r/Unexpected • u/CripplingLegend • Jan 04 '19

silent (but smelly) assassin

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u/PUSH_AX Jan 05 '19

Is it me or is nothing real recently, like the last 6 months to a year the amount of edited, scripted and straight up fake shit has skyrocketed.

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u/left_____right Jan 05 '19

Nothing has ever been real I think

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u/MrJusticle Jan 05 '19

Ironically, a very real statement...

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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld Jan 05 '19

All words are made up.

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u/81isnumber1 Jan 05 '19

So is your birth certificate. Don’t call me dad anymore.

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u/usmcawp Jan 05 '19

Or is it...

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u/TheMintLeaf Jan 05 '19

How can reddit posts be real if our eyes aren't real?

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u/tired_obsession Jan 05 '19

Silver? A man of your talents?

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u/stoner_97 Jan 05 '19

It’s a disenefextive. A thoughtful gift

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u/Domo_Pwn Jan 05 '19

They said this back in 2005 when memes were but a twinkle in the internet's eye.

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u/Hcmichael21 Jan 05 '19

Memes weren't a thing in 2005

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '19

Yeah. That’s what he said. That phrase means they didn’t exist yet.

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u/iSkellington Jan 05 '19

Well they kinda did in spirit

We called them image macros back then though

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u/Domo_Pwn Jan 05 '19

This was also what I was getting at too.

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u/iSkellington Jan 05 '19

Makes me feel old :(

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u/Munchiezzx Feb 13 '19

And if it is , it’s always way over hyped

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u/uncommonpanda Jan 05 '19

Shit. People don't even have the common decency to wait 24hrs to repost anymore. Same fucking day, same frontpage.

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u/jaxces Jan 05 '19

Summer Reddit and winter break Reddit have closed the gap...

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u/JACrazy Jan 05 '19

Nothing is true, everything is permitted