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The True History of Giving Someone The Middle Finger. Maybe.
Some stories just keep coming round and round again. That’s why God invented Snopes; to helpfully and hopefully explore the veracity of stories shared by your friends on social media. Put another way, there are places to see if a story is bullshit. That stuff shows up everywhere, but Facebook is a goldmine of interesting sounding but other bullshit stories.
You know that one about Facebook claiming rights over all your photos? The one where you’re supposed to copypasta a chunk of legalise on your page (while encouraging all your friends to do the same) to circumvent and override Facebook stealing your stuff? Bullshit.
The one about Julie Andrews singing a senior’s version of “My Favorite Things” to celebrate her 69th birthday? Bullshit.
That one you’ve read on Facebook about Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” being inspired by Art’s blind friend? Bullshit. Well, mostly.
Eventually, you get bored by seeing the same stories over and over again, presented as fact. Now, some of these are interesting, and some are actually funny, like that purported Julie Andrews song. Or this story about the…
