Such as “money can’t buy happiness” or “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. Generally a false adage or something like that. All I could think of was “fallacious bumper sticker” which just sounds stupid.

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    11 months ago

    Most of those old sayings have had the rejoinder omitted, which completely shifted their original meaning, in fact. For example, “Great minds think alike” originally closed with “but rarely do they differ”, etc.