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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by benatkin on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:45PM (#21263527)
That's what someone who does this kind of thing would say.

I'm not saying I think it's fake, but I think it might be. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and posting a defense isn't evidence.

Edit: I wondered if I got this slogan right, and it turns out to have a name - The Sagan Standard! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_standard

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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by braythwayt on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:14PM (#21263872)
> That's what someone who does this kind of thing would say.

Speaking of cynicism, this argument is known as an Ad Hominem Circumstantial:

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla...

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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by ztratar on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:47PM (#21263551)
The amount of cynicism is too damn high!
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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by benatkin on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:49PM (#21263568)
I'm not all that cynical about it. I don't think that people (micro-)blogging made up stories (which this may or may not be) means there's something terribly wrong with them. It's a white lie told repeatedly with a straight face. It's worse than a white lie told once, but not as bad as a more directly harmful lie like faking an illness and collecting money from strangers on GoFundMe.
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