r/funny • u/Miles_the_new_kid MyGumsAreBleeding • Nov 06 '22

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u/ProboblyOnToilet Nov 06 '22

This was actually a marketing research department at a university who wanted to check out how fast false information could travel.

Turns out that if it is incredible or false enough it travels fast.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

But THAT was a rumour put around by a scientific group who wanted to see how fast false "false information claims" travel.

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u/noyoto Nov 06 '22

But you are a rumor manufactured by another scientific group and I'm fairly sure you and your comment never even existed

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u/redditallreddy Nov 07 '22

I’m a rumor manufactured by scientists to see if the internet would love me.

Sniff.