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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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gamerinprogress , lickypickystickyme: Report

Tucker Cahooter
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I first saw this in Peter Cook's autobiography. I'm prepared to believe his version involving him (in a hotel) did actually happen; all the others are just stealing the anecdote.

The Original Bruno
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tip for self-important people: If they didn't say, "OMG, you're ..." or they didn't Tony Hawk you and tell you look just like you, they either don't know who you are, or don't care. Most likely both.

Paul Navarrete
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are old enough, you will have received this in your work email from THAT coworker. The subject line started with Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: .

Doc Moran
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feels like every “malicious compliance” story on BP belongs here.

Fat Harry
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is older than I am. I first came across it over 20 years ago and it wasn't new then!

The Starsong Princess
Community Member
2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago, my dad and his boss were visiting stores. The boss did the “Don’t you know who I am?” thing and the clerk responded similarly to this gate agent. Then the boss said “Since you don’t know who I am, I’ll tell you. I’m the guy who used to sign your paychecks. When you still worked here.”

Auntie Panda
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that boss turned out to be a Richard Cranium.

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Jes.the.Mess
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I read this on Not Always Right originally, but idk if that's the original

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    #2

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    totallytruestory Report

    Violet1854
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Shyla Bouche
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My high school band director, who was the best teacher I've ever met, had a period where he could not get us to concentrate. He pulled out the tape player ('80's, you know. I'm old) and played "In the Mood" but it was chickens squawking in time to the music. For whatever reason, that worked, and we were able to get it together for the rest of the period. I'd completely forgotten about it, until I read this.

    Auntie Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG.I love The Chicken Singers doing In the Mood! Now it's in my head. 🐓🐤

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    Amelia Schroeder
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, this is a college humanities class. It could be real.

    Hampter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you’re looking sad in class, my teacher gives you the pass, lest you go for a walk and come back lmao

    BravePanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I've had a similar experience in college Latin. We played Scattegories instead of class. Our campus was in mourning due to car accident which killed 3 well known students.

    Chilli
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've played Just Dance in class. I didn't want to, but I did.

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this a "that happened", this is 100% plausible in college. heck while rare in high school its not even unbelievable there. yet college this is pretty common, as they are instructors not high school teachers. They manager their time and the lessons and can alter them as they see fit, to an extent. They are just like you a much of the time did not want to wake up and be there, so many act human and just like their student and can be a blast to have mentor you.

    Annie Persson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My high school math teacher actually had a tendency to drift off into philosophy and the deeper meanings of fairytales. It turned out to be much more useful in life than detivation

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    #3

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    totallytruestory , queenbradbury Report

    bread lord
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Nupraptor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's actually believable. Maybe the pizza guy is a bit superstitious or otherwise was just weirded out by the line. Honestly, if I was delivering pizza and saw something like this, I might just stay on the other side of it, too.

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    Deborah B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alternate theory: Pizza man thought it was a prank set-up, and declined to play.

    Literal Pigeon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is plausible. Maybe the pizza person thought it was a religious/cultural thing and didn't want to be disrespectful.

    majandess
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really, it could even be as simple as pizza person saw a line on someone's property and assumed it meant that it should not be crossed. Maybe they were afraid of getting shot if they did something wrong on someone's property.

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    starsailor (they/he)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think the pizza guy was just being funny

    Diana K
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pizza man was a slug in disguise, that was my first thought...

    Fern
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pizza guy was a Supernatural fan, and having fun playing along

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't care if it's true; it's funny story-telling. Alternate theories are even funnier.

    Sad Quokka
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alternative alternative theory is amazing

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reason this could be true....there is a gross line of something on the ground, you do not want to step in it either to not get it on you, or because you worry its there for a reason and do not want to mess it up. Easier to avoid it, they are not paid enough to deal with s**t....so just leave it be and you will get your food.

    Lee Banks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pizza guy was high af, and having a giggle.

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    Do you think these stories are nonsense or do you think they might be true? This post is a great opportunity to hone your common sense and "BS radar" to see whether you can see through sketchy online stories. But do you think that being online makes people lie more or less?

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    On the one hand, anonymity and distance may provide cover for people to feel like they can get away with more. On the other, the potential for your message to be seen by hundreds or even millions means you're much more likely to be held accountable. It turns out that that's exactly what the experts say - it depends.

    #4

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    pupsmuggler , wailtothethief Report

    Amelia Schroeder
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Gardener of Weeden
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, 4'11" and I can have that look. Stand up straight, look like you have confidence, and most men will leave you alone, or be polite. Look timid, and the beasts come out.

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    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funniest cat call I ever saw is I had a friend who had a somewhat goth style even when going to work. Sits on a subway across from a group of teens. One of them sings, "Duh dadah duh" and they all snap twice. Don't know how they timed it so well; I can only guess they've seen her before. She was caught between being furious and laughing.

    Katie Lutesinger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was walking across my university campus and three guys were all staring at me. I mentally went "ugh" but then one of them said "We LOVE your t-shirt!" (It was a Monkey Island shirt!). So I told 'em where I got it. (eBay).

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is realistic, and a smart rizzer will match the comment to the woman. You can literally see this in action on yourtube and the different comments different types of youtubers get. A rizz towards susu.jpg will be different then toward pokemane. If you see a pretty, airy woman, pick flowing dress, bow in her hair, all smiles...you will give a different call then you would the dark sexy goth twirling a knife and growling at you as she walks by. Dude seen her walking, judged the situation and did the right call. See no that happened here, heard call just like this.

    Blondie23
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    have y'all seen the two guys on social media that go out and do compliments as cat calls. It is hilarious! And the reaction from people is so pure!!!!

    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Maybe. Maybe this happened. I'd like to believe it did.

    aroace mamabear
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I work out. I want comments like this

    Ronnie Cutshall
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    2 years ago

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    I just say nice legs. Why should I care what other thank of me. If it looks good, things must be said.

