The first few panels of this Pinocchio comic from smbc-comics are excellent examples of lying via Gricean Maxims.

The first few panels of this Pinocchio comic from smbc-comics are excellent examples of lying via Gricean Maxims.  

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  1. womenintheirwebs reblogged this from allthingslinguistic
  2. tachyon-at-rest said: agreed
  3. ingridverse reblogged this from tachyon-at-rest and added:
    Dolt 45 isn’t nearly that intelligent or introspective
  4. tachyon-at-rest reblogged this from ingridverse and added:
    Huh … I thought that this was about #45
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    the last few frames tho
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