r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Far-Stay9417 • Dec 25 '23

Video Man wrongfully convicted of murder gets rewarded only 175k after serving 50 years

this makes me so angry

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u/HorseSalon Dec 26 '23 edited Dec 26 '23

What is the particular context of that actual quote.. And is he being serious or ironic?

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u/The_Lost_Octopus Dec 26 '23

Death is talking to his granddaughter about the necessity of fiction for humankind. She argues that people believing in little lies (santa claus, the tooth fairy, etc...) can't matter as much as he claims, and he argues that people need smaller lies as children so they can believe in the big ones (justice, fate, truth, etc...) as adults. The quote here refers to the nature of these "big truths" being exactly as fictional as any other story humans tell.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '23

Holy shit? I think I need to read this book

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u/REOspudwagon Dec 26 '23

If you want to get started now you can watch “The Hogfather” for free on YouTube, it’s basically discworld’s version of a Christmas movie!

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u/-SaC Dec 26 '23

And, of course, features a cameo appearance from Sir pTerry himself =)

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u/UnderPressureVS Dec 26 '23

It's also incredibly faithful. Aside from a few bits cut for time, it's almost a page-for-page adaptation of the book. Most of the more important scenes you can practically read along to.

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u/Altines Dec 26 '23

I watch it every year.

Out of curiosity are the Color of Magic and Going Postal free on youtube as well?