I am going to gripe about something that is so annoying and I know people here see it, as we all do. Every single time a terrorist attack or a shooting takes place today. There is an endless amount of bull crap false stories, pictures, video clips, etc. that suddenly flood social media. Pictures of a fire man crying, with stories about how he just learned his dog was one of the dead. Maybe a soldier holding a boy, with a caption that this man lost his son in the shooting on the day he got home from Iraq. People all post, repond, and share these stories without even checking to see if they are true. Not even realizing that people make this crap up to get off mentally on seeing people buy in to their lie. When they are proven wrong, they still spread... as the lie is faster then the facts to explain them. Not just with attacks, I see it on Facebook photos and other sites about just about anything.
"Hey, did you know Pepsi is going to put a new can out with the pledge, omitting 'Under god' ... boycot Pepsi!". "Did you know a crime spree is happening now, where people drill a hole under your car door handle and break in to find your home address to go their and wait for you to come home?" "Did you know that a tiger lost it's young, and the zoo put tiger costumes on baby pigs to help it deal with the loss and raise those?"
You have all, as well as myself, seen this crap. It is every where and growing daily and ignorant social media addicts are sharing it and not even bothering to check if it is true. Where can you check? Check out snopes.com or maybe google it. Some might have a basis in facts, but more often then not they are just complete and utter bull shit!
I just had to rant. I have to go now, just got a story on Facebook about how one of the bystanders in Boston caught a finger in the explosion and didn't realize until he saw the ring on it, that his wife was there to surprise him with being pregnant! Sounds like it might be true, I need to respond with sadness and share it immediately!