True, I've learnt quite a few stuff from memes, fact checking everything of course.
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The problem and the danger with this concept is that it takes so much less words to create a big fat lie than it takes to debunk that very lie. What makes it worse is that (especially in america apparently) too many people believe an argument is better, the shorter it's phrased. Also it turns out, the most effective lie is excessive over-simplification, which is even harder to debunk and it's easy to defame someone attempting to do so as a petty stickler and accuse them of making matters more complicated and complex than they are.
@creativedragonbaby is right to recommend a source like snopes for a quick fact check, but that doesn't exactly help with these over-simplifications I mentioned. It won't help those who believe the two most dangerous lies of all: a) shorter is better and b) the truth is in the middle between two contradicting assertions. If a) was true, Twitter would be a platform of philosophers, if b) was true, the earth would be a hemisphere.
Remember to fact check kiddos
@creativedragonbaby is right to recommend a source like snopes for a quick fact check, but that doesn't exactly help with these over-simplifications I mentioned. It won't help those who believe the two most dangerous lies of all: a) shorter is better and b) the truth is in the middle between two contradicting assertions. If a) was true, Twitter would be a platform of philosophers, if b) was true, the earth would be a hemisphere.