Snopes - Trawling Our Collective Discourse
Those of you with whom I exchange emails know that, before I forward email “stories” (if I forward them at all), I check them out at snopes, my favorite of several similar sites aimed at debunking urban legends. Many of you have received at least one myth “outing” from me and some of you have even ribbed me about them. So this Randall Munroe ‘toon seemed particularly apropos…
Doug
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Yes, this has you written all over it (tee-hee)
Is that true? Snopes makes up the rumors they debunk?
No, Billyum, that's a joke. It hasn't even achieved urban myth status.
/Doug
BTW thanks for introducing me to Snopes. I used it yesterday before forwarding an email and found out it was false. A new tool! Cool! I feel so smart now!
Have a nice weekend.