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There’s only so much nonsense one person can handle. And just because the internet is not guarded by BS-detecting police, that doesn’t mean one can share it without hesitation. Especially if it misinforms, spreads fakery, or takes advantage of a situation.

The corner of the subreddit “Quit Your Bull,” which is home to 1.6 million members, is dedicated to collecting such bittersweet examples. From Elon Musk busting his alleged “brain coach” to the American Kennel Club calling out a false ad that claims that a particular type of dog breed is recognized as dangerous by AKC, these are some of the screenshots that got karma restored.

And next time someone claims you can say whatever you want online, tell them to try and see what happens. Hint: nothing good will ever come of this.

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Someone Is Awfully Busy With So Many Careers!

Someone Is Awfully Busy With So Many Careers!

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Guy Leaves A Bad Review For A Shop He Was Never Even At

Guy Leaves A Bad Review For A Shop He Was Never Even At

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Don't Need 5g When U Have The Fastest 4g In The Universe

Don't Need 5g When U Have The Fastest 4g In The Universe

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Nobody was born BS-proof. We've all lied, said nonsense, regretted it, or maybe not. Sometimes the nonsense we shared did no harm to us or people around, and sometimes it really paid off. Like, white lies. These incredible little lies hold half honesty, half false chaos that spins the world around us.

It's a whole different story when we encounter serious lies. Like anti-vaxxers spreading false beliefs against Covid vaccinations on social media. In such cases, a lie targets the most vulnerable people of society who, for the lack of better information, find themselves in genuine belief that what they’re reading is pure truth.

Bored Panda reached out to Scott Berkun, the author of eight popular books on creativity, design, leadership and public speaking who was happy to share his insights on dealing with someone else’s BS.  According to him, the first thing to tackle it is to expect it. “Fire alarms are good at detecting fires because they are always expecting them. We say some people have good BS detectors for the same reason. They’ve seen it enough times to sense it before the rest of us do.”

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Idk How Restaurants Deal With All The Anti-Masker Bs Right Now

Idk How Restaurants Deal With All The Anti-Masker Bs Right Now

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Restaurant Owner Smacks Down Bs Review

Restaurant Owner Smacks Down Bs Review

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Scott believes that it’s not hard, but “it just means you need the habit of asking good questions before you accept what you see or hear. And learning what sources to trust more than others.”

Due to the rise of social media fake news, bogus claims, and lies, both little and big, seem to be spreading faster than ever. “Someday we will learn that technology accelerates everything, the good and the bad. Today is not that day. 300 years ago Jonathan Swift wrote that “Falsehood flies and the Truth comes limping after it” but everyone at Facebook at Twitter seems to have only recently figured this out.”

According to Scott, “Everyone should be taught media literacy like this.” Meanwhile, many seem to struggle to find ways to politely tell a person to quit their nonsense. Scott suggests “asking “how do you know what you know?” as it often does the job.” “It sets you up to say ‘Thanks, but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.’” 

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Local Jackass Gets Corrected

Local Jackass Gets Corrected

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Sum Guy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The internet is just full of people trying to spread lies inorder to justify their views

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Faking A Dead Man's Autograph

Faking A Dead Man's Autograph

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I Found This Review From A Local Haunted House Attraction. There Were Quite A Few Negative Reviews Just Because They Had To Follow Covid Guidelines

I Found This Review From A Local Haunted House Attraction. There Were Quite A Few Negative Reviews Just Because They Had To Follow Covid Guidelines

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Random Anon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting people with their disgusting lies. It's a good thing these people never quite bothered to improved their minds to be capable of better lies.

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On the other hand, “Sometimes it works to your advantage to keep quiet and let them think you don’t realize they are full of BS. You may learn more about them and their real intentions than calling them out,” the book author concluded. 

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Vegan Lies About The Benefits Of Being Vegan. Another Vegan Calls Them Out

Vegan Lies About The Benefits Of Being Vegan. Another Vegan Calls Them Out

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Akc Calls Out Clickbait Twitter Ad

Akc Calls Out Clickbait Twitter Ad

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Boyfriends Steals £hundreds From Store, Goes Next Day, Gets Nicked So Girlfriend Sends 1-Star Review. As You Do

Boyfriends Steals £hundreds From Store, Goes Next Day, Gets Nicked So Girlfriend Sends 1-Star Review. As You Do

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Faking A Wedding Pic For Karma

Faking A Wedding Pic For Karma

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They Did The Math

They Did The Math

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

Well, if you calculate this in 1 micrometer wide stripes, the calculation might work...

