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The law of making stuff up

The law of making stuff up states that if you make you a bunch of stuff up, and you put that made-up stuff on the internet where people can read it and comment on it, you're going to get called out on the fact that you made stuff up.

In order to prevent this, you can try a combination of things. Firstly, do not leave a single reference whatsoever to any article or page that can support your made-up stuff. After all, you made all the stuff up, so this one should be pretty easy.

Secondly, and this seems to be a crowd favourite: Attempt to dazzle the reader with some quotes from the Bible. That is guaranteed to get your article at least a view thumbs-ups from fellow readers who share your religion, and you can very easily hide the fact that you made stuff up in your entire article.
For example: God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Gen: 1:16

So immediately this will create the illusion of credibility. After all, even if the Sun and Moon were only made on the fourth day, which meant that there couldn't have possibly been three day-night cycles prior to this event, it is nonetheless a quotation from a universally respected scientific source.

Finally, if do you make stuff up, be sure to implore your readers to believe in the made-up stuff. After all, the law of making stuff up is always at work. And ask them to trust in your made-up stuff, because their lives would be so much better than without made-up stuff.



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