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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You found the Easter Egg.

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

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hey, that was their name already! What are you trying to pull!

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Holy shit - the plot thickens...

Does this mean that no one is the Meme Master?

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Nah, that's nobody...

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You missed a really funny opportunity by not faking that screenshot

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm convinced that you tried to fool me

[–] potoo22@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

... 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=%22believe+a+lie%22#v=snippet&q=%22believe+a+lie%22&f=false

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

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!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

'Can we reach quoteceotion by Twain quoting Churchill?'

  • Einstein
[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

~~Ethics~~ Quotes are relative