Social Falsification

Cheaters are pretty far from being the big fish of the Liar’s Underground. In fact, although some make lucrative livings swindling people, the majority of them don’t gain a lot from their art..or at least, not much more than a person making a nine to five living makes from their own. I won’t be dealing too much with them and their ilk on here, but a few of the techniques that I bring up for their more advanced peers are also useful for them. Also..some of the most important advancements for the other areas of the Underground come from their arts, and are adapted to fit the rest of our happy little underworld.

Sorry guys…you don’t get as much writing time as the rest of the underworld…at least, not unless I find some really worthy topics for your school of art. Have some suggestions, or think I’m downplaying you too much? Please, leave comments, tell me where the art in cheating surpasses my evaluation of it. I’d like to think that I’m wrong, and that every art has equal merits…but I just haven’t seen it yet.

That having been said, I’m your host, Lodinkinni, and this has been another post of ‘Social Falsification: Tales From The Liar’s Underground.’ I’ll be seeing you next time, when we’ll discuss ‘The Importance Of The Poster Face’.

Recommended Websites:
Card Cheaters.com: http://www.cardcheaters.com/
Pokerology.com: http://www.pokerology.com/articles/cardcheating.htm

Recommended Readings:
Phantoms Of The Card Table by David Britland

On the web, you can find anything. Well, almost anything. C-Artistry is one of the few darker arts that still holds some of its mystery. Only a few scattered sites about the net are visible to the public eye, and most of those are made by amateurs, unconnected to actual communities. Indeed, even Google, the hailed premiere of search engines, only brings up slightly more than a million matches (small, by google standards), most of which lead to either unrelated websites and topics, crime library links and pages that offer help identifying and thwarting insurance fraud. One of the most premiere website links on Google’s page leads to a ‘Rulebook’ for con artists, that further leads to a radical christian website whenever you click on any of its links!

But why is C-Artistry so hard to find online? Well, the major reason is simple: While PU may be considered sleazy by some, and disrespectful to women, its practices are still legal. C-Artistry, on the other hand, falls extremely far on the other side of the bright red line, and, unlike piracy, can lead to a jail sentence pretty quickly. Despite this, there are a good number of books on the subject, and some of them do illuminate the theory pretty well (as I said…I’m a bibliophile, I can’t help it…).

Despite what wealth of books exist, the art and practice of C-Artistry is still something of a huge grey area, and its pretty hard to define a lot of it. You can, however, break C-Artists into two distinct categories, depending on the type of con they specialize in:

Dirt Salesmen: These guys are the tame version of the C-Artist. Actually, they’re also the most honorable, if you can believe it. The main feature of Dirt Salesmanship is that they sell you something, no matter how shitty it is. They’ll dupe you, yes…and you’ll be pissed as hell…but you’ll have something to show for the exuberant amount of cash that you’ve put out. These are the guys that sell you Limex watches, claiming them to be the original, or who’ll sell you a ‘land rich in oil’ …only for you to find that you purchased a garbage dump on the lower east side.

Air Salesmen: These guys, on the other hand, are the type of con artist that you see movies about. They’re the guys who take nothing but their words, or a fictional service, and weave so much hype about it that you’ll just plain give your cash away. Those lottery deals, in other countries, that just need you to set up a bank account, and put 100 dollars into it? Yeah, those guys.

I don’t think I need to say why these people are a part of the Liar’s Underground. They’ve earned their place there, fair and square. This has been my basic introduction to C-Artistry. Trust me, despite how basic this introduction is, it will be one of the most fleshed out areas of this blog

I’m your host, Lodinkinni, and this has been another post of ‘Social Falsification: Tales From The Liar’s Underground.’ I’ll be seeing you next time, when we discuss ‘Cheating: The Dregs Of The Underground.’

Recommended Websites:
NONE: I have yet to find a web community of con artists that meet my approval.

