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That plane debris in the garden thread

47 replies

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 11:39

What happened?! It’s gone poof, how was it a troll? Where did they get the pics from?

(MNHQ I know this is a TAAT but I need answers!)

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SpookabooAtTheZoo · 29/10/2022 12:51

It was a troll? Argh I was so invested in this one! Thanks to PPs who posted the news story though, at least we get closure on what actually the pictures were of.

FlibbertyGibbitt · 29/10/2022 13:10

Last school holiday essay wasn’t it.

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 13:19

FlibbertyGibbitt · 29/10/2022 13:10

Last school holiday essay wasn’t it.

I don’t understand why people say this, I really doubt trolls are school kids inventing stuff for MN

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QuietYou · 29/10/2022 13:19

Isn’t that just classics 😉
👏 👏 👏

DeadBod · 29/10/2022 13:20

I was enjoying that thread as well. It truly baffles me why people make stuff up.

CheezePleeze · 29/10/2022 13:21

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 11:53

On a slightly separate note, it would be so great if MNHQ could leave troll threads up for a bit but closed so we can at least read them unfolding

MN is tripping over trolls lately. The last thing they'll want to do is encourage them like that.

ahunf · 29/10/2022 13:37

CuriousCatfish · 29/10/2022 12:12

Did the Op seriously expect anyone to believe the thread?

Well of course we did. Not everyone had heard about the original story.

FlibbertyGibbitt · 29/10/2022 13:45

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 13:19

I don’t understand why people say this, I really doubt trolls are school kids inventing stuff for MN

You think not ? Watch during the school holidays there are so many deleted troll posts !

PAFMO · 29/10/2022 13:49

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 11:53

On a slightly separate note, it would be so great if MNHQ could leave troll threads up for a bit but closed so we can at least read them unfolding

Great idea!
Let's encourage more fantastists and damaging liars.
It took HQ three days to delete a fake dead baby thread last week. Was that long enough for you to "watch it unfold"

CheezePleeze · 29/10/2022 13:55

You think not ? Watch during the school holidays there are so many deleted troll posts !

Yes, school holidays have always brought about more troll posts but I truly believe it's bored parents doing the trolling.

MN really doesn't seem to attract children, if they want to troll anyone they'll be about in Instragram/Tiktok etc.

AndSoFinally · 29/10/2022 13:56

I wish we could just have a sub topic for all of these troll threads rather than deleting them! Just close them so they don't accept further posts or something. That way no one would be taken in, but we could all enjoy the absolute bonkersness 😊

EarlofShrewsbury · 29/10/2022 14:10

MzHz · 29/10/2022 12:08

Agreed, or stick them in a Works of Troll Fiction Topic

I love this idea.

Yarnosaur · 29/10/2022 14:12

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 12:33

Isn’t that just classics 😉

Grin
GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 14:16

PAFMO · 29/10/2022 13:49

Great idea!
Let's encourage more fantastists and damaging liars.
It took HQ three days to delete a fake dead baby thread last week. Was that long enough for you to "watch it unfold"

Fucking hell don’t be so ridiculous, of course topics of that nature should be deleted but a fake plane landing in the garden isn’t really harmful.

It would be nice if they would zap inappropriate ones but figure a way to let you read the harmless ones if you’ve posted on there for a bit before deleting.

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Daftasabroom · 29/10/2022 14:25

LostThePot · 29/10/2022 11:51

Someone posted on the thread that it was photos from Belgium in September.

I’d still like to know if it was from a plane or satellite!

Definitely an aircraft, more than likely out of commission and blown off a scrap lorry.

PatriciaHolm · 29/10/2022 15:02

@Daftasabroom - read the stories linked to above. It fell from a plane flying out of Liege airport.

CandidaAlbicans2 · 29/10/2022 15:27

MzHz · 29/10/2022 12:08

Agreed, or stick them in a Works of Troll Fiction Topic

Oh yes, that would be great! I do wish MNHQ wouldn't delete threads and just lock them instead, then move them to a designated naughty corner/troll section.

Daftasabroom · 29/10/2022 15:38

Thank you @PatriciaHolm a piece of nacelle rather than engine.

PAFMO · 29/10/2022 15:40

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 14:16

Fucking hell don’t be so ridiculous, of course topics of that nature should be deleted but a fake plane landing in the garden isn’t really harmful.

It would be nice if they would zap inappropriate ones but figure a way to let you read the harmless ones if you’ve posted on there for a bit before deleting.

There's no such as a harmless troll.
And anybody who "needs to know" the outcome of troll threads should perhaps get a hobby.

LynneBenfield · 29/10/2022 15:41

CheezePleeze · 29/10/2022 13:21

MN is tripping over trolls lately. The last thing they'll want to do is encourage them like that.

Agree. It’d be like the troll Olympics (more so than it is now) with them all falling over each other to out-troll each other.

GoodnightGentleBoris · 29/10/2022 16:53

PAFMO · 29/10/2022 15:40

There's no such as a harmless troll.
And anybody who "needs to know" the outcome of troll threads should perhaps get a hobby.

Lol. Ok cheers.

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roundtable · 29/10/2022 17:00

There's a troll one going on at the moment op. You don't have to look far. The op has even had a name change fail with a sock puppet episode.

I think most of the aibu posts are made up.

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