Talk:Bearded Dragon/@comment-204.236.204.118-20130612155110/@comment-66.151.103.8-20130612155811

It's actually a very common saying. In this case 'truth" means "commonly known facts" that aren't actually facts, truths, or reality.

The "truth" here is the perception that 'everyone knows' they are grumpy, where the Reality is they're not.

Truth and Reality are rarely synonyms in practice.