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		brookst 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I genuinely don't understand why some people are s... But it’s not the marketers building the products. This is like saying “because the car salesman lied about this Prius’ gas mileage, I’ll retaliate by refusing to believe hybrids are any better than pure ICE cars and will buy a pickup”. It hurts nobody but the person choosing ignorance.

nottorp 11 months ago [–]

No, I'm afraid it's like 90% of the Prius owners who post something about their car post fake gas mileages.

And 100% of the marketers of course.

brookst 11 months ago | [–]

I disagree, but even conceding the point — why would that make you choose to believe falsehoods just to stick it to the liars?

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