Do you know people who put out a "false front"? But you know "the truth"?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (214426)
Walnut Creek, California
April 20, 2022 9:29am CST
How do you deal with it? Do you blow their cover? Do you lay low?
I know a handful of people in the low level music biz here who make a big deal out their support for good causes. They play concerts for good causes. They always seem to appear in Facebook photos of charity fundraisers.
Some even claim to be "Christian."
But I have played with them, seen some of the things they've done to promote only themselves, and know the truth.
Sometimes I vent here (like about the girl who claimed to want to "jam" but really only wanted money for her new "band"), but locally I lay low. "Karma's gonna get 'em," I think.
But I'm not so sure.
Your thoughts? Do you know such people? Do you believe in "karma"?
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
20 Apr 22
Yes.... we know your "secret", pony, but we won't tell anybody... I promise. 
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@TheHorse (214426)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil Oh, the first thing one should look at if they see something in too many others is "projecton."
Erik Erikson says if you're old and grey and are satisfied with what you've done, then you are doing well.
I think of people like Tr*** as probably miserable.
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@Fa_Maverick (9485)
• Australia
20 Apr 22
I got accuses of blowing my own trumpet about swimming laps for charity. Of course I was going to share my fundraising efforts... That is how you yknow get donations and raise awareness. People also came after me because I brag about working for charity when all I said was "random american flag donated to work with cut rope still attached"
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@TheHorse (214426)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Apr 22
@Fa_Maverick What did it represent?
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@Fa_Maverick (9485)
• Australia
21 Apr 22
@TheHorse we had a donation come into the store it was the US flag and it still had string attached to it like it had been cut down from being flown.
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@xander6464 (42500)
• Wapello, Iowa
20 Apr 22
I'm not so sure about Karma, too. If it does exist, it seems inefficient and slow most of the time.
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@xander6464 (42500)
• Wapello, Iowa
20 Apr 22
@TheHorse Politics seems to transcend ordinary defective Karma. Even when our political system is working well, it leaves a lot to be desired and a lot of horrible people profit off it with no apparent Karmic penalty. We should come up with a new classification for it.
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@xander6464 (42500)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Apr 22
@TheHorse I survived the day today, too. I think.
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@moffittjc (120936)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Apr 22
I see that way too many times with people who appear to be good Christian folk, but in reality are slimy snakes.
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@moffittjc (120936)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Apr 22
@TheSojourner True, it's probably been that way for millennia, but I guess it just bothers me more now to see people acting that way.
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@moffittjc (120936)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Apr 22
@TheSojourner I see a lot of non-believers that I feel will fare better on Judgement Day than some of these so called "believers" who think they are so righteous and perfect.
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@moffittjc (120936)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Apr 22
@TheSojourner I have always questioned the beliefs associated with organized religion. What I haven't questioned is the existence of a spiritual realm. Until science can prove one doesn't exist, I will firmly believe that there are other realms in existence other than the physical realm.
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@LindaOHio (171447)
• United States
21 Apr 22
I definitely believe in Karma...I've seen it with my own eyes. I know people such as the ones you're talking about. I lay low. Some of the most vocal Christians are some of the worst people!
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@LindaOHio (171447)
• United States
22 Apr 22
@MarieCoyle I don't think so either!
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@MarieCoyle (34390)
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22 Apr 22
And a person like that isn't really a Christian, either. At least, I don't think they are.
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@GardenGerty (159840)
• United States
21 Apr 22
The lies will eventually catch up to them. I would just sit back and let it.
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@wolfgirl569 (102367)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Apr 22
Yes and Yes. I avoid them when I can
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@Traceyjayne (1784)
• United Kingdom
21 Apr 22
I would like to believe in karma but I suspect that some people just constantly will get away with anything. I tend to stay away from false people as much as I can these days
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@snowy22315 (177098)
• United States
21 Apr 22
I think I don't pay enough attention to people to notice their hypocrisy, but there are a few that spring to mind. I just think of them as sort of snobs and go about my way. They probably have their reasons to act as they do, even if they aren't good ones. It really isn't for me to judge.
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@divalounger (5916)
• United States
23 Apr 22
it seems like bad karma is everywhere right now--people ask as though they can do whatever they wish with no consequences--but there are always consequences--sooner or later--I tend to lie low as well--it is less stressful
@RasmaSandra (77819)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Apr 22
Yes indeed I believe in karma both good and bad, I have known a few people in my life who made a big deal of themselves only to be found out that they were the lowest of the low,
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
21 Apr 22
@TheHorse
Yes, I know those like you described. They are very miserable and want others to be miserable like they are so bother them and will not leave them alone. I believe there is someone out there to to take care of those that are so nasty.
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@Hildasalom (954)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Apr 22
Do you mean people who pretend inorder to get something. You can't change everyone so you just have to tolerate people with their different characters. Maybe they also have a reason why they do some things.
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