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Did you know that you can say practically anything you want online? Unfortunately, some people do exactly that. Fortunately for us, they are pretty bad liars, so when we see through their obviously farcical stories, the results can be hilarious and cringeworthy. That’s exactly the type of cringe post that Totally True Story on Instagram collects.

Some people may be trying to boost their egos by fishing for likes and compliments online. Others may be trying to get ahead or even scam readers by weaving elaborate tales.

Common sense is a useful sense to hone, especially when you spend time online. These funny little fabrications tend to be about as harmless as it gets. Your common sense can also help you see through dangerous scams, fake news campaigns, and other trickery that runs rampant in the Wild West of the Web.

To play the devil’s advocate, it could also be (however unlikely) that some of these stories are, in fact, true. Are there any where you think the internet got it wrong? Let us know in the comments below each pic!

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Nacho Man Sandy Ravage
Community Member
3 years ago

This has done the rounds so many times with the airline changed each time

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    Violet1854
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Could happen. Our classes had smartboards and Wifi, and sometimes when we were tired, the teachers would stop teaching for the rest of the period and let us play a song or see a funny video on the screen though not the dancing part. Might happen if your teacher is crazy enough

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    this one's just funny, pretty sure it's not begging for attention or anything

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    Amelia Schroeder
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    How f*****g ripped must op be. Each of her individual muscles must be bigger than my head (if she was real ofc)

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    Yeet_girl360
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Honestly, believable. My sister worked at a fast food place, and this guy rolled up with a condom on his head and wouldn't accept his food till he was called daddy. Ya'll they were 16- 20 years, he had to have been 60. They banned his card so he couldn't order again.

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That was indeed a strange dream!

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    A gay cat man (he/him&xe/xem)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    lmao even if this is false, it's epic

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    IYAAYAS64
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Apparently I’m going to Hell because that would be bloody hilarious

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    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This one is definitely plausible.

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    Phoenix the Frog
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This one could be true, I did a little digging and his dad is a dentist

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    Piper
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    There is a conflict here and she would not be able to represent the wife without the husband agreeing.

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    younger-than-the-soul , a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy: Report

    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    What happened to the days when you started by trading a thumb tack for an elastic band and kept trading all the way up to a house with a swimming pool?

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    Dodo
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Plausible. Teacher has had time to hone his icebreaker.

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    Loveyiii
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I would like to thank you for not referring to the baby boomer as "Karen". That is my given name and cringe every time I see a video or read a story naming the jerk of the story "Karen". Kudos for tipping the teen, I am sure it made their day and in turn ruining it for the bully boomer.

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    MissMePhoenix
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I can actually believe this...after some of the things my son has gotten into trouble for saying at school....

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    Freeasabird
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I had a teacher that said, the war of independence was won by the British, on account they were fighting themselves (forgone conclusion) and they were only American after the fight was finished. The joke roll continued until the end of the lesson 😂

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    Sad Quokka
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is the funniest scene my mind has ever created

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I DON'T CARE IF THESE ARE FAKE THEY'RE CUTE!!

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    Xenon
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This one is at least plausible.

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    A gay cat man (he/him&xe/xem)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    whoopi cough

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    Cat Chat
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    But the money saved there goes to ER bills. We were on a hike with Mom and blind step-Dad. There was a tree branch sticking out that slanted up close to a 90°angle. Mom was under the higher side. Not needing to duck for herself, she was so distracted by the scenery she didn't think to move over or have him duck. Whack, dead center into the branch. It does give us a good laugh now, though (wasn't seriously hurt, thank goodness).

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    achilles_isn't_dead
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Could also be real. People in fandoms understand.

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    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    BWAHAHAHAHA

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    #24

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    Nightshade1972
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    Years ago, one of my college professors would occasionally ask us (very small class) if we wanted to hang out at his place after class. One student said she couldn't that night, she was having dinner with her boyfriend. I asked her how they met. Turned out they were neighbors at their apartment complex. She came out on her balcony, saw him grilling a steak on his balcony, and, purely as a joke, she said, "Wow, that smells good! Can I come over (she'd never met him before that night)?" He said "Sure!" Apparently they hit it off well enough that they started dating after that.

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    Xenon
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Yeah, cops provide free taxi service.

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    Cara
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Yes, you are.

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    Emma S
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    Unfortunately, I can believe these ones. There are some abusive, delusional, control freak mother's out there that will do and say terrible things to their own children. I sadly know from personal experience.

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    starsailor (they/he)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    it's a train car full of gays, i believe it :D

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    kansasmagic
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    It's okay, though, because Anonymous is obviously a serial killer and uses the dog to lure unsuspecting young men into her suburban home of death. True story.

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    Xenon
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    A soldier got charged for it for getting a severe sunburn. Urban legend amongst soldiers I imagine.

