# Alternate facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974 "2017-01-23T21:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/21 "2017-01-24T15:20:26Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > P.s. - I do not mean this as an alternate fact. This statement is not confusing in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/22 "2017-01-24T15:36:00Z")
Back in 1977 an episode of _Doctor Who_ had a line that covered the subject of “alternate facts” quite succinctly when Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor said “You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views.” ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/23 "2017-01-24T18:37:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Homosexuality has gone way, way, way, way, way up since abortion was made legal. Ergo, abortion creates homosexuals (I know someone who believes this!) This reminds me of my favorite alternate fact: [Global Warming is directly caused by a shrinking number of pirates](http://www.venganza.org/images/PiratesVsTemp.png). ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/24 "2017-01-24T18:43:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Homosexuality has gone way, way, way, way, way up since abortion was made legal. Ergo, abortion creates homosexuals (I know someone who believes this!) Oh, please, please explain this, even in a PM or a separate thread. I have to know how abortion creates anything. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/25 "2017-01-24T19:07:12Z")
Alt Truth? When a politician says that he is “The Other Left” but he’s STILL not Right. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/26 "2017-01-24T19:08:59Z")
ISIS is expanding, or holding steady. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/27 "2017-01-24T19:11:51Z")
I drive a 2023 Ford Mustang, which was brought to me from the future by Dr. Emmett Brown. It has a cold-fusion reactor power plant, a paint job which changes colors based on my mood, and an onboard frozen margarita machine. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/28 "2017-01-24T19:26:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > This statement is not confusing in the least. Oh man, I’m in tears here. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/29 "2017-01-24T20:19:07Z")
I am not losing my hair. I know exactly where I put it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/30 "2017-01-24T20:23:33Z")
This thread is vastly interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/31 "2017-01-24T20:55:50Z")
I can stop drinking any time I want. I just set it down, so I’m not drinking right now. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/32 "2017-01-24T21:16:17Z")
People find me to be interesting, charming and hella sexy. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/33 "2017-01-24T21:20:52Z")
I am not lying in this post. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/34 "2017-01-24T21:45:55Z")
Recent reports from the CDC show that the odds of autism are now 4 in 3 children. Facebook use by parents to blame, one study shows. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/35 "2017-01-24T21:49:48Z")
I have [a tape recorder up my nose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0gzQS4w1sc). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/36 "2017-01-24T21:55:58Z")
Left-handed people cannot distinguish shades of green. Nor can they tell the difference between turnips and rutabagas. And nobody knows why… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/37 "2017-01-24T22:43:11Z")
The SDMB was shut down by the Reagan administration and all traffic since has been by bots. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/38 "2017-01-24T22:55:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Recent reports from the CDC show that the odds of autism are now 4 in 3 children. Facebook use by parents to blame, one study shows. I now totally want to write an article about the rise in autism, and how it correlates with parents’ use of social media. What fake news outlet could I submit it to, where it would get picked up by the mainstream media, and started a movement before [snopes.com](http://snopes.com) got its laptop booted. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/39 "2017-01-24T23:00:12Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I have to know how abortion creates anything. Medical waste. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974/40 "2017-01-24T23:42:09Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I now totally want to write an article about the rise in autism, and how it correlates with parents’ use of social media. What fake news outlet could I submit it to, where it would get picked up by the mainstream media, and started a movement before [snopes.com](http://snopes.com) got its laptop booted. Snopes is run by bots from \*The National Enquirer. \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974.md?page=3)