A Christmas Miracle: 500,000 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Cards Found in Lost Shipping Container

MikeSnow · Jan 13, 2021

We live in an age when some people think elections are stolen even after tens of different judges confirm there was nothing wrong with the elections. Having this article posted as a joke with only that small grayed-out mention about the "Spanish Fool Day", that many people will not even read, is not ideal under these circumstances. This is how "fake news" are born. Some people will believe anything, no matter how obviously fake it is. The article should be edited to make it clearer for everyone it is not real. And, in the future, it might be better to refrain from posting such "articles" at all.

Rei · Jan 13, 2021

MikeSnow said:
And, in the future, it might be better to refrain from posting such "articles" at all.

And why not? Everyone does it, even companies does it too. So why should TechPowerUp be the exception.

MikeSnow said:
Having this article posted as a joke with only that small grayed-out mention about the "Spanish Fool Day", that many people will not even read, is not ideal under these circumstances. This is how "fake news" are born. Some people will believe anything, no matter how obviously fake it is.

I'm sorry for offending anyone in this thread who were fooled but they probably had it coming if they didn't even bother to read the disclaimer. I know I made my fair share of mistakes being fooled before. Also "fake news" isn't really "fake" if they made it known that it was a joke from the get-go even if under fine print.

MikeSnow said:
The article should be edited to make it clearer for everyone it is not real.

Don't be such a killjoy. That just defeats the purpose of "Fool's Day" which is fun jokes of fooling anyone who didn't pay attention.

Chrispy_ · Jan 13, 2021

Rei said:
Don't be such a killjoy. That just defeats the purpose of "Fool's Day" which is fun jokes of fooling anyone who didn't pay attention.

This.
Mocking angry people who don't pay attention is the whole point.
It's internationally-accepted trolling. If you can't handle it, go and live under a rock in the desert.

GWComputers · Jan 14, 2021

windwhirl said:
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The fact that it was a joke was literally there.

Yep I noticed that but to late lol. Anyway this was sent to me from a friend working on the tech industry and he felt for it to lol so I figured it was real news and immediately was filled With rage lol

Rei said:
Gotta look in the mirror on who you just insulted, dude. You're the one who fell for it.

Yep I noticed that but to late lol. Anyway this was sent to me from a friend working on the tech industry and he felt for it to lol so I figured it was real news and immediately was filled With rage :fear:

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A Christmas Miracle: 500,000 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Cards Found in Lost Shipping Container

MikeSnow

Rei

Chrispy_

GWComputers