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minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·7 days agoThat’s actually the origin of the “average person eats 8 spiders per year” myth. Started for the reason of showing how fast false info spreads.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoFun fact. It kind of was, and it kind of wasn’t. At least not in the sense that most people think. The base claim is “people eat 8 spiders in their sleep” Which was debunked by snopes in 2001, citing someone who make up that claim as an example, which then spread as misinformation But that’s not the end of the story spoiler Snopes themselves fabricated that citation, making this whole story very meta
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days ago the real spoiler... it’s actually more than just 8 spiders
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoFor real. Rookie numbers.
That’s actually the origin of the “average person eats 8 spiders per year” myth. Started for the reason of showing how fast false info spreads.
Fun fact. It kind of was, and it kind of wasn’t. At least not in the sense that most people think.
The base claim is “people eat 8 spiders in their sleep”
Which was debunked by snopes in 2001, citing someone who make up that claim as an example, which then spread as misinformation
But that’s not the end of the story
spoiler
Snopes themselves fabricated that citation, making this whole story very meta
the real spoiler...
it’s actually more than just 8 spiders
For real. Rookie numbers.
I heard it’s 8 per night.
8/hour actually.