Worth posting interesting stories if you don't have proof?

You just dont get OcUK do you? The only proof we need is a hovis loaf being present in the pictures or video you have of the "event". If your tapping scarlet johanson we wont believe you unless the loaf is perched on her love pillows etc.

You can see into the future with tea leaves but you can see the proof in the pudding with a loaf of hovis
 
bloodline76 said:
This isnt the story writing forum though is it. Why tell a story if it isnt true?
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No one said it was the story writing forum - not that it is in any way relevant, either. I only ever go to this forum for entertainment, believe it or not. Reading some of the posts in GD is fun, going to SC every once in a while is interesting, and reading the PC Games area gives me information that I care about. I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume most people visit for similar reasons - with that in mind, why should it matter if you're being told something that is true, in a section of the forum which doesn't require it?
bloodline76 said:
Its like you are trying to get the attention that your parents never gave you.
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Let's not go all Dr. Freud on this - the debate is too young for that ;)
bloodline76 said:
If you think about the people that come on here then if the story does sound believeable then because of their logical minds then they would like proof.
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What I wonder is - why would they want proof? I mean, fair play if you don't believe someone and call them up on it but at the end of the day, why does it matter?
 
Nix said:
It usually depends on the person telling the story. You would not for example, tend to see the wolves closing in on older members who don't tend to be fantastical as a norm. Posters who however, tend to talk crap often, get their due.
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If there is something to be gained from the story, whether it's true or not, then it doesn't matter.

If it's only a good story if it IS actually true, then it makes sense to be able to back it up with some evidence of some sort (local newspaper articles, pics (Hovis), etc).

For instance:

"I was at a club and was chatting up some bird and sneezed. A huge lump of snot landed in her cleavage."

Is a story (funny or otherwise) where it doesn't matter whether it's actually true or not.

"I was offered a whole day test driving an expensive car, but couldn't go because it clashed with something else".

Is a story where in and of itself it's not interesting. The only possible interest would be a picture of the person, the car and a loaf of Hovis on the bonnet. A tale of woe why it couldn't happen isn't interesting at all and leads people to believe that it was fabricated due to boredom.
 
Why would someone make up a story as banal and uninteresting as the one in small type in the OP? In that instance I think you are pretty safe from the cynics but may induce a few yawns;)

If you see a UFO/lizardman/haveunfeasibilyhighFPSbenchmarks, prove it.
 
The thing is the OP is missing out on an excellant opportunity to eggface a significant number of people calling him a liar in the antfarm thread. It just requires a very very slight amount of work to prove the deed. Its like that dude in the motors forum saying he'd crashed his dads MR2. It went of for a couple of weeks with virtually everyone doubting the chap, claiming hovis etc, he was being fully ridiculed. Then one day he posts the pics of the damage as he described, complete with Hovis and "OCUK" moniker, Cue lots of people shifting in their seats saying, "yeah, well..."
 
Interesting stories are interesting stories, whether they're true or not.

BUT, if you repeatedly post dubious sounding tales then you will begin to get a reputation as a fantasist. Again, there is nothing much wrong with this, despite it being a little odd. But don't be surprised or try to 'blame the world' for being skeptical. It's human nature to disbelieve things which sound unlikely.

It's no different to the "mate down the pub" scenario. If he says that he banged a fit girl, or got a new car, you wouldn't question it. But if he kept saying that he had bought a new car or banged another fit girl week in and week out, you would start to think he was a bull****er. Especially if he refused to show even the smallest amount of proof for any of it.

So I guess - yes, it's worth posting "interesting stories" whether or not you have proof, but if you *don't* have proof, then don't expect people to believe you time and time again. And don't be surprised when they don't. Remember the story of the boy who cried wolf.
 
If you have such a problem with people believing you then post up some proof, I know if people doubted me so much I would take great pleasure in proving them wrong.
You have posted a few things now that would easily be provable, prove you earn over £400 a day - take a pic of your wage slip or something, prove your ant farm maze thing - take a pic of it, simple.
Reschedule your "Bentley day out" I know I definately would if I got the offer.
until then I call BS.
Go on prove us wrong then you can laugh at us all for doubting you, me included.
 
Maximum Triceratops said:
If you have such a problem with people believing you then post up some proof, I know if people doubted me so much I would take great pleasure in proving them wrong.
You have posted a few things now that would easily be provable, prove you earn over £400 a day - take a pic of your wage slip or something, prove your ant farm maze thing - take a pic of it, simple.
Reschedule your "Bentley day out" I know I definately would if I got the offer.
until then I call BS.
Go on prove us wrong then you can laugh at us all for doubting you, me included.
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I don't get a wage slip (take the money as dividends to avoid some tax (specifically NI)) but will a screenshot of my end of year company accounts do? (personal /company confidential information removed)?

I'm trying to think of the best way of doing it so you can't work out I'm me, where I live etc in case you're a real wierdo?!

The £400+ is after all tax including VAT by the way. I could give you my company number but then in about 10 seconds on companys house you'll know everything about me :( it's tough really .. will scanned copies of my end-of-year accounts do with my company name etc removed? I mean, it's hardly like I'd really fabricate that lot it'd take hours and hours...?

Basically I can prove the antfarm, the wages, the stag-do reason for not doing the Bentley, and the 3 30" monitors on liquid cooled 5970 (and 4870) PC. But I don't want to reschedule the Bentley day as I've got no time. Would that lot be enough for me to be able to officially laugh and say 'lol told you so'?? Is there any other thing you want proved? Oh -- I cna prove the 'jacket got nicked, found it, they left their phone in the pocket!!' story as well but this would involve a quick (and easy) call by you to Cumbrian police .. want to do that? (I guess I just give you the crime reference number? easy?)

Is there anything else? Or would that be enough for me to declare a 'whooping'?
 
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britboy4321 said:
I don't get a wage slip (take the money as dividends to avoid some tax) but will a screenshot of my company accounts do? (personal information removed)?

I'm trying to think of the best way of doing it so you can't work out I'm me, where I live etc?!

The £400+ is after all tax including VAT by the way. I could give you my company number but then in about 10 seconds on companys house you'll know everything about me :( it's tough really .. will scanned copies of my end-of-year accounts do with my company name etc removed? I mean, it's hardly like I'd really fabricate that lot it'd take hours and hours...?

Basically I can prove the antfarm, the wages, the stag-do reason for not doing the Bentley, and the 3 30" monitors on liquid cooled 5970 (and 4870) PC. But I don't want to reschedule the Bentley day as I've got no time. Would that lot be enough for me to be able to officially laugh and say 'lol told you so'??
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Why do you need us to know all this about you?
 
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