Hol up...

You didn’t just realize this, you heard someone make the joke

Pinocchio could just say "my nose grows when I tell the truth" (and it grows) and then tell a lie like it's truth and basically be able to gaslight people

yeah, youre not smart enough to come up with this. you stole this idea from elsewere on the internet

You don't even know my Q.I and you're assuming i'm not smart enough. Yes it's true I took it from someone else (a friend if you want to know) but mf that's not a reason to say i ain't smart

Quotient Intellectuel in French, same as I.Q. (true I made a spelling mistake but fuk that)

holy shit

It grows. Simple.
On the moment it's a lie, since the nose had no intend to grow in the next minutes. The fact that he said that makes it a lie.
Yes, consequentially, the prophecy realizes itself. But it doesn't matter anymore. The lie was already there.

If it's not true, you could use this loophole to basically... predict the future.

Or the nose grow when Pinocchio *intend* to lie, by omitting or denying the truth. There the nose will grow depending on which event Pinocchio is convinced will happen.

bros doing a game theory moment