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by Dilettante_ 35 days ago
And the prostitute really does love you and Your Call really Is Important To Us.

That's a little snarkier than strictly appropriate in this forum but you cannot seriously and in good faith say that this is the first time you've seen advertisements 'exagerrate' the truth.
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dpoloncsak 35 days ago
Nobody said anything about it being the first time seeing it. You still get to be upset when lied to.
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Dilettante_ 35 days ago
Except you knew it was a lie, and they knew that you knew it was a lie, and you knew that they knew that you knew it was a lie. There was exactly zero deception. At a certain point it's marketing, advertising, copywriting, not a Lie in the sense that anyone was made to believe something untrue.
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dpoloncsak 32 days ago
So it' okay to lie as long as the other party is aware you're lying?
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