I’m THAT guy
Jul 9, 2008 Internet, Thoughts
Ever seen an email with these kind of subjects come across the email?:
Fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd: OBAMA IS REALLY A MUSLIM OMG!!!11!!
Fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:THIS VIRUS WILL WIPE OUT YOUR PC!
Fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:DON’T BUY GAS ON APRIL 1ST!!!one1!
These emails go onto say a bunch of stuff that is usually pretty far out there. At the end, you are normally told to send the email to 15 people so a miracle will happen to you in the next 24 hours. Ever seen an email like that? I HATE THOSE!
Well, as soon as I get one of those, I immediately head over to www.snopes.com to find out if it is true or completely false. Normally, they are false. After copying the link, I then immediately send it back to whoever sent that dumb email to me. I’m that guy. And I get so much satisfaction from it!
So, are you a sender, deleter, or a teach-the-sender-a-lesson-er like me?
Tags: email, fwd, myths, snopes, urban legends
How to copy text from Snopes.com
Feb 22, 2008 Found Online
Ever been to Snopes? It is one of my favorite websites of all time, and I visit it frequently. In case you don’t know, they deal with de-bunking urban legends. For example, say you get a stupid forwarded email from your Uncle Bob. You know, that uncle whose every email has “Fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:” before the subject? Yeah, him. Anyways, this website will get to the bottom of not only those kinds of emails, but also older Urban legends. One of my favorites is “if you shave the hair on your arm, does it grow back thicker”. Pssssst… it doesn’t.
Anyways, if you ever have tried to highlight text from their website, they have somehow blocked the ability. Well fear not, faithful reader. I have figured out how to do it.
- Click File -> Save As
- Save it is a website to your desktop (or wherever you want)
- Open the saved html file.
- Voila! You can highlight the text now!
I have only seen this on Snopes, but it is great when you need to set the record straight with Uncle Bob’s dumb forwards.
Tags: , snopes, urban legends
