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A comment on The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017). Parent comment

Re:The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017) by sethammons on Sunday May 05, 2019 @09:03AM (#19832587)
yeah, agreed. I would have thought it would be on the recipient/observer to report if they thought it was a a truthy or falsey statement, but the snippet above does not say that.
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Re:The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017) by asaph on Sunday May 05, 2019 @09:08AM (#19832606)
Even if the researchers fact check Facebook posts and found them to be untrue, that still wouldn't conclusively point to dishonesty because the message poster might believe in the falsehood. It's not a lie if you believe it.
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