Fun fact: In order to play the role of the inhuman creature imitating human behaviour and emotions The G-Man from the Half Life series, Mike Shapiro hung out with Mark Zuckerberg for 5 minutes.
This is probably just me, but I love it when Pat talks about psychology. Outside the fact that Pat knows what he’s talking about since he has a degree in psychology, I just love the examples he uses and the way he talks in general
Despite what some people on a certain subreddit (NOT the Best Friends sub a different one) may say about him, Pat's actually got a good head on his shoulders
@@kapkant6197 no he doesn't. The man's full of mental disorders himself. He literally has to take a s*** naked because he's so jacked up in the head. He needs to start working out to fix that mental.
8:13 honestly if somebody just walked away from me mid sentence I wouldn’t even bat an eye, as I’d probably do the same given the argument getting stupid enough that effort toward it becomes worthless
I wish I could explain how the quote "hello fellow humans, would you like an Xbox?" just broke me. I feel like I'm having a PatStaresAt "choese" moment where I'm tearing up laughing at that shit lol
I think Woolie and Pat are underestimating how effectively these people can logic out stuff. Even if "How do I get Woolie to stop talking" turns into "well I have to kill Woolie" that doesn't mean the thought is done. Next is "How do I get away with it" and it can from there be made to look like an accident or self defense. These people aren't in jail because they know how to avoid jail, even if their moral compass is still complete garbage.
Pat's point is that you'd have to imagine an extremely contrived situation where being rude or just leaving wouldn't be the vastly superior option in every way compared to committing a felony.
The point isn't necessarily that people literally take the time out to actually logic through that stuff and ask themselves. The point is that you can tell which people will know that logic inherently, visualized by someone on the outside positing it as asking themselves if they can.
It took me years to realize that my best friend in HS was/is a high functioning "sociopath". He fits all the markers other than animal abuse, but honestly I never once felt particularly unsafe near him compared to anyone else. If anything it was the opposite, he was so logic dominated that I knew EXACTLY where the lines were at all times. If the danger is THAT easily avoided, then is it actually dangerous at all? I remember a moment that in retrospect should've blown the lid off the whole thing. Idk how we got there, but he was talking about how he was surprised by how chill I was around him because (paraphrased) "usually people get uncomfortable around me after I let loose a bit", meaning the knife games and occasional joking threat or cold observation, and my response was "Why would I, you're not gonna hurt me". First time I'd seen him taken aback, "why do you think that" he more or less asks, and I tell him, in the most condescending way I know how "because you're not stupid so it won't happen at random, and I'M not stupid enough to ever give you a reason to". He was quiet for like 2 seconds while I watched him process it, then he laughed his ass off and said "yeah, you're right". In contrast, another friend at that same school would often loudly make graphic threats on my life, to the point where everyone just learned to automatically tune it out because it was harmless trolling, that once we realized they actually blanked it out entirely next lunch we tested it by starting a conversation with him doing it again, then immediately pivoting into an intentionally inflammatory topic, and no one else at any of the tables, INCLUDING OURS, actually heard what we'd talked about when we asked them 5 minutes later. Then making fun of people for breaking attention as soon as he started threating my life became our running joke, lmao. Good times all around tbh. If anything high-functioning lunatics are easier to manage because you CAN just logic them into behaving as long as you make them understand its in their best interest and show them how going against it would be too much of a loss to be worthwhile. God knows I have way more difficulty getting "normal" people with actual proper emotions to not let those dominate them into doing stupid shit constantly.
10:48 I’d say I’m the sort that can recognize the benefits of doing these things, while still recognizing they’re not good things to do. Like I would never kill someone on purpose, but attack in certain contexts? That totally depends on whether I want to give up my freedom to satisfy a feeling. 99.9% of the time the answer is a hard “no”
im halfway through the video and they havent even talked about what this guy actually did yet, i had to look it up. im genuinely shocked anybody fell for this. did he target old ladies?
@@turkish8969 He targeted fairly attractive women who were looking for the golden ticket of a fairly attractive rich guy (With emphasis on the rich) who would take care of them. They get a bad case of sunk cost fallacy, dumping money in the guy with the idea that it was an investment in the future. After a certain point the people that get fooled will start fooling themselves, because acknowledging that they were fooled means that they were idiots.
@@turkish8969 I would never suggest someone do something so immoral but if you wanted to get in the business now would be the time. This guy is no mastermind, he just picked the right group to target.
@@planguy9575 Call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
I don't really like the idea that people with sociopothy or NPD aren't really human. Plenty of autistic people have low empathy but that doesnt mean we're not human. Also you can be a major level CEO scumbag and not have any PD's. Its about dehumanizing those "below" you. Think about how society teaches us to think about drug users and homeless people and subconsciously dehumanize them.
