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Sunday, July 31, 2005

A site to remember

Snopes should be required viewing for every single netizen out there. Snopes is the ultimate myth debunking site and very handy when you want to feel smarter than your peers:

Ever get an email from a well-meaning friend or colleague warning you of the dangers of opening your front door if you hear a baby crying or that children are being kidnapped by abductors who cut the hair and change the clothes of their victims? Your first stop before buying extra door locks and GPS systems for your kids is to go to Snopes and do a quick search.

When you discover that most of these tear-jerker, fear-mongering emails are hoaxes you can then politely tell your friend or colleague they've been duped and maybe we can put an end to the madness.

Aside from being able to laugh at your friends for being duped, Snopes is actually quite a fun site to poke around just for the heck of it. Everything from urban legends like Bigfoot to the origins of April Fools Day can be found there.

Fair warning however, is that if you're viewing Snopes at work, turn off your volume because some pages (not all) have stupid music playing on them (called Midi music for anyone interested.) You get the option to turn it off, but not before it blares out loudly and causes everyone in the vicinity to look at you and realize you're not doing any work.

Written by atomicweightofcheese @ 2:16 PM ||

A site to remember

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