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I think the quote refers to the emails that <i>say</i> "snopes says this is true", and then you check snopes and it's seven-year-old bullshit.

It's really a testimonial to the success of snopes that people lie about it like that. Nobody would bother to falsely cite, e.g., Politifact.

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I subscribed to Utne for a number of years. Back then, I'd describe the selections as more "naively optimistic" than flat crazy. Have they shifted towards conspiracy theory? That would be a shame.

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He's a Sex Machine, duh.

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With 57 stars.

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The modern science of derp fracking has given us nearly unlimited levels of shale and tar derp!

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MDMA

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Is your real name Travis Bickle?

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DON'T get me going on this topic.

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My God...

It's the Derpocalypse.

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It occurs to me that we need a combined form of ROTFLMAO and FFS, just for you to use on such occasions.

Any Suggestions?

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"Here is a funny thing" is one of the greatest ledes in all of Journamalism, Blog Subset.

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MARION BARRY LIBEL!

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If you can think it, it's probably true.

Why else would God let you think it?

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All this time I thought "Mao Che" was a Starbuck's drink.

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At this rate, he'll trounce Romney in the election. Mark my words.

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this is why SCOTUS had to overturn section 4 of the voting right's act.

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