Is Avril Lavigne Dead? and Other Online Truther Rat Holes.
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Today, Gawker covered Vice’s coverage of a rumor dissected on the Internet Explorer Podcast a few months ago - a conspiracy that the real Avril Lavigne passed away over a decade ago and was replaced by a fake. And while I normally wouldn’t lead with a web rumor about the woman who blatantly stole my teenage love of ties and writing three-chord songs on the guitar, I was struck by my reaction to this vast theory permeating isolated crags of the web. Namely, not being surprised at all. We live in an age where what used to be a questions asked and forgotten while high (“whoa, what if THAT Avril isn’t the REAL Avril?!?!?”) can now percolate and ferment into full blown truther communities of all kinds.
Is Avril Lavigne Dead? and Other Online Truther Rat Holes.
Is Avril Lavigne Dead? and Other Online…
Is Avril Lavigne Dead? and Other Online Truther Rat Holes.
Today, Gawker covered Vice’s coverage of a rumor dissected on the Internet Explorer Podcast a few months ago - a conspiracy that the real Avril Lavigne passed away over a decade ago and was replaced by a fake. And while I normally wouldn’t lead with a web rumor about the woman who blatantly stole my teenage love of ties and writing three-chord songs on the guitar, I was struck by my reaction to this vast theory permeating isolated crags of the web. Namely, not being surprised at all. We live in an age where what used to be a questions asked and forgotten while high (“whoa, what if THAT Avril isn’t the REAL Avril?!?!?”) can now percolate and ferment into full blown truther communities of all kinds.