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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by mojomark on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:27PM (#14607593)
I've always heard it called a 'rabbit' [1], but I like 'sacrifficial jerk' and will probably use that from now on.

1. http://radartest.com/Top-5-Tips.asp

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by pstuart on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @11:26PM (#14609928)
My term for this is "minesweeper"
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by libria on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @05:11PM (#14608010)
We call this guy "lightning rod". Interesting how we've all identified this actor with different but essentially synonymous terms.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by WaxProlix on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:36PM (#14607677)
We always called this guy the 'red herring', to throw off cops.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by dzhiurgis on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:53PM (#14607854)
We call it a horse in Lithuanian, because it's always in front of the carriage.

And no, we don't use horses anymore.

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by mitchty on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @06:52PM (#14608664)
We called them designated decoys where I grew up.
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