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the cake is a lie

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the cake is a lie

You will not receive the reward that you have been promised. The phrase comes from the video game Portal, in which the protagonist is repeatedly promised cake in exchange for her efforts but is eventually warned that "the cake is a lie." Our teacher said she wouldn't assign homework if we behaved at the assembly, but I'm starting to think that the cake is a lie.

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