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>This was something that was bound to happen and is going to happen again Just to clarify, the reddit post is 99% creative writing, it's a fake story created b
by GaggiX 2y ago
>This was something that was bound to happen and is going to happen again
Just to clarify, the reddit post is 99% creative writing, it's a fake story created by a new Reddit account.
- andybak 2y agoDo you have proof or did you mean "as it's a brand new account then it's probably made up"? The difference between those two things is rather important.
- GaggiX 2y agoThe other comment under mine replied for me. Also, something is false until evidence is provided, not the opposite. In this case, I'm very confident that the post is creative writing.
- spuz 2y agoWhat is the evidence that the story is false then? You can't require a high standard to believe something is true but not that it's false. That would be a contradiction.
- GaggiX 2y agoThere is no contradiction, my logic follows a common approach in skepticism, where claims are treated as false until evidence is provided.
- spuz 2y agoI don't consider myself an expert in this area so I looked up the page on Skepticism on Wikipedia and it says this: > skeptics normally recommend not disbelief but suspension of belief, i.e. maintaining a neutral attitude that neither affirms nor denies the claim. This makes a lot more sense to me. Regardless, I believe there is plenty of evidence in the Reddit thread that this is indeed a false story - it's just when I initially read your comment I hadn't considered that evidence since you didn't mention it.
- sixothree 2y agoThere are exactly zero pictured provided by the poster. Additionally, any and all information provided is intentionally vague.
- a_dabbler 2y agoNothing ever happens
- mcphage 2y agoWhile the idea is plausible, I agree I don’t think this specific instance is. Especially when they refuse to supply any corroborating evidence. (The storefront told them not to take any pictures of it? Seriously?)