Brilliant Conman Syndrome

My life has been so much better ever since I traded my impostor syndrome to brilliant conman -syndrome. Do I deserve anything in life? Fuck no! Will I grasp it anyway? Fuck yes! My art has never been worth shit, but watch me bullshit my way into art school! I am a horrid goblin, but watch me make these people like me! Am I qualified to do this task? Well I sure have the certificates that say that I am! And how did I get those? Who knows! Not me! I am so good at cheating, I don’t have to break a single rule to do it! I am brilliant, fast, and absolutely drunk with power! Finally a concise, accurate description of what I’ve been doing the past ten years

A social media screenshot features a long, self-deprecating monologue about replacing impostor syndrome with “brilliant conman-syndrome,” bluffing into art school, manipulating people into liking the speaker, and cheating without technically breaking rules. A second post says this is a concise description of what the speaker has been doing for the past ten years. The joke is a boastful parody of success built on confidence, deception, and accidental competence, used as a reaction to someone admitting they have been faking their way through life or work.

• @pokupkabitka / 3590 2022-03-28