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Post by brina on Aug 21, 2016 12:04:03 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! I did this to my mother in law and the emails stopped, so I thought she started checking things before forwarding them. Nope, turns out she just deleted me off of our mailing list. SaveSave |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 21, 2016 12:06:09 GMT
It is the town crier attitude. 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  ). I'm convinced this is a large part of it. Usually though there's multiple people trying to be helpful with "new" information and it becomes an annoying sea of misinformation. |
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Post by caro on Aug 21, 2016 13:34:57 GMT
My SIL used to send me all the crazy stuff, but after I replied with the Snopes info, she stopped emailing me. WIN! Oh I have a cousin who posts stuff ALL the time, multiple posts everyday, and it drives me nuts. I want to block her then she'll post something I want to see so I haven't blocked her yet. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 21, 2016 13:52:01 GMT
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! I did this to my mother in law and the emails stopped, so I thought she started checking things before forwarding them. Nope, turns out she just deleted me off of our mailing list. SaveSaveEither way, it's a win in my book!  The funniest part about my friend was that if I ever mentioned one of her crazy wrong emails to her in person saying "What were you thinking?", she would continue to defend the incorrect information even after I showed her how Mr. Google has magical ways of showing multiple (reliable) sources to the contrary...  LOL, sometimes it's just easier to let it go and leave them happily existing in their fantasy world! |
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 21, 2016 14:42:05 GMT
I posted a Snopes link on something political and was told that Snopes is biased and was hiding the truth I used to think Snopes was unbiased but I don't think it is applicable in the political realm. I think it's hard to tell what the truth in the media is. For quite some time, peas have argued that there was absolutely no classified emails on Hillary Clinton's server. Eventually, the truth was exposed by the FBI, we now that that is False. She lied. |
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Post by darkangel090260 on Aug 21, 2016 14:50:40 GMT
Heck i have to post snoops or some other information about 300 times a day. Most of my family thinks anything they read is true. I think half the time i feel like screaming. Since 99% is rant about political bull shit that has not one singe fact about it. There has been time people have unfriend me, Because they do not like being told it 100% wrong with facts and photo to back up what i am saying.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 21, 2016 15:06:36 GMT
I posted a Snopes link on something political and was told that Snopes is biased and was hiding the truth I used to think Snopes was unbiased but I don't think it is applicable in the political realm. I think it's hard to tell what the truth in the media is. For quite some time, peas have argued that there was absolutely no classified emails on Hillary Clinton's server. Eventually, the truth was exposed by the FBI, we now that that is False. She lied. I am amazed at you ability to throw "Clinton lies" into any thread. In case you haven't check snopes for your chosen topic, here it is...tell me what part is biased? www.snopes.com/2016/07/05/fbi-recommends-no-charges-in-clinton-e-mail-investigation/ |
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Post by Nink on Aug 21, 2016 15:08:30 GMT
I used to think Snopes was unbiased but I don't think it is applicable in the political realm. I think it's hard to tell what the truth in the media is. For quite some time, peas have argued that there was absolutely no classified emails on Hillary Clinton's server. Eventually, the truth was exposed by the FBI, we now that that is False. She lied. I am amazed at you ability to throw "Clinton lies" into any thread. In case you haven't check snopes for your chosen topic, here it is...tell me what part is biased? www.snopes.com/2016/07/05/fbi-recommends-no-charges-in-clinton-e-mail-investigation/Thank you. I was just coming here to post this very link. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 21, 2016 15:29:45 GMT
I have some relatives that continually post negative things about Hillary and democrats in general. When someone points out that it is not true, they find some other way to defend it. I think they want to believe those things so they do.
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Post by ginacivey on Aug 21, 2016 15:35:46 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. don't you know it's run by democrats with an agenda? good grief gina |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 21, 2016 16:54:16 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. don't you know it's run by democrats with an agenda? good grief gina I can't tell if that is sarcasm or not T |
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Post by ginacivey on Aug 21, 2016 17:07:53 GMT
don't you know it's run by democrats with an agenda? good grief gina I can't tell if that is sarcasm or not T most definitely sarcasm gina |
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Post by peasapie on Aug 21, 2016 17:12:46 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. That's because people don't set their Facebook privacy settings properly. Any time anyone wants to post on my timeline, I have to approve it. I had a friend who was having all sorts of random things posted to her timeline; we changed her privacy settings, and she hasn't had a problem since. eSave
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 21, 2016 17:17:51 GMT
I can't say that I am perfect, I have been caught with my pants down on this one.. BUT ones that 'could' be true (at least to me.. haha). I get mad at myself and say DUH, why didn't I look that up first...
