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   cbusylol to Mark Shaw   
   Re: UL reference?   
   03 Apr 22 23:31:53   
   
   From: shinnokxz@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 5:41:54 PM UTC-6, Mark Shaw wrote:   
   > What's the go-to resource for debunking ULs these days? Snopes seems   
   > to have evolved into pure fact-checking, and I've found nothing else   
   > useful.   
   >   
   > Thanks-   
   >   
   > --   
   > Mark Shaw moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
   > ========================================================================   
   > "All of my mistakes are giving me ideas." - Natalie Lileks   
      
   There probably aren't a lot now that social media is a loudspeaker   
      
   And social media networks aren't exactly designed or have instruments   
   to find or archive much of anything that is posted- it's all now now now.   
      
   All you need is one situation / video and 200 people retweeting out of   
   context and bam, you have yourself a modern urban legend.   
      
   This will likely never change since the majority of those that listen don't   
   bother to do any sort of research, which all ULs tend to have in common   
   and propagate through.   
      
   Word of mouth spread is a lot less though (read: not through the keyboard)   
   and there's all sorts of factors into that.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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