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    #5

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    totallytruestory Report

    Yeet_girl360
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again... my wife would TOTALLY say this. She always jokes like that. I hope she's joking anyway. (*checks bathroom... sees dirty-ish tub*) Yeah, she's joking.

    Something
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A person saying a thing and another person laughing? How unrealistic.

    Pink Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is believable and a really good comeback.

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a reddit group full of woman just like this, if this is her then this is her and 100% believe she would say it, and that it may garner that reaction from another jaded lady.

    Raul Castro
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just do NOT complement women! Saying complements to women makes you be the creepy guy! Just don't do it! Clearly for this woman receiving a complement upsets her!

    H.J. carlson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great kill the stupid pick-up line!!😁

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    #6

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    totallytruestory Report

    troufaki13
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was indeed a strange dream!

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, security guards at Target. You must be dreaming.

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

    And then the pop tarts clapped.

    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I could've believed this one until the security guard pops up and yells "you!". They expect us to believe that a target security guard is going to remember every face that's been banned?

    Sarel Seerower
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless they were married before this happened and he knew how her ex looked

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

    This person must hate her ex if she is forced to make up stories about him. And it is "The security guard and I have been married for 3 years."

    Sarel Seerower
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they get married before or after this?

    ConstantlyJon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So this happened yesterday but you've been married to the security guard for 3 years? Or did you happen to marry the security guard from Target and your ex for some reason came back to see both of you at the same time?

    Celesta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, basically, she couldn't handle sharing a public space with someone she dated at least 3 YEARS AGO so she sicced her rent a cop hubby on him? Is this story supposed to make her look good, or like any other Karen prowling the aisles of Target

    kansasmagic
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe try something more believable than a "Pop Tart box"?

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one...does seem untrue...something about it, yet I have witness more far out starts to relationships, that this could be true.

    Chilli
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and then I woke up

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    Much like with real-world relationships, our willingness to lie depends greatly on our environment and our relationship with the people we're talking to. "We find that communication in the inside world tends to be more honest online, and this is in part because those messages are recorded and come from people that we will have future interactions with. We don’t want a reputation as a liar, and it’s easier in some ways to get caught in a lie online (just ask any politician caught in a scandal in the last decade)," Jeff Hancock, a professor of communication, told Stanford magazine.

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    totallytruestory Report

    Ryan Frundles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes the story is better than whether it's true or not

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    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ngl I would totally do this if I thought I could get away with it. But most of my religious family members are cool.

    CHRISTY SMITH
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m an Atheist and I can totally see doing this just to p**s some holy roller off ~ this is plausible.

    CJay M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is something me and my dad would do

    CrazyKnitter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You get the right group, I can totally believe it. Plus, where do you think that OP got their sense of humor from? Dad.

    South Monk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PlUSIBLE? I remember there was an aita asking since a religious aunt was doing irritating stuff and thinking she was a witch she just blessed or ordained the aunt as a witch and made that aunt freakout run away and complain to all her family...

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My aunt doesn't visit us, anymore." LOL!!

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People like this exist, families can be horrible. See no that happened here, just sad toxic families which is common.

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    #8

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    handwrittenhello , castielsteenwolf Report

    IYAAYAS64
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    MadOrca99
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ll join you I can’t stop laughing at the mere thought of it

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

    Cousin of mine did sort of the same thing , for fun. Used to do these kind of things to bug his father , the priest. Note that we are orthodox, priest can marry before vows, and we are in a small community on a Greek island.

    Steve Riddle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religious people have so many weird ideas and if you mock them with humor they flip out.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom would never have done this. But her mother would have been infuriated by this - because someone else had thought of it first.

    Timbob
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would have been ALMOST believable if you had said Catholic instead on Christian.

    TheEternalPheonix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They dip a stick in “holy” water and flick the water at you.

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    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doubt it, mom would not bring you to church then have you do this. Unless you only went there to do this, which in that case moms a sick woman for doing this. So, yeah i do not buy this one as no Christian would do this at their church, if it was a place they actually went every Sunday or whenever church is these days.

    Five Years
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I forgot and put my cap back on in St. Peter's and some Italian guy shook his finger at me. I didn't get torched so...

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    #9

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    totallytruestory Report

    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is definitely plausible.

    Niki A
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When someone tells me to go to hell, I just let them know I don't always work from my office.

    Dylan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you wanna be gay, be gay! Don't let anyone else decide that for you. You do you. 😎

    Robert Davis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Heaven is full of jerks and holier than thou @holes , and Hell is where gays go please put a good word in for me as want to party with you.

    Audrey Rasmussen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it weird i feel like thats gonna be similar to how i come out...

    Audrey Rasmussen
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    like, the really stupid (and beautiful)instinctive part of just saying (in that case) 'Hell apparently'

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    One direction addict
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a poem i wrote about my coming out story. please be kind: "Everyone says that growing up is good but im not on the same page because lately I've been feeling like I'm trapped in a cage. I can't be me I can't be free. It's a weight on my chest I want to say it but being queer gives you so much to fear. I said it and I hoped you would open your arms and pull me into your warm embrace but I will never forget the shame on your face. You were so cruel, treated me like a fool. So I stepped back in and sat back on the bin in the corner. Sometimes it's lonely but in the hours of the night when there isn't any light I can be me. And I finally feel free. "

    Grace <3
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I luv it. Good luck with everything🫶

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    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    None of these are "that happened", all of these are plausible. People these days need more human interaction, too much seems strange to them if these are that happened to them.

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    Phoenix the Frog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

    respect for wasting your time for us.

