• @[email protected]
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    1179 months ago

    I’ve met way too many people who think schools have litter boxes for furries, so nobody would question a dog playing basketball.

    • @[email protected]
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      609 months ago

      It was shared on here that that story stemmed from the fact that classrooms are keeping kitty litter handy so kids can shit in a bucket during school shooter lock down incidents.

      Tiny bit of truth ÷ deflection x thing I hate = popular lie

      • @[email protected]
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        309 months ago

        Hol up, that’s a thing? Fuck, I almost wish it was just to appease the furries, the reality is so much more depressing.

      • @Ultraviolet
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        199 months ago

        As a bonus it also deflects what would otherwise be a damning story about the gun violence problem.

      • @Duamerthrax
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        89 months ago

        The way you create a narrative is by saying something that’s ninety percent true, omitting a bit of context, and sprinkling in one or two lies. That way, when it gets debunked, the firm believers will just say that it’s close enough to the truth.

      • AnyOldName3
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        49 months ago

        People insist it happens in the UK, too, and we don’t have school shootings, so wouldn’t have that source for the claim.

        • @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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          99 months ago

          Misinformation isn’t constrained by geography. At least, not enough to keep stupid from spreading.

    • @FilthyShrooms
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      189 months ago

      I mean, it doesn’t say a dog can’t play basketball in the rulebook, so why would anyone question it?

      • Jojo
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        49 months ago

        They seriously haven’t updated the rulebook? It’s been a quarter century!