Students believe in the tree octopus.

[GotMalkAvian]

Kids aren't that stupid these days are they...?

We're talking about the generation of Twilight, Jersey Shore, Justin Bieber, and chatspeak... Yeah, they're that bloody stupid.

 

[scorptatious]

Fuck the Tree Octopus! What about the Spycrab??


Does no one care about the safety and well-being of these beautiful creatures??

 

[Actual]

Still need convincing.

That was a good laugh, ta!

OT: I could have sworn I'd already heard of the tree octopus, but as someone pointed out before it may have been in a Terry Pratchett book, and unlike the mail everything in his books are true and non-fictional.

 

[Fidelias]

This is nothing. About 5-6 years ago me and a mate got one of our classmates to believe that Costa Rica was under attack by a large amount of migrating jellyfish that produced hydrogen that allowed them to float out of the water and drift in the air. We also told him they were extremely volatile and that when startles they exploded.

As far as I know the guy still believes in these floating jellyfish to this day.

We also told him bigamy was a type of cake and that calling himself impotent was a niftier way of saying important. We were cruel, cruel kids.

I'm sorry, but that was just hilarious!!!

... and very, very, cruel.

But also hilarious!

 

[RicoADF]

*snip*
That's a scary problem, when youth today are seeing the internet as the same trustworthy source as their parents.

And television too. I did a film course and its amazing how much of an effect media (radio, TV, internet etc) can have on the public, and it's no wonder government's want to censor it (both good and bad), not that I agree with censorship at all as I don't trust those to pick whats appropriate for me

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Is there another source with this story?

I cannot bare the Daily "sensationalist" Mail

"Daily Fail". Remember that, it's always the "Daily Fail".

Also, I really want to believe in the tree octopus, it would be awesome.

 

[Diligent]

*snip*
That's a scary problem, when youth today are seeing the internet as the same trustworthy source as their parents.

And television too. I did a film course and its amazing how much of an effect media (radio, TV, internet etc) can have on the public, and it's no wonder government's want to censor it (both good and bad), not that I agree with censorship at all as I don't trust those to pick whats appropriate for me

Film course eh? That reminds me of this little gem which I was shown in a media studies class, which is said to have had gullible people phoning the BBC asking about how they could get their own spaghetti tree.

I commend our teacher for showing us this at a younger age, as it certainly taught the lesson that you can't trust everything you see in media even if it's presented to look authentic and factual.

 

[drbarno]

That website is quite old, I remember seeing it at least 4 years ago during an ICT lesson about making sure your information is from a reliable source, along with a website about the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide