Debunking Humor...

[RTM]

 

[John J.]

(Not my gag, and I couldn't find the original so I cobbled this together using some clip-art which I believe is in the public domain- all credit to the original humourist and artists):

There were a number of studies involving apes in the latter half of the 20th century, where attempts were made to teach them symbolic language (Washoe, Nim Chimpsky, Koko) and even to paint (Congo).

The researchers- along with popular science articles and TV programs- were broadly positive about their results.
Since then, these studies and their conclusions have been challenged, to put it mildly, on methodological and ethical grounds.
Nevertheless...

 

[Ravi]

 

[NorCal Dave]

Close to 100 of them if I recall correctly.

 

[LilWabbit]

 

[Mendel]

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and recent news

 

[derwoodii]

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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and recent news

funny i had posted that in a FB group and got scolded by FB for spreading altered image meh

 

[Mendel]

funny i had posted that in a FB group and got scolded by FB for spreading altered image meh

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note that Facebook thinks that the UFOs are real

 

[Mendel]

I followed this Chinese balloon for almost 200 miles


Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/BxuY3Bi

 

[Ann K]

 

[Leifer]

NOAA's flat-earth imagery discovered, using "γɿoɟɔɘᒑɒɿɟ bɿɒwʞɔɒᗺ" analysis.

....complete with hidden encoded question mark.

 

[FatPhil]

 

[eleggua]

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/is-this-a-chinese-spy-balloon.12858/page-4#post-287283

Should not be too long before we see "Chinese Balloon Pieces" for sale on eBay.

"look!"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354581675882?

air from Myrtle beach the minute the chinese balloon was shot down look!

This air was captured the exact moment the "suspected" Chine$ee spy balloon was shot down in Myrtle beach SC by me personally. Along with this bag of air you will receive a commemorative souvenir t shirt and the video I recorded of it being shot down. Don't miss this piece of history! 10 bags available.

 

[dc_hatman]

 

[Mendel]

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Looks a lot like the "video proof" we see of UFOs...

 

[derwoodii]

 

[derwoodii]

 

[derwoodii]

 

[NoParty]

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/is-this-a-chinese-spy-balloon.12858/page-4#post-287283

Should not be too long before we see "Chinese Balloon Pieces" for sale on eBay.

"look!"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354581675882?

air from Myrtle beach the minute the chinese balloon was shot down look!

This air was captured the exact moment the "suspected" Chine$ee spy balloon was shot down in Myrtle beach SC by me personally. Along with this bag of air you will receive a commemorative souvenir t shirt and the video I recorded of it being shot down. Don't miss this piece of history! 10 bags available.

Evidently not moving well at $4,000...
Now re-listed at $2,000!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354597922841

(I'm no dummy: I'm not jumping until it drops to $1,500!)

 

[Mendel]

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/lcYuQJe

 

[dc_hatman]

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/lcYuQJe

Reminds me of the cat many years that used to come and sleep on top of the outdoor hot water tank at our place. My mother once said that maybe it was sent to look after us by my father to who had died unexpectedly a few years earlier, and I said that a better explanation is that the top of the tank is a warm and cosy place for a cat to lie.

 

[FatPhil]

 

[FatPhil]

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/dNJssOw

 

[John J.]

Might be a bit niche, hoping it might raise a smile for people following the "15 Minute Cities" thread in Conspiracy Theories, "Debunked: 15 Minute Cities are a plot to confine people into regimented zones"
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/de...o-confine-people-into-regimented-zones.12867/)

or maybe the "Protests" thread in Chitchat, "Protests and Stuff"
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/protests-and-stuff.12872/

(There's a couple of in-jokes in the 'cast credits').

 

[JMartJr]

 

[Mendel]

restroom sign

 

[JMartJr]

Might be a bit niche, hoping it might raise a smile for people following the "15 Minute Cities" thread in Conspiracy Theories, "Debunked: 15 Minute Cities are a plot to confine people into regimented zones"

Would have been subtly funnier if it had been "Escape, from Oxford."

 

[Mendel]

Would have been subtly funnier if it had been "Escape, from Oxford."

Escape, or Oxford!

 

[Mendel]

Flying tictacs with no visible means of propulsion? Look no further:

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/WolIrF0

https://www.thingiverse.com/tag:tictac_gun
they're not UFOs, they're armamints

 

[Ann K]

they're not UFOs, they're armamints

Agghhh! I knew those orange ones would be useful for something, because they're certainly not edible!

 

[Mendel]

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/duAaOTA


usually, this cuts both ways

 

[John J.]

Why did no-one tell me about this? I thought PEZ dispensers were cool, but this...

 

[JMartJr]

Flying tictacs with no visible means of propulsion? Look no further:
Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/WolIrF0

 

[John J.]

Not sure if this is strictly Debunking Humor, but it does demonstrate the hazards that "believers" pose, not just for us, but for others... (MP4, 1 minute, 8.1 Mb)

Commissioned by Thinkbox, the marketing body for UK commercial TV, ad created by Red Brick Road, 2016. Credits here https://www.thinkbox.tv/thinkbox-tv-ads/the-broadcast/

 

[Hevach]

the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across - which happened to be the Earth - where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

[dc_hatman]

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

It's been a while since I've read Hitchhikers Guide, but were these the same ships that hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't

 

[Hevach]

No, those were the Vogon ships right at the beginning. This fleet was one of those random side jokes that Douglass Adams would occasionally meander into for a page or so to break up less humorous segments.

 

[psikiwi]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

 

[FatPhil]

Why can't they all be this easy?

 

[deirdre]

Why can't they all be this easy?

interesting.

Article:

It is curated in such a way that travellers do not require flights, ferries or boats. The route is all about roads and bridges.
...

As interesting as this sounds, until now, no human has dared to venture on such trips. This walk can be a bit dangerous and some areas fall under the conflicted regions in the world. Not just this, even visa restrictions are a major drawback here. A traveller must have strong survival skills and good immunity for the body to sustain the changing temperatures.

This route has been shared by a Reddit user, long ago, under 'The Potential Longest Walkable Road'. The post went viral.

Source: https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/explore-the-unexplored-world-s-longest-walkable-distance-which-no-human-has-ever-completed-news-206879