caro
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Post by caro on Aug 21, 2016 2:00:44 GMT
A friend on FB posted a heartfelt sentiment offering condolences to Brad Pitt and family on the suicide death of Angelina. 😮 All I did was check Snopes and it is a rumor that's been going on for awhile. SMH
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 2:10:43 GMT
Because there's a part of them that wants to believe it's true.
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Post by SockMonkey on Aug 21, 2016 2:12:26 GMT
Because people believe anything they read on the series of tubes.
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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 21, 2016 2:12:28 GMT
I know, right? DH has a family member who has my e-mail address and sends sent all these crazy e-mails to me. After I don't know how many, I sent a link to Snopes to her and said she should fact check her e-mails before sending nonsense. I know it was mean and hateful of me, but I just can't stand it when people send that crap to everyone on their e-mail list.
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Post by Nink on Aug 21, 2016 2:14:12 GMT
I don't know, but good question. My in-laws send me email after email of crap that is easily disproven. I used to reply with the link to the appropriate Snopes article, but it didn't deter them. Now I just delete without ever opening. I told DH that I hope they never email us with anything important like a plea for help cuz it will never be seen.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 21, 2016 2:16:07 GMT
Agree!!
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Aug 21, 2016 2:17:29 GMT
I have had people state that they think snopes is not a legitimate site and is somehow biased for or against certain things. I also believe those same people are already bat-shit crazy, so there's that.
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 21, 2016 2:20:07 GMT
I know someone who doesn't believe Snopes and won't accept them as a source for anything.
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Post by pjaye on Aug 21, 2016 2:22:48 GMT
That's not even a Snopes thing, a basic google search would tell you that's not true. It's because a) many people are lazy and b) they are happy to believe every damn thing they read online.
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Post by vspindler on Aug 21, 2016 2:26:08 GMT
One person who had posted about it today came back later and said that she hadn't posted it. So it may be possible that it is part of the scams, hacking, or click bait that happen.
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Post by jtmom on Aug 21, 2016 2:37:22 GMT
Omg, my SIL! She drove me nuts for years & I finally lost it on Facebook telling her to check Snopes before emailing. She has never emailed me since!
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Post by zookeeper on Aug 21, 2016 2:39:01 GMT
It is the town crier attitude.
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 21, 2016 2:43:16 GMT
That's not even a Snopes thing, a basic google search would tell you that's not true. It's because a) many people are lazy and b) they are happy to believe every damn thing they read online. Several times I have very politely (and gently !) let friends on Facebook know that the picture or link is not true. What worries me is that they are teachers! I do expect teachers to have reasonable critical literacy skills . For example, posting a pic of a young girl running and saying "this young girl was running in the BOSTON MARATHON in memory of Sandy Hook students and was today killed in the bomb blast" Do they realise how few 7r olds can run a marathon??? Not to mention it clearly had a car dealership sponsorship label on her running bib. And all the death ones. 2 second Google search will tell you that no David Attenborough has NOT died! Corinne
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Post by mom on Aug 21, 2016 2:46:12 GMT
I dont know why they wont look it up but its annoying as hell.
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 21, 2016 2:58:25 GMT
I think it has more to do with wanting to be the very first person to post whatever "tragedy" is happening, especially on Facebook (well, and here ). That and being too lazy to check before they post. Melissa
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 21, 2016 3:44:46 GMT
A friend on FB posted a heartfelt sentiment offering condolences to Brad Pitt and family on the suicide death of Angelina. That's pretty high on the old gullible mountain! Did she not think to check any reputable sources before posting and looking foolish? The other day someone I know posted a PSA about how if you get held up at an ATM you put your PIN in backwards and the money gets stuck halfway out and then the police are alerted. Several other friends liked his post. I didn't bother correcting him but I think someone else must have let him know it's bullshit because when I checked his feed a few days later the post was gone.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 21, 2016 3:47:21 GMT
I think it has more to do with wanting to be the very first person to post whatever "tragedy" is happening, especially on Facebook (well, and here ). That was my first thought. Thankfully I don't see much of it anymore. No one emails me these items and I only have close friends and family on Facebook so after a little while of me sending them the snopes links so they don't embarrass themselves they've started checking it out BEFORE they post. Novel concept!
