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[rocknload]

If you have no reason to lie to me, I am operating under the assumption that you aren't. This isn't unusual, or stupid; it's actually necessary for communication. When people are already assuming you're telling the truth, it's surprising what they'll believe. Most won't believe in spaghetti trees, obviously, but when you have that advantage over other folks you can get them to think an awful lot.

So, anyway, when you take advantage of this by saying something completely reasonable and believable and then go, "Haha! You should've known! April Fools!" then you aren't clever, you're just sort of a dick.

I don't mind a good prank, but no one knows how to do it, damnit! And so I hate today.

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The face and your body language are really the most important part, I think. People are really really easy to trick, not because they are stupid, but just because they ... are. I think in regular conversations their brains just don't have time to fact check everything so a lot of stuff is accepted without question and you can start using that to erode their confidence in EVERYTHING THEY THINK IS TRUE and yeah you can go from there.

And my wording up there makes it seem like I AM EXEMPT FROM THIS but I am totally not.

[unicorn]

EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS TRUUUUUE