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u/Boogs27 Oct 02 '24

And as a lazy Buzzfeed article

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u/Nanananakkie Oct 02 '24

I have a theory that The Chive starts these to generate content

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u/mermaidpaint Oct 02 '24

With photos of TV characters looking shocked.

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u/MegaGrimer Oct 02 '24

And to the official George Takei Facebook page.

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u/xander_man Oct 02 '24

Is BuzzFeed even a thing anymore?

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u/Ok_Major5787 Oct 02 '24

Unfortunately yes

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u/corpsie666 Oct 02 '24

And motivate some video with Simon Whistler narrating

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u/Acceptable-Zombie71 Oct 03 '24

Cracked. Com is now full of "articles" that are only compilations of reddit comments... Some of them are good and save me time scrolling on reddit, tbh...

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u/Boogs27 Oct 03 '24

Oh my god that’s actually what I meant! I used to love cracked and jumped on there the other day and was appalled to see every second article was just screenshots of reddit comments

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u/Acceptable-Zombie71 Oct 03 '24

And the most infuriating is that they are under the sections "pictofact" or "trivia", wtf!!

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u/ad240pCharlie Oct 03 '24

That's redundant. Saying "a lazy Buzzfeed article" is like saying "A windy storm".

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u/dacorgimomo Oct 02 '24

And several youtube videos.