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    Lizzie Andricks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is 100 percent true though? chris evans' father bob is literally a dentist lol

    Michael Fernandez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds plausible, and I’ve experienced similar situations. E.g., my friends randomly invited their new next door neighbors to a barbecue, and they turned out to be Gary Sinise and his family, just renting a quiet family home for the summer, just as Forrest Gump was released.

    Dylan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is so cool! What an awesome experience that must've been!

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    Mary Bricklin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, this one can be looked up - at least I assume it can be - so I'm willing to believe it.

    Karmageddon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, his dad Bob is a dentist, as per Wiki

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

    Side trivia, Jamie Dornan's dad was a gyno in Belfast. Three of my cousins had him as their gynecologist, and each said the dad was better looking 😂

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    Hancock explained when people might be more likely to lie online: "Communication from the outside world, however, is from sources that we’re unlikely to engage with again, and so there are little to no reputation costs for people to lie online. These lies include sock puppets [false identities], follower factories, purchased likes, propaganda bots and fake news. So, the degree to which we can trust messages online is really the degree to which you know the source."

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

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

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no conflict. OP didn't represent the ex-bf in a prior case. There's no rule that says "you cannot have met the opponent previously". Otherwise good lawyers would get kicked off cases because the opponent "thinks they ride the same train in the morning".

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    over it already
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the timeline that makes this less than believable.

    Mary Bricklin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I kind of agree with you on this but it doesn't state just how far in school she was. Though, I suppose it could've been left out to make it more believable.

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    Mary Bricklin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know about this one. I can believe that he called her a nerd and broke up with her. I can even believe that that could have made her more determined to prove him wrong so she could get through law school. But then to be lucky enough to defend her ex's ex-wife? That's the part I don't believe. That would be a pretty big coincidence.

    Henry Shane
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be conflict of interest, so this one is for sure a that happened.

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

    Well, now I have a problem with how unethical this is as an attorney. You cannot intentionally try to go in to rip him off for past personal life revenge. That deserves a reprimand from their state bar if true.

    Genny McD
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this on the internet SO MANY TIMES already! And for the lady few years. Yeah right

    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is the deal with these people making up stories about their exes? Sounds like an unethical lawyer.

    KieLeaHar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t that a conflict of interest and not legal/ethical? Then again, I believe we’re speaking of the US here so lt May not be an issue there? I don’t know, it’s late and I’m tired.

    Kay Dyson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems like a smart move would be to recuse yourself.

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    General Anaesthesia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

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

    I did that once and no one would take all the old stuff, so our group ended up with a broken pallet, I think a wagon, an antique table, and various other weird things that we then all had to carry around with us. Another group got a bike at the end, and I think someone else came back with a queen size mattress.

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    Cat Chat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could have happened, until someone using an antique cello to pay a juggler 🙄

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

    we don't know the state the cello was in...

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

    y'all, nobody comes up with this stuff on their own. this one's real.

    Weird Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait why would anyone need a necklace made of parakeet bones

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

    Okay I totally know a person that would live this way. It is crazy, but plausible.

    Henry Shane
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People in the comments must be old or sheltered, this is very plausible. I volunteer my time facilitating art and craft events. And trading of this sort for items and services is pretty common. I primarily operate in the inner city and there is not much money, nor are those chasing art as a dream overly worried about it. trade and conmanship is common. many talented people whose talent is yet to be discovered out there, can get awesome things if you know the right people at the right time. We do not know the details of the trades, yet the oddly make sense to me even without.

    Max Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true, because there is no way that somebody comes up with this off the top of their head.

    Robert Davis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You lost me at a jar of raw honey.

    Jes.the.Mess
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds like perfectly normal behavior for a small town witch

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

    Plausible. Teacher has had time to hone his icebreaker.

    CHRISTY SMITH
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeahhhhhhhh, I think this probably actually happened, I can see a teacher / professor saying this as their introduction.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of us teachers do much quirkier icebreakers than this. This is mere borderline eccentricity.

    Liz Clarke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, bears in zoos have got a pretty sweet life and they know it so this wouldn't happen. If one escaped it would likely want to explore the rest of the zoo, it's probable that they'd just be shot/tranquilized but they would probably follow the zookeeper's if they have food.

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

    True, but the question is whether they can, not whether they will. Also, zoo animals do escape and roam the town periodically, notably ostriches, peacocks, and probably kangaroos. And just yesterday I saw a video of a hippo almost going for a stroll.

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    Ariel Herman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plausible. My speech teacher was afraid of squirrels. She was not impressed with whoever gave her the Ice Age toy.

    H.J. carlson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the get-back for a laughable fear!👍😉

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

    I'd probably get this specific

    Henry Shane
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another college one, guessing not many people went if they think is is a "that happened". College is fun, instructors are a blast.

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

    I'm scared of bears too. They can also swim and climb, but the UK has been empty of wild bears for around 1k so it's not so bad.

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

    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.

    Varvara Bondarenko
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! It must me so annoying for you, I'm sorry. I know a few really nice Karens. And it's a pretty name, too!

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    Marie B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this one about pizza toppings too

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

    I wish it was true, it would be so satisfying :( just like pizza

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    Jan Olsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen a LOT of variations of this one

    Violet1854
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Secret millionaire exposed! People barely have enough to buy 2 dozen eggs and she...well

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol ok sure, why not...some people do have more money then sense and do put it where their mouth is. one look online can see a big support for the average retail worker, more plausible if op worked retail previously, yet has a better job now and a chip on her shoulder. i would like to think fake, but I see opinions of this level..i am sure at least one would act on it...though pretty sure they would make a video and post it to youtube if they did so, seem to be the meta..so idk, maybe.

    Max Fox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then the Blizzard Machine clapped... I've read some 73 different versions of this story. I only wish that it were true, since that would mean that there were ATMs on every corner...

    Jim Hession
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is it assumed that all "Karens" are boomers? Most of the ones I've encountered are in their late 40s to early 50s. That would make them Gen-Xers.

