It's gotten to a point where I just go ahead append a warning that I have no source and am just making casual conversation.
Source: my previous comment on Lemmy.
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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I rather have a source to support a claim instead of "but it's how I feel so it's real! Scientists don't know anything, stop debunk my feelings with facts because I know I'm right! I read it on Facebook!"
We need more reliable and supported sources and less fake news.
You get people who believe jet contrails only started appearing in the 90s even though that they didn’t is literally within living memory.
terrifying
Cool meme.
Source?
Hidden panel: guy on left saying “google it yourself, don’t expect me to have to teach you anything”
I would just assume that anyone who needed a cite for really obvious stuff is just trolling.
Yeah, I suppose the obvious stuff, sure
Guess I’m just rankled by seeing so many people making baseless claims and then telling everyone to figure it out themselves when they get called out on it, and it’s not the same as this.