Hoaxes, whether you like them or hate them, have existed and will continue to exist as long as there are people around to create them, fall prey to them, and derive amusement from them.
The point of a hoax is to find humour in causing an unsuspecting target to respond to something false while believing it to be true. It’s the humour of humiliation, writ large.
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