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> Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you. They will de-construct your spin. They will remember everything you ever say for eternity.

Gabe Newell, 2013

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The counter to that is if you spread and repeat your lie far more than the debunkers are wiling or able to spread the truth, then your lie will be the thing generally believed.

"A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on."

--various

The internet is written in ink. --someone on the internet in the past

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