1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - People falling for fake social media accounts

Episode Date: July 15, 2022

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the couple Chevrolet GMC Studios. Here is your host, Derek Pearson. Brought you by Mary Ellen's Food for the Soul on 937 the Ticket and the Ticketfm.com. Hello, everybody. Welcome into one-on-one here on 937.com. I am your host for the day. Literally the day.

Rico. I know you're probably tired of hearing my voice as I did the same thing yesterday, but I'm doing it again today. But this time, I know somebody on the text line is going to be happy. I'm joined by one, Mark on Wiley. The Mark and Rico show is alive. The one texter who always asks for it. I hope you're listening because this is when it happens. I was just like, oh, Mark, just hop in there.

Do the Mark and Rico show. Rico and whatever he calls it. And it's just like, come on, you can do it. I'm like, yeah, Mark doesn't want to. It's fine. But, hey, it's happening now. We should come up with a name for the Rican, Rican Marco. Rican Mark.

Sorry that you ended up as Rican that. Yeah, well, it happens. But we should come up with a better name than that because it's a good hour that you get like once a year. It's like a, it's like an eclipse or something. It's the Marco hour. The Marco. Marco. Polo.

Yeah, perfect. See, we got it. It's amazing. We're already insane. But, okay, so I want to hop right into it, Mark, because everybody knows you are. You don't have to introduce yourself. Hold up. Did we do sponsor reads?

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hour. No, that was yesterday. And how it might be the fastest hour in all sports radio. No, I don't think so. Brought to you by Allo. By Allo? Yeah. No, I don't think so. Well, I do think so.

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Now, Mark. Yes, sir. You like Twitter, right? A little too much. You're a Twitter guy, right? I am, I am, yeah. Have you noticed a kind of an explosion of fake Twitter accounts in the past few years? Oh, yeah, yeah.

if that's our timeline. I thought you were to say. I'll give it like a two-year grace. That feels right. But it was a shift from like parody accounts that were funny. Where it said fake so-and-so. Yeah, right. Like faux-poenae sort of thing.

And then there was the copycats of that sort of thing and those were bad. Yeah, they were terrible. And then it just turned into what I think you're talking about, which is deceptive. Well, then so it went from that to then like verified accounts that somehow got verified changing their names and their pictures to match other verified accounts who actually break news. So you're like, oh, this is real. When in reality, if you scroll down a couple tweets, it's definitely not. That happened to Wojj on NBA, Adam Schefter, NFL.

Like, it happened to a couple people like that. A darn Schefter. And they, yeah, a darn. And those people ended up getting suspended. But lately, it's just fake accounts that somehow people believe. yesterday after Big 12 Media Days, a fake account, which I don't even remember the name of, I think I have it on here, tweeted out that Adrian Martinez had some choice words about Nebraska football. Oh no, what were they? Biff Buffers, who is now Purple Hays, they changed themselves back.

So they're no longer Biff Buffers. That's a great name. It really is. Like if I were a sports guy, like a TV news sports guy. I think that might have actually been like a real, like a Kansas State reporter or something that people, because people were like, oh, Biff, are you tweeting from like the other world or something? So maybe he like passed away or something. Not sure. But, uh, well, I would totally steal his name. Yeah. That's a great name. Biff Buffer tweeted breaking, Adrian Martinez on the difference between K State and NU. Oh man, it's different. For example, at NU if we lost, nobody even got mad. We were just used to it. It was totally hopeless. At K state, the expectation is to win every game. And I plan on doing just that. And immediately after that, it was Martinez on Frost. Quote, he's a stinker. Literally smells pretty bad.

And I think that's partly why the guys don't respond to him. It's like a moist, warm mildew onion. He uses axe to cover it up, but it just makes it worse. It's gross. And people thought this was serious. People thought literally a day after he said, I hope I didn't burn any bridges, I still have love for Nebraska, that he would go, oh, yeah, everybody was used to losing.

