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How disquieting it is to know the true character of a gentleman in name only, the one the world calls “good.” Polished. Charming. Allegedly virtuous. Behind closed doors? Less “gentleman,” more “director of a very small, badly rehearsed tragedy starring only himself, his ego, and a remarkable talent for self-deception.” It is almost scientific, the way he crafts a public self gleaming, faultless, polished to the point of absurdity while the private self skulks in shadows, clutching half-truths like a toddler with candy. You witness it, catalog it, and suddenly, you are burdened with the most inconvenient of tasks: organizing a one-person, traveling exhibition of the real him for friends, family, anyone who ever praised him for “integrity” or “charm.” Well Santa Claus is not real. But worse this Santa is a bad, bad fellow. The kind who hides coal in your stocking, eats all the cookies, blames the dog, and insists it was a generous act. Yes, generosity according to him: selective, self-serving, and absurdly performed. And so begins the tour: living rooms, dinner tables, group chats, whispered phone calls. Each reveal delivered with the subtlety of a foghorn, the flourish of a poet wielding a sledgehammer. Yodalayhee… lore and behold, he is a bad, bad fellow. I will describe the very fabric he is stitched from, thread by thread, with the precision of a tailor and the theatricality of a stage director. Every seam, every flaw, every glittering patch of hypocrisy... laid bare. This tour is coming to a house near you. Tickets are free, the commentary is merciless, and the cookies… well, you can keep your own. I’ve been played, ladies and gentlemen.
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Nov 27, 2025
Nov 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM UTC
I've been played
How disquieting it is to know the true character of a gentleman in name only, the one the world calls “good.” Polished. Charming. Allegedly virtuous. Behind closed doors? Less “gentleman,” more “director of a very small, badly rehearsed tragedy starring only himself, his ego, and a remarkable talent for self-deception.” It is almost scientific, the way he crafts a public self gleaming, faultless, polished to the point of absurdity while the private self skulks in shadows, clutching half-truths like a toddler with candy. You witness it, catalog it, and suddenly, you are burdened with the most inconvenient of tasks: organizing a one-person, traveling exhibition of the real him for friends, family, anyone who ever praised him for “integrity” or “charm.” Well Santa Claus is not real. But worse this Santa is a bad, bad fellow. The kind who hides coal in your stocking, eats all the cookies, blames the dog, and insists it was a generous act. Yes, generosity according to him: selective, self-serving, and absurdly performed. And so begins the tour: living rooms, dinner tables, group chats, whispered phone calls. Each reveal delivered with the subtlety of a foghorn, the flourish of a poet wielding a sledgehammer. Yodalayhee… lore and behold, he is a bad, bad fellow. I will describe the very fabric he is stitched from, thread by thread, with the precision of a tailor and the theatricality of a stage director. Every seam, every flaw, every glittering patch of hypocrisy... laid bare. This tour is coming to a house near you. Tickets are free, the commentary is merciless, and the cookies… well, you can keep your own. I’ve been played, ladies and gentlemen.
Chile
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23/F/Johannesburg
Nov 27, 2025
Nov 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM UTC
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