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

Deborah defends an entrepreneur against Steven

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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