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− | {{w|Snopes}} is a popular website for checking the validity of {{w|Urban legend|urban legends}}. | + | {{w|Snopes}} is a popular website for checking the validity of {{w|Urban legend|urban legends}}. Naturally it didn't take long for an urban legend to suggest the proprietors of Snopes also a spam operation to create more urban legends and disseminate them, just so they'll continue to have an audience. One of the Cueballs tries to come to Snopes' defense, only to realize the debunking was done by Snopes itself, creating a circular, invalid argument. |
− | The title text suggests that {{w|MythBusters}}, another group which debunks myths, also participate in the practice of spreading misinformation for the opportunity to test it. | + | The title text suggests that {{w|MythBusters}}, another group which debunks myths, also participate in the practice of spreading misinformation for the opportunity to test it. Indeed, the show has occasionally been accused of spending undue attention on unnecessary filler "myths" just for the sake of filling out the season. |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |
Revision as of 01:25, 15 March 2017
Snopes |
Title text: The MythBusters are even more sinister. |
Explanation
Snopes is a popular website for checking the validity of urban legends. Naturally it didn't take long for an urban legend to suggest the proprietors of Snopes also a spam operation to create more urban legends and disseminate them, just so they'll continue to have an audience. One of the Cueballs tries to come to Snopes' defense, only to realize the debunking was done by Snopes itself, creating a circular, invalid argument.
The title text suggests that MythBusters, another group which debunks myths, also participate in the practice of spreading misinformation for the opportunity to test it. Indeed, the show has occasionally been accused of spending undue attention on unnecessary filler "myths" just for the sake of filling out the season.
Trivia
Snopes is also mentioned in the much later comic 1081: Argument Victory, in a much more positive light.
Transcript
- Cueball: Another urban legend? You should check out Snopes before sending me this stuff.
- Friend: Oops; yeah.
- Cueball: Man, Snopes is really great--independent fact-checkers trawling our collective discourse, filtering out misinformation.
- 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.
- Cueball: That's absurd. Plus, it's definitely not true--it was debunked by...
- Friend: Yes?
- Cueball: ...Oh my God.
Discussion
First!Unpopular Opinions (talk) 17:19, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that 509: Induced Current is related to the title text? 162.158.62.28 16:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Oh my god is right. Z1mp0st0rz (talk) 20:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)