betweenthenines: /true
//i think

It's fake. There was a gigantic cat in the original.

rhiannon: So some of these have real images, then it says it's false because the story behind them isn't correct. Ok.

Yep, I thought the same thing.

Heck, even the special-effects ones like Lost are questionable. It's a real picture, it's just of a Hollywood set.

KarmicDisaster: I didn't think it was real because that is an airgun, and Palin wold use a real rifle.

No, its a marksmanship trainer. Think: really really expensive game of duckhunt.

That's not even good photoshop, much less real. Someone may have stacked a bunch of shiat on their Jetta, but it sure as hell can do that to the rear suspension on that car. Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider. Add in non-existent attachment points, and Snopes gets a big fat fail for calling this real.

/WTF is that smoke supposed to be? Jesus farking Christ

SwingAwayMarell: I thought that was a Coconut Crab and, you know, proven by science and sh*t.

But the trash can is fake.

TheyCallThisWork: Galileo's Daughter: Uh,no.

http://www.sfbayadventures.com/helicopter_sharks.html

Since you don't believe in big fish like that, what do you plan on doing with that hook, line and sinker?

I'm pretty sure she was commenting on the US Air Force being the But

pigeonstopper: TheyCallThisWork: Galileo's Daughter: Uh,no.

http://www.sfbayadventures.com/helicopter_sharks.html

Since you don't believe in big fish like that, what do you plan on doing with that hook, line and sinker?

I'm pretty sure she was commenting on the US Air Force being the But

Interesting editing error.

dirkfunk: That's not even good photoshop, much less real. Someone may have stacked a bunch of shiat on their Jetta, but it sure as hell can do that to the rear suspension on that car. Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider. Add in non-existent attachment points, and Snopes gets a big fat fail for calling this real.

/WTF is that smoke supposed to be? Jesus farking Christ

It is real. Search for overloaded Jetta and you will see photos of it from multiple angles.

The trunk was full of bags of cement, too, IIRC.

I just hate urban legends.
Even worse the Doctored Documents and photo shopped images created for swaying votes in elections.

betweenthenines:

[Iranian 100-missile test launch]

ah ha ha ha that picture cracks me up! +1

Yes Sound: KarmicDisaster: I didn't think it was real because that is an airgun, and Palin wold use a real rifle.

No, its a marksmanship trainer. Think: really really expensive game of duckhunt.

No it isn't I have that very same air gun, bought it at Wal-Mart and they still carry it. It is quite accurate for a cheap gun, it is a pumper rather than a springer. I even killed a raccoon that was eating my corn with mine in one shot.

Mister Peejay:
It is real. Search for overloaded Jetta and you will see photos of it from multiple angles.

The trunk was full of bags of cement, too, IIRC.

Well... It's on the internet so it must be real.

Take one front wheel drive car. Firmly attach the rear tires into the wheel wells. Try to move forward.

Look, I'm just telling you that the situation in that picture is about as likely as a ~60% Ahmidinnerjacket victory in the Iranian elections.

I modified, and wrenched on VW's for years. What is happening in that picture, and any additional pictures, is faked.

dirkfunk: That's not even good photoshop, much less real. Someone may have stacked a bunch of shiat on their Jetta, but it sure as hell can do that to the rear suspension on that car. Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider. Add in non-existent attachment points, and Snopes gets a big fat fail for calling this real.

/WTF is that smoke supposed to be? Jesus farking Christ

It happened in Waldorf, Maryland. My ex-girlfriend was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base at the time this happened, which is just down the road. It made the local news. Home Depot or whomever made the guy sign a damages release, after the guy showed up and bought enough construction materials to rebuild the World Trade Center, and asked for help loading it all into a farking Jetta.

What you can't see is something like a 1000 lbs. of concrete mix in the back.

KarmicDisaster: Yes Sound: KarmicDisaster: I didn't think it was real because that is an airgun, and Palin wold use a real rifle.

No, its a marksmanship trainer. Think: really really expensive game of duckhunt.

No it isn't I have that very same air gun, bought it at Wal-Mart and they still carry it. It is quite accurate for a cheap gun, it is a pumper rather than a springer. I even killed a raccoon that was eating my corn with mine in one shot.

I was talking about the image of palin that sgt otter posted. I can't actually see most of the images in this thread. Sgt otters image definitly is a marksmanship simulator but I am guessing you are talking about a diffrent picture...

Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.

chairman_mao1287: Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.



There you go


/hot like your mom.

dirkfunk

Someone may have stacked a bunch of shiat on their Jetta, but it sure as hell can do that to the rear suspension on that car. Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider.

You're missing something: they didn't stack the wood on at a "ridiculous angle" like that, and when he tried to drive off the load slipped (you can see how the twine is streched backward), and the impact of all that weight rolling down the black is was destroyed the suspension. Or, at the very least, that's what the photoshopper intended you to think.

