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2. Whilst Hitler did rise through the ranks before becoming a dictator, take note that '''being wrong isn't the same as lying.''' Bigots like Hitler just had to be very persuasive, because if you believe a stereotype enough, it can become the truth to you. }} |
2. Whilst Hitler did rise through the ranks before becoming a dictator, take note that '''being wrong isn't the same as lying.''' Bigots like Hitler just had to be very persuasive, because if you believe a stereotype enough, it can become the truth to you. }} |
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== The world of [[The Invention of Lying]] is the homeworld of the Thermians from [[ |
== The world of [[The Invention of Lying]] is the homeworld of the Thermians from [[Galaxy Quest]]. == |
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The Thermian culture developed without the concept of the lie. Sure, the Thermians were blobby squid-things, but would anyone have been able to follow the movie if everyone in [[The Invention of Lying]] was a blobby squid-thing? |
The Thermian culture developed without the concept of the lie. Sure, the Thermians were blobby squid-things, but would anyone have been able to follow the movie if everyone in [[The Invention of Lying]] was a blobby squid-thing? |
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* Even back then, they had already invented holographic image inducers. Those darn documentary transmissions were still an underground phenomenon, but cosplaying as humans had gone mainstream. |
* Even back then, they had already invented holographic image inducers. Those darn documentary transmissions were still an underground phenomenon, but cosplaying as humans had gone mainstream. |
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The film shows what would have happened if Emperor Charles zi Britannia had succeeded in his plan to make a world without lying. |
The film shows what would have happened if Emperor Charles zi Britannia had succeeded in his plan to make a world without lying. |
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== All of the people in [[The Invention of Lying]] are... those things from [[Discworld |
== All of the people in [[The Invention of Lying]] are... those things from [[Discworld/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]] == |
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That race that couldn't lie... But then some of them learned to lie... you know? And then they were never mentioned in any later book? Yeah, them. |
That race that couldn't lie... But then some of them learned to lie... you know? And then they were never mentioned in any later book? Yeah, them. |
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