Why did Jeff Probst's tribal council behavior during Survivor 46 make no sense?

Ever since Survivor 41, Jeff Probst has long gone on and on about how players in the new generation need to earn the whole thing. As a consequence, Survivor gamers need to win extremely basic things like the flint they use to make fire. Then, Probst comes to a decision to start bringing licorice and popcorn to a few tribal councils to make some degree about how vigorous they’ve been. While that was gimmicky on its face, the unusual thing is that Probst shared the licorice and popcorn with the avid gamers. What took place to Survivor gamers having to earn the whole lot?

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