• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        10 hours ago

        Okay, but the person says it depends if they’re presented as real or just funny jokes. This is an image with no source on c/LemmyShitpost. Why would anyone even begin to assume it was real?

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          3 hours ago

          Yeah okay, but I didn’t see that it was in a shit posting community because I was scrolling through ALL, and others seemingly didn’t either.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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            2 hours ago

            I’m not sure why that is anyone’s fault but yours. There is no way to force you to pay attention to the fact that you’re in a shitpost community.

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          8 hours ago

          People taking shit at face value and not understanding it’s a joke/satire is exactly why misinformation is so rampant right now