    Jes.the.Mess
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this was taken from notalwaysright.com That website posts allegedly real story submissions from people that work public facing jobs. This story sounds VERY familiar and I'm 90% sure I read it there first

    JP Purves
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All baby boomers are not Karens; all Karens are not baby boomers.

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

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

    Grace <3
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my little brother is a savage with his mouth... it's actually crazy

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    Kyle D
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With all the Karens out there that can't mind their own business, this one is absolutely believable.

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

    Idk, I could believe this. There are some people out there who can't contain their judgement.

    Amo Gus
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LMAO WHAT THAT IS MY ENERGY

    Mary Bricklin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could believe this.. Isn't what she said something that Bart Simpson says? With The Simpsons being on Disney+ (at least it was the last time I checked) the kid could've easily picked that phrase up and not even know what exactly she's saying.

    Cheeseburgerman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah yeah, and I miraculously got transformed into a cheeseburger superhero

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, totes believe this..if they said people laughed and clapped i would even believe that for this one as well. A little bit of the right youtube channels and you would have a beast of a little girl ready to take on the best of them We do not teach woman to be meek anymore, most entertainment for kids these days will encourage girls to keep their edge, not dull it. And dialog of this nature is modern, so yeah, see no reason this would not happen, and a few young ladies around would likely cheer for this....little girl sounds bad a*s, i would cheer.

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

    Little girls and just little kids in general will absolutely say the most effed up things possible and LOVE whipping out cusses with finesse, since they usually aren't allowed to say them all the time.

    aroace mamabear
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That girl is gonna rule the world one day

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband can be a sh*t sometimes, but we never really fight. When he gives me grief, I will also yell "Suck my a$$". He puts his hand over his mouth and yells "I can't breathe". We both laugh, crisis averted and we go about our business.

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    However, it all comes back to the motivations guiding the person behind the screen. Use your common sense - if it's too good to be true, it probably is. It is then quite likely that someone's trying to pull a fast one over you or, at the very least, boost their own ego.

    Hancock explains: "It’s easy to forget, but (most) people lie for a reason, and simply because a person is using a phone or a computer or a tablet to communicate doesn’t make them more or less likely to lie. Instead, it’s all about goals and motivations."

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

    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 😂

    Jaaawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yeah, that ONE British accent everyone in this United Kingdom speaks.

    UselessKnowledgeFont
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find it funnier knowing the guy shouting the phrase was likely using an American accent which has preserved a centuries' old British accent

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

    I could tell this was fake the second they said they live in Wyoming.

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I live in Wyoming, and seeing a man riding a horse down the street would not be unusual. He wouldn't be yelling about the British, though. More likely yelling that the cops took his beer.

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

    I hope this one happened

    Henry Shane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't know the place enough to know the people, feel horses are a thing and people are a thing..put them together and maybe this could happen. People are people, so. i have done silly things in public, and had people reply. Positive and negative lol. So, maybe....the lie here I feel maybe the today part.

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

    Spoiler alert. This happened in the U.K.

    Wood Carver
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    2 years ago

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    River wolf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why can I not stop laughing in the middle of math class?!

    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lie. Even professional American voice actors suck at doing accents from Britain. And they're paid for their work.

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    Sad Quokka
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the funniest scene my mind has ever created

    Lee Banks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actual true story: Based on your comments, I really appreciate the way your brain works.

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    Arunika R.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could possibly be true. 7 yo's can do anything

    Keith Grzywacz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah - like know the words to We didn't start the fire.

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    starsailor (they/he)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is believable. 7-year-olds are gremlins.

    achilles_isn't_dead
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not gonna lie, I think I might believe this one. 7 yo are some of the most savage creatures on this earth.

    CC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like Calvin 😄

    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kid isn't so rebellious, but I can totally otherwise picture him doing this, right down to song choice. (Except he'd be singing the "We didn't start the virus" version.)

    boone williams
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call b.s.. Even Billy Joel can't remember all the words to that song, and he's the one who wrote it

    Violet1854
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Possible. I see this kind of nonsense on an everyday basis from my siblings but mostly replaced by lines learnt from movies

    Shyla Bouche
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I worked at the daycare, we took the 2-3 group out on one of those days that the weather can't decide to rain or not. So it starts drizzling, and we're getting the kids lined up to go back in. I called the ones across the yard that we have to go in, because it's raining. One of the girls in line said that it wasn't rain. It was just God spitting at us. I don't think she wanted to go in.

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

    Sometimes light rain is called "spitting". Perhaps she heard an adult say this, and thought they meant God was spitting at them? It's funny how kids minds work.

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

    I 100% believe this. On my Dad's side of the family, being called a smart-a*s is a compliment. Used to get me into a world of trouble until I learned to put a reign on my tongue. 🙈

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    bread lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

    I wanna give a shout out to the elderly man who stood up for aiden

    Nayla Kanaan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean some jerk once said something like “girls cant be good at chess” or some dumb@ss s h i t and I responded with “good thing I’m non-binary then so that was fun

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

    This one is at least plausible.

    Ryan Frundles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of these have been quite believable. If you think otherwise, you're probably quite the pessimist

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    achilles_isn't_dead
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who works in retail, this is an absolute possibility.

    Leslie Harris
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe this, worked at a high end furniture store, would answer the phone in my receptionist voice, it would be my dad on the other end asking to speak to me, and just like flipping a light switch, i would use my regular voice. He would get mad, saying, don't do that! Not that i had much choice, the store didn't have caller ID.

    John Savage
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've told that u have a teaching voice, a meeting voice and a regular voice. Never knew I did it until someone pointed it out to me.

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

    Ah, but do you have an Authority voice for stopping children and pets from misbehaving? (I accidentally automatically used it on a couple of young boys running around and play sword fighting in a store. They stopped and apologized. I was shocked!)

