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[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hyperbole and hypotheticals aren't "outright lies"

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exact and false numbers given as proportions aren't hyperbole, they're misrepresentations, ie lies.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Say you're in a room"

It's literally at the start of the post. Anyone who has eyes and can read now understands this is hypothetical