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    this happened I was the security guard 💯💯 edit: omg this comment blew up I'm crying laughing at the replies

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    Yeet_girl360
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Speaking of being allergic to things... Just two weeks ago I found out I'm allergic to ants(just like my mom). I looked like a fricking balloon. It took two days for the swelling to go down and I was still left with the itchy bug bite. Yuck. It is literally the only thing I know that I'm allergic to.

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    called out bro 💀💀

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    seventh-fantasy , interstellarsentience Report

    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    This could be true too. I've read a lot of fanfiction and some of them are my emotional support stories I go back to every once in a while

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    UselessKnowledgeFont
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I need to look this up. Was it all of the Caribbean or "just" Puerto Rico? Also given PR's government corruption and who was president of USA, I don't doubt that quite a bit is still not fixed

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    UncleRussian
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    The most unbelievable part about this story is the beginning. You see, I work in a car parts, repair and service store and I know for a fact that not all batteries are the same. If I had to guess a tractor battery is pretty big and beefy and it would certainly not fit into most cars, but what's even worse is that it probably doesn't even have the right voltage! All car batteries are different, you put one in that is too low or too high in voltage, that'll f**k up your car

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    Ty Stratton-Quirk
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    "Hello, and welcome to Standing Up school...I have failed all of you as an educator."

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    #38

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    Ben
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Yeah Nerf darts don't leave bruises. That is the whole point of Nerf.

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Again, just funny lol

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    bread lord
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I LAUGHED TOO HARD

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    GayPenguin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That could be true

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    starsailor (they/he)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    they're theater kids. i can believe this.

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    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    You could miss an exit in Alaska and still stay in the same state for three days. If they cut Alaska in half, Texas would be the THIRD-biggest state.

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    Ariadne Toms
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    What an absolute legend!

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    Samyan Elrod
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    3 years ago

    R/usernamechecksout

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    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is actually kind of cute. I want it to be real

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    B.Nelson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is possible. My sister had conversations with people when she was asleep. She once stated that she got me a pink flamingo umbrella for Christmas.

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    A gay cat man (he/him&xe/xem)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    this is totes true

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    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That's the power of a wholesome social community

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    David Martin
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    3 years ago

    And then the old lady was attacked by members of a rising third gang and went into the hospital in a coma, and the two heads of the existing rival gangs put their differences aside to team up "For Grandma!" and took down the new gang. Then they realized they were actually the same all along, and the gang wars stopped, and the old lady woke up. And the credits start to roll over a freeze frame of the former gang leaders hugging it out because this sounds suspiciously like the first half of a movie from the 80s

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    digitalin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I know that that's a joke and all, but fun fact: a lot of people in the US do prefer Coke made in Mexico because the formula is different -- it's made with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup or something. It comes in glass bottles and says "Hecho en Mexico" and sometimes it's hard to find.

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    YTK
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I can see this

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    ꧁༒🄱🄾🅁🄴🄳🄿🄰🄽🅃🄷🄴🅁༒꧂
    3 years ago

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting... so i dont feel like it, bye bye :(

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    Nizumi
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    3 years ago

    Give him a break - he's only college humor, not post-graduate humor.

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    Where's_My_Adderall
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    as a Slytherin, I call bull. it would be a backhanded compliment, or something snarky.

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    Samyan Elrod
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    Come on guys, pls leave some customary witty comments on this one. I feel so alone.

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    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    What kind of school you all went to? My art teacher simply gave a premade painting for us to recreate

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    Stardust she/her
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    3 years ago

    Is “fine” censored? Lovely censoring algorithm you have bp

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Poor doggo :(

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    digitalin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This totally could have happened. I had labor contractions for 48 hours and during that first day my doula made me walk around the block and get coffee. My water hadn't broken yet, though. It's not always like the movies. And sometimes they don't let you eat at the hospital, so stopping for pancakes makes sense.

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    Roadkill The Brave
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    3 years ago

    ….Broccoli is a flower...

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    Max Fox
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    3 years ago

    Most colleges have a minimum number of credits that a student has to take in all core subjects for a student to be accepted. In the past, requirements were lower, and many students started college without finishing high school. My father did that, but that was in the 1950s.

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    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Twist: the class prefects were trying to fish out who had their phones

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    Mimi777
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I remember an a*****e teacher in middle school who would make b****y and rude comments to the girls. Boldly tell them they could lose a few pounds or that they looked like a clown with so much makeup on.

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    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is possible tbf

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    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    No wait, give me the 50 minute lecture

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    Xenon
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I have no idea what mcr is or why this is supposed to be funny.

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    freakingbee (they/them)
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    i love this

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    Debby Keir
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I was *so* proud, but my senility means I can't remember what she said either.