I think the main cause for the rapid spread of these sorts of things is mainly due to how most older parents care a lot for their kids which causes them to believe obvious hoaxes out of worry for...
I think the main cause for the rapid spread of these sorts of things is mainly due to how most older parents care a lot for their kids which causes them to believe obvious hoaxes out of worry for their kids. This along with how easy it is for things to spread on the internet can cause these things to be blown way out of proportion. And while it's easy for someone to learn something new, it's much much harder to make them unlearn it which ends up with them propagating the meme even further. The only way to really stop the spread of this kind of thing imo would be to somehow make these older people stop caring about the younger generation which is an impossible task.
I think the main cause for the rapid spread of these sorts of things is mainly due to how most older parents care a lot for their kids which causes them to believe obvious hoaxes out of worry for their kids. This along with how easy it is for things to spread on the internet can cause these things to be blown way out of proportion. And while it's easy for someone to learn something new, it's much much harder to make them unlearn it which ends up with them propagating the meme even further. The only way to really stop the spread of this kind of thing imo would be to somehow make these older people stop caring about the younger generation which is an impossible task.