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WhiskeyGrinder

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16. It's not just the fake quotes or social media quotes or AI. A weekly very obvious satire posted on here gets more people
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:04 PM
Nov 14

to fall for it every week.

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You can't win a fight against the Internets Stacey Grove Nov 14 #1
You can try. If you don't try, you're helping the trolls. It takes only a minute to check those quotes. highplainsdem Nov 14 #2
I can dig it Stacey Grove Nov 14 #4
I've probably got more than 95% of the internet, by volume, blacklisted. hunter Nov 14 #10
I walk a lot Stacey Grove Nov 14 #11
Good for you! I have thought about it though... SouthBayDem Nov 14 #15
Most people don't know how to disappear those sites dickthegrouch Nov 14 #17
Blocking third party cookies is important too. hunter Nov 14 #18
That's just part of the current semantic environment, unfortunately. Ursus Rex Nov 14 #3
+1 There's an upside leftstreet Nov 14 #9
Like Lincoln said Shambala Nov 14 #5
I don't know about that. usonian Nov 14 #6
Sadly, there is no prohibition against spreading misinformation or lies. Fiendish Thingy Nov 14 #7
i'm worried about the future. i keep a tab in browser to google the crap i see. mopinko Nov 14 #8
Agreed. I paraphrased, using quotes here on DU & was called on it. I argued that it was very similar. I was wrong. AnotherMother4Peace Nov 14 #12
I really WISH there was a way to quarantine suspicious posts that have unverified "quotes" FakeNoose Nov 14 #13
Good reminder. Thanks for posting. Martin68 Nov 14 #14
It's not just the fake quotes or social media quotes or AI. A weekly very obvious satire posted on here gets more people WhiskeyGrinder Nov 14 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Nov 14 #19
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