Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On Social Media

Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by donarb on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:42AM (#14407823)

My favorite Lincoln quote is "Don't believe everything you read on the internet".

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by arkitaip on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @05:51AM (#14408775)

Plato said it more eloquently but he referenced Usenet.

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by mtgx on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:08AM (#14408844)

Plato must be very old.

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by omginternets on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:22AM (#14408899)

Ha! I saw a pretty good one along the lines of:

   70% of statistics are made up on the spot.
       - Abraham Lincoln

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by rypskar on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:57AM (#14409035)

Isn't it: "70% of statistics on the Internet are made up on the spot." - Abraham Lincoln

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by omginternets on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:44AM (#14410365)

No, the internet bit is from Adolf Hitler, you Nazi.

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by nsebban on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:22AM (#14409448)

68%, actually.

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Re:Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On... by coldcode on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:20AM (#14409438)

My favorite Lincoln quote "I never said that about the internet".

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