[Stentor]

It seems to me he is nothing but a parasite.

He scams the scammers, works a regular job, saves his cash, invests in real estate and has a blast. If that's parasitism, we need more of it.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

You must have missed all the cheapskate lines and how he doesn’t spend a dime to entertain or take care of his friends but gets them to pay for his Broadway shows.

He is no different than the character Trina in Frank Norris’ McTeague, a novel about the crippling effect of greed. This guy certainly does sound like he parasites of his friends, which sounds like greed to me, and no, we don’t need more greed.