At one point, a huge chunk of Scots Wikipedia was written by an American teenager who did not know Scots.
Everyone needs a hobby
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andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
When I learned about this it was the funniest thing I had heard. Like rolled around and nearly wet myself funny.
Nobody else has shared the humour with me and I have told lots of people.
Sorry for linking to that site, but this is where I learned about it, and Reddit is pivotal to the discovery
p3n@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Reminds me of the Alan MacMasters hoax, famous inventor of the toaster: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_MacMasters_hoax
aarRJaay@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Please tell me every going on with American politics is some bored housewife spamming social media and the Kamala actually won and is doing an amazing job. Please!!
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Of course! Why, what have you been reading?
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
There should be a collaborative worldbuilding project in a wiki format.
Kinda like SCP but writing about all aspects of the world.
Gustephan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I could see this kind of idea being wildly popular for ttrpg dungeon masters. If you know anybody who owns multiple 20 sided die there’s a good chance they’ve done some amout of fantasy world building before
chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Collaborative world building often falls apart. It needs a full time coordinator, or it’s like herding cats.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My friends invented band members for the band 69boys. “Quick Skeet” Fisher, Reginald “Busta Nut” Gunderson. They are not real… well they used to not be real. I think Gunderson started to do interviews.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Now THAT is a true patriot.
Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Turns out this is false, the actual story is much better: vice.com/…/chinese-woman-fake-russian-history-wik…
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
That lady missed her calling as an RPG author.
Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I know, impressive effort.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
I was just thinking I want an English translation
Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Her level of world building is insane.
xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
wait so someone made up an news article screenshot about a person making up wikipedia articles?!!?
Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
And it’s not even the fifth weirdest thing you’ll see on the internet today.