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The lack of check-marks is because it's a blank form to be printed out and filled, before handing it over to sensationalist news websites.
by antisthenes 5y ago
The lack of check-marks is because it's a blank form to be printed out and filled, before handing it over to sensationalist news websites.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoI remember this meme format from Slashdot comments back in 2002ish for anti-spam solutions - its not meant to be printed out - the OP simply forgot to fill the relevant checkboxes for this particular news story.
- megameter 5y agoIt goes back all the way to 90's Usenet, as a memetic format for commonplace rebuttals. Possibly one of the most longstanding pieces of Net culture!
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoThank you for the correction, I didn’t know it was that old