It sucked. He's a stinker. He's a stinker, literally. He's pulling insults from your three-year-old daughter. Exactly. I don't even think she says that. She knows better than that. That's a terrible insult.

Be better. And people believed that. There were many, many quote tweets, retweets, likes, you know, comments on there from Husker fans who just read that. Or really just see Adrian Martinez and they're just like, yeah, he sucks. Who were saying, how would he know? oh, I thought you didn't want to burn any bridges. Oh, you're the worst. You suck.

Of course it was losing. You were the one that, like, all of these negative things. And it's like, bro, this isn't real. I know that we're a little more dialed in to the intricacies of Adrian Martinez's speech than perhaps the average college football fan. But can you imagine Adrian Martinez specifically saying, oh, yeah, it's way different here. Oh, yeah, the culture. It's so different. He's so meticulous about the words that he chooses.

And every quote starts with, yeah. Yeah, you know, I think that I would say, that's a good question. I would say that, because he's so thoughtful about it, that he would never do that. I can't picture that sort of speech coming out of his mouth. I think me and Bach talked about it yesterday. No, it was definitely me and Bach because Nathan probably would have believed this. Yeah, I'm saying it, Mr. 1011. Um, Bach, me and Bach talked about it.

There's a difference between podium Martinez and podcast Martinez. Sure. But even podcast Martinez wouldn't have said that. He's, he doesn't really say anything negative about anybody. He's very positive or, as you said, meticulous in the way that he speaks about people. I mean, the most negative thing that he said was, yeah, they put me back out there with a broken jaw. I didn't, you know, I didn't think I should have, but I went out there anyways. Like, that's probably the most negative thing that he said.

He would never say, oh, yeah, it was a culture of losing. We were used to it. He's a stinker. And Kansas State. Smells like mildewy onions. And look, Kansas State is not an expecting to win every get. Like, even Kansas State fans, no, we do not expect to win every game. Like, that's just false.

Have they ever won every game? I don't think they have. So that's just reading, if you just read the quote in its entirety, you can realize, like, first off, Adrian would never say this. And secondly, this just isn't true. So for people, the amazing. of people to fall for this is just, is just, it's just crazy, which then kind of takes it back to something we talked about in the break, where a more reputable source fell for another fake tweet. I mean, it's just ESPN.

The four, the four-letter network, you know, the biggest name in sports, fell for a fake tweet about John Morant. and literally three or four of the morning shows on ESPN had that tweet by an account which you know how bad. I can't say the name of the account on these airwaves. We probably could, but we won't. But we won't. Yeah, no. Like, it's one of those words where, like, it's a bad word, but it's not a bad word.

We could go like. Like if your kid said it, like it's funny, but at the same time you're like, you can't say that in public. We could go and change it and make it more medical, I think, which actually adds some nice alliteration. I mean, I know exactly what you're talking about. I don't think. But that's good. It almost seems worse. Almost seems worse.

Well, that's like any time that it's like, oh, well, that's like the scientific word for it. I go, yeah, I know. But it still feels wrong. So, yeah, that's the name of the account. Like, we literally, we could say it, but we choose not to on the airwaves. and ESPN, the four-letter network, the biggest name in sports, had it on four of their morning shows talking about it and how John Morant was wrong for saying it.

So the quote, I don't know if you have it in front of you, but the quote was basically how MJ Michael Jordan would just be another dude in today's NBA. He's like, you got Janice, you got Kauai, you got LeBron, you got me, John Morant. Yeah, he'd just be another guy. I mean, no big deal. And they ran with it.

And they're like, well, he would not. not be another guy. John Morant has no idea what he's talking about. Michael Jordan was a god amongst men when he played and he'd be a god now. Like people, people just, just glued onto it and we're trying to tear John Morant down. And I don't know if he issued like a tweet response because John Moran is very vocal on Twitter. He's, he's on there a lot. But I could just imagine him like never said that. Well, they were they were attributing it to a bleacher report. Was it the fake bleach report? It was a real, no, because he had actually done an interview on a bleacher report.