Exactly call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
You get a little bit of lore here and there. He apparently is a back stabber, drug addled and willing to sell out his family.. But then again you have to realize Pat himself burn bridges for fun and is a coarse person himself.
@@shino933 I don't even mean his jokes, I meant all of the related content when you search up his name. The jokes are... Bit 2009-10 era anyway so not my cup of tea for sure! Enjoy though!
Exactly call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
Woolie: incorrectly says “Tinder” as “Twindler”, proceeds to correct himself by saying “Tindler”
one of these ladies in the trailer actually also said Tindler
@@tfrye1227 i stand corrected
TINDLE ME THIS, BATMAN!
@Game Gallows That's a genuinely silly argument.
So happy I'm not the only person who cracked up when he did that
Fun fact: In order to play the role of the inhuman creature imitating human behaviour and emotions The G-Man from the Half Life series, Mike Shapiro hung out with Mark Zuckerberg for 5 minutes.
This is probably just me, but I love it when Pat talks about psychology. Outside the fact that Pat knows what he’s talking about since he has a degree in psychology, I just love the examples he uses and the way he talks in general
Yep, it justifies 5 years of college that were never aplied in the work market.
Despite what some people on a certain subreddit (NOT the Best Friends sub a different one) may say about him, Pat's actually got a good head on his shoulders
My mans got his finger on the pulse
@@kapkant6197 no he doesn't. The man's full of mental disorders himself. He literally has to take a s*** naked because he's so jacked up in the head. He needs to start working out to fix that mental.
he didn't get his degree iirc
The high functioning part is an extremely important detail.
They're the ones that totally could murder people but realized that it doesn't benefit them, right?
@@planguy9575 yeah.
A new half in the bag AND a castle super beast upload in one day, at the same time? Amazing, beautiful
I don't get the appeal behind RedLetterMedia.
@@datanotfoundpleasetryagain3559 that’s okay😬 enjoy
It's a Tums Festival!
@@bahskintimulholde6191 At the end of every single day!
What a total hack fraud
8:13 honestly if somebody just walked away from me mid sentence I wouldn’t even bat an eye, as I’d probably do the same given the argument getting stupid enough that effort toward it becomes worthless
I wish I could explain how the quote "hello fellow humans, would you like an Xbox?" just broke me. I feel like I'm having a PatStaresAt "choese" moment where I'm tearing up laughing at that shit lol
I think Woolie and Pat are underestimating how effectively these people can logic out stuff. Even if "How do I get Woolie to stop talking" turns into "well I have to kill Woolie" that doesn't mean the thought is done. Next is "How do I get away with it" and it can from there be made to look like an accident or self defense. These people aren't in jail because they know how to avoid jail, even if their moral compass is still complete garbage.
Pat's point is that you'd have to imagine an extremely contrived situation where being rude or just leaving wouldn't be the vastly superior option in every way compared to committing a felony.
The point isn't necessarily that people literally take the time out to actually logic through that stuff and ask themselves.
The point is that you can tell which people will know that logic inherently, visualized by someone on the outside positing it as asking themselves if they can.
It took me years to realize that my best friend in HS was/is a high functioning "sociopath". He fits all the markers other than animal abuse, but honestly I never once felt particularly unsafe near him compared to anyone else. If anything it was the opposite, he was so logic dominated that I knew EXACTLY where the lines were at all times. If the danger is THAT easily avoided, then is it actually dangerous at all?
I remember a moment that in retrospect should've blown the lid off the whole thing. Idk how we got there, but he was talking about how he was surprised by how chill I was around him because (paraphrased) "usually people get uncomfortable around me after I let loose a bit", meaning the knife games and occasional joking threat or cold observation, and my response was "Why would I, you're not gonna hurt me". First time I'd seen him taken aback, "why do you think that" he more or less asks, and I tell him, in the most condescending way I know how "because you're not stupid so it won't happen at random, and I'M not stupid enough to ever give you a reason to". He was quiet for like 2 seconds while I watched him process it, then he laughed his ass off and said "yeah, you're right".
In contrast, another friend at that same school would often loudly make graphic threats on my life, to the point where everyone just learned to automatically tune it out because it was harmless trolling, that once we realized they actually blanked it out entirely next lunch we tested it by starting a conversation with him doing it again, then immediately pivoting into an intentionally inflammatory topic, and no one else at any of the tables, INCLUDING OURS, actually heard what we'd talked about when we asked them 5 minutes later. Then making fun of people for breaking attention as soon as he started threating my life became our running joke, lmao.
