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There’s only so much nonsense one person can handle. And just because the internet is not guarded by BS-detecting police, that doesn’t mean one can share it without hesitation. Especially if it misinforms, spreads fakery, or takes advantage of a situation.

The corner of the subreddit “Quit Your Bull,” which is home to 1.6 million members, is dedicated to collecting such bittersweet examples. From Elon Musk busting his alleged “brain coach” to the American Kennel Club calling out a false ad that claims that a particular type of dog breed is recognized as dangerous by AKC, these are some of the screenshots that got karma restored.

And next time someone claims you can say whatever you want online, tell them to try and see what happens. Hint: nothing good will ever come of this.

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Someone Is Awfully Busy With So Many Careers!

Someone Is Awfully Busy With So Many Careers!

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Guy Leaves A Bad Review For A Shop He Was Never Even At

Guy Leaves A Bad Review For A Shop He Was Never Even At

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Don't Need 5g When U Have The Fastest 4g In The Universe

Don't Need 5g When U Have The Fastest 4g In The Universe

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Nobody was born BS-proof. We've all lied, said nonsense, regretted it, or maybe not. Sometimes the nonsense we shared did no harm to us or people around, and sometimes it really paid off. Like, white lies. These incredible little lies hold half honesty, half false chaos that spins the world around us.

It's a whole different story when we encounter serious lies. Like anti-vaxxers spreading false beliefs against Covid vaccinations on social media. In such cases, a lie targets the most vulnerable people of society who, for the lack of better information, find themselves in genuine belief that what they’re reading is pure truth.

Bored Panda reached out to Scott Berkun, the author of eight popular books on creativity, design, leadership and public speaking who was happy to share his insights on dealing with someone else’s BS.  According to him, the first thing to tackle it is to expect it. “Fire alarms are good at detecting fires because they are always expecting them. We say some people have good BS detectors for the same reason. They’ve seen it enough times to sense it before the rest of us do.”

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Idk How Restaurants Deal With All The Anti-Masker Bs Right Now

Idk How Restaurants Deal With All The Anti-Masker Bs Right Now

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Anti Vaxxers Never Change

Anti Vaxxers Never Change

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Restaurant Owner Smacks Down Bs Review

Restaurant Owner Smacks Down Bs Review

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Scott believes that it’s not hard, but “it just means you need the habit of asking good questions before you accept what you see or hear. And learning what sources to trust more than others.”

Due to the rise of social media fake news, bogus claims, and lies, both little and big, seem to be spreading faster than ever. “Someday we will learn that technology accelerates everything, the good and the bad. Today is not that day. 300 years ago Jonathan Swift wrote that “Falsehood flies and the Truth comes limping after it” but everyone at Facebook at Twitter seems to have only recently figured this out.”

According to Scott, “Everyone should be taught media literacy like this.” Meanwhile, many seem to struggle to find ways to politely tell a person to quit their nonsense. Scott suggests “asking “how do you know what you know?” as it often does the job.” “It sets you up to say ‘Thanks, but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.’” 

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Local Jackass Gets Corrected

Local Jackass Gets Corrected

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Faking A Dead Man's Autograph

Faking A Dead Man's Autograph

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I Found This Review From A Local Haunted House Attraction. There Were Quite A Few Negative Reviews Just Because They Had To Follow Covid Guidelines

I Found This Review From A Local Haunted House Attraction. There Were Quite A Few Negative Reviews Just Because They Had To Follow Covid Guidelines

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On the other hand, “Sometimes it works to your advantage to keep quiet and let them think you don’t realize they are full of BS. You may learn more about them and their real intentions than calling them out,” the book author concluded. 

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Vegan Lies About The Benefits Of Being Vegan. Another Vegan Calls Them Out

Vegan Lies About The Benefits Of Being Vegan. Another Vegan Calls Them Out

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Indra Servo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

apparently this vegan forgot that cow eat grass instead of trees

Hayley Rodgers
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not that this person wasn't dumb as a box of rocks, but the tree loss is about deforestation to create grazing land. There are many places in the world where rainforests are being torn down to create more land to raise cattle on. Though this original poster might very well believe they eat trees

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CrunChewy McSandybutt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat a plant-based diet and I personally hate these jackwagons who lie just to push their agenda. So do a lot of my fellow vegans. And I hate hate hate PETA with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns.

Full Thunder Moon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no correlation between using paper and saving trees. The paper industry literally plants the most trees out of anyone yearly. And uses their own "crops". Never mind that pretty much all paper has a % of recycled content these days.