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    detective miller's hat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is believable. I went to visit my surly 16 year old niece at the donut shop where she works and hearing her sound happy and chipper with the customer in front of me was truly frightening.

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

    it's true..I was told I was using my business voice with my MIL this week and the woman finally listend....in call centers it's like reverse UNO card....

    Mark Boelte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter has used 'customer voice' on me to let me know I was being annoying. In retrospect, she was right.

    Hilary 3
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Works as a nurses voice as well ! Heard my daughter using her nurses voice on the phone to her father

    Henry Shane
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    underpaid retail workers bonding over their hate of life...yeah that's totally never happened, like every second of every working day. There smiles are 100% real and that is totes not the same voice one would use with a small puppy....because they actually like the puppies. Yup this sound very very fake, retail worker are very very happy, and life and server you, because you are of course always right.

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    work in any service industry for more than 6 months and this becomes you!

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    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Everybody clapped" = I don't believe it. "I was the only person who laughed at it" = been there, done that. I had a bad habit of making jokes at random strangers because the situation cracked me up, but I learned the hard way that often, once the second someone isn't sure that you're joking, their ability to process a joke is 100% irretrievably gone.

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

    I would do something like this. What makes it believable is that nobody else joined in.

    boone williams
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True story: Whoopi Goldberg took her stage name because of her extreme flatulence. (Her friends called her "the human whoopee cushion")

    zovjraar me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i can actually see myself doing this

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

    My partner for a science assignment on atoms and elements made a Michael Jackson joke (helium) and did this same thing- I had to explain it to the teacher because she didn’t get it and he was laughing too hard

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

    that is pretty good, ngl.

    No Clue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's hilarious though, I can't believe nobody else laughed! Maybe because it's been so long since I was an eighth-grader. 😆

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    Cat Chat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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).

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

    This one makes sense. Like how tall people don’t automatically remember that their short friends can’t reach things (my 6’2” great aunt has many times asked my 5’6” grandma to get something from a 7 foot tall cabinet)

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    Jeffrey Crawley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend Chris and his wife are both blind - he through an accident, she since birth. Whenever I go over there at night time the electric lights are on because "anything else would be f*****g weird"

    CHRISTY SMITH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good lord, they just went ham on this one.

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    achilles_isn't_dead
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could also be real. People in fandoms understand.

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

    My local Starbucks had two tip jars out and one said "Lord of the Rings" and the other said "Harry Potter". You voted for your favorite one with your tips, it was actually awesome. I actually tipped extra because I wanted LotR to win (This was before the JKR snaffu)

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    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At an amusement park, one of the workers was holding a staff to get on a flume ride; you had to be taller than the staff to get on. My son initially failed to get past, but I had to straighten up real tall to get past him. I asked him, "don't you ever want to pound the staff on the ground and say, 'You shall not pass'?" He broke up and said, "Thank you! EVERY -- SINGLE -- DAY but they told me to stop." I jokingly comforted him, "I understand, I understand..."

    starsailor (they/he)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    believable. eternal PRECIOUS of the goblin mind

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

    A long time ago a friend and I were arguing about how much wt a swallow could carry. We pulled over and asked a security guard for his opinion and he started right in with us. it was hilarious.

    CHRISTY SMITH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Starbucks closes at 3:00 PM, like ever. My ex husband and my daughter work @ a Starbucks (different stores) and the earliest they close is 9:30 PM ~ what a weird thing to lie about.

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

    Sundays and holidays are often different hours where I live and even Starbucks will close early here for holidays. Just because it doesn’t happen where you live doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen anywhere.

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

    My mom and I went drive thru at Starbucks and the employee said "Hello, this is Superman what can I get you?" and my mom replied "This is Wonder Woman, I'd like ____ " and he was so delighted and told us at the window that my mom was the first person to acknowledge it for days.

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

    It's not like Lord of the Rings hasn't been seen by millions of people.

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    Collin Lyle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ewww! The coffee joke is absolutely the best, but hearing my dad say "it's like making love-". No. No. No.

    YTK
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can see this happening

    Sarah E Cofer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a coffee close to a water that was the paralegal for the local judges and lawyers for like 18 years and got my boyfriend out of jail in like 2 days when he was scheduled to be sentenced to 180 days in jail in 3 days time. Also you spelled strong coffee wrong. If he wanted something more watery & weak tho he could have just went and picked up a grey rock or driven his car to a club.

    Little Miss Lady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a Monty Python joke. The original was about American beer and much funnier.

    Andy Frobig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a boss say this about bad beer once. He said "It's like making love in a canoe." Then after I didn't say anything, he said, "Aren't you gonna...ask me why it's like making love in a canoe?"

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    jackcutieye , actionables Report

    SadieCat17
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this is only unrealistic to introverts lmao. This is relatively normal extrovert behavior, at least to me. I would totally flirt with someone by asking them to teach me how to make pancakes.

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

    As an introvert, you're probably spot on with this assessment. Though as someone unattractive, it's also annoying that you guys always seem to find cute people who find you cute too.

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    Nightshade1972
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Angry Unicorn
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg, I thought this was cute...Then I read the link in the search bar....I am so stupid! I literally thought 'totally true stories' That are 100% true, meant they were ACTUALLY true!

    Annie Persson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cute new neighbour already knew how to make pancakes. And how to make new friends...

    Lesley Shaw
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin moved into a new house. Wanted to open a bottle of wine so she went over to the neighbour to see if he had a corkscrew, he did, so she shared the wine with him. They're married now!!

    JP Purves
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be cute new neighbor knew how to make pancakes all along.

    Enea
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this Marc-Uwe talking about the Kangaroo?

