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Never has there been so much pseudoscience dangerously spreading around. Cow urine and bleach have been falsely named as COVID-19 cures. Other common fake statements include that the pandemic was leaked as a bioweapon, a byproduct of 5G wireless technology, and a political hoax. The explosion of this kind of false information surged just like coronavirus cases, and the World Health Organization called it the “infodemic.”

Luckily, many people, not just scientists, medics, and policymakers, have stood up for quality information. One such example is the subreddit “Facebook Science,” which has very little if anything to do with science. “Facebook has countless science-based pages,” states the page’s description and adds: “But this isn't about those, it's about the science-denying pseudo-intellectuals who think they know better than centuries of scientific understanding and aren't afraid to leave comments arguing even the most simple of concepts.”

In order to show the absurdity of it, more than 43k members of the community are sharing and calling out the most ridiculous posts, arguments, pics and comments they have spotted online. Below are some of the worst examples they shared.

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Masks Bad

Masks Bad

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Becky Moore
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like my hearing seems to go when I have a mask on...either that or I lip read way more than I realise and my hearing has stayed the same :P

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To find out more about the Facebook Science subreddit and the community behind it, Bored Panda spoke with its only moderator named Yunners. “The genesis of the sub came from a YouTuber called Aron Ra that featured a video on the Ken Hamm Facebook page and the comments found therein. Hamm is a Christian fundamentalist that tries to teach children that the world is only 6000 years old and takes the Bible literally. Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, everything,” the moderator explained.

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Why Study Science?

Why Study Science?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Starting from the pictures to the writings, every bit of this is an absolute gem!

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Lol Forever At “The Devil’s Doorbell

Lol Forever At “The Devil’s Doorbell

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.“Obviously a lot of that is at odds with scientific consensus, so as you can imagine, his Facebook page is full of the most gibberish claptrap you're likely to find anywhere, and his followers just lap it up.” This is what gave Yunners the idea to start a subreddit that collects similar posts across all social media to highlight the sheer amount of misinformation out there.

The moderator added that “Initially it was to laugh at idiotic ideas that people have about the shape of the Earth, weird home remedies and other nonsense pseudoscience beliefs that people buy into.”

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#5

Thanks For Trying

Thanks For Trying

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Aman Varkkey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one study that said it was about the link between autism and the digestive system. It also says in the paper further studies are needed to prove the link between vaccines and autism which never happened. The guy who wrote it wanted to sell his vaccine which was shady.

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#6

Vaccinations vs. Seat Belts - Anti Vaxxers Flawed Logic

Vaccinations vs. Seat Belts - Anti Vaxxers Flawed Logic

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what you get when you lose a lot of time on school shooter drills. Time that should have been used to educate.

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Bush Did 9/11

Bush Did 9/11

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When asked why, in their view, so many people believe in false pseudoscientific things, Yunners believes that it can be any number of things. Like, “problems with the education systems, issues with critical thinking ability, fundamentalist religious upbringing, creationism being sold as a 'science' in Bible Belt America doesn't help things either, etc.”

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#9

Anti-Masker Who Thinks Covid-19 Is A Hoax Accidentally Makes A Case For How Quarantines Work

Anti-Masker Who Thinks Covid-19 Is A Hoax Accidentally Makes A Case For How Quarantines Work

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Rijkærd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too bad they can't read...these ones are the copy-paste- share gurus...

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That’s Not How Flu Shots Work

That’s Not How Flu Shots Work

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When the pandemic started, The World Health Organization announced another endemic—the infodemic, which is basically when too much information, including false or misleading information, is propagated in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.

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We asked Yunners if they have seen any of this shared on the subreddit. “Absolutely! When the pandemic hit, a lot of the anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork to spew any and all beliefs they had,” the mod said and added that “Unfortunately a lot of these people had prominent positions in the media and politics, so they already had a platform and followers to lap it up.”

#11

This Has To Be The Dumbest Question Ever Asked By An Antivaxxer

This Has To Be The Dumbest Question Ever Asked By An Antivaxxer

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shae
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait until this guy hears that the phone he posted this on wasn't grown on a tree

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#12

That’s Not…oh My God

That’s Not…oh My God

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Ah Yes, The Saltshaker Version Of Jesus

Ah Yes, The Saltshaker Version Of Jesus

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Luther von Wolfen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't even remember all the times I've been swarmed by liberal atheist chanting gangs and didn't have a salt shaker.

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RJ
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll take Things That Never Happened for $1000 Alex!

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C. Wade
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See it's all funny to us but a lot of them believe sh*t like this.

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Olga Dremina
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're well trained to believe in things, you know. May offer a headstart to a White Queen, and proud if it.

