# Is this the stupidest clickbait item yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193 "2019-04-07T23:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/1 "2019-04-07T23:06:09Z")
I got this clickbait but, of course, didn’t open it. The title says enough: “Remember Farrah Fawcett? Try not to gasp when you see her now”. I know it’s pointless to speculate about who writes this shit. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/2 "2019-04-07T23:10:47Z")
As for clickbait, that seems pretty par for the course for me. Of course, your OP made me google Farrah Fawcett because I hadn’t thought of her for years just to see what she’s up to now. So, well done, click bait, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/3 "2019-04-07T23:21:57Z")
that’s been done for years and years just look at the bottom of any news page with the “sponsored” ads Last years angle was "popular movie/tv star gives it all up " or we say good by to x popular person and when you clicked on it it was some skin care or medicine woo supposedly being sold by the person in a fake magazine story it was so rampant that when pauley pirette left ncis she put out a tweet saying she wasn’t endorsing or selling any skin care or cosmetics and any ads saying she was were scams heck even here on the dope I was getting fake business insider ads saying the fda was keeping some miracle brain cure back from the public and trump declared "the public must be told " ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/4 "2019-04-07T23:24:07Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > that’s been done for years and years just look at the bottom of any news page with the “sponsored” ads > Last years angle was "popular movie/tv star gives it all up " or we say good by to x popular person and when you clicked on it it was some skin care or medicine woo supposedly being sold by the person in a fake magazine story > it was so rampant that when pauley pirette left ncis she put out a tweet saying she wasn’t endorsing or selling any skin care or cosmetics and any ads saying she was were scams > > heck even here on the dope I was getting fake business insider ads saying the fda was keeping some miracle brain cure back from the public and trump declared "the public must be told " Whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/5 "2019-04-07T23:30:47Z")
she died around the same time Michael Jackson did …… a joke going through the bars was "farah died and was at the pearly gates and was getting looked over st pete said "well you were a model and on tv but nothing to racy and you used your fame and fortune for good deeds so well give you one last wish before you go in she says "well I want the children of the world to be protected and safe " st pete ok your wish is granted and she goes in He then turns to an underling and says “aw Christ now we have to go take care of " Michael Jackson …” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/6 "2019-04-08T01:13:12Z")
I honestly thought that this was going to be a joke thread about how “supidest clickbait ever” got us to click. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/7 "2019-04-08T02:14:24Z")
You won’t believe what click bait authors are trying now! ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/8 "2019-04-08T03:50:46Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > she died around the same time Michael Jackson did Yes, they both died the very same day. Farrah’s death was hardly mentioned in the newscasts dedicated to Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/9 "2019-04-08T05:22:08Z")
I once saw a clickbait list of “20 Celebs You Didn’t Know Passed Away.” It included Kurt Cobain, Princess Diana, and John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193/10 "2019-04-08T05:49:32Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > You won’t believe what click bait authors are trying now! #7 blew my mind.