The quote is translated and may be apothrical, but the comparison still stands:
A lie can travel around the world twice before the truth has a chance to put its shoes on and walk out the door.
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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~~apothrical~~ apocryphal
Or... was that on purpose? Am I not getting the joke?
Nah, I fucked up the spelling. I was going for "something that's commonly believed to be true, but isn't."
Apothecaries everywhere breathe a sigh of relief!