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arotrios@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前

Foolproof

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arotrios@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前
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    Plot twist: there is no direct evidence that Twain ever said such a quote. Which is very fitting for this meme, its’ very point itself.

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      You found the Easter Egg.

      I hearby dub thee, @niktemadur@lemmy.world…

      • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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        Hey, that was their name already! What are you trying to pull!

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          Holy shit - the plot thickens…

          Does this mean that no one is the Meme Master?

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            Oh word? So they’re the one behind all those “no one:” memes?

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              Nah, that’s nobody…

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            Holy shit!

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            You missed a really funny opportunity by not faking that screenshot

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      I’m convinced that you tried to fool me

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        … Fuck. Fine, I’ll look it up.
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        Okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but he said “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”.

        Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/#180a2d81-ad60-4996-9c9a-3b9cd697903c
        Which cites https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6c2AQAAMAAJ&q="believe+a+lie"#v=snippet&q="believe+a+lie"&f=false

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          Wow, I expected it to be totally fake like most quotes on the internet but I 5d-chessed you into looking it up for me. Thanks!

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      ‘Can we reach quoteceotion by Twain quoting Churchill?’

      • Einstein
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      Ethics Quotes are relative

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