@glyph@mastodon.social 1. Wannabe is trying to bluff their way past the bouncer without paying by projecting confidence and pretending to be important. 2. "Don't you know who I am?" "No I do not. GTFO." 3. Double down. There is no benefit to honesty once you have committed to the bit. Admitting "you got me, I'm nobody, my bad" does not advance the con, and precludes further cons. Nothing new under the sun.