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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 month ago (22 children)

A coworker of mine started falling down the YouTube conspiracy rabbit hole. He said something about the moon landing maybe being a hoax. I told him that when I was in college I used the big telescope to look at the moon landing site, so I knew for sure it was real. After that, he believed in the moon landing.

Now of course I was lying about seeing the moon landing site. Terrestrial telescopes can't see the landing site. I convinced my friend to believe the truth by countering a lie from a stranger with a lie from someone he trusts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Have you been telling this story a while? Or are you intentionally taking credit for something you didn't do for meme cred?

Edit: actually double xp meme credit, including the OP meme cred of lying for the meme and also the meme-ness of telling the story as OC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I have told it a couple times in various places over the years. It's entirely possible you've read it before.

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