There’s only so much nonsense one person can handle. And just because the internet is not guarded by BS-detecting police, that doesn’t mean one can share it without hesitation. Especially if it misinforms, spreads fakery, or takes advantage of a situation.
The corner of the subreddit “Quit Your Bull,” which is home to 1.6 million members, is dedicated to collecting such bittersweet examples. From Elon Musk busting his alleged “brain coach” to the American Kennel Club calling out a false ad that claims that a particular type of dog breed is recognized as dangerous by AKC, these are some of the screenshots that got karma restored.
And next time someone claims you can say whatever you want online, tell them to try and see what happens. Hint: nothing good will ever come of this.#1
Someone Is Awfully Busy With So Many Careers!
TubDumForever Report584pointsPOST
Joonscrab2 days ago
Lmfaooo this is gold.145ReplyView more comments#2
Guy Leaves A Bad Review For A Shop He Was Never Even At
Majestic_Beard Report520pointsPOST
Nea2 days ago
Why would people do this?179ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#3
Don’t Need 5g When U Have The Fastest 4g In The Universe
White Paper Tsuru2 days ago
Hahah. Upvoted for calling someone a donut as an insult!336ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Nobody was born BS-proof. We’ve all lied, said nonsense, regretted it, or maybe not. Sometimes the nonsense we shared did no harm to us or people around, and sometimes it really paid off. Like, white lies. These incredible little lies hold half honesty, half false chaos that spins the world around us.
It’s a whole different story when we encounter serious lies. Like anti-vaxxers spreading false beliefs against Covid vaccinations on social media. In such cases, a lie targets the most vulnerable people of society who, for the lack of better information, find themselves in genuine belief that what they’re reading is pure truth.
Bored Panda reached out to Scott Berkun, the author of eight popular books on creativity, design, leadership and public speaking who was happy to share his insights on dealing with someone else’s BS. According to him, the first thing to tackle it is to expect it. “Fire alarms are good at detecting fires because they are always expecting them. We say some people have good BS detectors for the same reason. They’ve seen it enough times to sense it before the rest of us do.”#4
Anti Vaxxers Never Change
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Hans2 days ago
Well done!97ReplyView More Replies…View more commentshttps://97be9941714fe2f9131de8e357fd2e84.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html#5
Idk How Restaurants Deal With All The Anti-Masker Bs Right Now
Nea2 days ago
S/he must be a cool employer!134ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#6
Restaurant Owner Smacks Down Bs Review
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Little Ms. Quirky2 days ago
What a great response from the owner!130ReplyView more comments
Scott believes that it’s not hard, but “it just means you need the habit of asking good questions before you accept what you see or hear. And learning what sources to trust more than others.”
Due to the rise of social media fake news, bogus claims, and lies, both little and big, seem to be spreading faster than ever. “Someday we will learn that technology accelerates everything, the good and the bad. Today is not that day. 300 years ago Jonathan Swift wrote that “Falsehood flies and the Truth comes limping after it” but everyone at Facebook at Twitter seems to have only recently figured this out.”
According to Scott, “Everyone should be taught media literacy like this.” Meanwhile, many seem to struggle to find ways to politely tell a person to quit their nonsense. Scott suggests “asking “how do you know what you know?” as it often does the job.” “It sets you up to say ‘Thanks, but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.’” #7
Local Jackass Gets Corrected
Sum Guy2 days ago
The internet is just full of people trying to spread lies inorder to justify their views112ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#8
Faking A Dead Man’s Autograph
Some Cool Guy2 days ago
The man would roll in his grave to see this crap154ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#9
I Found This Review From A Local Haunted House Attraction. There Were Quite A Few Negative Reviews Just Because They Had To Follow Covid Guidelines
Random Anon2 days ago
Disgusting people with their disgusting lies. It’s a good thing these people never quite bothered to improved their minds to be capable of better lies.141ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
On the other hand, “Sometimes it works to your advantage to keep quiet and let them think you don’t realize they are full of BS. You may learn more about them and their real intentions than calling them out,” the book author concluded. #10
Faking A Wedding Pic For Karma
Little Ms. Quirky2 days ago
This comment has been deleted.35ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#11
Vegan Lies About The Benefits Of Being Vegan. Another Vegan Calls Them Out
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Indra Servo2 days ago
apparently this vegan forgot that cow eat grass instead of trees103ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#12
Akc Calls Out Clickbait Twitter Ad
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They seem unsure?64ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#13
Elon Is Not Having It
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Nea2 days ago
Fair enough48ReplyView more comments#14
They Did The Math
Hans2 days ago
Well, if you calculate this in 1 micrometer wide stripes, the calculation might work…48ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#15
Boyfriends Steals £hundreds From Store, Goes Next Day, Gets Nicked So Girlfriend Sends 1-Star Review. As You Do
BissoumaTequila Report271pointsPOST
The gambler2 days ago
Dang.54ReplyView more comments#16
It’s Just Full Of Misinformation
Nea2 days ago
Yes, sugarcane is not garbage!!73ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#17
*sigh*
Raven Sheridan2 days ago
Wasting your breath with people like these.115ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#18
Third Times A Charm. Repost For Anonymity Editing
MishtheDish77 Report250pointsPOST
Young Minami Kotaro2 days ago(edited)
Oops51ReplyView more comments#19
Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation
Marianne2 days ago
This is actually a very good explanation of both concepts.160ReplyView more comments#20
Guy Doesn’t Even Know What Band He Saw
Project_096 Report245pointsPOST
Gregory Harvey2 days ago
could have been the british band Attack! Attack! not the american band Attack Attack.32ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#21
Someone Doesn’t Have Their Facts Straight
Sum Guy2 days ago
Why would you want to stop funding postal services… do you know how expensive it would be if the private companies decided93ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#22
Karma Farming Accounts
AmoghVaishnav Report215pointsPOST
Hans2 days ago
Why would anyone post this? Just inventing completely ridiculous stuff for likes…truly despicable.115ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#23
(Now Ex) BF Says He Is Getting Threats From Reddit Users Because I Anonymously Posted On R/Amitheas***le
treehouseladder Report213pointsPOST
Shelp2 days ago
Haha, I think I know on which subs they were…44ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#24
It’s A Big Conspiracy!
Sum Guy2 days ago
USA USA USA….FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!17ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#25
Bill Gates Made The Coronavirus
jjensen538 Report210pointsPOST
Sum Guy2 days ago
What’s this obsession with Bill gates91ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#26
Lying About Donating Bone Marrow
VolantisMoon Report199pointsPOST
Scagsy2 days ago
The more I see of humankind the less I like. How can people stoop so low?72ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#27
Clickbating About The Vaccine
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Nea2 days ago
Unfortunately, a lot of such half informative news are being shared online these days.97ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#28
Fortunate Son Meets Travelin’ Band
Raven Sheridan2 days ago
Must’ve been on some of those good concert drugs at the age of 12 to have hallucinated that.67ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#29
Caught A Live One Today
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Indra Servo2 days ago
right-click any pics and select “search the web for image” for easy factcheck81ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#30
First One In The Wild
WilvanderHeijden2 days ago
How do people think that they can snatch a random pick from the internet, pretend it’s them and not get caught out on their nonsense? Honestly, time and time again people confront those idiots with their obvious lies and yet there’s a new moron every day trying it again.50ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
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