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Famous Hoaxes

Chin Stroker

Does anyone remember people falling for the "Blair Witch Project is real" hoax back in the late-90s? It was probably the first widely released film to market themselves mainly on the internet.

What other notable hoaxes stand out?

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KeithM89

The Beast of Craggy Island.

LizT

Mod

rustedtrumpet banned.

Don't feed the troll folks

wp_rathead

Maire2009 wrote: »

That's it but not an urban legend, it really happened. It was presented as a news bulletin and many people believed earth was being invaded by aliens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

was pretty genius, remember watchin a documentry about it, they had it as "breaking news' throughout a fake play from what i remember

Amirani

Hope you had fun writing that post.

endacl

Chin Stroker wrote: »

Im 50/50 on that. There's some convincing videos out there and some equally good debunking ones.

50/50?

Molloys Clondalkin

Does anyone remember ghostwatch think it was very early nineties on bbc

lkionm

he got banned for that?

Conspiracy

Chin Stroker

endacl wrote: »

50/50?

Duckworth_Luas

BBC Panorama report from Switzerland 1957!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ

Red Kev

The Hitler Diaries, fooled a lot of people, some academics and historians and most famously of all one of Europes largest selling current affairs magazines.

Good film on it called Schtonk! if anyone gets a chance to see it.

wp_rathead

Chin Stroker wrote: »

think he meant you said 50/50 instead of 50:50
50/50 would imply 100%

i duno though im fairly drunk

darced

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truebluesac

LizT wrote: »

Mod

rustedtrumpet banned.

Don't feed the troll folks

Quickest ban EVER ;-)

regress

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

Mod:Banned

Possibly the most politically incorrect response there has ever been. And one of the wittiest.

Clandestine

lkionm wrote: »

he got banned for that?

Conspiracy

Didn't you know that you can't question any aspect of the holocaust? Zionists won't allow it

truebluesac

I wouldnt say it was witty . Politically incorrect yes .

ottostreet

Didn't see much wrong with that reply? I've often heard that as a 'joke'. Can't admit it's terribly funny, but being banned is harsh!

endacl

Clandestine wrote: »

Didn't you know that you can't question any aspect of the holocaust? Zionists won't allow it

Good taste and humanity has some issues with it too...

truebluesac

The birth of our saviour JC. Is a moment we should not rip the piss out of yet "the life of brian" did so in an epic way .

There have been plenty of massicures and attrocities through our existance that some may take exception to whilst others may cope throught laughter however distastful . For instance after the first building collasped in 9/11 i recieved a "funny" text within 20mins regarding it

Its life people are muppets , get over it

endacl

truebluesac wrote: »

The birth of our saviour JC. Is a moment we should not rip the piss out of yet "the life of brian" did so in an epic way .

The Life of Brian was not about HolyJebus. It was about Brian. Why do people not get this?!?

truebluesac

endacl wrote: »

The Life of Brian was not about HolyJebus. It was about Brian. Why do people not get this?!?

Obiously cause jebus was jebus and brian was a monthy pyton sketch nearly 2000 years later

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo

Clandestine

endacl wrote: »

Good taste and humanity has some issues with it too...

People should be able to joke or speak freely about any human event or atrocity they wish, thats what free speech is about. Unfortunately, 13 countries disagree with this, and will put you in prison for questioning the holocaust. Don't question gentiles, obey.

regress

I always thought that the best humor had to offend someone. If we ban all jokes because they could potentially upset someone somewhere then we have become humorless and it also stifles debate and criticism. Are we to be afraid to say anything on case it potentially offends someone, somewhere. In my opinion that ban is the perfect example of humorless political correctness gone mad.

General General

Scientology & many of its earlier likenesses.

barryfitz

Over 1400 Irish teens died in the real war of the buttons.

endacl

Clandestine wrote: »

People should be able to joke or speak freely about any human event or atrocity they wish, thats what free speech is about. Unfortunately, 13 countries disagree with this, and will put you in prison for questioning the holocaust. Don't question gentiles, obey.

I'm Irish, born and raised. Its legal here. I'd still have issues with it on the grounds of good taste and shared humanity. As a joke, its immature. I'd agree though, anybody who wanted in all seriousness to say the holocaust was a hoax should be allowed to say it.

If for no other reason than they might more easily be identified as the ar5eholes they are.

shleedance

What about the Armenian Genocide? The Purges? :P

Want a hoax? Most alternative medicine.

Artful_Badger

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

lkionm

Clandestine wrote: »

Didn't you know that you can't question any aspect of the holocaust? Zionists won't allow it

Liz is a zionist? the durt burd.

thegreatgonzo

Literary hoaxes fairly common I think, James Frey's A million little pieces was one and that J.T Leroy was a completely made up person with a fake memoir/novel. Can't remember what it was called. Sarah, possibly.