Google 101.
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It could be the case.
But would you think there's still some element of having used someone else to get it?

Or for other situations unlike the one above do you find some people simply like exercising control over others?