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woman trying to return item to store women at counter one woman has hand on heart caption "The Fox Club in Chicago sold me a fake coach purse and refused to give me a refund. Is this really a vintage store?" (l) The Fox Club Chicago logo on white background (red heart letters x and o split by lightning bolt) (c) woman speaking to woman at counter (r)

‘They KNOW they’re wrong’: TikToker calls out vintage store for selling her a fake Coach purse

'You shouldn't have to ASK if it's authentic.'

On May 10, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

Internet Culture IRL
plane flight window

These creative TikTok videos let you experience taking a flight—at home

This is the best way to feel like you're on an airplane right now.

On Apr 15, 2020 by David Britton

Internet Culture
man-flew-alone-on-delta-flight-dupe

No, that guy didn’t really fly alone on a Delta flight

He duped the internet.

On Aug 17, 2019 by Tiffanie Drayton

Internet Culture
2 Girls 1 Podcast FAKE FACEBOOK

Don’t get tricked into going to these fake Facebook events

No, Limp Bizkit is not performing at your local hardware store.

On Aug 5, 2019 by Matt Silverman

IRL Tech
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Popular YouTube time traveler reveals true identity 

If it wasn't already obvious, Noah the time traveler isn't actually a time traveler.

On Jul 14, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Streaming
robot-bowling-video

No, that bowling robot video isn’t real

Robots can bowl, just not like that.

On Jul 6, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
11-deepfakes-ross-marquand

An impressionist morphed into 11 different celebrities in this deepfake

Actor Ross Marquand transforms into some of Hollywood's biggest names.

On Jun 20, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Streaming Tech
robot-attack-viral-video-fake

No, that video of a Boston Dynamics robot attacking its creators is not real

Robots can't attack humans–yet.

On Jun 16, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
twitter-dm-notification-hoax

No, Twitter will not notify you if someone shares your tweet through a DM

Here's what the person behind the hoax had to say.

On Jun 10, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
Twitter logo

Twitter is full of fake followers reportedly sold to celebs on the cheap

This is not OK.

On Jan 28, 2018 by Chris Tognotti

Streaming Tech

‘EA game dev’ who reported death threats may not be an EA employee after all

The Starwars Battlefront II controversy saga continues.

On Nov 15, 2017 by Tiffanie Drayton

Internet Culture Parsec

This model’s viral Instagram account has a disturbing secret

For starters, it's fake.

On Oct 6, 2016 by [email protected]

IRL

All-male marketing team made up the ‘liberal’ blogger who dumped a Trump supporter

Jezebel exposes xoJane 'essayist' as fake—and that's only the beginning.

On Oct 4, 2016 by Jessica Machado

IRL

Oil executive sued for allegedly doing worst Elon Musk impression ever

Incoming email from elontesla at Yahoo dot com.

On Sep 15, 2016 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture

Baby gorilla named ‘Harambe McHarambeface’ is beautiful, inspiring hoax

It's definitely a fake story, and it's definitely great.

On Sep 13, 2016 by Nayomi Reghay

Internet Culture

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