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However, the term fact has lost much of its linguistic coherency since the advent of the internets.
Facts are now often simply opinions utilized primarily by detectives; easily debunked, refuted, discredited and pwned, and those who feign to rely on facts are simply using Google links and Wikipedia links, the two greatest sources of opinion since the appearance of the internets. This is why it is important to check your facts — otherwise, your facts become fiction or worse a Fall Out Boy lyric.
For a list of facts, please see article on common knowledge.
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[edit] Factual Inaccuracy
A highfalutin term for the by-product of "making shit up" and failing your saving throw vs. bullshit.
If you throw around wildly inaccurate facts, you might find yourself in Internet court.
[edit] How to Identify Factual Inaccuracies
- Any statement which begins or ends with "at least 100 years ago".
- Any statement which begins or ends with "over nine thousand".
- Any statement which begins or ends with "studies show".
- Any statement which begins with "My fellow Americans..." or "may it please the court"
- Any statement which begins with "I'm not a (racist, sexist, homophobe, lawyer, doctor, etc.), but" (see dubious disclaimer)
- Any statement which begins with or contains the word "clearly" or "obviously".
- Any statement which begins with "they say"
- Any statement which begins with "some argue"
- Any statement which begins with or contains "the fact that..."
- Any statement which begins with "Actually,"
- Any statement which begins with "Quite frankly,"
- Any statement which begins with "I think" coming from a person with blonde hair.
[edit] List of People who Rely on Factual Inaccuracies
- Old media
- New media
- Wikipedia
- Mann Coulteredia
- This Loser
- Jack Thompson
- "Dr." David Walsh
- Everybody in "What The Bleep Do We Know?"
[edit] Examples of Factual Inaccuracies as a Drama-Generating Technique
- In israeli: "Studies show that 3/4 of all Jews have small penises."
- In amipregnant: "Everybody knows you cannot get pregnant on a Thursday."
- In every available online forum: "The Phantom of the Opera molested me." (only sometimes inaccurate)
[edit] Factual Inaccuracies and ED
To improve the general quality and Good Joke:Word Count Ratio of ED, try to include as many factual inaccuracies as possible in your article, and ensure that they are as blatantly absurd as possible. Bonus points if they rely on a double entendre, pun, or witty cultural misallusion.
- Encyclopedia Dramatica:Gold stars awarded to inaccuracies that generate drama in which someone claims that the article is inaccurate.
