🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnon's solution for first date nervessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageAnon's solution for first date nervessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOP just learned what the ‘con’ in ‘con man’ is short for.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.
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.