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| titletext = The MythBusters are even more sinister. | | titletext = The MythBusters are even more sinister. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Snopes}} is a popular website for checking the validity of | + | {{w|Snopes}} is a popular website for checking the validity of urban legends. In the comic, an urban legend is introduced about Snopes running a spam operations. [[Cueball]] would like to disprove the urban legend, but realizes to do so he would need to quote Snopes. |
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− | + | Such twisted situations actually do occur in real life, most tragically with arson amongst firefighters. | |
− | + | The title text is a suggests that the {{w|MythBusters}}, another group which debunks myths, are even more sinister. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Another urban legend? You should check out Snopes before sending me this stuff. | :Cueball: Another urban legend? You should check out Snopes before sending me this stuff. | ||
:Friend: Oops; yeah. | :Friend: Oops; yeah. | ||
:Cueball: Man, Snopes is really great--independent fact-checkers trawling our collective discourse, filtering out misinformation. | :Cueball: Man, Snopes is really great--independent fact-checkers trawling our collective discourse, filtering out misinformation. | ||
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:Friend: Yeah, but they have their dark side. The couple that runs snopes.com also runs a network of spam servers that start many of those forwarded stories in the first place, ensuring they'll always have business. | :Friend: Yeah, but they have their dark side. The couple that runs snopes.com also runs a network of spam servers that start many of those forwarded stories in the first place, ensuring they'll always have business. | ||
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:Cueball: That's absurd. Plus, it's definitely not true--it was debunked by... | :Cueball: That's absurd. Plus, it's definitely not true--it was debunked by... | ||
:Friend: Yes? | :Friend: Yes? | ||
:Cueball: ...Oh my God. | :Cueball: ...Oh my God. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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