MAKE MONEY TELLING NAIVE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, SRSLY.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's a happy ending!

Just not the kind at the massage parlor.

At least, not YET.

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm going to make a pretty extreme statement here, and say that I think that most people, as individuals, are basically pretty decent. It makes them really easy to take advantage of if you are so minded.

The way I feel about Lysergic's attitude is that if you think you're fleecing people, you are. This reflects on you, not on them, nor on anyone else, in your line of work or otherwise. If you think you're providing an entertaining or even an illuminating service for people, even if you're doing something stupid like chain-dancing badly on a public sidewalk, at least your conscience is free from connivance. If you don't think you're fleecing people, you don't have any reason to make the kinds of comments Lysergic has made about what he does and who he makes his money from.

But that assumes you have a conscience.

According to that line of logic, The Family is the most ethically upstanding organization in modern American politics.

After all, they really believe that they're doing God's work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm going to make a pretty extreme statement here, and say that I think that most people, as individuals, are basically pretty decent. It makes them really easy to take advantage of if you are so minded.

The way I feel about Lysergic's attitude is that if you think you're fleecing people, you are. This reflects on you, not on them, nor on anyone else, in your line of work or otherwise. If you think you're providing an entertaining or even an illuminating service for people, even if you're doing something stupid like chain-dancing badly on a public sidewalk, at least your conscience is free from connivance. If you don't think you're fleecing people, you don't have any reason to make the kinds of comments Lysergic has made about what he does and who he makes his money from.

But that assumes you have a conscience.

According to that line of logic, The Family is the most ethically upstanding organization in modern American politics.

After all, they really believe that they're doing God's work.

It's not the only aspect to ethics, though; just one signpost along the way. Actually not doing harm to other people is another one.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

People call psychics.

It would be shitty if it was the other way around.

If they were really psychic, that's what they'd do.

[Triple Zero]

People call psychics.

It would be shitty if it was the other way around.

If they were really psychic, that's what they'd do.

Nono, those are psychos.

[BadBeast]

ITT, Nigel and BAI/The Stoat begin a death match.

There is never anything wrong with telling people what they want to hear.

There is never anything wrong with selling people what they want to hear.