    Casper Mijacogeo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was home alone one day while wife was shopping. I hear a knock at the door, open it and there stands a girl about five years old. She asks, "May I have a piece of candy.". Now I am starting to freak out and say that we don't have any while looking to see if our neighbors are watching. She replies, "It's in the glass bowl on the table. The lady gives me some when I come over." Yes I brought the bowl to the door and said she could have all she could carry.

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    autumn-sweet-fae , suspnd Report

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

    Yeah, cops provide free taxi service.

    SadieCat17
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignoring the legitimacy of this story, I think it makes a good bit of sense for the police to escort someone from a dangerous part of town at night. Especially if she's a small youngish girl. It would be pretty dangerous to just leave her there alone as long as it isn't a regular thing.

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    South Monk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Err pretty sure this might be possible. There are many different states and country where cops might do this, esp if it's a slow night. Depending on country 20 ish year old cop is possible?

    René Sauer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    isn´t 20 a bit young for being an active cop? Probably means mid-twenties.

    Keith Grzywacz
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just remember folks "Anybody can write for Bored Panda"

    Shyla Bouche
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait-- you mean this thread isn't a Reddit? Now, that IS unbelievable.

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

    a cop will not drive you home. they will say call an uber

    Rostit .
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes they will. I've been driven home twice. Once after a car accident and once because i was hammered and just asked a cop who was at the convenience store.

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

    I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that so many people from the states regularly forget that not everything happens in the states. There’s a whole world beyond your borders, ya know. For example: the legal age in Canada is still 18.

    Chloe Anderson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't become a cop at 20 years old..

    Frank Miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the vast majority of states the minimum age to become a police officer is 21.

    Renzo Berdini
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She asked him for his number... He said it was 911..

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    Audrey Rasmussen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dream or no, i like the thing i have read, cause harry potter reference

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    Troy Parr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what they call serendipity; "The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way..." Recently I turned on the light and the doorbell rang. Thinking, how could that happen? I turned off the light and tried again. As I pressed the light switch the second time, the doorbell rang again. Obviously, the perfect timing was just by chance but for that moment it was just like the light was working the doorbell.

    TheEternalPheonix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plausible. Although it’s obvious the other guy was just a quick thinker and decided to take advantage of the freak situation.

    Frank Miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you're an idiot of course. Because only an idiot would think anybody else would believe that.

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    Emma S
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Lady Z Azrael
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. My mom would pull something like this. Of course everyone in my family (including her mom and brother) always say she is a psychopath... I'm like yeah I know, I've had to live with her for 40 yrs

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

    Yeah anyone who grew up with s****y parents can believe this.

    Heather Menard
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom accused me of having sex with her husband. I win.

    Sarel Seerower
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe she had to cancel for another reason anyway

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    starsailor (they/he)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    im under ur bed hon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm straight, but most gays are honestly the sweetest people i've ever met

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    crowspectre (he/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly this is very similar to what happens when you put my choir class on a bus

    achilles_isn't_dead
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not gonna lie, during homecoming week at school they play this song in between classes and it's just a true American anthem. This is very possible.

    Olive Harper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I think it's believable. I would totally join in if someone started singing this song.

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

    I was stuck in gridlock traffic one summer day and I was just singing and shimmying along to the radio with my windows rolled down. The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" came on and the guys in the truck next to me shouted over and asked what station I was on. I told them and they turned their radio over to that station. They proceeded to turn up their volume to the highest it could get and sang along with the song as well! We were all having a great sing-shimmy-along and when the song came over to the "Da-da-daaa! Da-da-daaa! Da-da-daaa! Da-da-daaa!" part, we each took turns as we pointed to one another and sang it for all we were worth! The next song was Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" and we belted it out just as heartily, even though we stumbled on the lyrics on that one occasionally! We entertained the people around us, also stuck in that horrible traffic. I remember my spontaneous musical moment every single time I'm stuck in traffic or when I hear either of those songs!

    CJay M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds plausible... i bet she also said the small time girl thing on purpose tho

    piruoztek
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could believe this, different, but I often went to folklore festivals in my country and as thousands of people were leaving (it was outside in rural locality), always someone started singing folk songs and many people joined. (There were also alcohol involved usually.)

    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay... to quote Channing Tatum (Jenko... or Schmidt... whichever one he played...): "F**k Glee."

    Dekker451
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

    Thatkamloopsguy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if they did her hair and makeup as well.

    Der Kommissar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also works with boomers chiming in during the acapella part of The Doobie Bros.' "Black Water" which starts with " I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland "

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

    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.

    Valerie G.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds of that song "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy from 1974. Angie catches a young man peeking in her window. She lures him inside and, GO LISTEN TO THE SONG ON YOU TUBE. Go Angie.

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    CHRISTY SMITH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was 100% believable until the very end, which I’m assuming, and kind of hoping, is complete and utter b******t.

    Beth W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    obvs potentially getting arrested is less scary than starting a conversation or just asking for her number

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    his-forever-girl , narutowiener Report

    Xenon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Dead Man Talking
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, used to happen all the time in the 70's. Not so much hickies, but definitely sunburns. Absolutely getting written up if you can't perform your duties.

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

    Completely true. I got a papercut once, got thrown into Leavenworth Prison for 5 years for destruction of government property. When I got out, a huge parade was thrown for me, I got promoted to the youngest Admiral in the Navy, and February 30th is an official holiday bearing my name.

    Troy Parr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the British Army things like sunburn are called "Self-Inflicted Wounds" and can get you charged with an offence. Particularly if you become unfit to perform your duties.

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with tattoos. Make sure you can't see them while in uniform

    Manic Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can be charged for Sunburn in the Australian Army because it's a "Self-Inflicted Wound". Source: 4 years in Australian Army.

