It’s like a frog in a pot.
Or worse, if one believes in the myth.
There are no laboratory records of healthy frogs in cool water boiling to death when the heat is increased. But one can easily imagine the frog is thoroughly pissed when it does jump out.
(That screen name was selected during Clinton's presidency, and I had two pages of single-spaced sentences describing scam events by the Clintons. Did indeed feel like a frog in a pot.)