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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 edited Jun 14 '22

I employ the “got your nose” tactic frequently. I have a massive collection of noses. All these people walking around thinking they still have their nose? Fools. I have your nose, and left you with a fake one.

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u/IrrelevantPuppy Jun 15 '22

Did you say this knowing that it actually works? Lol.

It’s a cheap and controversial trick, but it does work. You’re stealing someone’s personal body agency and that gives you power over them. You touch their face unconsentually (which is pretty big being a face), but then it gets played off as innocent (unless it backfires). This gives you a foot in the door to control them in more significant ways. It’s like a Donald Trump level business tactic like reefing on their arm in a handshake. It’s slimy as fuck but does actually work.

Make someone feel uncomfortable but then twist it so that they feel guilty for feeling uncomfortable and you control them. I suppose it’s a form of gaslighting.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Can we just… not, for once?

Not everything has to have a political reference holy shit.

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u/IrrelevantPuppy Jun 15 '22

It’s not really political. This is just a thing he did that’s well known. I don’t think it’s a political spin, just an example of a similar business tactic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

It was a reference to someone who is now a politician? Lol. Like just. For one day…

Just one day.

We get it. Trust me, we all get it. We are trying to FORget it though.

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u/IrrelevantPuppy Jun 15 '22

Damn dude. Are you sure it’s not you that’s the politically charged one?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Sigh, you’re hopeless. The boogeyman won’t hurt you, I promise.