4 Ways to Spot An Internet Bull**** Artist

Cracked.com ^ | September 24, 2014 | C. Coville

[Slings and Arrows]

I've long been fascinated with Internet fakers: the people who hang around forums and social media sites, vomiting lies out of every orifice like a drunken frat boy who's also possessed by a demon. A few now-defunct communities once cataloged these filthy, filthy liars, but apart from that, Internet fakers really don't get the attention they deserve. And that's weird, because over the years, I've noticed that they share a bunch of bizarre similarities. Like ...

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

FOTFLOL

For the record I did ask him if he wanted fries with that.

[dorothy]

Sneakypete blew DITHF’s cover real hard.

Yes, but I remember being a bit perturbed by how quickly his "apology" was accepted. I wished something a whole lot stronger than what was essentially, "It's okay, sweetie. Don't do it again." And I wasn't even one of those who sent cigars!

[FourtySeven]

So what was the deal with “classy green eyed blonde”? I’m extremely late to that news (obviously)

I’ve read that she was a he? Is that it? How was that fact even discovered and was there ever a reason for such deception determined?

[right way right]

I’m not fake, I really am a dog.

[right way right]

“classy green eyed blonde”

Turned out to be Matt Drudge...Kidding...I think.

[Vendome]

Alaska Wolf?

And the anethma of Humbleguner; Bloggers.

[Vendome]

I’m a French Model...

[MrB]

He has more than one Z in his handle...

[Vendome]

. . . . Is this you?

[mad_as_he$$]

I see sneakypete on other forums calling BS on posters.

[Lazamataz]

I have more z’s in my name than anyone except the user named ZZZZZZ

[Lazamataz]

If you are named ClassyGreenEyedBlond, or DeepInTheHurtgenForest, you might be an internet BSer

[Conspiracy Guy]

Back in 1992, I was the first US astronaut slated to land on the sun. But when my marriage to Kim Bassinger started falling apart I was kicked out of the program. So I sold penny stocks on a huge basis, bilking millions out of unwitting investors. Then I got convicted of money laundering and spent 2 years in federal prison. Now I am a well known TV evangelist that does TV ads for Sham Wow under a different name with a different wig. I also started facebook and Zuckerburg is just a puppet front man. I’m worth trillions of dollars. I don’t know why people make up stuff about themselves online. Just be honest folks.

[Conspiracy Guy]

But we know your real name is Zatamazal. You are a rocket scientist from Latvia and a double spy.

[21twelve]

Based on your screen name - I bet this is all just a cover. You STILL are an astronaut.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

5: she’s from Alaska

[Conspiracy Guy]

Shhhhh. I am still an astronaut but I am with the North Korean space program as a trainer. I introduced Kim Jung Oops to Denise Rodman. Keep this to yourself.

[Slings and Arrows]

IIRC, she was a he, and her photo was a stock image. Don’t know why she was doing it other than for the lulz.

[Slings and Arrows]

> I’m a French Model...

A Citroen 2CV?

[dead]

It's easy to tell if you know what to look for...