But yeah, that one is a little over the top or the ones that say RIP and the person has died like 10 years ago...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 17:20:33 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. That is because people don't make their settings so that others cannot post on their timeline without their permission. I recently explained to my friend how to do this, and that ended the problem. Anytime anyone wants to post on my timeline, I have to approve it. SaveSaveI disagree. It really doesn't matter what your settings are. If someone posted on your timeline it comes under their name unless you've been hacked and they have signed into FB as you. Then it appears under your name. |
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Post by peasapie on Aug 21, 2016 17:28:00 GMT
That is because people don't make their settings so that others cannot post on their timeline without their permission. I recently explained to my friend how to do this, and that ended the problem. Anytime anyone wants to post on my timeline, I have to approve it. SaveSaveI disagree. It really doesn't matter what your settings are. If someone posted on your timeline it comes under their name unless you've been hacked and they have signed into FB as you. Then it appears under your name. I see what you mean. They had their password stolen. That can happen, too. In this case, someone with the same name had been posting on my friend's timeline. It was confusing for everyone. SaveSave |
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Post by milocat on Aug 21, 2016 18:48:09 GMT
Did you know that this is the first year in over 600 years that Halloween will fall on Friday the 13th?? Oh geesh!! You don't need Snopes or Google for that! Halloween is always on the 31st so it can't be on freaky Friday the 13th. Every other month someone posts that this is the first time in 523 years that a month has 5 Tuesdays and 5 Fridays and 5 Mondays or whatever. Either the believe every pretty/cute meme they read or they have to be the first to report news or a warning.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 21, 2016 19:35:14 GMT
Did you know that this is the first year in over 600 years that Halloween will fall on Friday the 13th?? Oh geesh!! You don't need Snopes or Google for that! Halloween is always on the 31st so it can't be on freaky Friday the 13th. Every other month someone posts that this is the first time in 523 years that a month has 5 Tuesdays and 5 Fridays and 5 Mondays or whatever. Either the believe every pretty/cute meme they read or they have to be the first to report news or a warning. I probably shouldn't admit I read that twice before I caught it  LOL love it! Off now to engage my brain... |
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Post by Nink on Aug 21, 2016 19:48:01 GMT
Did you know that this is the first year in over 600 years that Halloween will fall on Friday the 13th?? Oh geesh!! You don't need Snopes or Google for that! Halloween is always on the 31st so it can't be on freaky Friday the 13th. Every other month someone posts that this is the first time in 523 years that a month has 5 Tuesdays and 5 Fridays and 5 Mondays or whatever. Either the believe every pretty/cute meme they read or they have to be the first to report news or a warning. DH and I were just talking about these very two posts yesterday. Lol |
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 22, 2016 0:06:51 GMT
Every other month someone posts that this is the first time in 523 years that a month has 5 Tuesdays and 5 Fridays and 5 Mondays or whatever. Argh this one bugs me! I also see it pop up every month or so. The first couple of times I posted the calendar to show just how often it does happen, but now I don't bother. |
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 22, 2016 0:10:22 GMT
People who are gullible enough to believe in everything they read on the internet probably don't know that Snopes exist.
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Aug 22, 2016 2:37:28 GMT
Honestly? Because sometimes they are lazy and you know that because it was posted on the internet that it's gotta be true!  I have family members who do this with celebrity tragedies and deaths. It drives me nuts. Oh and another that posted about another family member dying before they have even passed yet, and wonder why I'm pissed at them. Ummm.. maybe because I had to clean up your mess, and was getting multiple calls and messages from other family members asking for info? Yes I know it's an unrelated topic, but it's a topic we have all talked about here in some form. Save |
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Post by bwife on Aug 22, 2016 4:53:47 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 A friend had this posted on her FB page. She had no idea it had been posted. She had been hacked! it posted to her page saying different things 4xs yesterday. So if it is someone you know, You might want to give them the heads up. They might not know it is there. Many people never look at their own pages on FB, they only get on there to look at their feed. |
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Post by petenthusiast on Aug 22, 2016 12:20:11 GMT
As much as I hate those insane and annoying emails, I am surprised so many people are pointing to Snopes as if it is anything more than some random unknown person's blog that happens to be popular. There is zero reason to actually find it a credible source, and it is the very embodiment of 'the internet' that "everyone believes what they read".  |
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2016 16:33:52 GMT
I'm old and I grew up in a small town long before there was an internet. There were always people who would pass on rumors without making any effort to verify the rumor and without giving any thought as to how hurtful that rumor could be to the persons involved. I suspect these types of people have always been around and the internet just makes it easier to spread rumors.
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Post by Montannie on Aug 22, 2016 16:42:41 GMT
As much as I hate those insane and annoying emails, I am surprised so many people are pointing to Snopes as if it is anything more than some random unknown person's blog that happens to be popular. There is zero reason to actually find it a credible source, and it is the very embodiment of 'the internet' that "everyone believes what they read". I disagree. Most of the stuff I've read on Snopes has been carefully sourced. |
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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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The funniest part about my friend was that if I ever mentioned one of her crazy wrong emails to her in person saying "What were you thinking?", she would continue to defend the incorrect information even after I showed her how Mr. Google has magical ways of showing multiple (reliable) sources to the contrary... 
LOL, sometimes it's just easier to let it go and leave them happily existing in their fantasy world!
LOL love it!
