Ah yes because people are always 1100% saying exactly what they mean instead of using jokes, hyperbole and other stuff. Just in case a pedant walks by and goes "hurr durr not a lie detector" when it's perfectly understandable to both people talking what they mean.

21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Wonder Woman's lasso does significantly better than our real world equivalent of at best, measuring somebody's stress when you've intentionally put them in a stressful situation.

Sheeple@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Wonder woman's lasso doesn't even detect lies. It just forces you to speak the truth with a varying compulsion to reveal secrets depending on author.

Calling it a lie detector is an odd thing when it's the one thing it can't do

Edit: I stand corrected on my last point

21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I think that'd actually be a pretty easy thing to use as a lie detector, just wrap the thing around whomever and say "say that again".

Gabu@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Or literally just ask "were you lying"?

21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

That's a way better idea.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y

Scumbag caught by the lasso: "That again."