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Heard a guy claim a photo of a bear on a bike was real, found the source in 4 minutes
Was at a diner in Tulsa yesterday and this dude at the next table was dead serious about a viral pic of a bear riding a unicycle through a town. He said it was from some wildlife documentary. I pulled it up on my phone, reverse image searched it, and it was from a CGI artist's portfolio from 2018. Made me wonder how many people just take stuff like that at face value. Has anyone else stumbled onto a claim that felt obviously fake but someone argued it was real?
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nancy_king292d ago
...and that reminds me of the time my cousin swore a video of a cat playing piano was real, turned out the owner had edited it with some app. Makes you wonder how deep people dig before they believe what they see.
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shane_bell2d ago
Haha yeah that's wild. My buddy swore a video of a dog solving math was legit. Turned out it was just clever editing.
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charles7202d ago
It gets me too... people just wanna believe so bad that they don't stop to think for a second. I've fallen for stuff like that before, and it makes you feel kind of dumb after. But with all these apps and editing tools, it's getting harder to tell what's real anymore. I honestly don't know how anyone can keep up. Makes ya wonder if we're all just a bunch of suckers waiting to be fooled.
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