More Cupcakes More Trust

One may have noticed that the existence of cupcakes in the last post was somewhat irrelevant to the actual content. So this time, I'll use a good cupcake example.

Suppose an attractive lady (or a wealthy lady) is offering you a cupcake. Regardless of the physical or monetary status of the lady, you decide to decline at first to appear gentlemanly. When she asks again, saying something in the lines of "Are you sure?" you say "Oh, if you insist," and snatch the cupcake out of the lady's hands. Then, you go on to say "I honestly didn't want to eat this cupcake as it would make me fat, but I am willing to make this sacrifice solely for you, my dear," just before voraciously consuming what used to be a piece of brown bread with icing on top.

And there, I demonstrated the tools necessary for winning someone's trust, which is apparently crucial in an argument involving cupcakes.

Three things are needed, as usual.

First, the reluctant conclusion: acting as if you reached your conclusion only because of its overwhelming rightness as shown by my "oh, if you insist" that makes several movie directors suffocate in the cheese.
Second, the personal sacrifice, making it seem like the decision helps others more than you, which I mentioned through the whole fat thing. And yes, bread does make you fat. Scott Pilgrim told me so.
Third, the Dubitatio. The what? Uhh... Whatever. It is the showing doubt of your own rhetorical skill, seeming to be an ingenuous speaker. I might not have done this in the cupcake argument, but hey, he got to eat the cupcake anyways.

I googled "cupcake eating" and this was there. It's deep and all, so yay.

So in the end, do the ends justify the means?

Just kidding. Let's not get into that. I've had enough SAT essays for a lifetime.

I believe that concludes ethos.
We should now know enough about ethos to make women undress simply by seeming trustworthy and stuff like that.

I'm sleepy and air-drunk so this post may be one of those things that are immediately  regretted the following morning.
Time will tell.
Trust me.