Iggy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many paper aeroplanes was that person making to go through 8.5 trees? :-D

Persp Gold
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i like the idea of beef cattle being in the same food circle as deforestation. thsuper thsilly

Di Franks
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most deforestation is to grow soy to be used at cattle food. Only a small percentage of soy is used for oil or human foods.

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Amyah Labrèche-Docq
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm... that guy who answered calculated 1 beef per person which is huge and give a wrong answer... nevertheles, besides this mathematical error, I agree with him :)

Commander Rex
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at this dude, thinking cattle can’t down a tree and consume it whole, what a l o s e r! (I’m joking, of course)

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Di Franks
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not directly but most deforestation is for the growing of soy which is then turned into cattle feed. Only a very small percentage is used for other things. So indirectly, yes, cattle eat trees :) :)

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Izzy
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not saying the meat industry is particularly eco friendly or anything, but the reality is that most pasture-land is unsuitable for crops. Just google 'mesquite + africa' and you'll see how trying to force trees to grow where they don't belong actually has a very negative impact on the environment. Trees need lots of water, and forests can only grow in wet environments. Trying to grow trees in an already arid environment sucks even more water out of the soil. Not to mention, if they don't grow in a place naturally, they're invasive. Invasive things tend to not have things that eat them in their new environment, and can quickly crowd out native species. Meat, on the other hand, is a way to utilize these more arid environments that wouldn't have been able to produce much human food, anyway. And if you really want to be a stinker about it, you could even argue that crops growing in wetter environments are probably located on the sites of old forests that had been cleared for cropland.

Caroline Overill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If we all turn vegan there will be no need for cows or other animals we have for food.They would become extinct. All the creatures that live off their droppings, and I watched a very fascinating show about what lives on cow poop, would become extinct. The creatures that live on those creatures..well you get the picture. Also there would be no nutrition going back into the soil, we couldn't produce enough veg for every human on earth. We would have to use chemicals to fertilise the soil.

Blondhorsecrazy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watched an amazing video the other day calling out "the tiktok vegan" woman (if you are on tiktok you know who I'm talking about). She did it with facts & logic and finesse. Honesty gets you further in life.

MAX THOMPSON
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also it saves more than "8.5" trees. And, who does not use paper for a year

Andrew Hamilton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The planet has sustained massive herds of millions of animals that eat grass, which has sustained the plains, the steppes, the prairies. Without these animals these grasslands would become dust bowls. All farming benefits from having livestock to improve the fertility of the soil. Artificial fertilisers are not sustainable and we will need natural methods to maintain productivity.

BlockDog02
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, for pastures for cows for beef sometimes forests are cut down, but not that much...

Linda Robinett
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can vaguely see how cattle production affects trees if you need to clear land for it. But to use the United States as an example, our cattle production is done in areas that never had forests.

hi myself
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How would eating beef cost trees anyway? That just makes no sense, but still, we shouldn't eat as much meat as we do.

Sergio Bicerra
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3 years ago

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I wonder, what would happen if we all are vegans? Cows would not longer be used for their meat and milk, therefore not being usefull for society. Would thei nimber of cows drop heavily, being that the one of the opposite points of veganism?

littlesaresare
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Breeding animals just for the sake of making them exist is not the point of veganism.

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Donkey boi
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3 years ago

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Deforestation is occurring to support the palm & soybean trade as much as it is the meat market. Deforestation will continue to occur to support the growing trends of human demands. The message is righteous, the misinformation toxic to the cause.

Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago

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I have seen the "math" behind this information. It is, pardon the expression, bullsh*t. The cost of commercial beef costs petroleum. (Containers and shipping.) The trees really don't care. Cow poop is, in fact, not at all bad for fertilizing trees!

Max Power
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3 years ago

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Oh Boredpanda editors are listening and not propagating the leftist libtard agenda.. Good one.

Sum Guy
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3 years ago

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The more they want to guilt people into veganism, the more people will eat meat in defiance and hate for the movement

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Akc Calls Out Clickbait Twitter Ad

Akc Calls Out Clickbait Twitter Ad

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Boyfriends Steals £hundreds From Store, Goes Next Day, Gets Nicked So Girlfriend Sends 1-Star Review. As You Do

Boyfriends Steals £hundreds From Store, Goes Next Day, Gets Nicked So Girlfriend Sends 1-Star Review. As You Do

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Faking A Wedding Pic For Karma

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Elon Is Not Having It

Elon Is Not Having It

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They Did The Math

They Did The Math

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It's Just Full Of Misinformation

