Does Coronavirus Put Dogs at Risk Because Hand Sanitizer Has the Same Ingredients as Antifreeze?
Pet warnings are always popular, and COVID-19’s link to hand sanitizer made sure that a claim that it was fatal to animals spread far and wide..
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Fish Mox: ‘Same Antibiotic, Same Pill, Same Manufacturer, Same Drug’ as Amoxicillin?
“Fish antibiotics” were a meme unto themselves, but a viral Facebook post advises users without access to healthcare to use “Fish Mox” if they can’t get prescription antibiotics.
No, You’re Not Being Told to Avoid ‘Unprotected Sex with Farm Animals’ Over the Coronavirus
A meme replicating a World Health Organization graphic went for an easy, puerile joke.
How a Banking Meme Ties Into a Debate Over Calendar Denominations
The dispute over using Gregorian or Hebrew calendars long predates the cheeky graphic.
‘Has Anyone Had to Give Back the Security Deposit?’ Landlord Round Table Facebook Group Post
An unredacted purported screenshot shared from the Facebook group “Landlord Round Table” to Twitter sparked discussions about dishonest renting practices.
Did a Man Decide to Use Drawings of ‘Cat Heads’ as His Official Signature?
If you’ve ever closed on a house, you already know what a hassle drawing cat heads on documents might be.
Palindrome Week, September 2019
Popular Facebook posts and Twitter trends heralded “palindrome week.” What’s that?
Sparkler Ash Dog Death Warning
On June 26 2019, a Facebook user posted the following story about the death of their pug Zoe, urging other users to be aware of the purported danger posed by spent firework and sparkler ash: In part of the post, Copp said that Zoe had recently died, and added that the pet’s death was attributed …
‘Why I’m Voting for Donald Trump in 2020’ Twitter Meme
On June 18 2019, Twitter user @johncatsjr shared the following tweet (“why I’m voting for Donald Trump in 2020”), a missive picked up by innumerable other users — along with an original misspelling: In that first version, the user spelled “manufacturing” as “manufactuing,” an error present in reposts of the same cut-and-pasted content: In the …
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Does an Image Show Dogs Euthanized in a Single Day in an Average American Shelter?
On June 2 2019, the Facebook page “Pawz” shared the following post (archived here), tugging on readers’ heartstrings by claiming that the photograph represented routine daily euthanizations in an average shelter: A caption implied that the dogs were recently euthanized in the United States: Take a good, hard look at this picture. This is just …
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