Oh, the one where he said that he would be able to beat Michael Jordan one by one. So that was real. Yes. So they were attributing this fake quote to that, which gave it an air of legitimacy. Like, oh yeah, he was just talking about Michael Jordan on that podcast. Yep. So, so yeah, this must have been another part of that that hasn't come out yet. It must have been a quote that we didn't hear.

Right, right. So this Twitter account, if you go to their page, I think it might be their pinned tweet. It's really, they do the, they do the. this a lot. Well, yeah, and they have, like, they're open about it. They have a graphic showing, here's how you make a fake quote graphic. You put a picture of the dude. You throw on your fake quote. You put in a source. It doesn't have to be real. Just throw a source on there. Like, anybody can do that. Anybody can do that. And it has it in their, uh, in their bio. It says established 2021, featured worldwide parody slash satire, official IG and then it has real and then

their name. So I guess there's a whole Instagram team, and it's, I'm going to say this because it's not bad in Sack family Instagrams. Oh, okay. Nice. So, yeah, you can, they have that. Like, more? Yeah, they have 193.7,000 followers.

Like, people know this is fake, but at the same time, like, come on. Yeah, you're right. Their pin tweet is how to make a fake tweet. Yeah, right, right. Like, they are so incredibly open about it. They're not trying to hide anything here. I think they do it on purpose to, like, tell people like look how easy it is like sure what are you doing why are you falling for this

and in the process people are falling for it dumb it's just wild how there's all these fake accounts and and i i kind of understand how you know just the regular joe would just see something and just like oh it must be real it looks real there's been a couple um like bleacher report fake ones where the l is like a capital i or there's two rs or like an e somewhere where it's not supposed to be. And they put, it's a dangerous game they're playing because they put the Bleacher Report logo that they have on their actual like pictures like in the corner.

And I'm like, I don't know if you can do that, but they do. And they do that a decent amount and get away with it. They got me earlier. Oh no. Because it was like a Madden rating thing. And I was like,

okay, this is weird. Like why would this be around? People are like fake. And I go, oh, well, at least it's nothing serious.

No, I mean, come on. It's madden rating. Come on now. It doesn't get more serious. It really doesn't. It was something about somebody was a 99, and I was like, why would they be a 99?

That doesn't make any sense. But I just love how many people get duped by fake tweets online. Do you have like a process that you have to go through to make sure when you see something? I click on the account. I read the bio. I do like two or three like really long scrolls down to find like a different tweet and just see like, does this look like somebody that is reputable? Is there any cuss words? this. That's normally how you tell because the people try to be funny and then they're like,

I'm not very funny. Maybe I'll do something crazy. And I'll tweet, you know, Lincoln Riley trashes Norman, Oklahoma saying how garbage it is and how much he loves living in Southern California, which could be believable. Sure. But Lincoln Riley wouldn't do that because I don't know why he wouldn't, but I don't think he would. I don't know because it's not what people do. Yeah. It's not how people get to that position in life. You don't get to a very powerful position and then go, yeah, that place that I was at before, garbage. Just awful. I can do that.

I can say that because I did never live in Norman, but I'm just saying I would rather live in Southern California than Norman Oklahoma. Oh, I thought you were going to go after former employers or something right now. Oh, no. I really only have one. It's Red Walmart. That's the worst thing I say about them. It's a weird thing to call him. Yeah, I don't know why.

I just started saying it and it kind of stuck, so that's a thing now. You won't say Target, but we're fine saying Walmart. That's red Walmart. Everybody knows what I'm talking about. Sure. Sure. Yeah. At least it's not red and khaki Walmart anymore. Yeah.

