Acceptable Humour from an earlier time.

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6 hours ago, daverich4 said:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wd40-ad/

I wouldn’t believe Snopes if they told me that the sun rose in the east! That man and wife team has a political agenda.

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8 minutes ago, sandyk said:

 

Are they trying to get Donald re-elected  ?

They are so left-wing, they make Bernie Sanders look like a Reagan Conservative! I don’t think they support Donald’s re-election efforts any more than I do. However, I don’t think we need any questionable confirmation or debunking from Snopes to figure out that this ad is ad for WD40 is a fake. They almost sold it, but then went a little to far with the sexual innuendo. 🙄

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3 hours ago, mansr said:

They divorced (rather nastily) in 2015. The site now has 10 writers. If you're going to make accusations, at least make sure your facts are up to date.

Frankly, I don’t care, Mansr.

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18 hours ago, wgscott said:

You know how I knew it was fake?

 

WD-40 is not a lubricant.

Good point. It’s a penetrating oil, good for loosening rusty or just stuck fasteners like bolts and nuts, not so much for lubricating, but I do know several gun owners who use it regularly in place of gun oil. Don’t think I would though.

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6 hours ago, Solstice380 said:

 

Was just saying, not supporting.  Anyway... who gets to decide which is which?

I think it largely depends upon which side of the political fence you stand on. If one  is a lefty, one probably supports Snopes, as they tend to couch their answers in terms that favor the liberal party line. OTOH, if one is a righty, Snopes tends to debunk ideas that right-wingers tend to hold as sacred truth. So, they would not be    Snopes supporters. I am skeptical because their findings seem to be largely biased, and what people use them for is to find out the truth about modern myths, rumors and innuendo. I’ve caught them in a number of untruths in their reporting, making them, for me, unreliable.

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4 hours ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

 

Can you share just one?

 

Sort of, I guess. It was to do with a rumor about President Clinton. The rumor was that Clinton was “renting out” the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House in exchange for political contributions. Snopes said that it wasn’t true and was merely right-wing propaganda. It turned out that it was true, but Snopes never acknowledged that they erred or retracted their debunk of the rumor.

But, I ask you to keep in mind that I have paid no attention to Snopes in at least 10 years. For all I know, they have cleaned up their act and are more accurate now, with less bias - but, somehow, I doubt it!

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2 hours ago, kumakuma said:

 

https://www.snopes.com/2015/04/17/eye-of-the-beholder/

 

An older post that suggests that people believe what they want to believe.

 

One thing that we can all take as gospel. The US government has become a giant Dystopia, which ever side we’re on!

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2 hours ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

 

Thanks for this.  FWIW, I can't find anything about "Lincoln Bedroom" anywhere on Snopes.

It was twenty some years ago! Clinton was elected in 1990, that’s 30 years ago. I wouldn’t expect it to still be there.

And is this topic really worth going on about? I don’t think so. Let’s go back to talking about audio and music, shall we?

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2 hours ago, mansr said:

I can't find anything regarding that story on Snopes. It's a long time ago, though, so it may have vanished in some site rebuild. Anyhow, a single mistake (and I'd be surprised if they'd never made one) is not evidence of any bias.

 

I also fail to see the relevance to this thread. Unless, of course, there was a can of WD-40 on the nightstand when those guests visited. To loosen up their wallets, naturally.

I agree 100%. Like I said Clinton was elected 30 years ago. I wouldn’t expect stuff that old and out of date would still be there. It’s nowhere near the only left-leaning gaff that Snopes has made but it is the only one that I remember specifically. Anyway, let us move on. This is a waste of time. 

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3 hours ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

 

Or, foreign entities are successfully manipulating public opinion in a way that makes us resigned to their manipulation, which is likely part of the plan.

I don’t think that’s it. Our government has become so polarized that nothing can get done. Rome burns while Congress fiddles. 

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4 hours ago, tmtomh said:

 

That's fine - but then don't be surprised that no one cares one bit about what you say in this thread.

Thank you. My point exactly! It’s unanimous, nobody cares, including me! Moving on.