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It's Just Full Of Misinformation

It's Just Full Of Misinformation

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Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation

Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation

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

This is actually a very good explanation of both concepts.

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Random Anon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I cringed every time someone goes on a righteous rant about cultural appropriation. Look, we Asians don't really care? In fact, we find it amusing and a bit of pride that someone from another culture is exploring ours.

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Becky Samuel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a big difference between exploring and exploiting. Buying traditional dress items from traditional or local makers and supporting them is fine, but fancy expensive designers taking those items and putting them on a catwalk for many thousands of dollars is not. Neither is it fine to use semi-forced, subsistence level labor in Asia to undercut local tradespeople in their traditional crafts,

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

Exactly. Cultural appropriation is when a person is disrespectful against another culture. Like wearing traditional clothes in mockery. Using clothes or food or items from another culture in a normal way is not a bad thing. Every culture had influence from others, thats how we grew. I am sick of a minority of racist people making a biss fuss out of "whites" doing certain things while they are ok with other people mixing cultures. For example how I would be critiziced by those extremists for wearing a kimono for being european but they would be fine with a japanese woman dressing in my traditional clothes.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. Sadly there’s one very very specific group who makes that stupid argument the most, and you can’t even say who they are or you look awful.

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Donkey boi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To appropriate is to take without consent or to set aside for a specific purpose. Cultural appropriation refers to the former. The example here is spot on. Something that has to be earned within a culture is appropriated if it is not earned. It's the equivalent of me, an Irishman, wearing a US Army Distinguished Service Cross Medal because I think it would look cool. Cultural appreciation is sharing their arts and can include wearing their fashions. Most cases of people screaming cultural appropriation are really appreciation, people need to think more and assess before they get involved.

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In most European countries, to be considered a painter and to exhibit your work you need to be approved by an academy. Otherwise, it was considered disrespectful to the painting art. Should we ban exhibitions by all those people that had not passed the exam of a Fine Arts Academia?

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Leo Hopelyte
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was really young and lived in Japan, a bunch of really sweet Japanese women wearing kimonos dressed me and my mother up in kimonos as well. There is a big difference between appropriation and appreciation.

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

My Native Canadian ex explained it as so: Food, hairstyles, and fashion are fine, culturally significant or spiritual objects are not. Yes to braids and bannock and buckskin jackets, no to war bonnets, eagle feathers, and medicine bags.

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

What if a white went to a public powow dance where they sell tickets to the public & sell Native American clothes & toys for money? Native Americans sell stuff to non Natives for money. Dream catchers. Animal fur & feathers, medicine bags, items used for religious purposes.

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Lisa Shelton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, are you buying traditional dress from a local craftsman and supporting them or are you using a costume to make money off of?

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Daniel Marsh
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WELL DONE!!! (By the way, even "white people" can get culturally appropriated. Using Dies Irae in movie soundtracks is cultural appropriation. It's for the Catholic mass. It means, "Day of [the] Wrath [of God]." Of course, I put "white people" in quotes because I'm white, but most Catholics are not.)

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You can continue: What about writing "novels" or "theater"? They are 100% art instruments of the European literature! What about expressing and communicating in a European language if you are not European? We can continue with mindsets: What about being socialist, liberal, libertarian if you are not from the corresponding cultures of the founders of such ideologies?

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Deal _Anneal
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lets hear bout Bhad Bhabie and her explanation about culture appropriation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rYXr5GFTU

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

So the different between appropriation and appreciation is how offended someone gets? Get a grip, people.

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

So kind of like being allowed to speak sign language as a hearing person but not being allowed to give yourself a sign name?

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C.S. E.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the below discussions, I do see one form of appropriation not mentioned. Using another culture for the explicit purpose of financial gain. For example, check out YaYaYa by T-ara. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLfRdyqxXJk

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So writing in English or Spanish if you are not English or Spanish (or descendent), because in that way you will make more money. In which languages may communicate native americans, then? Shouldn't mexicans or peruvians be allowed to develop a literature in Spanish? Shouldn't afroamericans allowed to do movies, write books in English? Where does that point ends? "novels" are a literature gender developed in Europe. Should make financial gain with novels be banned to non-Europeans?

