Psychology

How People Cleverly Cash In on Playing the Victim

The conning of kind hearts is nothing new.

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There used to be a show on TV called Queen for a Day. The premise was that four women would tell their personal stories, the sadder and more shocking, the better. Then, the audience would decide by the “clap-o-meter” who deserved to be crowned “Queen for a Day.”