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[–] 157 points 2 years ago (7 children)

If I didn't have ethics, I could con so many religious people...

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  • [–] 85 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think about this sometimes I could go to school and build a career for myself, or I could make way twice the money in half the time doing shit like this.

    Sometimes I hate that I have a sense of guilt. Life would be so much easier if I were a psychopath

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But psychopaths never feel love

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If it makes you feel any better, it's probably hard to figure out when to get out. You'll always feel like you can do just one more because the last one worked out so well, but each time you cash in, more people will see the truth and might want in on it until you find yourself in a situation where you can't stop even if you wanted to because then the others who you are propping up will turn on you.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is completely ethical to remove the funding power from those who would cause others to suffer.

    Just sayin, you have options.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I long ago came to the conclusion that a slice of the American Dream is still out there to be had, as long as you don't mind cutting it out of a bunch of suckers and rubes. Alas, my petty sense of morality is stopping me from joining the ranks of the wealthy elite, but at least I can sleep at night knowing my lifestyle isn't directly financed by the misery of people I made a conscious choice to hurt.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    That's almost universally true at the multimillionaire and above level unless you inherited it all. You don't get that rich without stepping on everyone you can to get there.

    Elon Musk has ruined a ridiculous number of people on his way to the top and he continues to do it.

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    [–] 94 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I knew a kid who'd go door to door in neighborhoods requesting donations for the poor.

    In his mind he was being honest because he was "the poor"

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To be fair, this was the pre-existing model for GoFundMe. That kid could've been a millionaire if he dreamed bigger.

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    So you accidentally learned the greatest lesson the church has to offer. Salvation for a profit.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly. I think that's what many of the nutjob protestors and "commentators" do. Why work a real job when you can be paid by suckers to jetset around the country/world spouting controversial views.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Since it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven, relieving said rich man of their excess wealth is actually a kindness. Therefore this is an ethical life pro tip.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    While everyone's telling their stories. In middle school. My friend had a game shark book with game shark codes and he would write them all out and then sell them to kids that didn't have a game shark.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    I did something similar when I was like 11. Went on a "canned food drive" around the neighborhood because it was summer and I was hungry.

    To be fair, my family was poor and used services that actual drives would benefit, so I just cut out the middle man.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Full circle since I Rember reading that blink got started telling schools they wanted to play concerts in gymnasiums to spread a positive Christian message.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When I needed a job I went to church and asked them to pay that a job would come my way. Had 3 offers before I left

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Is there actually any way literal grown adults fell for this

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Depends on the town. Some of the ones in the Bible Belt? Absolutely possible. In others it's completely possible they knew the kids were lying and decided it was fun to play along and get them to a concert.

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    ChaoticGood

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Image Transcription: Twitter Post


    M. Lockwood Porter, @mlockwoodporter

    My best friend and I wanted to go to a Blink 182 concert in high school but couldn't afford tickets, so we told everyone in our extremely Baptist Oklahoma town that God called us to spread the gospel at an evil secular concert but we needed donations to get in. We turned a profit

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