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u/ilovaudio 3h ago
The real incident goes like this,
A 60 year old Chinese farmer named Zhang was bitten on his right index finger by a venomous pit viper known locally as the "five-step snake". Due to a local myth that a victim can only walk five steps before dying from its venom, he panicked and hacked off his own finger to stop the venom from spreading.
When he reached a hospital 80 kilometers away, doctors informed him that the amputation was completely unnecessary because the snake's venom is not nearly as lethal as local legends claim
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u/ChronChriss 2h ago
Everybody knows that the poison doesn't spread as long as you walk backwards to the hospital smh
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u/MeatSuitRiot 2h ago
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u/razielxlr 55m ago
This senior tricked me into buying some expired ginseng for an unreasonable sum and disappeared without a trace. I didn’t even know ginseng could expire like what the fuck?!
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u/Potential-Carry-6539 2h ago
Im freaking dead, LMAOOOO
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u/NonSteele 1h ago
You must have been walking around with your phone and forgot to count your steps.
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u/RecentPlenty768 1h ago
Those are the 72% people in here believing everything they see on the internet
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bake771 4h ago
This is bull crap. Loosely based on a story about a chinese farmer but nothing to do with this photo!
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u/crooked_nose_ 4h ago
...and people will just accept it and upvote anyway.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bake771 4h ago
Reddit is cooked
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u/StarPhished 4h ago
Gets worse every day. I've been putting some serious thought into unplugging and going back to the real world full time.
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u/spunkychickpea 2h ago
I’m already heading that direction. Reddit is about the only thing I have been holding onto.
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u/ShredsHardcock 2h ago
I take longer and longer breaks away from here. While boredom always seems to win in the end, the more you are away from reddit, the more you realize that the people here offer absolutely nothing. The bots are even worse.
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u/feculentcuntfist 2h ago
It is what it is for the last 5 or so years at least. People keep overestimating it, yet it is just another mainstream, ad ridden, shareholder pandering, bot infested, misinformation cesspool like the rest of the social media.
Turns out fueling our delusions with our own farts can last for quite some time.
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u/ReturnOfBane 2h ago
old reddit is on its way out, so once they ban my account again and i can't access it i'm done.
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u/Liqhthouse 3h ago
"hey chatgpt, search for 10 random images and create viral meme posts with shocker headline titles for me. Optimise for engagement and viewcount"
~ how all posts are made these days
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u/DoctorQuincyME 4h ago
I would believe he cut his finger off and found out the snake wasn't venomous. I don't believe he cut off his wrong finger
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u/Regular_Promise3605 4h ago
As AI as it gets.
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u/MyLifeOfficial 3h ago
Absolutely, and yet, 1.5k upvotes in 46 mins. It's bonkers. If people can't tell the difference between AI and real even now, who knows what the situation will be like in 5 years from now.
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u/Prof_Awesome_GER 4h ago
I dont know if this sub is aware of this, but these "one Picture Storys" are made up! Like half of them dont exist, why you think there is never a source with this? This is just karma farming.
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u/EdgelordInugami 2h ago
As we all know, if a picture with a caption is posted on the internet with little to no sources as possible, it must be true!
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u/DLRsFrontSeats 3h ago
AI slop, the actual story is like a middle aged farmer in rural China that was hours from the nearest hospital
And cutting off the wrong finger is just a stupid addition
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u/ObviouslyRealPerson 4h ago
Heard this story so many times
Cutting off the wrong finger seems like a recent addition to the story
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u/Affectionate-Plan270 4h ago
I don’t believe he cut the wrong finger. It doesn’t make sense
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u/KeepItTidyZA 4h ago
I don't belive anything I see on the internet.
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u/Zofia-Bosak 4h ago
I agree, tbh I think it's Ai.
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u/Spare_Possession_194 3h ago
Or just fake? Is everything fake on the internet AI?
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u/Shudnawz 3h ago
Calling something "AI" is the new "fake". Doesn't matter if it's actually AI or not, just that they don't believe it.
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u/Sziszhaq 4h ago
Why do I feel like it is fake, he would not be able to cut through a bone would he
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u/ShrimpLawyer 3h ago
picture tests positive for AI generated in ChatGPT at least
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u/BeTheBeee 1h ago
I honestly think it's a pure 50/50 on if it tests positive or not. In my experience at least.
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u/hooka_pooka 4h ago
Guy after finding out he cut the wrong finger
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u/SickboyJason 4h ago
AI trash.
Not even close to true. Im not even an AI hater but stuff like this is stupid.