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Dodo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Robert Powell. Evidently God was a fan of the 1970s film Jesus of Nazareth

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J.A. Rogers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how all that salt came from a little bitty salt shaker that's still more than half full. Oh, wait -- this is some sort of loaves-and-fishes thing, isn't it? OMG, this liberal atheist has been saved! Hallelujah!

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Summer Mason
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet this man is disgusted his awesome art work got turned into this bs.

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David Evans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, memes like this are believed by guillible people and shared to other guillible people. You could put a picture of anything on a meme and some BS story and there are guillible people out there who will believe it.

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Thomson StClair
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then his waiter said "What the f**k? You know who has to clean this up, right?"

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David Martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real miracle here is that the salt is still half full after that drawing

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Jaguarundi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an atheist. Truly, I would have quietly just kept on walking by and minded my own business.

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Becky Moore
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a sofa there behind him, what are random non-believers doing wandering around his house?

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Aubrie Allen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cool. He could have feed starving children, or healed the sick, but he decided to do a salt selfie instead. What a cool god.

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Mark Johansen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Speaking as a fundamentalist Christian: (a) The idea that God would miraculously create this picture seems pretty unlikely. And (b) The idea that if it did happen it would cause atheists to suddenly convert seems even more unlikely. How many atheists seeing this post are converting? I'm guessing somewhere between zero and none.

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Jude Ogle
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The awkward fact there saying Judaism is wrong and my family is Jewish

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Gemini
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be awarded a Didn't Happen of the Year Award-

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Travis Fox
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One big issue...(besides the obvious) thats the whitewashed image of jesus perpetuated by a white washed society. Christ was not white. He was middle eastern in image as well as culture.

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Martin Heston
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If that actually happened I’d say ‘yeah ok, he’s real and it’s all true but your God is still useless as he makes zero change to the world and prevents nothing bad from happening. Nice trick though’

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LostSoul
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...and the salt shaker is still half full!! Lets get some kids to celebrate!

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John Baker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you believe this, I know a used car salesman who'd love to meet you.

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Jenny Mason
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Roberto Ferrel (Rob The Original), a Mexican-American salt artist.

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Jaybird3939
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They came to him with tears in their eyes, and said, "Sir, thank you so much. You've made it possible for me to believe in JC. Thank you, sir." Then he wiped his eyes and walked away, much like President Biden at his press conference.

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Rattus Norvegicus
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

not a miracle, just someone who's really good at art... or photoshop.

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Mario Formicadae
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why don't they give us the actual stories instead of this made up stuff?

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Faith Hurst-Bilinski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then they realized that the praying guy was just a tv magician in a wig.

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MikeWheelerFan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Christian, I hate when people post stuff like this. Like seriously. Nobody is going to believe this s**t.

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Bobby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's amazing for it only being half a tiny shaker of salt!

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Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there isnt even enough room in that salt shaker for the salt on the table

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Rick Hoppenbrouwer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm grabbing a real big shovel. That's a huge pile of steamy b******t.

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memyselfandI
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except that Jesus most likely didn’t even have long hair…

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Vee!
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

people like this give ACTUAL Christians a bad name.

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tirebiter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The image would have been more correct if it was the pepper shaker.

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A Person
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You k ow… if you just told us that you made that the we would’ve been very impressed instead.

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Virgil Blue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because Jesus can make his face appear on foodstuffs but can't save kids from cancer. Great use of supernatural powers there.

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Marco Conti
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From burnt toasts to salt paintings. Look who's moving up in the world!

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Robert Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole thing was recorded with boom and lapel mics and shot in 4k from 8 different pov's. It is now a regular part of the trailers they show before the Christian themed movies.

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Persephone
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I would be the pissed server immediately spraying the table off and kicking him out for making a mess and wasting our salt....

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Jacob B.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that's odd, Jesus was Arab....that image is rather Caucasian.

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Camilo Is best
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, the salt fell and magically turned to a photo of god like Camilo changing to Bruno

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KatHat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Liberal beliefs are MUCH closer to the teachings of Jesus than right-wing beliefs. MUCH.

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Florence
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol i saw a tik tok “i was an atheist until i saw jesus in my living room

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Celesta
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And of course the salt image is of the totally realistic modern Caucasian guy and not a middle eastern jew. Because Jesus was TOTALLY a blue eyed white guy.

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KellyO
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

look at all that bad luck! i hope he threw salt over his left shoulder.....a LOT! these idiots also believe the photoshopped t-shirt images being held by celebrities. #morons

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Marilyn Holt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just can never figure out how some people (and salt shakers) know what Jesus looked like.

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James Tartaglione
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

totally happened to my friend. you dont know him. he goes to a different school

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Stuart Irvin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and then god itself descended upon the wicked, and with a a serene tone said: dont believe this.