    Ann Coffman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then everyone got the clap. True story

    Zaach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I in the USMC, if we got sunburned, we were punished for damaging gov property

    Shannon Vickers
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got a sunburn and they wanted to take my rank for destruction of government property

    Frank Miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, and Marines used to get court martials for destruction of government property for getting a tattoo. Oh, and I'm the tooth fairy.

    Five Years
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend got in a bar fight with some army guy and won. The army came after him for damaging government stuff.

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    bread lord
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

    He is picked up a 5 year-old and hummed a song to him. Sounds like a creeper to me.

    Cal the dragon! (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *gasp* HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY BELOVED GEE WAY!!!! KILLJOYS... ATTACK!!!! (edit: /j lol)

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    Lee Banks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a part time stage hand, this is believable. I was rigging truss for my morning jacket, and Jim James came out back to start a soccer game with the opening, local kids percussionist group to help calm their nerves.

    Cat Chat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wait. I am a mom who had to force my son to miss that concert to babysit his younger sibling. Time to call the kids home for a family meeting 🤔🤣

    Chilli
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can confirm, I was Gerald

    sally
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn’t this like a Full House episode or something? Is this kid Michelle?

    CHRISTY SMITH
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, a 5 year old retaining that much information and then being able to tell their story decades later? A-maz-ing! 🧐🙄

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

    The older brother could have told them the story

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    Cal the dragon! (She/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is cute and if it's real I will be so happy *emo tears*

    Brainmas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Chemical Romance looked scary.

    Cal the dragon! (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh really? They are a sass queen, a dog lover, a unicorn man, and a princess fro fro.

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    Yeet_girl360
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Janelle Collard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The good news is: no yard work or gardening for you!

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    Der Kommissar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of these posts are b******t, but this one is believable.

    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only thing implausible with this is that he met Eric Clapton's girlfriend.

    Der Kommissar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did Geo. Harrison divorce Patty Boyd? She gave him the clapton

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    Dawnieangel76
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I developed a sulfur allergy in my late teens, no more raw onions for me! I can't eat them at all, and even smelling them gives me sneezing fits, wheezing in my chest, and itchy skin. Also can't take any MEDICINE with sulfur/sulfa in it. Found that one out the hard way.

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    milk-and-laxatives , meganwalls Report

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

    When is Bored Panda going to make a list of "50 times customers bought odd combinations of things at the market"? Golden opportunity, BP! I'll start: once I was behind a lady who was only buying like six cans of sauerkraut and a pack of Depends.

    Greg Baughman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was at Wal-Mart buying a box of tampons for my significant other... while in the line, I grabbed a thing of tic-tacs. The girl, who wasn't paying a lot of attention, rang up the two items and said "Is this all for you?" I said "No, only the tic-tacs are for me..." She stopped, looked in the bag, and cracked up laughing. :D

    Heidi Siebels
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it was a grown woman who wrote this, the 17 is not important, the fact she is getting across is that it was a minor.

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    Arunika R.
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Mer☕️🧭☕️
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can see it. Many times the fanfics are BETTER than the o'fic.

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

    I'd be thrilled to meet some of my favorite fanfiction writers. I'd love to geek out about all the things!

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

    The share the same interests and sense of humor. This could definitely happen.

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

    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

    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago

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    This is sorta like pointing out that 90% of American black men are killed by other black men, or that only 3% of murders are committed by "assault rifles." It's true, but it misses the cause of the fear.

    Zedrapazia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The media prefers to focus on crimes in black neighborhoods compared to white neighborhoods as it generates more attention and therefore money for them. There, fixed your s****y headline for you

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

    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

    Dave In MD
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believed you till you said that different cars used different voltage batteries. Unless you are talking about the main battery pack of a EV or hybrid the battery is going to be 12 volts, and even then most EV's and hybrids will have a secondary 12 volt battery. Depending on the tractor it probably uses a Group 31 battery that while large could fit in some cars as long as it was not the type with threaded stud terminals.

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

    Tickets to the superbowl are $$$$$ no thief is going to spring for them to rob your house

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

    That's what I was thinking. You're unlikely to get a decent return on that investment.

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

    911 operator here. I have actually taken this report, except it was a pickup truck battery, and it was just Seahawks tickets, not Superbowl. The victim lost everything. Sounds like a joke, but it really wasn't.

    Lisa Miller
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would sound more plausible if they got to the Super Bowl and found out the tickets were fake.

    Ken Beattie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While the story may not be true, for the people who have problems with a tractor battery starting a car, assuming your car battery isn't 100% dead you can even start them with AA batteries (I saw this years ago on a show about outback survival). Here is an article confirming it: https://www.offgridweb.com/transportation/jump-start-a-car-with-aa-batteries/ As for tractor batteries, they're 12v just like a car battery though it's possible (even likely) they'll have higher amperage than a standard car battery. But that doesn't matter. It'll start the car just fine. Unless we're talking the monster tractors that is, in which case I dunno. I've never seen the batteries things like the really huge John Deere's use.

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

    Should have just stolen the tractor. Then the rest of the story isn't necessary.

    Yeet_girl360
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this reminds me of a story someone told me. How this random dude, and a bunch of his friends would aimlessly call the police about a missing/ stolen car even though there was not a missing car. Then eventually, after two months, went and stole a really nice car from a rich persons drive way. When that person called the police they hung up thinking it was another fake call. I didn't think it was real, but what do I know.

    Richard Willis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lack of knowledge of electricity, and specifically ohms law, in this post is amazing.

    JP Purves
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop and think for a moment, two tickets to the Super Bowl were probably worth more than everything that was stolen. The farmer should have just sold the tickets rather than attend the game.

    Natty Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how people are getting into the logistics of using the battery as a self-confessed thief says they did...

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    Ty Stratton-Quirk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Josh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this one does feel super fake.

    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I could believe this if it wasn't for the whole every customer after falling down like dominoes was written.