It's weird. Because I always had to wear khakis. Even when it was like 100 degrees, they're like, no shorts for the longest time. And I was like, this sucks when I'm pushing carts. But then after a while, they're like, hey, you can wear shorts if you're pushing carts. I go, hey, thank you. Just for cartfishers? And now it's like you used to have like a red shirt.

or like a red polo and now it's like hey if your shirt has red on it yeah right yeah any red whatever just make sure you have your name tag and they're like yeah it doesn't have to be khaki just wear pants you really have to like for a while it was also you can wear jeans but that's they have to be they have to be target brand jeans oh interesting and I was like okay I like hey you can wear jeans and now they're like hey just wear pants just please show up I saw somebody in pajama pants nice like they're like just wear pants yeah like you are getting too casual what is happening because now it's if I wear red and pants.

Oh yeah. Like people are just saying like, oh. Can you help me? Like I can because I used to work here, but I don't want to. I'll go check the back for you. Hang on. Just walk, I mean, I think I know enough people back to where I could do that.

Do you still? What are you doing? I mean, just people in like electronics. There's like two people up front, but everybody else is gone. A lot of them went to like the South Target. I don't know why. Well, it's, I don't know why. But like the bigger one.

Yeah. Like, you know what? The other South Target. Hot take. The super target? Yeah. It's my least favorite target. Really?

Yeah. I have a hard time there. I think... Everything's different. More square footage, but I think less stuff. I think, like, like, for certain things, for certain things. Like clothing in particular? It's more stuff, but it's like...

What am I trying to say? There's more things, but less of those things. I don't know what that means. Like, they have more of a variety. But it's like if you want like a certain thing, they're going to have like three. Okay. And they might be gone when you get there. Yeah.

Right. So if there was a certain shirt I was looking for and a two wax. There's like four of them. And it's gone. Because they like fill it all up with like everything else. I got you. I got you. No, I would go to either of the other two targets if I had my preference over that one.

The other South Target seems darker to me. Like I feel like when I, every time I go in there, I'm like the lights just, it seems like there's one less light in. every, like, area. So, like, our lights, we've got the four fluorescence. It's like one of them is burned out. Always out. I don't know why. That target just seems darker to me.

It's just a feeling. I get that. I get that. You know, I kind of like that, though. Do you? Like, it's, it just feels quieter as a result. Mark, like shopping in the dark. Got it.

You know, it's probably just as effective sometimes. Whatever. I already wander around aimlessly. Like, you should see me at the grocery store. Four laps minimum. Dude, I'm, I'm hopeless. Rachel sends me, she gives me a list. And the problem is she'll just say, like, carrots.

And I'm like, okay, so do you want, like, the single carrots? I put in a bag. Do you want the ones in the bag? Do you want the sliced ones? Do you want, like, little baby carrots? Like, do you want the sliced baby carrots? And she's like, just get carrots. I go, one pound, two pound, five pound organic.

But what carrots? Help. Help! And then one of the places that I go, they rearranged. And I can't find anything anymore. I'm lost. So I'm like, oh, it's down this aisle. It's always been down this aisle.

Nope, it's like three aisles over now. It's the worst. Can't handle it. Do you have one thing at the grocery store that you can never find? Because for me, it's Velvita. I can never find Velvita. I have no idea where it is. Still.

Oh, there is one. There's like multiple things. There's like things where I'm like, oh, it should be with the bread and it's not with the bread. Or it should be with the baking things and it's not with the baking thing. Like there's, I don't know. It might have been like vinegar or like some type of oil. And I was like, oh, it's definitely going to be here. And it wasn't.

Definitely not. It was somewhere else. And I go, why would it be here? Vinegar is with a salad dressing because you make salad dressing with vinegar. Okay. I know that one after searching. See? I know that one.

I don't know what kind of oil you're looking for, but it's with the oils. Don texted in. Hey, Don. I remember a long time ago when I would get off work from B-dubs and I was wearing my black polo shirt and khaki pants. And I went into Best Buy to get a video game and I had people asked me where stuff was. was such a friendly person that I would help them find stuff. No. Did you go to the best my people and be like, hey, I felt like five people.

