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peggysue2

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29. Actually saw MM's post picked up on . . .

Wed May 2, 2018, 11:50 AM

May 2018

one of the twitter feeds I read and thought . . . Uh oh. I don't have a twitter account so I couldn't respond. But it's an object lesson in how quickly posts get picked up, swarm and spread out, particularly if they sound like they might be true or correspond to our perceptions of what's going on.

I think most of us here realized this was satire and if we didn't MM cleared the question up in another post. But on twitter? These things are plucked as is and retweeted like wildfire.

That being said,

to Mineral Man for proving once again the power of words.

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Hats off to Mineral Man. His "Paul Ryan nominates Osteen" post is trending at Snopes [View all] grantcart May 2018 OP

Mahalo, grant.. Cha May 2018 #1

Bravo! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #2

Way to famous yourself, Mineral Man!!! Snopes remains one of the most trusted fact-check sites ever raven mad May 2018 #3

Lol Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #4

WAIT, HAHA, Mineral Man was the source of that rumor? joshcryer May 2018 #5

It was high class satire malaise May 2018 #75

Excellent! calimary May 2018 #6

nice Demovictory9 May 2018 #7

And hats off to you, grantcart. How the hell did you find that? C Moon May 2018 #8

I went the one of the most learned sites on the internet grantcart May 2018 #10

Congratulations to Mineral Man! DFW May 2018 #9

Good satire goes viral. PatrickforO May 2018 #11

lol n/t orleans May 2018 #12

Nice. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #13

Very cool!!! StarryNite May 2018 #14

You Win the Internet Today Roy Rolling May 2018 #15

I've conversed in posts with Someone Famous! byronius May 2018 #16

Well played indeed! (N/t) FreepFryer May 2018 #17

Congrats indeed dembotoz May 2018 #18

LOL Gothmog May 2018 #19

Ha! Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #20

Kick grantcart May 2018 #21

Nice one, Mineral Man! n/t fleur-de-lisa May 2018 #22

Oh, my... MineralMan May 2018 #23

Oh, yes, you are. Enjoy the kudos. DFW May 2018 #42

Thanks. I was very surprised to see my little MineralMan May 2018 #43

And with today's somewhat more laid-back pace DFW May 2018 #44

Fame is mostly illusory and fleeting. MineralMan May 2018 #45

And so you should! n/t DFW May 2018 #46

Please remember not fooled May 2018 #56

It's time to go pro malaise May 2018 #71

. NCTraveler May 2018 #24

Mineral Man sure killed any thoughts of that nomination malaise May 2018 #25

As I commented on that post ... Yonnie3 May 2018 #26

Love it!!!! get the red out May 2018 #27

Bravo, MM! More! Bis! Encore!!! fierywoman May 2018 #28

Actually saw MM's post picked up on . . . peggysue2 May 2018 #29

Awesome! Kick Rec Bookmark! Hekate May 2018 #30

That's not something to be proud of. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #31

Why not, pray tell? MineralMan May 2018 #33

If you read the snopes material it explains that MM clearly grantcart May 2018 #38

....... ailsagirl May 2018 #82

Haha, right below the Osteen post is a link to "Did Hillary Clinton get killed in a monster octoberlib May 2018 #32

Not any more... Louis1895 May 2018 #34

!!!!!!!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #37

Also found this bit about a republican white nationalist keithbvadu2 May 2018 #50

The sad part is that Ryan supporters were hoping that it was true! nature-lover May 2018 #35

Well done MineralMan :) mwooldri May 2018 #36

Oh great lillypaddle May 2018 #39

Satire, and clearly marked so in the thread. No attempt to seriously mislead anybody. grantcart May 2018 #40

Oh, Pshaw and Fiddle Faddle! MineralMan May 2018 #41

"Oh great - let's applaud fake news" left-of-center2012 May 2018 #48

You don't understand the difference between clearly marked satire and an attempt to grantcart May 2018 #52

None of that occurred in the posts I refer to left-of-center2012 May 2018 #60

you didn't refer to any particular posts but responded to this one about a particular OP grantcart May 2018 #64

Thank you for playing left-of-center2012 May 2018 #72

bookmarking n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #74

Really?!?! Roland99 May 2018 #69

Hard to believe anyone thought it was real left-of-center2012 May 2018 #47

That is really funny, and also interesting ismnotwasm May 2018 #49

OUTSTANDING! orangecrush May 2018 #51

Fake News! JDC May 2018 #53

Sincere Humor!!!!! grantcart May 2018 #54

42512 views! Renew Deal May 2018 #55

Wow! Good catch. MineralMan May 2018 #57

K&R red dog 1 May 2018 #58

OK, everyone. This has ruined me. Now, I'm afraid MineralMan May 2018 #59

LOL SunSeeker May 2018 #61

So to those we want to attract, we're a satirical site? rickford66 May 2018 #62

Oh not to worry... Phentex May 2018 #66

I knew that was going to be a DU classic when I read it. Ligyron May 2018 #63

hahaha what a riot! Fake news! Takket May 2018 #65

This is on twitter too.............. Takket May 2018 #67

Keep it up, Mineral Man, and Vladimir Putin will be Ilsa May 2018 #68

So cool! treestar May 2018 #70

That's the best thing I've heard all year. bitterross May 2018 #73

A-mazing!! Anon-C May 2018 #76

Bravo, Mineral Man... lapucelle May 2018 #77

totally awesome OhNo-Really May 2018 #78

Good job mm. Denis 11 May 2018 #79

Awesome! lunamagica May 2018 #80

KUDOS, MineralMan!!! ailsagirl May 2018 #81

Hats off, indeed!!! BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #83

Osteen will be the new Chaplain of Space Force. sarcasmo May 2018 #84

Hats off to Mineral Man for this one. Gore1FL May 2018 #85