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[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Or the contrived stories. "He does this every day until we feed him <3"

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

"This [specie of animal] hid in the corner every day for [X] [months/years] until one day THIS happened! (wait for it)"

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[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There was a wave of "sleepy baby animals collapsing in sleep together" on Spez's site until someone figured out most of them were "sleepy" because they were drugged.

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[–] Ifera@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Just like a lot of animal rescue videos. Horrible, heartbreaking animal abuse, staged to look like an act of heroism.

I used to watch those videos on YT a lot, until I suddenly pieced it together, that two cats had the very same markings, and figured out what their scam was, I felt so disgusted I ended up making a massive rant and telling every person I knew for months.

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

next you'll tell me people don't always tell the truth on the internet or to not always believe what you read in the newspaper

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah this was my reaction, before AI cynicism there was “this is obviously scripted” cynicism and then even tropes that built on it like nothing ever happens

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

People lied way before the internet; Look at the octopus jump to escape the holding tank (crew poured bleach). Staged stuff like that has been going since recording was possible ... they even staged pictures.