"oh god oh man i've been tricking people into liking me by being nice to them, i'm terrible"

...fictional ex-90s platformer mascot, nerd, plural, ΘΔ.
"oh god oh man i've been tricking people into liking me by being nice to them, i'm terrible"
not actually satire
e.g. people who've been lying to you for years because they tell you what they think you want to hear