• GoosLife@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Last week, I was watching a live taping of a comedy podcast, where a couple of journalists tell crazy stories from history.

      They were doing the story of serial scammer, Frank Abergnale, aka the guy Leonardo DiCaprio plays in Catch Me If You Can. The problem with this story is that Frank Abergnale might be full of shit in his own right, as the only source for much of his story is based on his self-biography, which is very likely not true.

      The hosts take turns researching and telling the stories, while the other one listens. This week, the storyteller was the lactose intolerant guy. So, because he knew his story was gonna be a lot of bullshit, he had brought a packet of 18 cheap cheeses. So if the listening host got a whiff of this being a lie, he would be able to call bullshit, and the storytelling host would have to eat one of the cheeses as punishment on behalf of Mr. Abergnale.

      All this to say that this comment made me realize, we still have jesters and flatulists today. We just call them comedians and podcast hosts.

      • Klear@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        I can’t decide if Abergnale making everything up makes him a lesser scammer or even better than we thought.