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

This is a large part of the problem, though. If some tribe members say it's ok, and others say it isn't, which ones do we go with? The majority? How do we know who the majority is? Is the majority the one saying that it is ok, or the ones saying that it isn't? If someone writes an article stating that doing a certain this is appropriation, do we go with that opinion just because that person has a forum? What if that person is really in the minority of their race/culture/ethnicity? How can we know? That's the problem. There needs to be some way to identify some type of consensus. Otherwise, we pretty much can't appreciate any other culture without fear of accusations of appropriation. And if we can appreciate other cultures, then we can't integrate, which means we segregate, which is not good

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just don’t use someone’s traditions as a costume or whatever and ignore anyone else who gives you shît.

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Tobin Kern
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an actual member of the SOCO Ute Tribe... we don't give 2 shits if you wear a war bonnet.

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

My ex, a Canadian Plains Cree, would disagree with you, and so would the elders in his tribe. Most have respect for their cultural traditions and values, thankfully.

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

Remembering the times we played cowboy and indian. We wearing hats and feathers without anyone getting offended because we were neither cowboys nor indians.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s an example of appropriation though. Dressing up as Indians as a way to be a character in a costume rather than just learning something about native Americans and doing it because you like it.

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Persp Gold
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wtf? the replier thinks this a matter of how seriously we take certain cultural representations? please get this removed. it is not a correct definition at all.

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Jon S.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Cultural appropriation' used to have a much darker meaning that we shouldn't mix up with the more frivolous modern usage of the term. It was claiming another ethnic group's achievements for your own culture. Like when Europeans decided declared Great Zimbabwe was built by Hebrews, when china claimed hegemony over Tibet, or when the Nazis claimed Germans were behind the flourishing of classical Greece.

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It's mostly privileged rich white keyboard activists who really care about these things - actual minorities have more important struggles than you wearing Creoles.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s them but sadly they aren’t the main ones who complain. It’s an actual marginalized specific group who complain the most

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Cultural appropriation happens all the time and its a good thing. It allows cultures to peaceably live and trade together. It allows beautiful new things and new ideas to be created. Where cultural appropriation becomes a negative is when it is used to perpetuate negative stereotypes, like a person dressing as an "Indian savage" and acting like an idiot because "that's what Indians do".

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

What you're describing here is cultural appreciation, which is not the same thing. The second scenario is straight-up racism, and neither appropriation or appreciation.

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Guy Doesn't Even Know What Band He Saw

Guy Doesn't Even Know What Band He Saw

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

could have been the british band Attack! Attack! not the american band Attack Attack.

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Someone Doesn’t Have Their Facts Straight

Someone Doesn’t Have Their Facts Straight

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

Why would you want to stop funding postal services... do you know how expensive it would be if the private companies decided

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(Now Ex) BF Says He Is Getting Threats From Reddit Users Because I Anonymously Posted On R/Amitheas***le

(Now Ex) BF Says He Is Getting Threats From Reddit Users Because I Anonymously Posted On R/Amitheas***le

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Bill Gates Made The Coronavirus

Bill Gates Made The Coronavirus

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Karma Farming Accounts

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

Why would anyone post this? Just inventing completely ridiculous stuff for likes...truly despicable.

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Lying About Donating Bone Marrow

Lying About Donating Bone Marrow

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

The more I see of humankind the less I like. How can people stoop so low?

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It's A Big Conspiracy!

It's A Big Conspiracy!

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

Is it just me, or does anyone else read the response (at the top) before reading the original post (beneath)? Reading this one, I thought the response was the one spouting nonsense 🤦

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Fortunate Son Meets Travelin’ Band

Fortunate Son Meets Travelin’ Band

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Raven Sheridan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Must've been on some of those good concert drugs at the age of 12 to have hallucinated that.

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Clickbating About The Vaccine

Clickbating About The Vaccine

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

Unfortunately, a lot of such half informative news are being shared online these days.

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Caught A Live One Today

Caught A Live One Today

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

right-click any pics and select "search the web for image" for easy factcheck

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First One In The Wild

First One In The Wild

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

How do people think that they can snatch a random pick from the internet, pretend it's them and not get caught out on their nonsense? Honestly, time and time again people confront those idiots with their obvious lies and yet there's a new moron every day trying it again.

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