Recommended Reading:
Crimes Of Persuasion By Les Henderson
How To Become A Professional Con Artist By Dennis M. Marlock
How To Cheat At Everything By Simon Lovell

Pick Up Artists. You may have seen their ilk in movies like The Hitch, Swingers, or Cruel Intentions. The truth of the matter is that such people, those who train themselves to seduce and tame women, do, indeed, exist beyond the silver screen. They’ve popped up repeatedly throughout history in guises like the Marqius de Sade, who managed to seduce many women (and men) into indulging in his ‘depraved’ expressions of art and ecstasy, or like Don Juan, who’s romantic exploits were legendary, and perhaps even real, despite the fictional nature of the character. But…what about the PUAs of today? How do they compare to their mythical and historical counterparts?

Being a PUA myself, my opinion here is both weighted and biased. PUAs, as you’ll learn in the course of this blog, come from many walks of life, and gather, with a single goal in mind: Self-Improvement. Some of these men started as geeks, far more pathetic than you’d even guess at, seeing their current states. Others started out pretty much the same as they are now…just with a lot less confidence. As for myself, well…lets just say that I started as a bookworm, and leave it as that.

But, regardless the reason, thousands, if not millions, have flocked to the idea that, through study, one can mold themselves into a person that they could never have been on their own. They have all become what most men wished they were: Self-Made Men.

Now, all of this has the ring of legitimacy to it, so quite a few may question the PUA’s place in the Liar’s Underground, but I assure you, not only do they hold a place there, but they hold one of the highest: Though liars, scoundrels, and thieves may abound, it takes a lot of work to hold up a liar’s practice as honorable, especially when that practice lies in reinventing the self, completely, and passing it off as the original. As we progress further down the road of ruin that this blog will unerringly follow, we’ll examine this in much more detail.

I’m your host, Lodinkinni, and this has been another post of ‘Social Falsification: Tales from the Liar’s Underground.’ I’ll be seeing you next time when we discuss ‘C-Artistry: A Brief Overview Of The Art’.

Reccomended Websites:
mAsf: www.fastseduction.com
Charisma Arts: http://www.charismaarts.com/

Reccomended Reading:
The Game, By Neil Strauss

So, those of you that have been to the old social falsification blog, or have heard my talks in the mASF chatrooms and elsewhere (ages ago, I know) know what the theory of Social Falsification is. For those of you that don’t, its an overarching theory of social interaction, aimed at the enhancement of the arts of the Liar’s Underground. This blog will not solely cover social falsification itself, but will explore the entirety of the Liar’s Underground, from the forming communities devoted to the various Liar’s Arts, to the actual techniques employed in each field. Some of the topics will be original work, backed only by real life experience and psychological theory, while others will be the widely tested tried and true of the field. I invite my readers to comment away, and turn each post into a full-blow dialog, so that these ideas may continue to grow and evolve.

Some of you may be wondering at this point, ‘What exactly is the Liar’s Underground, or the Liar’s Arts?’ Simply put, the Liar’s Underground is my term to group the societies that stand to benefit from Social Falsification into a single faction. Generally, I uphold the idea that the Liar’s Underground consists of all communities and individuals who bend their minds to making personal advancement through the deception of others. PUAs, C-Artists, Card Cheaters, Advertisers, Public Speakers, Lobbyists, Televengelists, Cult-Leaders, Writers…all of these fall within the bounds of the Liar’s Underground, and each of these could find or adapt teachings herein to their particular trade or craft. To begin with, we’ll start with the PUAs, the C-Artists, and the Cheaters, and as this blog progresses, we’ll flesh our way out from there.
For those of you looking for the blog, ‘Oh Look! A Squirrel!‘, it has taken third seat to this blog, and a class-made blog, and can be found at http://titania.stockton.edu/lodinkinni3

I’m your host, Lodinkinni, and this has been the first official post of ‘Social Falsification: Tales from the Liar’s Underground.’ I’ll be seeing you next time when we discuss ‘PUAs: An Introductory Post’.