INTERNET MEMES DEBUNKED - Karate Kid is Mr Miyagi's Age

The internet is full of lies.  Some are funny because they're not true.

In 2013, the original Karate Kid turned the as the same age as Mr Miyagi in the original film (and doesn't that make you feel old).  True, to a point, but it's a bit of an optical illusion

INTERNET MEMES DEBUNKED - The Teletubbie Baby: Then & Now

The internet is full of lies.  Some are funny because they're not true.

Does it make you feel old that Jessica Smith was the baby from Teletubbies even if she was living in American not England and probably 12 years old and not a baby at the time?

MY OTHER BLOGS - Poll

The internet is full of lies. Here are some blogs that may or may not contain truth.

The following is a list of my blogs and your chance to rank them best to worst.

TOP X TOPICS

Looking at online lists.

• TOP TEN TOP X LISTS:  A look at the 10 best lists on a topic and the top 10 created from them.
• OVERTHINKING THE EVIL OVERLORD LIST:  A satirical look at the already satirical "If I Where an Evil Overlord" List.  [Now part of Super Villain Advice]
• RANDOM TOP X:  Random List stuff.
• TOP X THINGS YOU PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT: Challenging "Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About..." lists.
• TOP X LISTS DEBUNKED:  A look at lists of facts and trivia to see how much fact they contain.  [Now part of Internet Truth Debunked]

THE FILM RULES

A look at the rules and formulas certain genres follow.

• RANDOM RULES:  Random Rules stuff.
• THE SLASHER FILM RULES:  Testing the rules followed by Slasher/Horror films.
• ROM COM RULES:   Testing the rules followed by Romantic Comedy films.
• LESBIAN ROMANCES:  Testing the rules followed by Lesbian Romance films.

TRUTH IS JUST AS STRANGE AS FICTION

A look at truth and fiction.

• REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAINS:  Real people who may actually be Super Villains.  [Now part of Super Villain Advice]
• RANDOM TRUTH:  Random "True" stuff.
• CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC:  Real events that seem like the set up of horror films.
• WHY ISN'T THIS A FILM:  Real life people and events that should be films.  [Now part of SCREEN SCREENER]
• SIMPSONS DID IT:  Things that happened on The Simpsons that then occurred in real life.
• PRINT THE LEGEND:  The truth behind commonly believed stories.  [Now part of INTERNET TRUTH DEBUNKED]

THE TV & DVD COMPLETIST

Dealing with my need to own complete sets of DVDs.

• BREAKING THE COMPLETIST:  Things I don't want to own, but leave my set incomplete.
• THE EXTRAS COMPLETIST:  Short films and mini-episodes for a variety of series.
• THE INCOMPLETIST:  Things I want to own on DVD but can't get.
• THE COMPLETIST RANT:  Complaints about things to do with DVD collecting.
• THE COMPLETIST'S GUIDE:  Listing the order for series.  [Now part of SCREEN SCREENER]

UNMADE SF

Proposed, unproduced or incomplete Science Fiction films and series.

STEPPING ON POINT

Helping find places to start comics and some of the codes that comic companies and fans use.

• THE COMIC CODE: Deciphering comic jargon.
• COMIC ISSUES:  Recommended collections as starting points.
• FIRST ISSUES:  Upcoming first issues and stepping on points.
• UNIVERSES:  Explaining some of comic book's shared universes.

THE BOOKS ON...

Book reviews.

• THE BOOKS ON MY SHELF:  General books.
• THE BOOKS ON FILM:  Books about films and the making of...
• THE BOOKS ON MY  BOOKLIST:  Books I studies at university.
• THE BOOKS ON TELEVISION:  Books about television and the making of...
• THE BOOKS ON MY DEVICE:  Books on my tablet or phone.
• THE BOOKS ON LOAN:  Books I've borrowed from someone.

SUPER VILLAIN ADVICE

Advice for Super Villains or Super Advice for Villains.  Not sure which.

• ASK A SUPER VILLAIN:  Advice column.
• EVIL OVERLORD LIST REDUX:  A satirical look at the already satirical "If I Where an Evil Overlord" List.  [Continuing from TOP X TOPICS]
• REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN:  Real people who may actually be Super Villains.   [Continuing from TRUTH IS AS STRANGE AS FICTION]
• SUPER VILLAIN POV:  A look at books, comics and film about the villain.
• SUPER VILLAIN CLASSIFIEDS:  Classified ads for Super Villains, Henchmen and Super Heroes.

SCREEN SCREENER

About films and television.

• COMPLETING FILMS SHOWDOWN:  Two films released close together.  Which is better?
• WHY ISN'T THIS ON SCREEN:  Real life people and events that should be films.  [Continuing from TRUTH IS AS STRANGE AS FICTION]
• THE SCREENER'S GUIDE:  Listing the order for series.  [Continuing from THE TV & DVD COMPLETIST]
• SHORT FILM SCREENER:  10 Short films available online.

INTERNET TRUTH DEBUNKED

Debunking falsehoods.

• INTERNET RESHARES DEBUNKED:  Things reshared proven fake.
• INTERNET MEMES DEBUNKED:  Making fun of fun.
• CRYPTOZOOLOGY DEBUNKED:  A look a fake pictures of fake creatures.

Please do the survey and rank the blogs.

~ DUG.

INTERNET ETYMOLOGY DEBUNKED - Slang

The internet is full of lies.  Lies like fake origins for words.

Some say that "slang" is a portmanteau of "s(hortened)-lang(uage)".  It is not.