History Website / Snopes

* ParentalFavoritism: An accidental case in the story of a little boy who goes through with [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transfusion-confusion/ a blood transfusion to save his sister, thinking it will kill him]]. While the story is ''presented'' as an example of a selfless sibling, the author ends the examination by pointing out that the boy wasn't horrified when he thought his parents wanted him to ''die'' so that his sister could live.

* ParentalFavoritism: An accidental case in the story of a little boy who goes through with [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transfusion-confusion/ a blood transfusion to save his sister, thinking it will kill him]]. While the story is ''presented'' as an example of a selfless sibling, the author ends the examination by pointing out that the boy believed his parents wanted him to ''die'' so that his sister could live.

So when someone sends you some stupid email, or posts on Website/{{Facebook}} saying "Bubble Yum is made of [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bubble-yuck/ spider eggs]]!" point them to the right place to figure out that no, it isn't. Or that "[[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amanda-bundy/ Amanda Bundy]] needs your prayers!" (she recovered years ago). Or, what about [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sick-child-christmas-card-request/ Craig Shergold]]? You know, the boy who was collecting greeting cards years ago? Well… Snopes checked, and Mr. Shergold made a full recovery, is now a healthy young man and -- having collected upwards of 33 ''million'' greeting cards -- respectfully requests that people stop sending them.

* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: [[invoked]] "The Repository of Lost Legends" intentionally makes false claims of accuracy, advancing claims like "Mister Ed was really a zebra" to remind the readers that something can look authoritative and well researched and still be bullshit.

* DanBrowned: "The Repository of Lost Legends" does this intentionally, advancing claims like "Mister Ed was really a zebra" to remind the readers that something can look authoritative and well researched and still be bullshit.

* AdultFear: The "Parental Nightmares" section.

* PunctuationChangeTheMeaning: The site examines the urban legend that [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-price-too-high/ a man sued the telegraph company (and won) after they omitted a single comma from his message]]. According to the story, his wife was on vacation and an expensive piece of jewelry caught her eye, so she sent a message asking if she could buy it. The man replied "No, price too high", but the telegraph operator instead sent the message "No price too high."

* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Quite a few UrbanLegends archived and discussed here have such teachers, typically involving them teaching a lesson to their students or getting into a fracas with a student of a different political alignment, sometimes portrayed positively, sometimes negatively[[note]]In the three examples here, right-wing teachers are portrayed positively, and left-wing ones negatively. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]. A few examples (of varying degrees of truth) include [[http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/socialism.asp a professor giving his students a hands-on lesson about socialism]], [[http://www.snopes.com/glurge/nodesks.asp a teacher having veterans come into her class to impart patriotism to her students]], and a HollywoodAtheist [[http://www.snopes.com/religion/chalk.asp professor attempting to disprove the existence of God...]]by dropping a piece of chalk.