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    Post Rumors With Real-Life Consequences

    Rumors With Real-Life Consequences. Look at #9. I'd never heard that one - or the others.


    https://getpocket.com/explore/item/9...e-consequences

    This is more timely: https://www.cracked.com/article_1686...astrophes.html

    I recall a few of these; such as: Corona beer has urine in it.

    corona3.jpg
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    Rumors can have a devastating effect. I remember hearing about one concerning Proctor and Gamble being Satan worshipers based on their logo. I don't know for sure, but I think they may have taken legal action against some who were spreading the rumors.
    ""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Rumors With Real-Life Consequences. Look at #9. I'd never heard that one - or the others.


    https://getpocket.com/explore/item/9...e-consequences

    This is more timely: https://www.cracked.com/article_1686...astrophes.html

    I recall a few of these; such as: Corona beer has urine in it.

    Attachment 27744
    There was a time during my youth when my urine had Corona beer in it.
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    There was a time during my youth when my urine had Corona beer in it.
    I can remember when the alcohol seemed to sweat out of my pores....
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    [QUOTE=DGUtley;2763201][Quote]https://getpocket.com/explore/item/9...e-consequences
    2. London Was Going To Be Destroyed By An Earthquake.

    Two small earthquakes struck London at the beginning of 1761, leading to rumors that the city was due for “the big one” on April 5, 1761. Supposedly, a psychic had predicted the catastrophe. Much of the populace grew so panicked that they fled town for the day, with those who couldn’t afford fancier lodgings camping out in the fields. One soldier was so convinced of the impending doom that he ran through the streets shouting news of London’s imminent destruction; sadly, he ended up in an insane asylum a few months later.
    We're far more civil now. They go to Congress.

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    Remember the one where KFC made this grotesque chicken tasting THING that grew to adulthood in only ten days?

    They even had to post a full page ad about it in a magazine saying it was all some stupid lie.

    (...maybe started by Churches?)
    When it is not allowed to be questioned, it is not science, it is PROPAGANDA

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