Info on the internet that is not true (and the people who believe it): LONG

One thing I've learned from posting here (and the internet in general) is don't believe everything you read on the internet.

I have one friend that will be say all smartass "did you see that on TigerDroppings?!" and I'm like "Yeah, I did, but would you like to see the numerous news links that confirm it???" If I do bring up something from the board without a link or backup, I make sure I start off with "THIS IS A RUMOR...."

This week the same person sends me this article about the olympics.

Link to the New Yorker Article re Gays Flamboyant Displays at the Olympics

It's obvious that it's a satire column and I pointed that out as nice as possible. This person argues with me that "The New Yorker is New York's Magazine like ours is the Times Picayune". Okay, that's all good and great but this dude, that wrote that article writes political satire columns (here are some links about him). They honestly got offended by this conversation and then tried to relate it to things posted here being believable or not.

Then last night, I have another friend talking about this article.

Link to News Article about man responsible for olympic ring not lighting found dead.

quote:

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“Sure there were stab wounds and bruises all over the body,” admits the lead investigator on the case, “But who knows what caused them. Maybe he tripped and fell on a set of knives. Right now we’re ruling this an accidental death.

“It’s terrible when accidents like this happen. But then again, maybe Mr. Avdeyev should have thought twice before he screwed up the Olympics. Accidents tend to happen to people who betray Russia.”

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How does someone not see the sarcasm in this?!? No surprise to me this turned out to be a hoax article.

Regardless, do any of you have people who bitch about bringing up or quoting what you see posted here (links or no links) but turn around and quickly believe the internet hoax's/obvious satire columns??

(Please note: Although the linked articles are political in nature, this is not a post about politics)

Also, to the people that want to TL;DR this, GFY - I posted that it was a long post in the title and you didn't have to open it.