Headline Smasher: Real or Fake Headlines
8Headline Smasher is a fun little website that smashes two or more headlines from around the web (including news, but also buzzfeed and 9gag) to create something new. Sometimes the real headlines are more ridiculous than the generated ones though. Below are 14 headlines, 6 of which are real headlines and 8 are generated. Can you tell the difference? I’ll post the answers tomorrow (and don’t cheat by googling because that isn’t fun for anybody!)
- John Cena Might Be Able to Get Vaccinated
- Mayor Pete Not Going to Be Alive After Having Stomach Removed
- Couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to reverse classic Mercedes into plastic bag
- 16 Animal Tweets That Made Us Want to Talk More About Their Finances
- I Rewatched “Harry Potter” And, As Someone Who’s A Lil’ Shallow, I Have A Few Questions
- Don’t Kill the Pain
- SNAP: Man uses iguana as weapon at restuarant…Swings over his head, throws at manager
- Double Amputee Army Veteran Runs His Fourth Boston Marathon and It Backfires Immediately
- Protester Glues Her Breasts To Pavement Outside Of Goldman Sachs
- Why Hollywood Stopped Casting Mario Lopez
- Nationwide Recall on Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies Recalled Due to Infant Deaths
- Incompetent, Self-Interested S****: Fear and Monetary Gain
- Utah Legalizes Sex Outside Marriage After Governor Signs Assisted Suicide Law After “Careful Prayer”
- This Beetlejuice Candle Is the Perfect Accessory for Your Next Seance
After you guess, check out Headline Smasher and post any good ones you come across!
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1 Fake
2 Fake
3 Fake
4 Fake
5 Real
6 Real
7 Real
8 Fake
9 Real
10 Real
11 Real
12 Fake
13 Real
14 Real
Something’s not adding up…
My guesses for real:
3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14
Yeah, that’s 7 guesses for 6 real headlines, wanna fight about it?
Ok, if I had to eliminate one of those, it’d be #3.
P.S.: The Internet is a horrible, awful, soul-destroying place. It’s also quicksand.
Fake ones:
1
2
4
6
7
8
12
13
Real ones: 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, and 14. Wait, do Morningsave commercials count as casting Mario Lopez?
Several I wasn’t sure…
Fake
1,2,4,6, 8, 11,12,13 (Maybe in a different state this might be true),
Real
3 (sounds just stupid enough – almost Darwin award worthy)
5
7 there are enough idiots out there this is likely to be real
9 again enough idiots out there this seems plausible
14
@moose Oops I forgot #10 - real
Hey @moose, whatever happened to that thing you were doing where we all had to name a song (+ something else I forget). You were going to do something fun with them. Did i miss it or maybe was just drunk
@llangley I hoped no one would remember that…
@Moose so then you will give everyone $5 certificates if we promise to “forget”?
@Kidsandliz @Moose
Can’t wait! Oops.!
Thought I was going to fool all of you but @Kidsandliz nailed it!
@Kidsandliz: 14/14
@DennisG2014: 13/14
@sammydog01: 12/14
@medz: 12/14
@Limewater: 10/14
@Moose Someone sucked more than me! YAY! That was fun- thanks!
Ah, man. I thought I had #11 down as fake. Must’ve gotten mixed up on the numbers…probably wouldn’t have changed my overall score as I would have missed the adjacent ones…
@Moose Well that’s cool since I guessed on several of them.