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Bigmack

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14. I used to be "not snarky or mean"...
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 04:43 PM
Feb 2012

... then one particular guy posted the same lie... the 1% bank transaction fee lie - for the third time.

I'm retired, so I don't worry about my job.

I'm old, so I really don't give a shit!

Most of all, I am truly tired of the level of willful ignorance in this country.

So... "Reply All" and Snark are now my close friends.

I use the word LIE liberally. I point out that somebody actually made up the lie. That makes them liars.... but people who pass it on buy into that lie, and are culpable. I point out how it takes less than a minute to fact-check. I use the word gullible a lot, too.

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