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[–]LeoPanthera 230 points231 points ago

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I like how they blurred out the name to try and make it seem more realistic. But they still used the wrong font, and the kerning is awful. It's fake.

[–]nope_nic_tesla 7 points8 points ago

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Bullshit dude, this is just a pic taken with the new iPhone Nano with a tiny square screen.

[–]anexanhume 33 points34 points ago

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TIL what kerning is.

[–]ShortWhiteFriend 33 points34 points ago

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It also doesn't take up the full iPhone screen. Just saying.

[–]i_have_a_name 3 points4 points ago

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Well, they could've had the keyboard up.

[–]brocahantas 4 points5 points ago

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If that were true then I think you'd see the cursor in the text field.

[–]RUbernerd 2 points3 points ago

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Timing, its a miracle.

[–]rusty_shaklefurd 10 points11 points ago

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[–]Generic_Name_Here 9 points10 points ago

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For The Learn?

[–]StigNasti 6 points7 points ago

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For the lazy.

[–]o_Oscar 0 points1 point ago

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TIL that googling "kerning" might result in an easter egg.

[–]ohreilly 21 points22 points ago

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the keming is awful.

FTFY

[–]Switche 3 points4 points ago

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I can't imagine it would even say anything other than some form of "Mom" up there.

[–]FuzionZero 1 point2 points ago

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I have my mother's full name in my phone.

[–]o2d 0 points1 point ago

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I have "Mothership" up there.

[–]D14BL0 0 points1 point ago

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But... Ideally, one would re-enter their mothership some time after leaving. ಠ_ಠ

[–]o2d 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Kethorie 1 point2 points ago

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I like how they blurred out the name to try and make it seem more realistic. BUT IT'S HIS MOM.

FTFY

[–]acranox 1 point2 points ago

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i laughed, but it's fake. upvote or downvote?

[–]Iron_Maiden_666 0 points1 point ago

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In /funny, you laughed. All that matters.

[–]Amisten 4 points5 points ago

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You know what? People like you are always saying these things are fake, and chances are it probably is. However, they always seems to get 300-600 upvotes consistently for 10 minutes of work. This karma system is an easy exploit.

AND I BLAME YOU

[–]unidentified_skippy 1 point2 points ago

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dont forget the fact that the font is in green and grey where as a iMessage is blue and grey, which is weird because the iMessage send button is blue, verses a regular text convo send button being green. why the hell do people bother posting fake iphone convos?!

[–]Willeth 0 points1 point ago

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The colour scheme to this is correct pre-iOS 5. The font and kerning is a much more obvious tell.

[–]AdaAstra 1 point2 points ago

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Lies. It is not fake. It is clearly aliens.

[–]allied14 0 points1 point ago

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Am I the only one who ever wonders why the bottom bar and the top bar still fit in the screenshot if it's so short? Seems like a pretty clear indicator of a fake to me.

[–]BaronVonWeiss 0 points1 point ago

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Aside from the fact that she texted her mother and didn't call? That's the #1 give away. Someone leaves me behind, I call them, I don't motherfucking text.

[–]AhhGingerKids 0 points1 point ago

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And why blur it? Surely it would say some variation of 'mum'?

[–]faux_shizzle -1 points0 points ago

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yet still upvoted

[–]LeoPanthera 6 points7 points ago

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The set of people who vote is far larger than the set of people who comment. Or even read the comments.

[–]thankyoueric 14 points15 points ago

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why would you cross out the name 'mom?'

[–]idiotbreath 1 point2 points ago

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More than anything else, this is what bothered me most about this picture.

[–]MixMixBrad 12 points13 points ago

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We really need a /r/fakeiphoneconverstaion

[–]Cygnus_X1 2 points3 points ago*

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[–]freekers 34 points35 points ago

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And the award to worst fake is going to...

[–]zacharybab 10 points11 points ago

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doesn't even deserve an award.

[–]ImmaRoxiStar 1 point2 points ago

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Lifetime ip ban.

[–]Justintime233 61 points62 points ago

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Fake and not even funny. If you're going to fake this shit at least make it funny FFS.

[–]ericschlipf 11 points12 points ago

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who upvotes this stuff?

[–]mocotazo 6 points7 points ago

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People who should have been left at Wal-Mart as children.

[–]Justintime233 0 points1 point ago

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Bieber fans.

[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points ago

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I don't know I thought it was funny because it sounds exactly like something my mom would do

[–]Awful_Antagonist -4 points-3 points ago

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It's grammatically correct for the most part. Shit so fake.

[–]benjaminck 30 points31 points ago

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1) Fake iPhone texting. 2) Incorrect apostrophe in title.

What is wrong with you?

[–]SoloJones 3 points4 points ago

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All would be forgiven if it even had an ounce of funny.

[–]doot_doot 15 points16 points ago

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how are these still getting upvotes?!!??!

[–]GldRush98 14 points15 points ago

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The thing that worries me most about posts like this, is how they have so many upvotes.

It seems the vast majority or redditors are also morons.

[–]j_erv 5 points6 points ago

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I think it might have to do with a chunk of redditors being younger.

In my underqualified opinion, when kids first discover humor, they appreciate humor based in reversed expectations or violation of social norms that kids are exposed to. As we get older, we have more (different) experiences and social norms under our belt that we find relevant, so we find other, more complex things funny.

Here? Moms are supposed to take care of you. This mom didn't. "Man, that mom is crazy and that kid has to put up with her, upvote!"