/thinks it's real

dirkfunk: That's not even good photoshop, much less real. Someone may have stacked a bunch of shiat on their Jetta, but it sure as hell can do that to the rear suspension on that car. Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider. Add in non-existent attachment points, and Snopes gets a big fat fail for calling this real.

It's real, again, like everyone else has said. It was a huge sensation on the Vortex forums when it happened. Someone who is in the local VW club there went to the Home Depot and got a copy of the form they made the guy sign absolving them of all responsibility for whatever happened when that guy tried to drive away.

The best pics are of the rear strut pillars. They tore through the rear package shelf and cracked the back window. Also, the sleeping individual in the front seat, but that's something else entirely.

chairman_mao1287: Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.

Yeah, and anyone who's been to Madison probably never believed it in the first place...funny though.

dirkfunk: Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider.

I'm not sure what awesome powers you think a rear spoiler on a Jetta has, but regardless, you're just not understanding the picture.

morbo: chairman_mao1287: Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.

15.media.tumblr.com

There you go


/hot like your mom.

Is this real? The Onion beat them to it: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38641

rhiannon: dirkfunk: Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider.

I'm not sure what awesome powers you think a rear spoiler on a Jetta has, but regardless, you're just not understanding the picture.

You're just not understanding that the rear tires would be firmly planted into the ~1/8th inch steel of the rear fenders, with thousands of pounds of force.

If you loaded 3000 lbs of lead into any MK3 Volkswagen, and shoved the wheels far beyond the point of contact with the inner wheel well, the car would be undrivable. The front tires would simply spin.

Sure, the picture could be viral, unphotoshopped nonsense. They would have to cut out the rear wheel wells, mount the lumber precariously (probably while reinforcing the left rear C-pillar so the glass didn't break), and jack up the front end with suspension blocks or similar shenanigans because the car simply wouldn't lift the front end like that (note concrete and lumber place in front of the rear axle).

It doesn't really matter though, because it would still be fake viral nonsense.

The truth is probably something along the lines of "removed rear springs and shocks, put in concrete, photoshopped on lumber".

Brittney Spears finally threw out some old underwear?

Shut_up_and_fark_me: morbo: chairman_mao1287: Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.

15.media.tumblr.com

There you go


/hot like your mom.

Is this real? The Onion beat them to it: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38641

Nope. UW's FAIL was so great that the Onion pretty much could run it as a straight story, just changing the school.

/Badger
/Badger Badger

The 'shooped UW pamphlet came out in September of 2000, and The Onion (lazily) ran the article in December of that year. I remember some university flack trying to defend it, saying something like, "We spent all summer looking for a picture that showed UW's great diversity, but couldn't find one."

Hmmmmm.

dirkfunk: Sure, the picture could be viral, unphotoshopped nonsense. They would have to cut out the rear wheel wells, mount the lumber precariously (probably while reinforcing the left rear C-pillar so the glass didn't break), and jack up the front end with suspension blocks or similar shenanigans because the car simply wouldn't lift the front end like that (note concrete and lumber place in front of the rear axle).

It doesn't really matter though, because it would still be fake viral nonsense.

The truth is probably something along the lines of "removed rear springs and shocks, put in concrete, photoshopped on lumber".

You cannot possibly be that full on retarded.

Georgos: The 'shooped UW pamphlet came out in September of 2000, and The Onion (lazily) ran the article in December of that year. I remember some university flack trying to defend it, saying something like, "We spent all summer looking for a picture that showed UW's great diversity, but couldn't find one."

Hmmmmm.

I got lazy GISing for an appropriate reason why they couldn't find one (new window)

Cold_Sassy: ...YMMV...

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Dick_Hertz: budsterr: Be honest. How many of you wharrgarblers thought this was real?

I knew it was a B-B gun immediately !!!

A Crosman 760 no less!

/Technically, a pellet gun

Georgos: The 'shooped UW pamphlet came out in September of 2000, and The Onion (lazily) ran the article in December of that year. I remember some university flack trying to defend it, saying something like, "We spent all summer looking for a picture that showed UW's great diversity, but couldn't find one."

Hmmmmm.

"When I look through a college pamphlet, the first thing I look for is racial diversity. Because who wants to go to some podunk school that can't afford Photoshop?"
-- Someone far wittier than me whose funny pic cannot be found on GIS for my googlefu is weak.

WFern: Cold_Sassy: ...YMMV...

?

Your Mileage May Vary

bighairyguy: Dick_Hertz: budsterr: Be honest. How many of you wharrgarblers thought this was real?

I knew it was a B-B gun immediately !!!

A Crosman 760 no less!

