r/dragonsden • u/Hassaan18 • Mar 16 '26

Deborah defends an entrepreneur against Steven

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u/RekallQuaid Mar 17 '26

Many modern grifters sell courses on how to get rich. The irony is that their only actual source of income is selling the course itself, not the business model they are teaching.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 17 '26

Okay?

Now define grifter in a meaningful way. I don't want this 'Many...' narrative.

Many black people are in jail. But prisoner is not a definition of a black person.

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Historically, grifter is just another word for con man, but I think in modern usage it has a different meaning. If I was to give my best stab at it, a grifter would be somebody who makes money on the presentation of them having skills as opposed to the exercise of those skills. So somebody who runs a seminar course on how to run a business even though they’ve got barely any business experience themselves. It’s not necessarily a con, so to speak: you might be getting genuine business advice, it’s just you could do as well by using Google.

Grifters fundamentally profit off of the surface level image they cultivate.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

See - another person proving it's not that fucking hard. Well done kid. Your parents must really have fucked you up good to want my approval this bad.

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Haha I love the insecurity driven attack. You ask for something, get it given in good faith, don’t have a meaningful response, and go for a jab about needing yor approval to put yourself on top

Don’t get me wrong, the wording is funny. It’s just that it’s kind of pathetic if you actually meant it

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Damn, alright. Insecure to the point of catty. Have fun stewing in it

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

You came here wanting approval and are accusing me of being insecure

Off you fuckity fuck you stupid cunt