#conmen

[catandgirlcomic]

Investment Advice III

[dnschmidt]

This hat will protect your brain from Wi-Fi and other forms of devil magic

[swankyangles]

Silicon Valley Dipshits

[incorrectwcuniverse]

Banjo: Now, if he did expose you to a toxin, you may be experiencing some dizziness…

Francisca: Blackouts, memory loss, deja vu.

Banjo: Vomiting, some pain in the bones, pain in your bowels…

Francisca: Blackouts, memory loss, deja vu.

Tinsley: Didn't you already say that?

Banjo & Francisca: * instantly back several steps away*

Banjo: Ooh… It's just begun.

[howifeltabouthim]

All prophets are devils, vile peddlers of illusions.

Iris Murdoch, from The Philosopher’s Pupil

[j-august]

Confidence men are not thieves, at least not in the conventional meaning of the word. The true con man practices an art, a mixture of improvisational theater, mind control, and mimetic misrepresentation. His most basic insight into the human condition is that it is impossible to con an honest man. It is the larceny lurking in the soul of his victim that he must prey upon.

Guy Lawrence, Octopus

[rickmctumbleface]

The best tool in a conman’s box is making stupid people feel smart by trusting him. The best tool in a tyrant's box is urging cruel, selfish, petty, "us vs them" people to think their cruelty, selfishness, and pettiness is justified against "them".

[madao-desu]

Worthwhile Frames from Great Pretender (2020)

[case 1: Los Angeles Connection]