Why, oh Why?
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
November 25, 2016 7:41pm CST
Skimming Facebook this afternoon I came across a post someone had shared.
I read the post and was immediately skeptical.
The woman who had shared it is well educated. How could she pass this bit of misinformation along.
This one didn't even need research. December always has 31 days....
Christmas Day falls on a Sunday usually at least once every 7-14 years.
Why would anyone believe it has been over 800 years since we had five weekends in December?
Not to mention, this December does not have 5 Sunday's or 5 Monday's..
Some people should look at the calendar.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
Alot of people will post things and never check to see if they are true.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
It does make them look like fools. If I'm going to share something, I like to fact check it first.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
@Morleyhunt I always check it out first too
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
26 Nov 16
That is quite upsetting. If the person reading this is not careful, he or she will be easily deceived. I do hate chain messages too especially those that leaves bad luck once the reader did not spread that message. Whenever I received such message, I no longer forward it to my friends.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Nov 16
Change letters, emails etcetera, are automatically deleted.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
I don't share things like this. This one was so obviously, glaringly wrong I was appalled that a mature, well educated, normally rational woman would pass this along.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
26 Nov 16
@Morleyhunt I never share this kind of messages. To be honest I avoid to share anything.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Nov 16
I try to fact check before forwarding something like this....it means I don't share many quotes.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
It took but a moment to check this for accuracy. It failed.
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
26 Nov 16
@Morleyhunt maybe that person who posted it has a special calendar.
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
26 Nov 16
I don't take much heed in these "good luck" posts. I also don't care for posts that have pictures with words that have spelling errors. Sometimes I would like to share the message but won't if it's got spelling errors. It would make ME look stupid.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
Anything that gives me a time limit to share gets an immediate pass. Greed seems to make people blind to fact.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 16
I don´t spend my time reading that kind of nonsense. And I also know that money will come if you work and will not come if you sit waiting for it, whatever the special calendar.
The only time I indulge in such writings is when I go to a hairdresser. And I wonder why is it that woman´s magazines are so full of that!
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 16
@Morleyhunt I wonder if there are men´s magazines as stupid as those. 
And I´d like to know what do they have in common.
And I´d like to know what do they have in common.@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
You're right. Those women's magazines share such drivel.i should be able to lose weight, get rich and look 20 years younger if I would only send money for their magic formula. Sorry. I'm not that stupid.
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@rebelann (117240)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Nov 16
Someone was sharing something similar last year, it read that the instances of 5 fridays and saturdays only happened every 823 years which is also bull kadunk. People don't think and just start sharing for the sake of sharing.
@rebelann (117240)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Nov 16
I just laughed @Morleyhunt I know the person who sent it and she's the type that shares everything she gets with all her friends, I doubt she did little more than go "OHHH" as she hit the share button.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
I wonder if those who share this garbage realize just how foolish it makes them look. It also makes everything else so much less credible.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
28 Nov 16
Crazy, I wonder if you could fact check that...often on Facebook I find a lot of untruth.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
28 Nov 16
No fact checker needed. I just looked at my calendar.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov 16
It is amazing how this stuff gets passed around when anyone with half a brain can see the holes in the information.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
The mention of acquiring some money seems to blind them to all the inaccuracies.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
Like you, having my inbox clogged with such foolishness annoys me. When someone repeatedly shares this stuff I block notification from them.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
26 Nov 16
Yes I can understand... Many posts are without any meaning or underlying truth
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Nov 16
Look at a calendar. This year the months of May and October had 5 Sunday's and 5 Monday's. January 2017 also has 5 Sunday's and Monday's.
