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8 years of "Show us your birth Certificate" from these weirdos (slrpnk.net)

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[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Someone told me once never trust the words that come before the "but" or after "honestly" and i don't know where they heard it from but i have found it to be almost a universally true and useful trick.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone told me once never trust the words that come before the "but" or after "honestly" and i don't know where they heard it from...

Honestly, I don't trust this part of your statement.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

😂

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 9 points 3 months ago

Who throws a shoe? Honestly?

[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Good rule of thumb. Occasionally it doesn't work but usually it's on point.

[–] ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Oh that's a good one! It's like that thing about any headline ending in a question mark can be answered with "no".

Which it turns out, after fact checking myself, is called Betteridge's Law of Headlines

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be don't trust the words before but?" Nice thing, but bad thing. "

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In the sense that you can ignore the words before "but", because the words after the 'but" are their real feelings and everything before the "but" is an excuse or attempt to frame the following words more favorably, and by ignoring that part you actually get a better understanding.

"I'm not racist, but ___".

"We understand and hear your concerns, but ____".

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right, so you ignore the first part, because only the second part is the honest part.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Right, we're on the same page. Probably my original post should have said 'you can cut out' rather than "don't trust" but it's close enough eh?