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People, please remember to use /s when you’re being sarcastic. Otherwise, we’ll think you’re serious—-and seriously stupid.

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J. Normal
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tend to count my blessings, before a meal ( personal choice). I fear these idiots will mistake me for one of them.

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eirini
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And there is still so much salt left in the salt shaker. Great job!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...and then an agent offered Jesus a modeling contract. (Not the same model called Jesus that Madonna dated way back)

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R L
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If someone actually did that image in salt, that's really impressive.

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Yugan Talovich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, so when you bend a knee and pray, that's showing respect, but when you bend a knee during the national anthem, that's disrespect. Obvious, no?

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Samuel Pelatan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah i think i get your point. But it would be a double standard if they were the same bending: the first is a personnal ritual to be true to yourself, the second is an act of mandatory submission

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According to Yunners, spreading pseudoscientific statements is essentially harmful. “All it takes is the wrong person to risk their life based on this newfound information, next thing you have flat Earthers killing themselves in homemade rockets to try and disprove the globe, anti-vaxers refusing covid vaccines and dying from it as a result, then you have the new-age healers that drink their own urine or try to survive on air alone, causing physical damage to themselves.”

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An English Scientist Appeared On Facebook This Morning

An English Scientist Appeared On Facebook This Morning

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That’s Not How Gravity Works

That’s Not How Gravity Works

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Veganism Is Satanic

Veganism Is Satanic

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The creator of the subreddit added that “There's definitely a problem with responsibility (or lack thereof) when it comes to sharing pseudoscience as fact.”

“I think education is part of the problem,” the moderator said. “Another issue is that once you start down the rabbit hole, you start to distrust any official source of information because of the Illuminati, Freemasons, Reptilians or whatever the flavor of the week is for the conspiracy nuts,” they concluded.

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Want To Think About That A Minute Longer?

Want To Think About That A Minute Longer?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A mammal is an animal that gives birth to living, warm blooded offspring which it nurtures with milk. Did your child came out of the void as s lizard, craving for the sould of the unholy?

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Vaccine Bad

Vaccine Bad

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the creator is an example of the effect of hitting your head at a young age.

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Another Anti Vaxxer Gets "The Clap"

Another Anti Vaxxer Gets "The Clap"

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Learning Makes You Dumber, Apparently

Learning Makes You Dumber, Apparently

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Truth Monster
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a garbage in-garbage out. You can read nothing but trash and be as ignorant as when you started. Depends on your material.

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Does Trump Standing In The Same Room As Biden For 90 Minutes, Breathing The Same Air Count As An Assassination Attempt On The Competition?

Does Trump Standing In The Same Room As Biden For 90 Minutes, Breathing The Same Air Count As An Assassination Attempt On The Competition?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, but it technically could be viewed as an attempt by nature to get rid of an unwanted creature.

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#25

That's Not How This Works. That's Not How Any Of This Works

That's Not How This Works. That's Not How Any Of This Works

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only if you got the live virus vaccine. Which few people can get. So don't worry.

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Shared Unironically On My Timeline And Immediately Thought Of This Sub

Shared Unironically On My Timeline And Immediately Thought Of This Sub

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Brandy Grote
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dolphins can also be brutal, bullying rapists, so... pick your doula carefully!

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#27

Karen? Is That You?

Karen? Is That You?

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#29

"I Dipped This Bowl In Liquid, Therefor The Earth Is Flat"

"I Dipped This Bowl In Liquid, Therefor The Earth Is Flat"

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#30

Vaccinations Unlocks Donkey Kong Mode

Vaccinations Unlocks Donkey Kong Mode

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#31

This Guy Needs Some Answers. He Can’t Wait To Hear Your Globe Earth Explain This One

This Guy Needs Some Answers. He Can’t Wait To Hear Your Globe Earth Explain This One

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Salt The Wounds

Salt The Wounds

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#34

Water Has Feelings Too, Guys (Seriously Wtf)

Water Has Feelings Too, Guys (Seriously Wtf)

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#35

Little Sharks Because Biology Is Irrelevant

Little Sharks Because Biology Is Irrelevant

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A Friend Of My Sister's Posted This Unironically

A Friend Of My Sister's Posted This Unironically

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As I'm scrolling down, the only thought revolving in my head is, "I bet the next one can't top the stupidity of this one." By now I owe myself more than 25 bucks.

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The Sun Isn’t A Giant Sphere. It’s A Cluster Of Hexagons

The Sun Isn’t A Giant Sphere. It’s A Cluster Of Hexagons

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This just seems like someone trolling stupid people to see if they'll blind themselves.

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