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Originally Posted by TheBrit
What I really cannot work out is why people takes snopes as gospel. Just because they say it is bull, why does it define it as bull? Every now and then I see things on snopes that have no reliable evidence that they are legends, and some that I know have happened for a fact. Why should people beleive them over anybody else? Garrr, it just angers me so.
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Snopes themselves, in their "lost legends" section, warn you not to believe EVERYTHING you read on their site. However, if it has a good, verifiable reference, which almost all of their information has, then I take it at it's face value.
Do you have an example of something that you know has happened for a fact? Submit your proof to Snopes and they'll update their listing. The idea is for it to be a ready reference. If you have more accurate information, let them know. "A friend said this happened to him, and he's been my best friend since we were 2" or even first-hand accounts are not going to do it, though. They're going to want photographs, links to credible news agencies and such.
Meanwhile, allow me to continue to use snopes as my first source to verify the continuous stream of crap that floods my inbox daily.
-Mikey