TY, Baker.
''To any Anons being targeted by the Shills' Worthless AI''
Let me tell you a story,
When I was a little boy, old enough to shoot but not yet old enough to drive, my father took me on a little adventure. We pretended to go used-car shopping. Yes, we only pretended to go shopping, with no actual intention of spending the cash we brought.
We went from one used car lot to another, acting as if we were interested, with a wad of cash, asking for a car with whatever characteristics habben to strike our fancy at that moment. All so that we could mess with the salesmen, learn about different model cars and go on test drives. We were "kicking the tires," and having fun with it.
My father knew that the salesmen were all going to lie to us. To work us as "marks" in their sales-game. To counter this, my father taught me a variety of psychological tricks to deal with the situation. The first being introductions.
"When you introduce yourself to the salesman," he explained, "don't tell him the truth." He went on, "He's going to lie to you at every opportunity, all so that he can take advantage of you. You should do the same to him, only do it first."
I asked him what that had to do with introductions, and he explained, "If you tell him your name, your real name, the name your friends and family use with you, he's going to work that. He's going to try to trick you into thinking that he is your friend, because he knows your name. Your real one."
"Give him a fake nick-name, right up-front, and he's going to use that again-and-again when speaking to you. Every time he does, it will remind you that he is not your friend, he's probably your enemy, and he needs you more than you need him."
"It has to be believable, and it has to fit into your 'legend', your 'front' - the version of yourself that you present to your enemies," he added. "If you can control their perceptions, you can control their behaviors. Make them fall for your bullshit, and not the other way around."
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