Edit: Not that this is bad! I just think the disparity comes in with age, experience, and culture. My parents find things from different decades funny that I cannot fathom because it is outside what I learned as humorous.

[–]Joechip504 10 points11 points ago

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It's funny because she's texting and driving

[–]BigFatCake 0 points1 point ago

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bonus points.

[–]Neiliobob 1 point2 points ago

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My parents left me at Kings Island as a kid. It sucked walking out to see that big ass parking lot nearly empty. They even had the balls to bitch at me about it when they finally came back to get me.

[–]caql9vin 1 point2 points ago

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ah nothing better than texting while driving. and of course this is fake.

[–]woofers02 1 point2 points ago

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Aside from, yes it's a stupid fake, how the fuck are you still "leaving" a place if you're halfway home? Also, it's not funny. At all. Although I guess the people that were dumb enough to think it's real, also have a stupid sense of humor.

[–]WesleyPosvar 1 point2 points ago

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this happened to me when I was 5 :(

my mom took my brother(8) to the grocery and stopped at the gasstation on the way. I told her I needed the toilet and I went in the restroom. when I came out she was gone!

we had just moved to a new town, I didn't know where I lived...I WAS FUCKING 5 YEARS OLD.

I cried and cried to the poor 20-something working at the gasstation and he said she had left.

my brother said nothing. my mom went grocery shopping THEN came and got me.

probably ruined for life.

[–]tisnolie 1 point2 points ago

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Funny, but fantasy. Font is off.

[–]gsmccabe 1 point2 points ago

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[–]rustedarm 1 point2 points ago

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why are these fake texts STILL getting upvotes?!!? this is infuriating.

[–]mikeylee31 2 points3 points ago

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Before cell phones were really popular, my grandma left my brother and I standing outside of a movie theater for a good hour and a half or so. I need to remind her of that.

[–]bebopblues 0 points1 point ago

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Good thing its fake, because that would be a horrible mom, texting and driving.

[–]SirWarrington 0 points1 point ago

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I simply cannot down votes these posts enough. Can we get some admin removal help?

[–]ScuzzyStarcraft 0 points1 point ago

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Imaginary mom texting while driving too.

[–]pangelovski 0 points1 point ago

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When are we going to learn to stop upvoting these fake iphone conversations.

There should be a subreddit called /r/fakeiphoneconversations and then an admin can do a script that prevents shit from this subreddit to reach the front page... forever.

[–]GenericLinkedList 1 point2 points ago

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[–]IS_THIS_STORY_REAL 1 point2 points ago

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NO.

[–]jpdyno 1 point2 points ago

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There's friggin' automated websites that do a better job of fake iphone conversations than you do.

Have some damn self respect.

[–]RufiosBrotherKev 0 points1 point ago

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YOUR POST WAS BAD, AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD

[–]SirCuntsalot 0 points1 point ago

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Fucking darn.

[–]bobyhey123 0 points1 point ago

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usually i don't comment saying stuff like "wow this is fake", but seriously, how the fuck is this on the front page?

[–]cavicchia 0 points1 point ago

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My mom once left me at church.

13 years later, BOOM!!! I'm an atheist

[–]ghostride_the_volvo 0 points1 point ago

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WHO UPVOTES THIS?

[–]Pooters -2 points-1 points ago

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HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE DATS FUNNY. kidding

[–]cypherpunk -1 points0 points ago

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why wouldn't you just call her?

[–]Rusty_Shakleford -1 points0 points ago

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i know most of these are fake but i always say to myself, " a simple phone call would clear all this up a lot faster that a text." especially in this case

[–]AlmostPoseidon -2 points-1 points ago

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Getting the cold groceries into the fridge/freezer is way more important than children

[–]caseyjhol -2 points-1 points ago

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We know this has happened at some point. This is more like one of those cheap, animated Korean reenactments.

[–]MoistNugget -2 points-1 points ago

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My mom forgot me at Futureshop, luckily i was 5 and didn't have a cellphone.

[–]OswaldIV -2 points-1 points ago

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PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW

[–]Dscan8129 -2 points-1 points ago

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my only regret is i only have one down vote to give....

[–]catch037 -1 points0 points ago

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Nice! So, she not only forgot her kid, but is texting while driving as well?!!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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is this the fake and not-funny type of funny?

[–]Cygnus_X1 -1 points0 points ago

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Faker than pam anderson's boobs.

[–]raidenmaiden -1 points0 points ago

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I think we should get all these people who are posting stupid "text-based pictures" to take a picture of the actual text from another camera instead of posting screenshots......

[–]Relaxedtothemax -2 points-1 points ago

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fuck all this fake shit kush

[–]russelln -3 points-2 points ago

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I was left in a Wal-mart parking lot when I was 7. I guess I handled it pretty well. No lasting mental trauma or anything.

[–]3nd1t -3 points-2 points ago

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drum roll

[–]6r3nn4nhax -2 points-1 points ago

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Do you know why? It's because you used a fucking grave accent in this title. A grave accent and an apostrophe are NOT interchangeable. Jesus fucking christ, why is this so hard for people to fucking understand?

[–]warrenseth -3 points-2 points ago

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The internet is getting scary. I've just seen this one on facebook, already translated. Or this is old and a repost.

[–]todwellondreams 0 points1 point ago

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pretty sure it's a repost, I've definitely seen it before.