This read, much like candy, is one that is best in small
doses. Too much at one sitting leaves you feeling a bit
dizzy and unsure if you'll ever want to try it again. A
collection of bits and pieces of information, some from
printed sources and others from the internet, are all part
of the socialogical phenomona that is now known as the urban
legend. While some of the stories are familiar - I am a
child of the internet age, after all, I found myself
laughing or groaning more than once at entertaining way they
were delivered. Boese does a nice job of presenting the
stories by adding a little more of their history and effect.
However, there is more going on here than a bit of fun --
this is a a field guide in a very real sense. Just as
Marliln Perkins might have used a handy reference guide to
tell different snake species apart while on safari, the
modern day internet adventurer needs to have some help as
they stumble across different bits of lore. This book
provides some of the tools to help the less experienced
inter-naut stay safe. It gives them the tools to recognize
some of the more common hoaxes that float around on the
internet and in society in general.
This one is easy to recommend and enjoy - hopefully it will
give a few more folks the ability to filter their e-mails
and not forward yet another load of Spam to my inbox.
Please people - read and learn!
Can you grow a bonsai kitten? Should you stock up on
dehydrated water? Is it easy to order human-flavored tofu?
Or is this all just B.S.?
In a world of lip synching,
breast implants, payola punditry, and staged reality shows,
it's hard to know the real from the fake. Hippo Eats Dwarf
is the essential field guide to today's Misinformation Age.
Whether you're deciphering political doublespeak or trying
to decide whether to forward that virus warning, hoaxpert
Alex Boese provides the guidelines you need. For instance,
Reality Rule 6.1: Just because you read it on the Internet
doesn't make it true.
With case files, reality
checks, definitions, and plenty of doctored photos, Hippo
Eats Dwarf is an entertaining guide to life, death,
eBay, and everything in between.
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