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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 49 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is like when PT Barnum would take out articles in local newspapers under a false name saying that PT Barnum's traveling sideshow was too amazing for any of it to be more than a fancy parlor trick

"He has dancing whales, which must be some sort of automatons, and his world's oldest woman must just be leather stretched over gears and debtor's bones!"

The doubters would take the articles and run around saying "Look, all these fantastical attractions are fake!" and the people who heard them were like "I want to see these dancing whales"

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"I want to see these dancing whales"

Same

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If I were a guy back in the early 1900's, yeah

It must have been easy to fool people back then

I mean, it's easy to fool people now, but back then everyone was drinking cocaine and chewing heroine gum

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Fuck the leather, I want to see debtor's bones. Sounds metal as fuck.

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you know of a book on this

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I heard it from an episode of The Dollop, episode 291 to be specific

It came out back in 2017, so I legit don't remember what books they mentioned

Pretty sure they mention their sources at the end of the episode though