Snopes Round Up: Panic PINs and More
Here's a roundup of some relevant Comsumer-type urban legends from Snopes's Hottest Urban Legends Page:
ATM Reverse PIN Panic Code
Lead in Lipstick
Applebee's Gift Certificates
Various Target Myths
Uses for WD-40
And some new ones:
New Mercedes
Most Valuable Brand Names
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It's funny, my father-in-law sends me so much stuff that I can reply from snopes, and his comment is always how "...snopes is so liberally biased."
Facts are Liberally biased...
Papa K, I also have a conservative friend who was constantly sending me things and expressing outrage at "those damed liberals" I would merely send him the Snopes link back. Now he sends me items and asks things like "Is this true?
"...snopes is so liberally biased."O RLY?
I finally got my father to start checking Snopes and Google before forwarding me crap. Mostly works, too.
I've always wanted an emergency PIN option like those of some alarm systems -- simply increment the last digit of your PIN by one (1234-->1235, 6789-->6780). WAAAAAY easier to remember than reverse PIN.
Even if the police don't show up, it could do something give you $50 max and print an error message on the receipt / screen to show the muggers.
I should patent it!
Most of Snopes' articles can be summed up as: If it can't be irrefutably proven with the information provided, it's most likely a myth. "Friend of a friend" is an unlikely source. And e-mail forwards and petitions are useless.
Still, some pretty interesting and useful articles on there.