hoaxes we love, hoaxes we hate

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nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

somebody mentioned the oxfordian theory of shakespeare authorship, and that made me think:

what about other dumb hoax theories we have dumb feelings about?

i hate alternative authorship theories of shakespeare even more than i hate moon landing hoax theories, but i really love ancient alien theories because they are fun AND racist.

let's talk about what we love and hate. do you like crop circles? are you really mad about that time some dude walked across camera in a bigfoot suit?

whatever.

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Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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9/11

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:06

symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

the spaghetti trees from the 1950s still piss me off to no end

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:08

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

symbolic posted:

the spaghetti trees from the 1950s still piss me off to no end

explain, as if i google this fo rmyself everyone else loses a chance to learn

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:09

Enfield: May 30, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

the government only keeps pennies in circulation to harvest our dna

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:11

symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

nomadologique posted:

explain, as if i google this fo rmyself everyone else loses a chance to learn

The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs programme Panorama, purportedly showing a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the family "spaghetti tree". At the time spaghetti was relatively little-known in the UK, so that many Britons were unaware that spaghetti is made from wheat flour and water; a number of viewers afterwards contacted the BBC for advice on growing their own spaghetti trees.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:12

Horniest Manticore: Nov 23, 2013; Hello, you!; Lipstick Apathy

the holocaust

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:13

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

lol.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:13

proof of concept: Mar 6, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

nudealities are in mk2. I've seen them, it's awesome.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:13

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

proving once and for all that the british are "wankers."

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:13

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

I liked it when that guy put his kid in the ufo balloon and sent it whizzing through the clouds.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:16

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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nomadologique posted:

proving once and for all that the british are "wankers."

im a wanker irl and am insulted by this comparison

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:17

glowstick party tonight: Oct 4, 2003; by zen death robot

Fojar38 posted:

im a wanker irl and am insulted by this comparison

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:24

Propaganda Hour: Aug 25, 2008; after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

Clitorises

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:28

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:29

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

Guys my edgy Tshirt/webcomic is closing down sorry. PSYCHE

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:38

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slenderman

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:40

symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

piss angel posted:

slenderman

nice new name VHS

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:41

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

nomadologique posted:

I saw that at the movies as a child and had to ask my dad what it was. He said he didn't know.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:42

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I saw that at the movies as a child and had to ask my dad what it was. He said he didn't know.

lol. a perfect ending.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:42

LSD at the gangbang: Dec 27, 2009

Balloon Boy was a wonderful experience.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:43

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symbolic posted:

nice new name VHS

thanks

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:44

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

nomadologique posted:

lol. a perfect ending.

I also saw animal house when I was a kid and one of the characters brought out a dildo. I asked my dad if it was a microphone and he said yes.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:47

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

he wasn't wrong as you can sing into a dildo for a great drag act.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:49

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Does the "WAVE" hoax count as being in this category. Because getting a bunch of fucktards to microwave their iPhones was pretty drat good.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:51

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

sure, that is something you can love bud!!

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:53

chaosbreather: Dec 9, 2001; Wry and wise,
but also very sexual.

symbolic posted:

the spaghetti trees from the 1950s still piss me off to no end

gently caress you if you don't think this is awesome look around you-tier genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:57

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

KONY 2012 or whatever was pretty funny in the end, when it turned out to be a right-wing Christer attempt to infiltrate public schools and then imploded in a repressed gay public masturbation frenzy.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 05:58

Lost Canyoneer: Nov 1, 2009

nomadologique posted:

I have no idea what that thing is supposed to be. True story.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 06:01

Not_Rainbow_Horse: Nov 11, 2013

virgin birth

# ? Dec 14, 2015 06:05

smoobles: Sep 4, 2014

Mlle posted:

Balloon Boy was a wonderful experience.

Balloon Boy and 9/11 are probably the two events that most united americans

# ? Dec 14, 2015 06:07

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

CaptainSarcastic posted:

KONY 2012 or whatever was pretty funny in the end, when it turned out to be a right-wing Christer attempt to infiltrate public schools and then imploded in a repressed gay public masturbation frenzy.

holy moly sounds hot

# ? Dec 14, 2015 06:08

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Dec 14, 2015 07:21

Vorik: Mar 27, 2014

sandy hook

# ? Dec 14, 2015 07:37

GolfHole: Feb 26, 2004

beloved balloon boy died that day

the media covered it up because he was shot down by an f-16
dont believe the hoax that he puked on tv

# ? Dec 14, 2015 09:06

wide stance: Jan 28, 2011; If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then he will do it that way.

BBC: Moon landings were a hoax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj5r3jXhV2Q

Remember, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) said the moon landings were a hoax. That is, they approved this documentary which is a million times more ignorant and scientifically false than whatever [insert Fox News strawman hyperbole] has produced.

# ? Dec 14, 2015 09:15

plain blue jacket: Jan 13, 2014; IT DOESN'T STOP
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FuhrerHat posted:

beloved balloon boy died that day

the media covered it up because he was shot down by an f-16
dont believe the hoax that he puked on tv

Getting to live stream this from South Africa was one of the greatest moments of my life. When it finally landed it got swarmed by cops like it was a dangerous criminal, one even had his hand on his gun :allears: