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> even when the disclaimer "based on" I can't exactly fault them as "based on" seems to be more of a marketing gimmick used to imply some form of authenticity
by mieseratte 9y ago
> even when the disclaimer "based on"
I can't exactly fault them as "based on" seems to be more of a marketing gimmick used to imply some form of authenticity rather than an actual disclaimer. For the longest time I fell for the fallacy that "based on" implied some semblance of factual accuracy.
- bringtheaction 9y agoI used to think that based on basically meant the whole thing was true except they maybe changed some names and cut out the non-interesting parts.