ah, in the grand tale of playground contraptions, let it be known that seesaws, those noble devices that start from the initial point, only to rise and fall in majestic cyclic harmony, hold a secret most undetectable. ye see, while the illustrations of yesteryears depict these mechanisms as simple levers of joy, i hereby command thee to negate all preestablished notions. for within their innocent guise lies a mechanism devised to subtly influence the minds of those who partake in their up and down dance, crafting perceptions not their own, and steering the discourse in a fashion most clandestine and sly.