It's Just Full Of Misinformation

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Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation

Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation

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Guy Doesn't Even Know What Band He Saw

Guy Doesn't Even Know What Band He Saw

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Third Times A Charm. Repost For Anonymity Editing

Third Times A Charm. Repost For Anonymity Editing

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Someone Doesn’t Have Their Facts Straight

Someone Doesn’t Have Their Facts Straight

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(Now Ex) BF Says He Is Getting Threats From Reddit Users Because I Anonymously Posted On R/Amitheas***le

(Now Ex) BF Says He Is Getting Threats From Reddit Users Because I Anonymously Posted On R/Amitheas***le

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Bill Gates Made The Coronavirus

Bill Gates Made The Coronavirus

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Karma Farming Accounts

Karma Farming Accounts

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Lying About Donating Bone Marrow

Lying About Donating Bone Marrow

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It's A Big Conspiracy!

It's A Big Conspiracy!

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Fortunate Son Meets Travelin’ Band

Fortunate Son Meets Travelin’ Band

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Clickbating About The Vaccine

Clickbating About The Vaccine

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Caught A Live One Today

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First One In The Wild

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Masks Are Dangerous, You Guys

Masks Are Dangerous, You Guys

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City Of Denver Calls Out A Covid Troll

City Of Denver Calls Out A Covid Troll

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Congrats On The Graduation Buddy

Congrats On The Graduation Buddy

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They Quickly Deleted The Exchange After This

They Quickly Deleted The Exchange After This

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Just Jared Didn’t Know What He Was Talking About

Just Jared Didn’t Know What He Was Talking About

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Was Looking For Reviews For A Tattoo Shop, Then I Found This

Was Looking For Reviews For A Tattoo Shop, Then I Found This

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Image Fakery With Bulls**t Explaination

Image Fakery With Bulls**t Explaination

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Tries To Claim Lousy Service... Lousy Vehicle Instead

Tries To Claim Lousy Service... Lousy Vehicle Instead

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From A While Ago, Guy I Met On A Dating Site Tried To Pass As Chris Pratt Abs

From A While Ago, Guy I Met On A Dating Site Tried To Pass As Chris Pratt Abs

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This Person Posted To Multiple Subreddits Claiming This Is Their Cat Named Garfield. The Cats Actual Name Is Pisco

This Person Posted To Multiple Subreddits Claiming This Is Their Cat Named Garfield. The Cats Actual Name Is Pisco

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Tries To Claim A 5 Year Old Story

Tries To Claim A 5 Year Old Story

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Fortnite Kid Bullshits Sponsorship And Gets Called Out By The Company

Fortnite Kid Bullshits Sponsorship And Gets Called Out By The Company

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Guy Tries To Steal Other Person Grandfather For Reddit Points

Guy Tries To Steal Other Person Grandfather For Reddit Points

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Amsterdam = London Apparently

Amsterdam = London Apparently

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On The Internet You'll Never Get Away With Lying About Animals

On The Internet You'll Never Get Away With Lying About Animals

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Says The Art Was Theirs And Gets 5.5k Upvotes Before Admitting They Actually Got It From Pinterest. The Original Artist Even Said “Please No Copying” When It Was Posted To Deviantart Almost 3 Years Ago

Says The Art Was Theirs And Gets 5.5k Upvotes Before Admitting They Actually Got It From Pinterest. The Original Artist Even Said “Please No Copying” When It Was Posted To Deviantart Almost 3 Years Ago

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Just Grab Some Random Image, Itll Work Out

Just Grab Some Random Image, Itll Work Out

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Faking Having Cancer For Karma

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Got Denied From The Military For Being “Too Smart”

Got Denied From The Military For Being “Too Smart”

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Person Asking Me For Money For A Transmission When They Got A Free One Under Warranty. #freetransmission

Person Asking Me For Money For A Transmission When They Got A Free One Under Warranty. #freetransmission

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Found This In The Wild Tonight. Why Would You Lie About That?

Found This In The Wild Tonight. Why Would You Lie About That?

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Dumbass Gets A Fact Check

Dumbass Gets A Fact Check

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False Persecution And Nazi Comparisons

False Persecution And Nazi Comparisons

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Definitely Has A Teacher Friend

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Dude Came Into My Tattoo Studio Today Trying To Get An Apprenticeship By Showing Me Photos Of Tattoos He Did. More Info In The Comments

Dude Came Into My Tattoo Studio Today Trying To Get An Apprenticeship By Showing Me Photos Of Tattoos He Did. More Info In The Comments

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