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...except you will. When someone does something painful to someone else for any reason, they sometimes tell them that it won't hurt at all. This often turns out to be a blatant lie. This is often done by doctors or friends of the patient who genuinely mean well, and are just trying to help them. However, it can also be used as a sarcastic Pre-Mortem/Pre-Asskicking One-Liner by someone who is about to inflict a lot of deliberate pain on their victim. Or to imply they'll die too quickly to feel anything. Another common variant is "This may hurt a little", or alternately, "You might feel a slight tingling sensation". This variation tends to be popular with Mad Scientists. A particularly psychopathic or dickish character may instead say, "I won't feel a thing." Yet another variant would be the doctor or dentist saying "This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you." Alternatively, the procedure will actually not hurt at all but it's the outcome that is the problem. Maybe the execution method or the forced transformation is painless, but the promise it will be so is a hollow distraction from the victim's fate. Definitely Truth in Television, as anyone knows who has been to the dentist, note There even is an expression in French, "to lie like a teethripper", presumably based on it although it is increasingly averted as anesthesia gets better and starts to get used more widely. This is also a commonly-used phrase when children who are Afraid of Needles are involved. Often used to set up False Reassurance. Examples: |
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