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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Back at the end of the last century when search engines first were gaining popularity, your lycoses and search cactuses and ask Jeeves and dogpile and what not, I'm pretty sure there were stories of people taking what they found as true without considering sources or getting multiple reliable sources too.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I think people were turning off overpasses when Apple Navigation came out too. Despite them obviously driving on an overpass.