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Post by katybee on Aug 21, 2016 3:53:28 GMT
A friend on FB posted a heartfelt sentiment offering condolences to Brad Pitt and family on the suicide death of Angelina. 😮 All I did was check Snopes and it is a rumor that's been going on for awhile. SMH That person probably did not post it. If you click on that link, somehow it gains control of your Facebook account and will post it without you knowing… Happened to my sister-in-law just yesterday…
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Post by FurryP on Aug 21, 2016 3:56:06 GMT
Maybe they don't know about it? I have never heard anyone ever mention Snopes except the Peas.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 21, 2016 3:59:37 GMT
A friend on FB posted a heartfelt sentiment offering condolences to Brad Pitt and family on the suicide death of Angelina. That's pretty high on the old gullible mountain! Did she not think to check any reputable sources before posting and looking foolish? The other day someone I know posted a PSA about how if you get held up at an ATM you put your PIN in backwards and the money gets stuck halfway out and then the police are alerted. Several other friends liked his post. I didn't bother correcting him but I think someone else must have let him know it's bullshit because when I checked his feed a few days later the post was gone. I wonder how that works if your PIN is a palindrome.
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Post by Nink on Aug 21, 2016 4:21:40 GMT
That's pretty high on the old gullible mountain! Did she not think to check any reputable sources before posting and looking foolish? The other day someone I know posted a PSA about how if you get held up at an ATM you put your PIN in backwards and the money gets stuck halfway out and then the police are alerted. Several other friends liked his post. I didn't bother correcting him but I think someone else must have let him know it's bullshit because when I checked his feed a few days later the post was gone. I wonder how that works if your PIN is a palindrome. Didn't you know? It's smart enough to know the difference. The ATM screen has sensors that sense sweat and nervousness along with it.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Aug 21, 2016 4:24:55 GMT
I just commented on this on a friend's page and she came back and said she didn't post it. It's from a virus or a hack.
Don't assume that your friends posted it if you see it on their facebook.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 21, 2016 4:29:13 GMT
I know, right? DH has a family member who has my e-mail address and sends sent all these crazy e-mails to me. After I don't know how many, I sent a link to Snopes to her and said she should fact check her e-mails before sending nonsense. I know it was mean and hateful of me, but I just can't stand it when people send that crap to everyone on their e-mail list. LOL, I have a friend that I finally had to do that to too. Every time she would forward another one of those idiotic emails, I would look it up on Snopes and forward the link to her. After a few months of that several times a week, I finally had to get a little mean and shut that crazy down. Between that and the loony political emails she would send, I finally told her to just take me totally off her list!
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Post by gryroagain on Aug 21, 2016 7:27:37 GMT
We have tried with a certain relative, but since Snopes is a "liberal conspiracy" nothing on there is true.
So, basically a head banging conversation.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 21, 2016 9:38:58 GMT
It is the town crier attitude. This!
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Post by kibble on Aug 21, 2016 10:22:41 GMT
I had a couple old high school classmates that were sharing untrue info (mostly things like, Pepsi took "god" out of the pledge of allegiance, Starbucks refuses marines, etc) I let the first couple slide, but then started posting the correct info when I saw them, they unfriended me pretty quick. Guess they don't like the truth.
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Post by jenjie on Aug 21, 2016 11:29:00 GMT
My FB friend posted the same. It has CNN attached to it so it's understandable why people would think its legit. I left her the snopes link and told her to rest easy, it's A hoax.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 21, 2016 11:51:18 GMT
My SIL used to send me all the crazy stuff, but after I replied with the Snopes info, she stopped emailing me. WIN!
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Post by sueg on Aug 21, 2016 11:58:02 GMT
The other day someone I know posted a PSA about how if you get held up at an ATM you put your PIN in backwards and the money gets stuck halfway out and then the police are alerted. Several other friends liked his post. I didn't bother correcting him but I think someone else must have let him know it's bullshit because when I checked his feed a few days later the post was gone. My niece posted this one, and when my DH replied with the Snopes link, her answer was 'But that says London - maybe it's different in Australia' I then asked her the palindrome PIN question, which finally got through to her.
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Post by brina on Aug 21, 2016 12:01:40 GMT
I posted a Snopes link on something political and was told that Snopes is biased and was hiding the truth
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