Good times all around tbh. If anything high-functioning lunatics are easier to manage because you CAN just logic them into behaving as long as you make them understand its in their best interest and show them how going against it would be too much of a loss to be worthwhile. God knows I have way more difficulty getting "normal" people with actual proper emotions to not let those dominate them into doing stupid shit constantly.
Woolie's right, you never know if murder will just... solve everything. nobody can say you didnt try
i almost forgot pat is a psychologist
4:10 Like the old saying goes "You can't cheat an honest man" Gold Diggers got hit with that Uno Reverse
The fact that they could have just googled the swindlers supposed father and just see a Wikipedia page of his actual children is hilarious.
@@23kurtzy It's like the Nigerian Prince emails. He actively filtered out anyone with two brain cells to rub together
10:48 I’d say I’m the sort that can recognize the benefits of doing these things, while still recognizing they’re not good things to do.
Like I would never kill someone on purpose, but attack in certain contexts? That totally depends on whether I want to give up my freedom to satisfy a feeling. 99.9% of the time the answer is a hard “no”
Scam artists are scum but let's be real, these targets were naive af.
A bit of humility and suspicion can go a long way.
im halfway through the video and they havent even talked about what this guy actually did yet, i had to look it up. im genuinely shocked anybody fell for this. did he target old ladies?
@@turkish8969 He targeted fairly attractive women who were looking for the golden ticket of a fairly attractive rich guy (With emphasis on the rich) who would take care of them. They get a bad case of sunk cost fallacy, dumping money in the guy with the idea that it was an investment in the future. After a certain point the people that get fooled will start fooling themselves, because acknowledging that they were fooled means that they were idiots.
@@planguy9575 that sounds cool. I wanna do that!
@@turkish8969 I would never suggest someone do something so immoral but if you wanted to get in the business now would be the time. This guy is no mastermind, he just picked the right group to target.
@@planguy9575 Call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
He was able to run away to Israel. They won't extradite him
Aw dammit. We're _definitely_ never getting him now.
I don't really like the idea that people with sociopothy or NPD aren't really human. Plenty of autistic people have low empathy but that doesnt mean we're not human. Also you can be a major level CEO scumbag and not have any PD's. Its about dehumanizing those "below" you. Think about how society teaches us to think about drug users and homeless people and subconsciously dehumanize them.
Sociopathy + impared judgement is definitely the combo to look out for
Tinder Swindler was one of the best comedies I have watched on Netflix in years.
i love the idea of a man stepping on a Lego out n about in the streets, to punch a random stranger
I'm OK with people who scam multiple other people getting their asses dragged in public, actually.
The hand sanitizer guy at the beginning of the pandemic was sweet schadenfreude.
Exactly call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
Not Twindler. "Tindler."
Ah yes, after years of research, tinder just for twins, finally
@@kpr4225 ... I don't like the direction this is going. xD
Tindler's List :^)
@@bahskintimulholde6191 NO! xD We ain't doing that here.
what's up with pat's brother? i'm missing the lore
You get a little bit of lore here and there. He apparently is a back stabber, drug addled and willing to sell out his family.. But then again you have to realize Pat himself burn bridges for fun and is a coarse person himself.
holy shit pat's brother make him looks like a sane person, i didn't know it was that bad i'm so baffled, thanks for the insight
@@depp5275
He brought him up sparingly on the old channel and early podcast. He favors his sister.
Thierry tilly
That's the biggest conman I've ever seen
You can watch Zuckerman on his court appearances...
Let me just say this without any spoiler: the film ends as you expect it :D
Needs to be nominated for greatest comedy of 2021
You can't be evil if you aren't smart
What is going on with Pat's brother? he also mentioned in the Justin Trudeau bit and apparently his brother's dog bit their nephew.
Ah yes late to the world of the swindler. You hear about the comedian who scammed him out of some money? Ryan long. Check it out it's hilarious
Also lmao pats "I did psychology 10 years ago that's how it is" has me laughing
Aw man I just looked him up and there's tons of very right wing content popping up alongside it, I hope the algorithm learns nothing from this
@@kpr4225 aww come on let jokes be jokes. Sure he's not a commie but at least he's funny and fair
@@shino933 I don't even mean his jokes, I meant all of the related content when you search up his name.
The jokes are... Bit 2009-10 era anyway so not my cup of tea for sure! Enjoy though!
@@kpr4225 I feel it but I'll honestly disagree
watched
Someone pretends to be a rich sugar daddy to gold dig gold diggers.
Sounds pretty funny to me. It's not like he's scamming good people.
Exactly call me an incel , but the honey pot is a trick more often known to be used by women than men throughout history. It wouldn't be immoral to say that it's about time for the tables to be turned.
@@theprofesionalist7927 the fuck is up with you copypasting this into every other comment?
Amen!