Child neurologist explains the reason children lie, and it's surprisingly wholesome

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/child-lying-is-developmental-milestone

Snake Oil

The wise heretic should be able to spot the fakery of the snake oil salesman. I bring this up now as understanding snake oil is key to becoming an advanced and remarkable heretic.

Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution.The term comes from the “snake oil” that used to be sold as a cure-all elixir for many kinds of physiological problems. Many 18th-century European and 19th-century United States entrepreneurs advertised and sold mineral oil (often mixed with various active and inactive household herbs, spices, drugs, and compounds, but containing no snake-derived substances whatsoever) as “snake oil liniment”, making claims about its efficacy as a panacea. Patent medicines that claimed to be panaceas were extremely common from the 18th century until the 20th century, particularly among vendors masking addictive drugs such as cocaine, amphetamine, alcohol, and opium-based concoctions or elixirs, to be sold at medicine shows as medication or products promoting health.

Snake oil, Wikipedia

#fibs #snakeOil

Language and Engine

At this development stage, I plan to write this game using Python and the Ren’Py story engine. This is because The Endless Rooms is narrative-heavy heavy and I have a little experience with Python. Not a lot of experience – the only complete project was a driver for a 7-seg display written in MicroPython.

I’m taking a few departures from your average Ren’Py visual novel.

As I begin to get into the guts of the coding, I will release code snippets and screenshots.

#fibs #python #RenPy #subversion #visualNovel #DevLog

What’s the smallest lie you told with the biggest consequences?

#QuestionOfTheWeek #consequences #fibs #lies

https://openmentions.com/news/question-of-the-week/whats-the-smallest-lie-you-told-with-the-biggest-consequences/

The Ultimate Guide to Bizarre Lies Your Mom Told You.

Turns out mothers all over the world are telling a lot of the same outrageous fibs.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mothers-day-lies #lies #fibs #Mom #mum #mother

Word Search Puzzle 263

Word List : #docket #behearse #mesua #unfoiled #maegbote #corp #tradite #yokelish #mouche #peripety #pipings #barbets #fibs #parsonet #thomasa #sterve #snemovna #subshaft

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-263/