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"Bit Rot"

Posted: February 17th, 2015, 7:32 pm
by Unk

Re: "Bit Rot"

Posted: February 24th, 2015, 11:05 am
by the mingo
Nothing is forever

Re: "Bit Rot"

Posted: May 5th, 2015, 7:56 am
by stilltrucking
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The Rest of The Story

It all goes down "the memory hole" if not for for the Internet Archive

Re: "Bit Rot"

Posted: May 5th, 2015, 7:44 pm
by Doreen Peri
Haha! Funny! I heard about this. The article DARE published was a satire, totally not real... and they thought it was real and published it as real. *shaking my head* ...those people need a reality check. :D

Re: "Bit Rot"

Posted: May 14th, 2015, 1:36 pm
by stilltrucking
It happens with stuff from The Onion a lot too.
Louisiana Congressman Falls for ‘Abortionplex’ Hoax

The lede to The Onion’s “Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex” is so magically satirical and sarcastic that it’s positively gobsmacking that anyone took it for truth: “Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday the grand opening of its long-planned $8 billion Abortionplex, a sprawling abortion facility that will allow the organization to terminate unborn lives with efficiency never before thought possible.” Seriously, $8 billion?! “Abortionplex?!” The whole idea of conveyor-belt speed abortions?! And yet, Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) took the bait hook, line, and sinker, posting about the outrageous story on his Facebook page