the cake is a lieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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the cake is a lie

1. (Internet slang, dated) The end being pursued is unattainable or misguided; the reward promised is false.
   • 2011 December 15, Nick Martin, “A Hit Sitcom In Just Five Easy Steps!”, in Buzz Weekly, page 6:

     The jokes are cake, and the cake is a lie — fan-service tricking nerds into watching a show designed for adults who vote Republican (Middle America!).

   • 2012, James Margeson, "The quiet assault on public education", The Sphinx (University of Liverpool), March 2012, page 9:

     The assumption that a degree will vastly improve future earnings is increasingly misleading. By their very nature high paid jobs are exclusive and limited in number. "The cake is a lie."

   • 2012 November 12, J. L. Hilton, Stellarnet Prince, Carina Press, →ISBN, page 320:

     “One shitty leader doesn't mean the cake is a lie. One man's decisions don't invalidate everything else—the ideals, the history, the words etched in marble and the sacrifices of all the people who make the United States a just and safe place to live.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:the cake is a lie.

参考

• chase a rainbow
• wild-goose chase
• mirage
• jam tomorrow
• pie in the sky