If you haven't watched the video about super narcissist and serial liar Tommy Tallarico, consider doing it if you have feature film length amount of time to burn. One obvious takeaway is that capitalists tend to go in this direction; the way to be super rich is to super not have scruples.

One thing I couldn't help feeling was that I've done this in my own life. I've definitely created bullshit stories about myself and repeateded them verbatim. I'm sure I was no where near as prolific nor as successful at it as Tommy Tallarico. But I feel a bit dirty, as shit I've done this too.

I remember being an insecure guy that didn't date till uni, so I'd just fabricate ex gf's and repeat stories about our break up, especially to irl women I was actually dating. Like I couldn't dare admit that "you were my first". I honestly don't feel guilty about this as it was 20+ years ago, and it just feels funny now.

One way worse incident was when I "volunteered" after a natural disaster. (I'm not listing the disaster for doxxing reasons, as people in my real circle know this story). But I went to the disaster two months after it happened, organisers got frustrated as I was a useless STEM degree nerd who had no ability to build and fix, and I basically worked for two days then hung around for a month drinking. For almost ten years I repeated the story about how I "volunteered and got to see an unseen part of my country". It wasn't until my mid thirties did I start to admit that "ya I went there, but I was utterly useless".

My CV previously exaggerated the first two jobs I had after uni, but I have no shame in that. Go ahead, comrades. Lie to your employer if it's in your best interests.

God, there's definitely heaps more that I can't remember. Younger :LIB: ButtBidet was a social climber with no ideology. Nowadays I try to own being a mediocre white guy. There's definite perks, I don't have a perch to fall off of.