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		quitit on Dec 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't send your Google phone in for warranty repai... You can't remember, therefore it doesn't happen. Magical thinking there.

lotsofpulp on Dec 5, 2021 | [–]

I know that the US has a very high bar for defamation claims. It is common knowledge that you can make things up in yelp reviews or twitter or wherever with no big consequences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law

jfrunyon on Dec 10, 2021 | [–]

Please provide evidence of it happening on a regular basis.

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