30 Hilariously Cringy Examples Of People Lying On The Internet For No Reason (New Pics)
One downside of today’s digital world is the questionable authenticity of many things you find online. Fake news, fabricated images, and unverified information have brought about a new 21st-century slogan: “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.”
Check out these stories from this Instagram page and see for yourself. While the account is named, “Yeah, that definitely happened,” reading through most of them may make you go, “No, it likely didn’t.”
Ultimately, they make for an interesting read, especially when bored and k*****g time at the DMV. So, go ahead and enjoy scrolling.
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Misinformation and disinformation are often used interchangeably. However, there is a clear distinction between the two. According to University of Melbourne professor Dr. Greg Nyilasy, the difference lies in the intent.
Disinformation is a falsehood spread in bad faith, while misinformation is innocently disseminated without knowing it is incorrect.
According to Dr. Nyilasy, misinformation and disinformation were highly prevalent during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former were the misunderstandings about the disease and wishful thinking about false remedies.
The latter was more destructive and divisive, as Dr. Nyilasy pointed out. These were statements that blamed particular races for spreading the virus, which resulted in hate crimes against Asians.
Most of us know of the existence of fake news, but why do many people still fall for it? According to Dr. Nyilasy, one possible explanation is our inherent negative biases. Bad news is more likely to grab attention and, therefore, become more shareable.
There is also the natural tendency to downplay threatening information. As Dr. Nyilasy points out, people become more selective with what they want to hear and block out real threats by downplaying risks.
Chili's doesn't have "VIP tables". Source: I have eaten at a Chili's before.
Doctor then pulls out a vacuum sealed bag & shows me the ingredients. Me: B******t? Doctor: B******t. And that's how I knew she didn't buy my story.
With all the potentially fabricated information circulating online, how do we protect ourselves from falling for it? Virginia Tech digital literacy educator Julia Feerrar says it comes down to doing due diligence.
In her interview with the university publication, she reminded users to double-check sources to ensure they are coming from a reputable organization. If necessary, do a quick Google search for a background check on the company.
According to Feerrar, mindfulness is also key, especially when reading something that evokes a strong emotion. If you find yourself reacting to news that seems dubious, pause to question the authenticity of what you’re consuming.
“Fake news content is often designed to appeal to our emotions,” Feerrar said, noting other possible red flags of AI-generated content, like overly generic headlines.
Should be censoring the part about the "essential oils"!
Load More Replies...I've never had COVID either, should I start spouting the benefits of cigarettes and chocolate?
I also never had COVID even though I was sick at the same time as people around me who did have COVID. Guess what? Cigarettes and chocolates, too!
Load More Replies..."Never gotten IT" could refer to the scary film, or information technology.
I got IT seven months ago the last time and I've to confess that I'd never used essential oils. But at least I'm vaccinated and boosted so I didn't worry about it.
I was listening to a podcast about MLM's and 97-98% of the people who fall for the hustle either don't make ANY money or actually LOSE money (true of Amway as well). Basically a few people at the top are making money by encouraging the people under them to annoy the living fuq out of their friends and family members for NO PAY.
That’s how pyramid schemes work: The ones who create it (the people at the top) recruit suckers to do all the work and give them a percentage of what they make. The suckers make money by bringing in more suckers and taking a fraction of *their* sales. The bigger the pyramid becomes, the more the people at the top profit and the less the people below the top profit. And of course, there comes a point where there are no customers anymore, but rather just suckers passing the pennies they make back up to the top. No one with a brain would ever join a pyramid scheme. Anyone who has any brains (but no morals) will CREATE the pyramid; everyone else exists to make the pyramid creators money. 😕 When I was a kid, people did this through the mail (with chain letters); these days, all those suckers have garages filled with product that they were made to buy and now can’t sell, as NO ONE likes a pyramid scheme victim; it’s hard being with someone desperate to unload his garbage on you.
Load More Replies...I've never got it either. neither has my husband. we are both up to date on vaccinations, and we have come into contnact with people, both vaccinated and not, who had it. none of those times have either of us got it. so, we've been lucky, but I think it's also a fair guess we've got pretty good immunity to it. no essential oils. just luck and vaccines (luck, too, because, like I said, we've had vaccinated and unvaccinated family members get it. some of them several times over)
Ugh I HATE essential oil-ers. Like my cousin who posted about her kid having the flu, and slathering him in them. Or the ones who had an...oil party(? Idk what Think Tupperware party but with oils) at a fast food restaurant where I was working. They sat in a back booth, but they stunk up literally the WHOLE store. People were complaining, and some of them couldn't even eat! Like, keep that shít at home!
