A screenshot of an Instagram comment thread where a user claims to have been on a flight and will never fly again, and the author replies that the flight was empty, leading the user to insist they were in first class.
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Some recesses of the internet are brimming with a slew of creative edits where people stretch apart the truth and then hope no one checks the receipts. There is always going to be that one fellow checking the receipts. Consider the following then a wonderful practice in spreading awareness to the absurdity of attempting to pawn off lies.

1. Made in, Canada. And China. Sometimes

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pancape / via reddit.com

Caught by the label, the rep’s story suddenly includes every timezone.

2. One Cloud, Two Posts

10lbsoftrash / via reddit.com

Same photo, different brag. Turns out the sky has a copy button.

3. Two-Week Masterpiece From February

stock_Currency4142 / via reddit.com

Bold of you to challenge art history with a timestamp.

4. Moldy Slice, Fresh Caption

mystepaccount1234 / via reddit.com

The picture’s older than the account; the green is doing all the talking.

5. Happy 1st -From the Internet

front_lynx6770 / via reddit.com

“Made this cake myself,” says the person who just baked it with reverse image search.

6. Five-Year-Old Fries, Brand-New Outrage

stevenl1219 / via reddit.com

Borrowed photo, borrowed fury; the internet never forgets its leftovers.

7. Quote-Unquote: Denied by the Quoted

gameyracoon / via reddit.com

When the person in the graphic shows up to say, “I didn’t say that.”

8. I Was on That Empty Flight

thorpedo_anna335 / via reddit.com

First class on a plane with no passengers; now that’s elite imagination status.

9. My Coffee, My Frog, My 2014?

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Facebook beat you to the amphibious latte by about a decade.

10. Freefall Into Reverse Image Search

mommysernox / via reddit.com

Skydiving without a parachute using a Red Bull pic with both.

11. Source: The Source Himself

scorpleo102 / via reddit.com

Headline says one thing; the player replies, “Nope.”

12. Top Secret, Bottom Secret, Zero Original

otherwise_number474 / via reddit.com

Boss didn’t show you this, 2019 did.

Meet the Writer

Matt has spent over the last 8 years as both a writer and editor, working in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally maniacal, pigeons. They always have a lot to say. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a new book and/or some friends, or just as easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.

These days Matt’s caught up in trying to provide folks as many vivid glimpses into the days long since passed as he can, through fun and engaging collections of hand-picked vintage photos.