    Chilli
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can confirm, I was the ground

    g90814
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then everyone clapped...

    sally
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They never even saw my invisible rope - mawhahaha

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    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    CHRISTY SMITH
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least someone immediately called them out on it.

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    South Monk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not? We do stupid stuff in a group. It's not embarrassing if everyone does it.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? You don't have the Black-Eyed Peas skins on GTA?

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    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah... no way in hell someone serves in the navy and doesn't know what "bust a nut" means. Plot twist: it actually has perfectly clean origins, but only SOUNDS 'adult.' (if you tighten a nut too zealously, you can't untighten them.)

    Dead Man Talking
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the dumbest things I have ever read. Idiot child who thinks that grown ups are stupid, & have no idea what it means. If they didn't, you wouldn't even be here.

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    Sunny Day
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was ringing a Salvation Army bell one Christmas, wearing a red safety vest over my coat, and a toddler thought I was Santa Claus. I guess in a winter coat, boobs & belly are indistinguishable.

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son has long hair and a goatee of sorts. He once had a customer's son ask him if he was Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. Apparently the kid loved Scooby-Doo. Son played it up for the kid (who was like 4 or 5). Made the kids day and my son's, too! Never saw him come home so happy!

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    starsailor (they/he)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they're theater kids. i can believe this.

    foxgirl158
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay but I could actually see this, especially from theater kids

    3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a week most schools have (or maybe it's just in the US?) Where they give their students a chance to dress up and have fun with different themed days (Ex. Soccer mom vs. Barbeque dad). Usually, it falls on homecoming week. Always a ton of fun. Hope this helps!

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Lawrencium
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, the signs for f***ing Norway are mush obvious than the signs for regular Norway.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any other country but Norway. And Ireland.

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    SadieCat17
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um a 13 year old acting like a decent human being? Fake news. (Meant to add /s, know some lovely children myself)

    Dont Sellmyinfo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, my kid is 10 and is very open about his outrage about the hate that Chris from Mr.Beast is getting. He feels awful about how they are treating her because she is trans and will stand up for her if people start talking shℹ️t. Some kids understand more than we give them credit for. Many do not… but there’s some.

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

    Call me crazy, but if this is true (IF it's true!)...I dunno, maybe DONT grind on strangers and agree to go home with them when you don't bother to get their name or even see what they look like?

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

    This is amazing. Prob not true, but amazing.

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    B.Nelson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Cat Chat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't that be geometry, though? Wrong class.

    AYLI NICKERSON
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when im asleep i too hold weird conversations

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    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the power of a wholesome social community

    starsailor (they/he)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe they need less time on the internet.

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    David Martin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    jaredsbanta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at a prison for a pretty good while. The only guards that worked there that were never harassed were the women. Especially the older ones. Every once in a while you would have some dumb kid coming in who didn’t know this rule and he’d end up with a black eye or busted lip the next day. During riots I would see the biggest baddest guys run up and stand around one of the older female guards. A lot of it has to do with the respect you give the inmates but even being respectful wasn’t a guarantee that a male guard would be treated ok.

    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am going to get the advice put on a shirt. "Be Nice to Future Gang Members".

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    digitalin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct. That was what I thought he was getting at before it went off the rails. My Alamo theater has Mexican Coke on the menu.

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    Percy the Band Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have they never tasted coke with real sugar before? My dad gets mexico coke because of cain sugar I think

    Cyber Returns
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not touching the sausage my puppy and I found in the garden

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it did have coke in it however if you drank a bottle of the original coke i doubt its the cocaine rather the 131 year old coke that made you sick

    Dodo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It actually didn't have coke in it. Coca-Cola and cocaine were both by-products of the coca leaf. Original Coca-Cola *may* have given very slight side effects that were similar to taking a very low dose of cocaine (reports vary), but it never contained cocaine itself.

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    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fizzy and numbs your gums?

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything is edible. Just some things are only edible ONCE.

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

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

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    Where's_My_Adderall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    Samyan Elrod
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    Arunika R.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Percy the Band Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One where the teacher does their job? Not every teacher is the same. Just because that happened to you doesn't mean it happens everywhere

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    Cal the dragon!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the title made me lol I love fob

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    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    Tamra
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this story is true, then the whistle-blowing guy is a douchebag.

    Isa's left eye
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just cruel to the dog. You have a problem with your neighbor? Deal with it like a big kid and don't hurt their dog.

    Nizumi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used properly, they aren't harmful. Don't go blowing with all your might into the whistle. One single gentle whistle is enough to set the neighborhood dogs off. Which I do. Every time my downstairs neighbor goes outside. Because she's really mean to everyone in the neighborhood. She yells at kids playing in the alleyway. She yells and people walking dogs. Lose your ball over her fence? Kiss it goodbye. She's miserable and unkind and I'm that kind of petty. One little toot sets off one dog, and the rest just take off from there. EVERY house around us has dogs.

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

    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.

    Debby Keir
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First babies often take 24+ hours to be born, so technically you could eat out. However, when the waters break, it isn't just a whoosh and they're all gone (as others would attest) it's drip, splot and messy, so doubt the 'restaurant' would be happy to have her there. Mucus plug however.....

    Cat Chat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Mom, went into labor on kid #4, stopped to drop us off at Grandmas to babysit. But stayed to watch her favorite soap opera. Good thing the hospital was only a 3 minute drive from Grandma's house because she suddenly felt the baby coming out at end credits. 🤣

    3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can believe this. My mom went grocery shopping while she was giving birth to me (very early on ofc but still)

    Coolwhip
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't let you eat once you get there. Eat those pancakes girl!!!

    Isa's left eye
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the kids my mom used to work with was born in a mcdonalds bathroom

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    Max Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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    Mimi777
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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    Cat Chat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, so amazing to take the nurse away from another patient in greater need for your own amusement. 🙄

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    Debby Keir
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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