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WestAussieGirl:
I have a family member who is always falling for urban legends.  Whenever she has emailed them to me (and everyone else in her address book) I email back to her (only) and give her the snopes link.  She's never acknowledged these emails so I assume she enjoys the scare factor (or maybe there's an urban legend that if she opens these links the world will end).

Now she has started posting urban legends as status updates.  This annoys me.  It would take less than 30 seconds to check the validity of the claim (as I do as soon as I read them).  Today I (publicly) commented on her status saying it was an urban legend and putting in the snopes link.

So, was I rude to publicly debunk her claim?

cbcb:
I don't think so, but then, I'd be tempted to do the same. I hate when people send out the scare-mongering messages without even checking the validity.

LEMon:
Could you ask her (another time, not now that you have posted) what she gets out of these urban legends?  It might be interesting to find out what she is thinking.  Does she believe them?  Want to believe them?  Like the thrill she gets out of them?  Are they like a scary movie to her?

Shiraz_Much?:

--- Quote from: cbcb on November 25, 2009, 05:22:34 PM ---I don't think so, but then, I'd be tempted to do the same. I hate when people send out the scare-mongering messages without even checking the validity.

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POD

blarg314:

I would post the Snopes links as responses to the status updates for the ones where believing the tale would cause people to do something illogical, like the ones that tell you to go to your doctor, or boycott a company, but leave the more minor ones alone.

It's not like she hasn't been told that these things are urban legends - you've sent her links, and I'm sure other people have too.

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