This guy hasn't even heard of Victor Lustig
Sold the Eiffel Tower to a scrap dealer, and got that same scrap dealer to give him a bribe in the process
Correctly deduced that the above scrap dealer would be to embarassed to go to the police, so he then pulled the same con again with a different scrap dealer
Sold a sheriff a box that he claimed printed perfectly undetectable counterfeit bills (it didn't it was just a box) and when the guy realized he'd been conned and hunted Lustig down, Lustig told him he was just using it wrong and gave the guy a bunch of money (all counterfeit) as 'compensation'
Conned fucking Al Capone in the silliest way possible. He asked Capone for a 50 grand investment on a scheme, then did nothing with the money, and then claimed his scheme had failed and returned the money in full. Capone was so impressed by Lustig's "honesty" that Lustig was able to convince him to just outright give him five grand for free.
A con artist to the end, when finally caught he briefly escaped jail by faking an illness (the universe loves irony though, so he died of pneumonia in Alcatraz)
His death certificate listed his job as "apprentice salesman"
"con artist" is maybe the profession with the biggest gap between How Cool They Are In Media and How Cool They Are In Real Life
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Monster Researcher eclair studies Desert Valley Centaurs
(Don't worry, she has a magic item to keep the dust/sand off or something)
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oh, you like being a submissive huh?
why don't we play some Stellaris? you can be my Scholarium and make a bunch of research points for mommy~
whats that? a neighboring empire is harassing you but you're too weak? that's ok, let mommy send a star-eater to help her princess out.
oh look sweetie! mommy has 3 more vassal states. what a good girl you are asking for help!
you don't need to defend yourself, you just need to be my dumb little science slut 🧡
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as someone with chronic depressive symptoms it really drives me crazy just how often i have to justify not being miserable to other people
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Yup, they sure are!
Happy 20 years of amazing, mirrored Kirbies!
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i honestly think the "oc dont steal" brand of humor died as hard as it did because literally nothing will be as funny as Σario
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did you know you can take flight safety cards off of planes I have like 12 million its like youre taking a piece of them home with you
the plane equivalent of hotel shmapoo
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