Whether or not they say, "the mark deserved it," their whole schtick is pretty much conning people who deserve it, generally because they conned someone else or hurt them in some way. I mean, right?

But that's deliberate. It's not pretending that it's not crime and that only guilty people *can* get taken advantage of. It's that they only choose (now) to exploit of the guilty. Hustle says, by definition, they can't swindle an honest person. Leverage says it's their choice.

Yes! That's why I do this job, for that breathless, grateful tone of voice when everything works precisely the way it should. That disbelieving "It works!"

honest people get scammed. dishonest people get conned. semantics.

Hee, Connie. That's fun, isn't it?

Hustle says, by definition, they can't swindle an honest person. Leverage says it's their choice.

Leverage promotes itself on good guys who used to be bad guys. So it's okay for us to root for them, even though their methodology may be illegal. Honest.

Hustle promotes itself as straight up con men. So it has to be impossible for an honest person to be conned. Otherwise it would not be okay for us to root for them, because they would be bad conning conners who conned. But it's okay! 'Cause you can't con an honest man! So we can be happy when they succeed! Honest!

I just input my credit cards into iBank so I can track actual spending habits! And wow, I had no idea we spent that much on food. Let's hope December was anomalous because if not we need to make some *serious* changes to our dining habits. Like cutting spending in half serious.

Next onerous task is making a yogurt sauce for tonight's dinner and then heading out into the snow to pick up Dylan from preschool.

So it has to be impossible for an honest person to be conned.

But! They have had at least one episode where they give back the money because they conned someone who didn't deserve to be stolen from. So it's in-universe established bullshit. They have episodes where they get revenge against mean people who've been conning honest people--but how can that work?

eating out or groceries? cuz the first is easy to curb, the second, kinda essential!

SMG returning to TV. I'm not sure if I saw that linked to here already.

My onerous task for today was making a fool of myself in front of upper management. ::sigh:: Now off to long meeting.

I bought a San Pellegrino Limonata. I hope I don't hate it.

So it's in-universe established bullshit.

Okay, so, saying you can't con an honest man makes cons feel better about themselves.

Bills paid and lunch eaten

sometimes it is easier to cut the grocery bills than you think. for me -- by what I was tossing, I figured out that I was buying way to much food