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Post by auntieannie on Mar 19, 2018 12:20:09 GMT 2
Being in the complementary medicine field, I meet a lot of charlatans. Some are easier to detect than others. Over the years, i've developed a kind of sense about it. Which doesn't always work immediately.
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Mar 19, 2018 13:35:32 GMT 2
Orange hair meticulously covering a bald spot is a dead giveaway.
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Post by Netsuke on Mar 19, 2018 17:02:02 GMT 2
You can tell by the lies that come out of their mouths. And they will try and persuade you to part with your money.
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Post by tzarine on Mar 19, 2018 18:17:42 GMT 2
they sound like s snake oil salesman
they prey on the vulnerability of people
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Post by tzarine on Apr 8, 2018 21:29:40 GMT 2
they speak in jargon
they assume they are the smartest person in the room
they dont have their facts right
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Post by tzarine on May 15, 2018 6:19:23 GMT 2
they flatter & manipulate
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Post by wikki on May 17, 2018 19:01:29 GMT 2
They don't answer your questions.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 17, 2018 21:06:34 GMT 2
the cafe owner who recc'd the oatmilk cortado
sweetie, i lived in spain & it's no to your silly oatyness
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Post by slowcoach on Oct 18, 2018 4:52:01 GMT 2
I have observed that an individual's ability to spot a charlatan decreases as their desperation for the purported remedy increases.
Which is a neat trick, to fool just those most needing to be wise.
The best viewpoint is always a disinterested one.
So ironic questioning should work, express a deep interest in what they do, feign ignorance in their field, suggest that they might really be able to help an unnamed friend who has symptoms that have a well known and cheap remedy and see what lucrative rubbish they espouse.
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Post by tzarine on Mar 12, 2019 16:39:37 GMT 2
those schemes where people sell "healing oils" or "calming supplements" like doterra
someone left a whole bunch out on the street
guess they were healed & wanted to share?
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Post by tzarine on Mar 29, 2019 21:31:51 GMT 2
all those wellness people, esp the gurus who are full of it
new age crap
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 2, 2019 22:27:43 GMT 2
the obscure terminology.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 14, 2019 5:43:48 GMT 2
writing gurus
who overcomplicate the simplest things
& want to charge for their "knowledge" or "craft"
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Post by tzarine on Dec 4, 2020 19:55:48 GMT 2
a person who lies about what they have read
we can tell that you didnt read the book
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Post by slowcoach on Dec 5, 2020 16:11:18 GMT 2
The Human Potential Movement proposed quite rightly that people harbour untapped potential.
Potential that could be released by the transfer of a large sum of money.
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Post by tzarine on Jan 4, 2023 8:01:58 GMT 2
the person who is selling me another writing course w their 9 special tips
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 7, 2023 18:18:57 GMT 2
The Bangkok Post has a horoscope. I think it wise to consult it before we go. So...
Someone who's nice to your face may talk badly about you behind your back. Don't tell people about your brilliant ideas as someone may steal them.
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Post by tzarine on Jan 8, 2023 0:11:32 GMT 2
a lot of professors
windbags full of hot air
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Post by slowcoach on Jan 8, 2023 13:26:28 GMT 2
They are doxed on ballots.
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Post by tzarine on Jan 10, 2023 21:04:03 GMT 2
most newagers spout some really strange stuff
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Post by tzarine on Jan 30, 2024 10:05:57 GMT 2
a neighbour who thinks she's sophisticated when she has no clue
always reccing flicks i find stupid. like this hk set series w plastic mutilated face nkidman. someone i know said they were distracted by nkids face. if i wanted to watch a flick set in hk, id pick wkw
i once told her i couldn't watch a tarantino flick bc i was dying
classic charlatan
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Post by tzarine on Mar 16, 2024 23:07:44 GMT 2
the idiots inhabiting my hood w their leicas, nikons taking photos of absolute shite
disposable income
& everyones a "street photographer"
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Post by slowcoach on Mar 17, 2024 8:16:23 GMT 2
w their leicas, nikons ... It is a bit like art class beginners buying the best and most expensive brushes. I know from someone who sells camera equipment that the prime location is "Departures". The typical target is rich, bored, and in Dubai. ETA: Ah yes, a Hasselblad body an excellent choice. Would your Omniscience like a lens with that? Ker-ching $10,000 |
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Post by tzarine on Mar 17, 2024 18:53:54 GMT 2
slow
i covet a leica bc thats what cartier bresson used & those pictures of india & the final days of the kmt in china are amazing
knew a mom who thought crayola was too pedestrian. her child needed caran d'ache! unless your child is a picasso level prodigy, crayola is just fine
yes, the mamiyas & hasselbads
when videocams came out, used to see wealthy idiots shoot upside down or not be able to turn on their latest high end sonys
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 17, 2024 19:01:54 GMT 2
An art director I knew said one Hasselblad wasn't enough. You needed a standby for when the first Hasselblad was being repaired.
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Post by slowcoach on Mar 17, 2024 21:34:03 GMT 2
slow i covet a leica bc thats what cartier bresson I could buy the camera but would it alone seize the decisive moment. We do seem to have a number of interests in common. I took up photography when that meant tanks and chemicals, and I was younger and greedy for images. I had a Microcord a British made TLR, a "Rollei" would have been far beyond my prétention and pocket I quite fancied an F2 (Titanium) if I could have found a truly rough example that looked like it had been in the wars which it most probably had and people would think I couldn't afford a decent camera. |
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Post by tzarine on Mar 17, 2024 22:09:27 GMT 2
slow i covet a leica bc thats what cartier bresson I could buy the camera but would it alone seize the decisive moment. We do seem to have a number of interests in common. I took up photography when that meant tanks and chemicals, and I was younger and greedy for images. I had a Microcord a British made TLR, a "Rollei" would have been far beyond my prétention and pocket I quite fancied an F2 (Titanium) if I could have found a truly rough example that looked like it had been in the wars which it most probably had and people would think I couldn't afford a decent camera. slow, some of my decisive moments were caught a disposable kodak lots of my college mates had minoxes charlatans seen mainly the label whores with balenciaga across their chests i think of this www.justonecookbook.com/ginkgo-nuts/idiots who buy a "designer" lippy for $100 its beeswax & ground up bugs www.neimanmarcus.com/p/christian-louboutin-rouge-louboutin-velvet-matte-lipstick-prod260920786?pimId=401228815474&ecid=NMCS_GP_NC&gad_source=1 |
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Post by tzarine on Mar 27, 2024 6:33:05 GMT 2
love of jargon
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Post by tzarine on Apr 16, 2024 4:39:26 GMT 2
loud
pompous
carrying on like their verbal diarrhea should be shared
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Post by ninchursanga on May 3, 2024 15:52:35 GMT 2
those schemes where people sell "healing oils" or "calming supplements" like doterra someone left a whole bunch out on the street guess they were healed & wanted to share? A local shop around here where I usually by my spices is all into these doterra oils! Quite expensive and the shop owner is an enthousiast, advertising the healing properties of the oils to all customers. |
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