@Sirwinchester published a phenomenal post earlier about the dangers of internet addiction (link below) that everyone should go read IMMEDIATELY AFTER we play a little game.

https://steemit.com/life/@sirwinchester/is-internet-addiction-real-this-is-how-too-much-internet-use-affects-us

His post is very real, and what I'm hoping to get out of this post is to activate your brain a little bit and shock you (not physically, i'm pretty sure that would be a ToS violation) proving that even though there's a good chance some of us are addicted, there's even a better chance that all kinds of publications have psychologists (or at least 1) on staff working with the headline conversion team as they test to find the optimal clickbait, no matter how much you probably don't even particularly care about the topic. You. Will. Click. Or seriously think about it clicking.

For both the believers, and non-believers...maybe it'll make you re-consider your web habits. Who knows?

Disclaimer: In no way am I trying to change your habits...you do you. I just thought I would exercise the brain a little bit and fire off a couple of electrons before you dive into to the hard stats in his post.

THE GAME

I am going to list 10 listicle/clickbait headlines. 9 are real and one is not (though it may be in the future).

You will comment below which headline you think is fake and in four hours I will reveal the fake headline. If this post gets $100 or more from upvotes and influence BY 12AM EST (4 HOURS FROM NOW), I will draw a winner an transfer them 10 STEAM or donate it to someone of their choice that is in need of it since I've seen quite a few people in sad circumstances today. If you do decide to donate the 10, I'll match the 10 as long as it's a worthy cause.

HERE. WE. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

WHICH HEADLINE BELOW IS FAKE?

1. HERES THE POWERFUL LETTER THE STANFORD VICTIM READ TO HER ATTACKER

2. 24 DUMP DINNERS YOU CAN MAKE IN A CROCKPOT

3. POWERFUL IMAGES SHOWING WHERE YOU SYRIAN REFUGEES SLEEP

4. 37 THINGS YOULL ONLY UNDERSTAND IF YOU WENT TO COLLEGE IN THE 90S

5. HERES WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT HAVING BOTH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY

6. 18 PHOTOS THAT WONT MAKE SENSE TO SISTERLESS FAMILIES

7. 48 PAINFUL TRUTHS ONLY MUGGLES WILL UNDERSTAND

8. THE 61 BEST TEACHER MEMES ON THE INTERNET

9. 24 BIG SALADS YOULL ACTUALLY WANT TO EAT

10. WHO SAID IT: DONALD TRUMP OR LUCILLE BLUTH?

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BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXPERIMENT, BRINGING LIGHT TO A SOMEWHAT "HIDDEN ISSUE," AND FOR HOPEFULLY HELPING SOMEONE IN THE STEEMIT COMMUNITY OUT!

(PS - I failed the quiz)

Don't forget to read the post on @Sirwinchester blog (link above).