▲ 626 ▼ xkcd #2922: Pub Trivia (imgs.xkcd.com) submitted 2 years ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://xkcd.com/2922 Alt text: Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London
[–] techt@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-lennon-ringo-best-drummer/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) If your fact checker is caught stealing by Buzzfeed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html And considered unreliable by among others Harvard: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fact-checking-fact-checkers-a-data-driven-approach/ You might want to double check. I didn't. I just want to caution people about blindly trusting Snopes. So they might very well be right on this topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant xkcd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Are you a dozen or so thoughts down? Yes? Do you deserve love for the perfect share? Very yes! permalink fedilink source parent [–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Brilliant, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Snopes warns against blindly trusting Snopes. (After reading, make sure to click on "Additional Information" at the bottom. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) If your fact checker is caught stealing by Buzzfeed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html And considered unreliable by among others Harvard: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fact-checking-fact-checkers-a-data-driven-approach/ You might want to double check. I didn't. I just want to caution people about blindly trusting Snopes. So they might very well be right on this topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant xkcd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Are you a dozen or so thoughts down? Yes? Do you deserve love for the perfect share? Very yes! permalink fedilink source parent [–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Brilliant, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Snopes warns against blindly trusting Snopes. (After reading, make sure to click on "Additional Information" at the bottom. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant xkcd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Are you a dozen or so thoughts down? Yes? Do you deserve love for the perfect share? Very yes! permalink fedilink source parent [–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Brilliant, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Are you a dozen or so thoughts down? Yes? Do you deserve love for the perfect share? Very yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Snopes warns against blindly trusting Snopes. (After reading, make sure to click on "Additional Information" at the bottom. permalink fedilink source parent