/Technically, a pellet gun

Fools, all of you. It is obviously a water cooled laser carbine.

Puddinhed: bighairyguy: Dick_Hertz: budsterr: Be honest. How many of you wharrgarblers thought this was real?

I knew it was a B-B gun immediately !!!

A Crosman 760 no less!

/Technically, a pellet gun

Fools, all of you. It is obviously a water cooled laser carbine.

Phase plasma rifle in a 40 watt range?

Smiths: SwingAwayMarell: I thought that was a Coconut Crab and, you know, proven by science and sh*t.

But the trash can is fake.

No, it's just not a large can. Look at the handles. The can is probably a 2/3-sized can. I know people who use small cans like that for gardening refuse.

Road_King: Phase plasma rifle in a 40 watt range?

Naw. M41A caseless 10mm Pulse rifle with 30mm grenade launcher.

Biggest waste of a greenlight ever.

Road_King: Puddinhed: bighairyguy: Dick_Hertz: budsterr: Be honest. How many of you wharrgarblers thought this was real?

I knew it was a B-B gun immediately !!!

A Crosman 760 no less!

/Technically, a pellet gun

Fools, all of you. It is obviously a water cooled laser carbine.

Phase plasma rifle in a 40 watt range?

No, that's the Uzi 9mm.

dirkfunk: rhiannon: dirkfunk: Even that is too optimistic since it is a Jetta Trek or GT and therefore has a rear spoiler, making the ridiculous angle even stupider.

I'm not sure what awesome powers you think a rear spoiler on a Jetta has, but regardless, you're just not understanding the picture.

You're just not understanding that the rear tires would be firmly planted into the ~1/8th inch steel of the rear fenders, with thousands of pounds of force.

If you loaded 3000 lbs of lead into any MK3 Volkswagen, and shoved the wheels far beyond the point of contact with the inner wheel well, the car would be undrivable. The front tires would simply spin.

Sure, the picture could be viral, unphotoshopped nonsense. They would have to cut out the rear wheel wells, mount the lumber precariously (probably while reinforcing the left rear C-pillar so the glass didn't break), and jack up the front end with suspension blocks or similar shenanigans because the car simply wouldn't lift the front end like that (note concrete and lumber place in front of the rear axle).

It doesn't really matter though, because it would still be fake viral nonsense.

The truth is probably something along the lines of "removed rear springs and shocks, put in concrete, photoshopped on lumber".

I think they were saying it was all on top at first, and slid down, destroying the rear end of the vehicle as it went. And that Home Depot pretty much knew it would do that, but the poor engineeringly-challenged driver didn't.

Good to see you're actually somewhat reasonable with your position actually. Some yahoos would refuse to believe anything but their first erroneous assumption. And they are all over the political spectrum with their nonsense.

dirkfunk:
You're just not understanding that the rear tires would be firmly planted into the ~1/8th inch steel of the rear fenders, with thousands of pounds of force.

If you loaded 3000 lbs of lead into any MK3 Volkswagen, and shoved the wheels far beyond the point of contact with the inner wheel well, the car would be undrivable. The front tires would simply spin.

Of course it's not drivable. That's not a picture of a moving vehicle.

The Home Depot Jetta, with more pics:

Link (new window)

Seriously, believe it, it's not a shop at all.

TuxedoTshirt: Alright, I think they need to adjust their definition of "true".
The pic of the whale shark is a real photo, it hasn't been doctored, it was just presented as something it was not.

That was retarded. Of course it's a real picture, and they get way way bigger than that. Then they say it's false because it had a false caption that they failed to even mention.

TRUE

Coconut Crabs. Cuz they eat, ya know, coconuts.

Reyals: I love how they ask 'True or False' then say it was false because the original caption stated it was something else without presenting us with that original captions until afterwards.

Next person who repeats this is in big trouble.

BIG TROUBLE.

Kar98: The Home Depot Jetta, with more pics:

Link (new window)

Seriously, believe it, it's not a shop at all.

Also Snopes version (new window)

SwingAwayMarell: I thought that was a Coconut Crab and, you know, proven by science and sh*t.

Think it's real: Coconut crab (new window)

dirkfunk: You're just not understanding that the rear tires...

You kinda had me going, but at some point the wheels just came off.

Cuchulane: LOL. Brilliant!

Woah! Thanks for the TF subscription. You rock!

Have we covered that that was a terrible slideshow? Because that was a terrible slideshow.

And anyone who thinks the crab picture is fake: look at the building in the background. That trash can is only about knee-high.

morbo: chairman_mao1287: Anybody remember when like the University of Nebraska or like University of Wisconsin-Madison or one of those uber white schools shopped a black kid into the stand for a pamphlet? Is there a link to that pic? That was epic.



There you go


/hot like your mom.

It's like finding Waldo...