We gave up on trying to convince others with just words if we don't have the money to back it up, meaning paying them to follow us.

When was the last time you convinced a person to bet on you , meaning transforming a no into a yes using a 30-40 sequence of words that you said?

No alcohol, no natural gain of confidence over time, straight up transforming a no into a yes without any appeal to higher authority (No AI, no Google, no Internet) no pitch deck, no market analysis no MVP, no nothing, just straight up 'trust me bro' with a more complex structure.

And I mean generally not (solely) romantically.