Thread by @rustymk2, Good afternoon. I hope you're well. I'm gonna share the most awesome [...]

Good afternoon. I hope you're well.

I'm gonna share the most awesome takedown I've seen on Facebook in a long time...from start to conclusion. It's well worth the read. I think a lotta folks can get something outta this one.

Someone on my feed posted this. It was shared over 270 times. It's false AF, but that doesn't stop people from sharing and believing it.

Numerous people informed the OP that the meme was not rooted in truth. Of course, that doesn't stop people from believing falsehoods because it "was on Facebook". It's like when people would tell obvious tall tales & urban legends and say they "saw it on the news".

Well, the OP ain't taking it down, because shares get some people's rocks off. 270+ shares, man. Casually spreading misinformation and lies is cool as long as you have 'traffic' to some folks.

Anyways, one of the OP's brilliant followers chimed in with this...also, *more

Now, THIS is where this gets GREAT. Another reasonable, well-spoken, intelligent person decided it was time to speak up...and boy, did they get the job done. Here we go.