Can I get like $20? I mean, it's like an hour of work here. Yeah. So. What's the line? Like, because if someone's asking, hey, can you reach that off the top shelf? Sure. Yeah, I'm doing it.

If someone's asking, do you know where the camping chairs are? Sure, I can point you. Yeah. But what's the line where's like, I'm sorry. I don't work here. Where you have to take them? Like, if you say like, oh, it's over this way, they're like, where? And you're like, it's just that.

And they're like, can you show me? If you have to go out of your way at all. If they say, can you show me? And then it's like, that's too far. Yeah, let me just call somebody else over. I feel like I would do that. I feel like I would walk you over there. I would be pushing my cart and then all of a sudden you feel awkward because you realize, oh, no.

You're not an employee. I mean, I've done that. I mean, I was working at Target at the time, but I was off and I was just shopping. Oh, okay. And were you still in garb? I wasn't wearing my khakis, but I was wearing a red shirt. It was like a Target shirt. It was just a red shirt.

and I was wearing, I don't know, like, jeans, but it was before they installed the jeans thing. Okay. And somebody was like, do you know where this is? And I was like, yeah, it's just over this way. And they're like, can you show me where it is? And I was like, sure. Sure.

Like, I wasn't in a rush. And I was like, yeah, sure, whatever. And I'm pushing my cart. And I go, oh, you don't work here? And I go, I mean, technically I do, but not today. Yes, but not now. And they're like, I'm so sorry. I go, it's fine.

Feel free to tip me. Yeah. And then I just told, well, can't accept tips. You're not on the clock. Can't accept. You were just a dude. Can accept tips. Dudes can...

I'm a good person. Can't accept tips. Good people accept tips all the time. Have I accepted tips? Yes. Yeah. But I can't. I never knew what the policy was at PetSmart.

I'd have folks ask me to carry dog food out to their car for them and they'd hand me a dollar or whatever. Like, oh, I don't know if I... Can I accept? You know, thank you. They always told us like, you cannot accept tips. And I was like, okay, I won't accept tips. And I would help people take like TVs out to their car. I'd like, thank you so much.

And this one, this one sweet old lady. I'll never forget. She offered me and the girl who helped take her TV out. She offered us both $20. Wow. And we were like, we can't accept tips. And she goes, oh, and she dropped it. She goes, oh, no.

And she walked in. And I was like, I look at my cowork and I go, hey, look, money. Can't accept tips, but I can find money all day. I don't know how many times she would have done because she was so quick with it. Really? Because she's just like here. And we're like, and we can't accept. tips and she just looked us in the eyes and she just let it go.

And I was like, uh... Baller move. Baller move. I like it. I was like, damn, old lady, that was smooth. So that's how I got my lunch. That's life goals right there. If anybody, that's the thing. If anybody ever says, I can't accept tips, just drop it. It's not a tip. It's just found money. Found money. Oops. But make sure it's not a windy day because they could just, just gone, in the wind. Because they're not going to pick it up right away because it's just a thing. So, yeah, I didn't think.

we're going to go in that direction of things, but that's the first segment. That's how it works. That's how Markopolo works. Damn straight. But we're going to take a break right now because we haven't, well, Adon, I'll read, Adon, Rico, do you miss your target job? No. I don't. I really don't. When I was offered a full-time position here, I was like, yes, please. Thank you. Say less. When at the target, I said, this is my two weeks, but I'm not coming in.

No, I'm kidding. I put it in my two weeks. I did my two weeks. but it's always funny the two other times that I quit Target it was like yeah I've worked there three separate times it's fine right before Black Friday oh no like that was when my two weeks hit

is that why no did you time it like that on purpose yeah one of the times I did okay but I didn't the other time and I was like ooh I felt bad but not really because they're like oh everybody has to be here I go you don't need everybody

has been here you don't feel bad for Target you don't need everybody Don't feel bad for the big guys. Never feel bad for the big guys. But we're going to go to break. Tell you about some big guys. Up next.

Tell you about some big guys.