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05/17/2025 “FAKE NEWS?”   Leave a comment

I’ve complained about “fake news” a lot in recent in recent months. If anything, it’s even worse now than before. With the advent of AI’s creating photo’s and headlines that are nothing more than a teaser to get us to read all the BS normally that usually follows has become problematic. I’m all for free speech but the lack of control on the fake content and misleading headlines is ridiculous. Everyone is paranoid to the extreme for scammers and this fake BS just contributes to even more scams. Today I’ll let you determine what is fake and what isn’t. Firstly I’ll list five of the most ridiculous conspiracy theories I could find. If you’re convinced by any of these subjects, you’re in need of more help than I can offer.

Conspiracies

  • Chemical trails from jet aircraft are really poisons designed by the government.
  • President Obama spent time on Mars as a teenager.
  • Stevie Wonder was never blind.
  • The planet Venus supports life.
  • Google has become self-aware, evolving into an AI that is essentially a god.

I realize these five items are truly stupid but they actually have been seriously discussed by the lunatic fringe. My all time favorite must go to those idiots who still believe the earth is flat. It pleases me that the mental health institutions will continue to have plenty of customers. I guess you could call that some sort of “job security”. Now I’m going to list ten items of which five are actual headlines and five that are not. You be the judge. The answers will be listed below.

Headlines

1. ITALIAN BANK ROBBERS WEAR TRUMP MASKS DURING HEISTS

2. TOAD TADPOLES TURN HOMEGROWN POISONS ON EACH OTHER

3. MAN ARGUES FOR ROOMBA LOVER TO BE GIVEN PERSONHOOD

4. INFAMOUS PICKPOCKET PALMS JUDGE’S WALLET IN COURT

5. SINGLE MEN ARRIVE IN DROVES AFTER PERSONALITY PROFILE ON A VASECTOMY SPECIALIST APPEARS

6. IN TRUE CANADIAN FASHION, DELAYED FLIGHT TRIGGERS A SING-ALONG.

7. MAN TAKES DISNEYLAND RIDE 10,000 TIMES

8. DRIVE-THRU WINDOW BECOMES SQUEEZE-THRU FOR A MCDONALD’S THIEF

9. PU! AIRPLANE DROPS CRATE OF STINK BUGS ON WEDDING

10.A BRITISH SURGEON WAS DISCOVERED BRANDING HIS INITIALS ON LIVERS

Answers
1,2,6,8,10 – Are True, 3,4,5,7,9 Are Fake

Posted May 17, 2025 by Every Useless Thing in Bitch & Complain, Education, Entertainment, History, Humor, Just Saying, Kill Me, I'm Begging You, Law, Looking Back, Political Correctness, Politics, Quiz, Sarcasm, Stupidity, Trivia, Useless Crap

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06/30/2022 “TED Talks”   Leave a comment

I’m going to do something today that I don’t normally do. That is to make a recommendation to my readers. As much as I enjoy writing this blog, I enjoy something else just as much and that’s keeping up to date with technology and all things computer related.

I invested a few hours of my time this week listening to TED Talks. I’m not sure exactly how familiar most of you are with the TED talks program but let me explain. If you really and truly want to get caught up with high technology and the direction that it’s headed, you might want to do the following. Go to website www.ted.com and in the search box, look for talks on artificial intelligence. There are seven or eight speeches given by experts from all over the world on artificial intelligence, what it currently is involved with and where it’s headed. It might frighten you a little and it should. A.I.’s are slowly taking over many of the tasks that humans can’t do as quickly and accurately, and the number is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s becoming a serious issue within the scientific community but it’s just as important to us non-scientists. Some of the information put forth through the talks is a true wake-up call to everyone.

I’d advise anyone to listen to TED talks on any given day when they have a few minutes. Over the last 10 years I’ve listened to many dozens of talks on a myriad of topics, and I’ve learned more than I ever learned in any public school or college I ever attended. I recommend that you give it a listen and hear specific and accurate information you will never hear anywhere else. What can it hurt?

A.I.’s RULE . . . OR AT LEAST THEIR TRYING TO

Posted June 30, 2022 by Every Useless Thing in Computers, Education, science, Trivia

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