Machiavellian Friendship Manipulation

Text on the meme

>act really nice to someone when you meet (not too nice or they'll get suspicious) >do favors and nice stuff for them >wait for them to share some kind of small secret with you >keep that secret for a while so that they trust you more >then share with you bigger secrets / make themselves more vulnerable to you >keep those secret as well so they trust you even more, ignorant of your true intentions >they trust you even more >continue refraining from ever betraying their trust >become lifelong friends/companions >they never knew you were actually just tricking them use this information wisely, fellow machiavellians

What it means

A sinister red cartoon figure grins while a post explains how to manipulate someone into becoming a lifelong friend by gradually earning their trust. The joke is an absurdly elaborate and villainous guide to friendship, framed as advice for “machiavellians,” and is used as a reaction to scheming or manipulative behavior.

Objects

sinister cartoon face / зловещая мультяшная физиономия horns / рога red background / красный фон flames / языки пламени fire / огонь grinning mouth / ухмыляющийся рот pointing finger / указывающий палец text post / текстовый пост screenshot / скриншот green text / зелёный текст brown text / коричневый текст