Is this a script for an infomercial....??? "I guess you better tell me more" GTFOH. I KNEW there would be at least one post about essential oils 😆
Dream: Last line of the post. Reality: Just so you know, it would be my assumption that the rest of the world are smarter
I could weep, I really could. I have used essential oils for decades. They do have proven qualities and can help certain things, but these f.u.c.king MLMs have ruined everything. Telling people to ingest them.Claiming they can cure things there's no research for. Giving extremely unsafe advice about putting irritants neat on the skin. Getting them near newborn babies. I could go on. Essential oils don't deserve MLMS :-(
Q: Why does the ant!vaxxer's child throw a tantrum on his second birthday? A: Midlife crisis.
I once read an article about *real* genuine essential oils, and they’re CRAZY-expensive. I don’t remember the numbers by now, but it takes something absurd like 20 pounds of roses to make an ounce of rose essential oil. The stuff you get in your average store for $2.99 is just olive or corn oil with some rose scent in it and not any *actual* rose oil. And I waste my time typing this knowing full well that only a couple essential oils have any *real* use, assuming you could afford ‘em anyway. Fυck all of pharma for spending BILLIONS researching c**p when some olive oil waved over a fruit/vegetable/plant can serve the same purpose!
Thee displayeth flags of scarlet, crimson and vermillion hues in the most ostentatious manner.
Ha. American currency isn't printed on paper. Thus, it couldn't give anyone papercuts. I call falsity upon this story!
"And then everybody clapped?" is my favorite way to respond to falsehoods.
I will steal your crabmeat and turn you into a communist 😀 out of context that may be the most nonsensical thing I’ve ever said
Load More Replies...I have never read anything more cringe-y in my life. My lawd, some people's pathological need for attention....
FYI, all these stories are TRUE stories from Donald Trump's book, The art of the Deal. Beautiful book, probably better than the Bible. Best book ever.
Better than the Trump Bible?! Not possible.
Load More Replies...These make me cringe because they sound uncomfortably similar to the daydreams I used to have when I was 12 years old. At least I had the sense to keep them to myself, and eventually I outgrew them. (Well, sometimes I have one where I say something so cruel to Donald Trump that I make him cry and resign his presidency, and then the whole country claps)
I couldn’t finish…stuff like this is just so sad, and pathetic, and speaks to such an emotional need that can never be fulfilled :(
I couldn't go after the first seven, I felt my brain dying little by little while scrolling.
Oh, you have to go back and read #22. Don't do it right after eating, though.
Load More Replies...yeah well, stopped reading very soon. Seems to me like 70% of the social media, BS and "me me me "
All these stories try to teach a moral lesson, like Biblical parables. But at least the Bible presents them as fiction.
I know three people who are pathological liars, it's totally exhausting being around them. If they said it was day light; you'd better look out the window to check yourself. 😩
I managed to read a few of these, but the BS bored me. What a silly subject to appear on BP.
Why has this been at the top of BP for like 3 days now? Reading other people's lies? And it's not even entertaining
A lot of people don't care how they get seen as long as they do. Bragging (especially about things that aren't true!) is one of the least hot things ever.
These read like the fan fiction of the shower thoughts these people have. Those are just for you, boo. No need to share them with the world.
I refuse to up vote a bunch of grandiose narcissistic behaviors. I grew up with a blatant narcissist and have had enough of that kinda BS!
"And then everybody clapped?" is my favorite way to respond to falsehoods.
I will steal your crabmeat and turn you into a communist 😀 out of context that may be the most nonsensical thing I’ve ever said
Load More Replies...I have never read anything more cringe-y in my life. My lawd, some people's pathological need for attention....
FYI, all these stories are TRUE stories from Donald Trump's book, The art of the Deal. Beautiful book, probably better than the Bible. Best book ever.
Better than the Trump Bible?! Not possible.
Load More Replies...These make me cringe because they sound uncomfortably similar to the daydreams I used to have when I was 12 years old. At least I had the sense to keep them to myself, and eventually I outgrew them. (Well, sometimes I have one where I say something so cruel to Donald Trump that I make him cry and resign his presidency, and then the whole country claps)
I couldn’t finish…stuff like this is just so sad, and pathetic, and speaks to such an emotional need that can never be fulfilled :(
I couldn't go after the first seven, I felt my brain dying little by little while scrolling.
Oh, you have to go back and read #22. Don't do it right after eating, though.
Load More Replies...yeah well, stopped reading very soon. Seems to me like 70% of the social media, BS and "me me me "
All these stories try to teach a moral lesson, like Biblical parables. But at least the Bible presents them as fiction.
I know three people who are pathological liars, it's totally exhausting being around them. If they said it was day light; you'd better look out the window to check yourself. 😩
I managed to read a few of these, but the BS bored me. What a silly subject to appear on BP.
Why has this been at the top of BP for like 3 days now? Reading other people's lies? And it's not even entertaining
A lot of people don't care how they get seen as long as they do. Bragging (especially about things that aren't true!) is one of the least hot things ever.
These read like the fan fiction of the shower thoughts these people have. Those are just for you, boo. No need to share them with the world.
I refuse to up vote a bunch of grandiose narcissistic behaviors. I grew up with a blatant narcissist and have had enough of that kinda BS!
