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[–]ganymede_boy 1 point2 points ago

Totally! Been fighting those who repost that crap (and reposting the Tomb of unknown soldier one too) on here with this:

That's an urban legend pic from 2010.

This storm is expected to be bad enough without needless sensationalism.

[–]magicrhinos[S] 5 points6 points ago

Original storm image: http://imgur.com/HyugR

What's really going on over the Statue of Liberty right now: http://twitpic.com/b8hlkh

[–]shiny_brine 0 points1 point ago

I think this is what the news was reporting as the Storm Surge. And excess of bullshit surging in to reddit.

[–]hetschgern 1 point2 points ago

Thanks for the link!

[–]Thoraxe 2 points3 points ago

The real question here is, "Why the fuck do you care if people believe that this fake picture is real?" Of all the phonied-up lies and deceptions that are going on in the world right now this is the one you can't tolerate?

[–]magicrhinos[S] 1 point2 points ago

I think it's because this is such a clear-cut example of the misinformation problem. The photo is such an easy thing to look up, it took me less than a minute to find the original, but people assume anything they see/read that appeals to them must be true.

This is a rare instance where when showing someone that something they saw on the internet is blatantly wrong, there's no way to excuse their way out of it by playing it off as being just a matter of opinion or saying that you don't have all the facts so I'll just continue to believe it. It's either real or it's not, black or white.

You're right that it's a simple, stupid thing to get riled up about, but I think it does a little bit of good, chipping away at the bigger problem.

[–]Thoraxe 1 point2 points ago

That made a lot of sense. Thanks, for taking the time to write that.

[–]tender4hire 1 point2 points ago

Just saw this on my FB feed. Its SO fake, and a buddy of mine acts like he's never seen a photoshop job.

[–]ramsau 0 points1 point ago

People are dumb. I mean, look at the picture. LOOK AT IT! There are people standing on Liberty Island. At these conditions? C'mon! This storm is bad enough without all this unnecessary hype and sensationalism.

[–]Only_Says_REPOST 1 point2 points ago

REPOST