NationStates Jolt Archive

Hey all, I'm reading snopes.com for the first time, and frankly, I can't believe some of this stuff. I mean, I cannot believe who creates these stories. Some of them are just scary as hell, others are just fucking disgusting, and still others were clearly created to cause panic. The worst are the ones with doctored photos.

Frankly, some hoaxes are fine with me. For example, the famous human-semen-reduces-risk-of-breast-cancer. That was pretty much harmless, even though it was a hoax. It's not like many woman would go out and randomly give people oral sex to reduce their risk of breast cancer. On the other hand, the taiwanese-eat-babies hoax is just disgusting and horrible.

Hey all, I'm reading snopes.com for the first time, and frankly, I can't believe some of this stuff. I mean, I cannot believe who creates these stories. Some of them are just scary as hell, others are just fucking disgusting, and still others were clearly created to cause panic. The worst are the ones with doctored photos.

Frankly, some hoaxes are fine with me. For example, the famous human-semen-reduces-risk-of-breast-cancer. That was pretty much harmless, even though it was a hoax. It's not like many woman would go out and randomly give people oral sex to reduce their risk of breast cancer. On the other hand, the taiwanese-eat-babies hoax is just disgusting and horrible.

You mean they don't really eat babies in Taiwan? :confused:

You mean they don't really eat babies in Taiwan? :confused:

:D No, I don't think so.

:D No, I don't think so.

Where do they eat babies then? I thought it was either Taiwan or Canada; I'm sure it was in that general area anyway.

Where do they eat babies then? I thought it was either Taiwan or Canada; I'm sure it was in that general area anyway.

No, no. It's in that one place near Canada...um...Oh! Finland!
:p

i thought it was the US. isn't that the place where all the liberals eat babies?

No, no. It's in that one place near Canada...um...Oh! Finland!
:p

Oh, OK. Is Finland on Canada's northern or southern border? I don't remember.

No, no...you're thinking of Christmas. Santa Claus ala mode is served.

Oh, OK. Is Finland on Canada's northern or southern border? I don't remember.

Eastern, actually.

Eastern, actually.

Damn, I was thinking that was Madagascar. I need to brush up on my southeast asian geography.

I hate Snopes. They report wrong information and refuse to correct it. The Cabbage Patch kids thing was started by a Portland talk radio host when he worked in Salt Lake. He contacted snopes repeatedly even sending them the segment from his program.

Also, the guy who designed the infamous Little Mermaid poster has contacted them repeatedly to fix the facts and they won't. He's the guy who designed it, of course he knows the story.

With these inaccuracies I know of, I wonder how much more is inaccurate that I don't know of.

Hey all, I'm reading snopes.com for the first time, and frankly, I can't believe some of this stuff. I mean, I cannot believe who creates these stories. Some of them are just scary as hell, others are just fucking disgusting, and still others were clearly created to cause panic. The worst are the ones with doctored photos.

Frankly, some hoaxes are fine with me. For example, the famous human-semen-reduces-risk-of-breast-cancer. That was pretty much harmless, even though it was a hoax. It's not like many woman would go out and randomly give people oral sex to reduce their risk of breast cancer. On the other hand, the taiwanese-eat-babies hoax is just disgusting and horrible.

A very funny hoax Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) played on New Zealand is a mockumentary called Forgotten Silver
Jackson claims (satirically) that a relative of his invented not only the first film camera but also the first colour film and the first 'talkie', and somehow managed to make a 'lost' epic production of Salome!
Best of all, the first time it screened on NZ tv it was presented as genuine, fooling a significant proportion of the population (briefly).
Jackson uses visual metaphors, including 'leading (us) down the garden path' in the first few minutes...

No, no. It's in that one place near Canada...um...Oh! Finland!
:p

Babies... *drools* who said babies?

The john titor hoax was pretty cool. Especially because some people have turned 'john titor research' into their life and actually argue about why it was true.