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BarbarossaTheGreat t1_j8ofdzr wrote

Reply to comment by Nervous_Wait_9545 in Is Ohio toxic cloud heading our way? by granitestate6

Being able to discern whose making shit up and whose the real deal is what separates the fools from the intelligent.

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Piwo1313 t1_j8oke2x wrote

And when formerly trusted sources are found complicit in ‘misinformation’ sharing and previously untrusted sources now being heralded as legitimate information sources, you can see where information-literacy skills are important.

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ol0nq wrote

One of my hottest takes is that the slew of "fact checkers" we saw emerge around/after 2020 remain one of the largest, exploitative scams ever committed on the American public.

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ThunderySleep t1_j8omv65 wrote

No, no, no. Smart people only listen to people if they're wearing a suit and on television.

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Nervous_Wait_9545 t1_j8ofnh9 wrote

Bro in my youth I used to troll online all the time pretending to be various experts, and people would buy it hook, line and sinker.

So I'm speaking from experience here, as a former little shit who used to be all rascally on the internet.

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ogc4c wrote

Fair haha, though I can assure everyone I hold a degree in atmospheric sciences and am employed as a meteorologist. I didn't suffer through multiple years of calculus for nothing. People can take two seconds to inspect weather balloon launches & other factoids about vinyl chloride gas to easily verify everything I've written as accurate, I don't know how much easier to make it.

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BarbarossaTheGreat t1_j8ogsnq wrote

I believe it, that’s funny as hell. Still though, a discerning eye can usually but not always be able to tell the difference.

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