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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2017-10-23 13:06:42

I think that line is supposed to be a joke given the (inexplicably) self-demonstrating nature of the page.

Glancing at those, most of those are blatantly misuse, though, not even taking ROCEJ into account.

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Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
2017-10-23 20:33:58

What ones are blatant misuse?

WaterBlap Since: May, 2014
2017-10-24 07:01:45

Misuse could be general "examples" or if it concerns something that actually turned out to be true. Or if it isn't an obvious lie.

That said, some of the stuff in the RL folder could probably be moved to a more fitting section. I just moved the Swedish television one, since the TV tax thing is true in RL but the story in the example is less like a RL event and more like a joke someone might tell (and the example even called it an "urban legend").

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2017-10-24 13:50:22

Because most of them really aren't that blatant. They're blatant in the sense that they're easily fact-checked, but a Blatant Lie should be something that is blatantly visible as a lie the second it escapes someone's mouth. Turning it into "this is a lie that is verifiably untrue" is Trope Decay. Some of them are even specifically mentioned as successfully tricking people.

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