🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoAnon's solution for first date nervessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1361
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minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up171·1 month agoOP just learned what the ‘con’ in ‘con man’ is short for.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up70·1 month agoI’d be funny if he were, but no. “Con man” really is short for “confidence man.” It’s not actually about the scammer ‘being confident,’ though; it’s about the scammer winning the mark’s trust.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoOr you could say it’s about winning their mark’s removes sunglasses confidence.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agooh god oh no please I’ve been in recovery nnnggggg…! YEAAAAAAAAAAH (sobs)
minus-squareinkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoOne day someone will have this same reaction to the word “rizz”
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI had this reaction while playing Baldurs Gate. I knew what it meant to “rizz” someone but didn’t know where it came from. I had a high DC charisma check and, after passing it, said, “I rizzed em with my charisma! Ohh…”
OP just learned what the ‘con’ in ‘con man’ is short for.
Are you shitting me right now?
I’d be funny if he were, but no. “Con man” really is short for “confidence man.”
It’s not actually about the scammer ‘being confident,’ though; it’s about the scammer winning the mark’s trust.
Or you could say it’s about winning their mark’s removes sunglasses confidence.
oh god oh no please I’ve been in recovery nnnggggg…!
YEAAAAAAAAAAH
(sobs)
One day someone will have this same reaction to the word “rizz”
I had this reaction while playing Baldurs Gate. I knew what it meant to “rizz” someone but didn’t know where it came from. I had a high DC charisma check and, after passing it, said, “I rizzed em with my charisma! Ohh…”
Funnier in french