> But the fact remains that a lot of people still believe.
But also, a lot of people still believe in professional wrestling. Are pro wrestlers ripping people off?
Were pro wrestlers ripping people off worse in the '80s and earlier, when they tried really hard to maintain kayfabe, including denying the existence of kayfabe?
If you pay money to psychics and they tell you the sorts of things you paid them to tell you, is it really different from pro wrestlers or stage magicians? Or should that be "psychics", "wrestlers" or "magicians"?
Answers to things don't have to be black and white, yes or no. You can also start a process up front saying it's entertainment then manipulate people to the point the initial statement no longer holds.
> But also, a lot of people still believe in professional wrestling.
Being a professional wrestling fan myself, I don't know of any, but ok I'll play along ...
> Are pro wrestlers ripping people off?
I've never heard of a wrestling fan going to a show for life changing advice, or in a desperate attempt to reconnect with their dead child. Nor have I ever heard of a professional wrestler offering such services.
And psychics don't pretend to get into long-running feuds with each other, and pretend to settle those feuds with drop-kicks and suplexes, in front of mass audiences. (At least, not to my knowledge)
Did you think I thought, and was implying, that wrestlers and psychics provided the exact same services as each other?
But also, a lot of people still believe in professional wrestling. Are pro wrestlers ripping people off?
Were pro wrestlers ripping people off worse in the '80s and earlier, when they tried really hard to maintain kayfabe, including denying the existence of kayfabe?
If you pay money to psychics and they tell you the sorts of things you paid them to tell you, is it really different from pro wrestlers or stage magicians? Or should that be "psychics", "wrestlers" or "magicians"?