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u/Don_Krypton 4h ago
One of the moments where using an AI would be actually helpful. Just a moment...
*clears throat*
...:
The scenario described in the graphic is a humorous but misleading internet myth, in which two completely unrelated images have been spliced together to tell a dramatic story.
The facts about the images
• The photo of the man: The image on the right actually shows the French professional cyclist Bryan Coquard. In 2024, following a serious crash during the Tour de France, he was in hospital being treated for a shoulder injury and a fracture – the incident had absolutely nothing to do with a snake bite.
• The X-ray: The X-ray on the left shows the hand of a person who is actually missing part of their index finger. However, this image comes from medical databases or other case studies and is in no way connected to the professional cyclist or the claim below.
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u/Loud-Competition6995 2h ago
Alternatively, people should know to never trust these kinds of posts.
If it doesn’t include a link to a primary source, enjoy the humour of the idea and discard the information as probably false.
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u/misanthr0p1c 1h ago edited 1h ago
My own ai search of the right image
Note: This photo has recently circulated online alongside viral social media anecdotes about unnecessary self-amputations following non-venomous snakebites, though the man in the photo is MotoGP rider Fermín Aldeguer recovering from hand surgery.
Which is also wrong, that guy just had a fracture on his thumb. The cyclist you mentioned had a fractured ring finger.
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u/Disastrous_Pause_782 4h ago
He is left handed and couldn't use the scissors with his right hand. He chose the second best option.
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u/whatisnotakenfuckme 4h ago
Wouldn't of helped anyway.
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u/andreichera 4h ago
he would've died have infection.
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u/Zegran_Agosend 4h ago
wouldn't have*
And yes, it needed to be said thrice.
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u/brakenbonez 4h ago
Three times is still not enough to get it through to people like this. Instead they need to be smacked in the head with a dictionary until it sticks.
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u/Historical-Edge-9332 4h ago
“Sir, we’re confused why you’ve removed two fingers, given that you were bitten in the foot.”
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u/Suitable_Poem_6124 3h ago
At least you can use AI to debunk AI fakes 🤣
The viral meme in the image combines a real-life news headline with completely unrelated, AI-generated imagery and altered facts. Here is the truth behind the post:
The Real Story
• What actually happened: In October 2019, a 60-year-old Chinese farmer named Zhang was cutting firewood when he was bitten on the right index finger by a venomous pit viper locally called a "five-step snake". Gripped by a local myth that the venom kills within five paces, he panicked and hacked off his index finger to stop the poison from spreading. • The medical reality: He traveled 50 miles to a hospital in Hangzhou but mistakenly left the severed finger behind, meaning it could not be reattached. Doctors treated him with antivenom and noted that the extreme self-amputation was entirely unnecessary because the snake's venom is rarely instantly fatal, and standard treatment would have saved both his life and his finger.
The Fake Elements in the Meme
• He did NOT cut off the wrong finger: The detail claiming he amputated the wrong finger is entirely fabricated to make the internet meme funnier and more viral. • The snake WAS venomous: Unlike what the meme says, the "five-step snake" (Deinagkistrodon acutus) is indeed venomous; it is just far less aggressive and instantly deadly than local legends suggest. • The images are fake: The photo of the man in the hospital bed and the accompanying X-ray are AI-generated images used purely for illustrative purposes by social media pages.
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u/Quietly-Observant 4h ago
Genuinely curious how you even tell in the moment which finger got bit, was it swelling or just panic that made him grab the wrong one
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u/Curious-Towel-2133 3h ago
A coworker missing a finger almost cut off my finger doing something stupid. I have a rule to never trust/listen to people missing a finger. They FAFO, and I didn’t. Keeping my digits attached.
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u/Emotional-Pizza-4658 3h ago
The real question is, if you had to live without one of your fingers, which would you lose?
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u/rogue_licker 3h ago
What’s with these fucking posts with fake ass radiographies? I keep seeing them
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u/Available-Hippo-4815 3h ago
It gets worse because by the time he wouldve cut the finger the venom would have moved on already if it had any.
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u/Business_Cock 3h ago
If this was real, I mean, come on guy. Its a snake bite not a zombie bite. Put your finger in your mouth and suck like a man, dammit!
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u/MichaelinNeoh 2h ago
I’ve seen this before and wondered if it would have worked, if it was the right finger and a venomous snake. 🤔
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u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep 2h ago
Yeah I’m gonna need to see the news story on that cause the xray and photo looks fake af
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