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I'm surprised how little skepticism there is about posts like these. A month earlier the user posted a comment about a mortar round in the same group, and poste

I'm surprised how little skepticism there is about posts like these. A month earlier the user posted a comment about a mortar round in the same group, and posted a video about a security prank. Not saying it's fake, but it's far from obviously true.

craftyguy 8y ago
It's reddit. There's a very good chance most of the content on the entire site is staged, because fake internet points mean something to some people.
- Swenrekcah 8y ago
  They’re internet points but they’re not fake. Bitcoin also means a lot to many people :)
  - y4mi 8y ago
    You can exchange btc for currency though... Reddit karma can only be bought and accumulated.
    - jfoutz 8y ago
      And then the account can be sold. Or you can post for money if you’re more interested in renting.
      - Mandatum 8y ago
        Selling farmed accounts isn't lucrative. You can buy an account with 10K thread karma and 50K comment karma for $50-100.
    - Swenrekcah 8y ago
      True, one is more useful than the other but neither of them is fake was my point
huhtenberg 8y ago
I've been following /r/whatisthisthing for several years now (highly recommended, btw) and it is exceptionally rare for people to post fake/staged questions for karma points there. This is reddit indeed, but subs vary quite a bit in how the function.
gnarbarian 8y ago
Especially since there are no other pictures, news reports, or witnesses to what would be a huge spectacle. I believe this is probably a deacitvated missle someone had as a curio (I see similar stuff used as door stops in military surplus stores). OP then decided it would be funny to stick it in a bundle of wires and tell people he found it.
nodesocket 8y ago
Also agree. Until I see news coverage I am also very skeptical. People go to great lengths to lie and deceive on the internet.
yread 8y ago
The czech police apparently doesn't know about it https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomba-v-ceskem-datacentru-policie-o-nicem-nevi/ https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomb...
- gnarbarian 8y ago
  I definitely believe he's just pranking everyone now. here's a translation: On one thread on Reddit, an interesting thing is being discussed today. The user, with the nickname WhySoSadCZ, posted a photo of where an old bomb lies between the server racks on the ground. It is supposed to be a location in the Czech Republic, specifically in a server room in offices of unnamed smaller companies. "No one has been in the server since the last person left IT two months ago and apparently took his keys," WhySoSadCZ writes that he was going to repair the air conditioning in the room and had to get in without the keys. The user further writes that the business owner has no idea how the bomb took place there. He also states that the building has been evacuated and that the police have been involved here. Police Spokesperson of the Czech Presidency of the Czech Republic, Jozef Bocan, however, told Lupu that the police did not carry out such an action. "We do not know anything about this description at this moment," he said.
- alinspired 8y ago
  how do i know if this site is more legit that reddit :)
LyndsySimon 8y ago
I'm in the central US, so I've never come across something this large... but I have been present a few times when people have found explosives while going through a deceased person's belongings. A couple of those were (very old) commercial explosives, but in one instance it was a few live Vietnam-era M-61 hand grenades. In that particular case they didn't even call the police - they'd already found the paperwork for them; they were legal and registered, though stored improperly.

craftyguy 8y ago

It's reddit. There's a very good chance most of the content on the entire site is staged, because fake internet points mean something to some people.

Swenrekcah 8y ago
They’re internet points but they’re not fake. Bitcoin also means a lot to many people :)
- y4mi 8y ago
  You can exchange btc for currency though... Reddit karma can only be bought and accumulated.
  - jfoutz 8y ago
    And then the account can be sold. Or you can post for money if you’re more interested in renting.
    - Mandatum 8y ago
      Selling farmed accounts isn't lucrative. You can buy an account with 10K thread karma and 50K comment karma for $50-100.
  - Swenrekcah 8y ago
    True, one is more useful than the other but neither of them is fake was my point

huhtenberg 8y ago

I've been following /r/whatisthisthing for several years now (highly recommended, btw) and it is exceptionally rare for people to post fake/staged questions for karma points there. This is reddit indeed, but subs vary quite a bit in how the function.

gnarbarian 8y ago

Especially since there are no other pictures, news reports, or witnesses to what would be a huge spectacle. I believe this is probably a deacitvated missle someone had as a curio (I see similar stuff used as door stops in military surplus stores). OP then decided it would be funny to stick it in a bundle of wires and tell people he found it.

nodesocket 8y ago

Also agree. Until I see news coverage I am also very skeptical. People go to great lengths to lie and deceive on the internet.

yread 8y ago

The czech police apparently doesn't know about it https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomba-v-ceskem-datacentru-policie-o-nicem-nevi/ https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomb...

gnarbarian 8y ago
I definitely believe he's just pranking everyone now. here's a translation: On one thread on Reddit, an interesting thing is being discussed today. The user, with the nickname WhySoSadCZ, posted a photo of where an old bomb lies between the server racks on the ground. It is supposed to be a location in the Czech Republic, specifically in a server room in offices of unnamed smaller companies. "No one has been in the server since the last person left IT two months ago and apparently took his keys," WhySoSadCZ writes that he was going to repair the air conditioning in the room and had to get in without the keys. The user further writes that the business owner has no idea how the bomb took place there. He also states that the building has been evacuated and that the police have been involved here. Police Spokesperson of the Czech Presidency of the Czech Republic, Jozef Bocan, however, told Lupu that the police did not carry out such an action. "We do not know anything about this description at this moment," he said.
alinspired 8y ago
how do i know if this site is more legit that reddit :)

LyndsySimon 8y ago

I'm in the central US, so I've never come across something this large... but I have been present a few times when people have found explosives while going through a deceased person's belongings. A couple of those were (very old) commercial explosives, but in one instance it was a few live Vietnam-era M-61 hand grenades. In that particular case they didn't even call the police - they'd already found the paperwork for them; they were legal and registered, though stored improperly.