However

I'm not a paranoid wreck

I do let my guard down

I'm not sure what constitutes a good con artist.

I have to think I can trust at least a subset of people, otherwise life is just too hard

Hard

I find it fun that way

yeah, but the base operation should be distrust until proven otherwise.

It makes sense from what I've seen

Imagine being so distrusting that you started to doubt the calorie count on a nutrition label

That's no way to live

@!dammnation3(Liberalist) even then, proven otherwise doesn't mean they will always be trustworthy

sure.

@Copernicus but that happens

Actually maybe it is the only way to live

but what's it matter?

but if the suddenly make a left turn from your previous interactions, not much you can do.

just cut ties with that person

fool me once shame on you.

and usually the calorie counts are wrong, btw. As they are just averages.

fool me twice, shame on me.

@!dammnation3(Liberalist) but if they are brilliant, you don't have time to cut ties. They get close to you in order to stab you

If they're just averages, that's fine; I'm gonna eat a large sample of whatever it is I'm buying

This conversation is on par with world leaders being paranoid about their highest retainers

humans are social creature.

then you aren't worried too much about accuracy

so, again, what's it matter?

I'm willing to take the risk sometimes, to potentially get burnt

Of course

whether you believe in a thing or not, if it doesn't impact you, what's it matter?

I know I am logical in saying I can't trust anyone truly to no end. But I actually am very generous in allowing people to prove to me if they are good or not.

But that is in normal social interaction

yeah, that's a great way to operate.

Of course

It matters that the people I trust to provide me with information are correct enough of the time. I don't require the people I trust to be correct 100% of the time

Why does people get so worked up over someone wearing trump shirt or trump hat.

@Dusty Morgan echo chamber

well would you trust them if they weren't?

It could be a gift from his daughter. He is wearing it to appreciate his daughter's gift, but he actually voted for hillary.

There's a bunch of shit that's irrelevant; I don't really care if scientists are correct about the expanding universe or anthropogenic climate change; I'll be dead before any of that matters.

The left doesn't think before they attack, they automatically attack.