# Awesome Hoax!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 29, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278 "2009-03-29T12:25:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/1 "2009-03-29T12:25:22Z")

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[http://computertan.com/](http://computertan.com/)

What a perfect hoax. Not only is your target demographic stupid, this is pretty brilliant.

Saw it on Digg and aparently its gotten over 1 million hits so far.

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**Author:** ![larryr50](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/larryr50/32/5056_2.png) [@larryr50](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/larryr50)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/2 "2009-03-29T15:00:02Z")

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… what??? lol i cannot believe how stupid people are.

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**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/3 "2009-03-29T15:05:49Z")

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> [@boxxa"](#):
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> [http://computertan.com/](http://computertan.com/)
> 
> What a perfect hoax. Not only is your target demographic stupid, this is pretty brilliant.
> 
> Saw it on Digg and aparently its gotten over 1 million hits so far.

Speaking of stupidity, its a skin cancer awareness ad for this site

> **[Skcin - The Karen Clifford Melanoma & Skin Cancer Charity](https://www.skcin.org/)**
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> Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer charity dedication to the prevention and early detection of all types of skin cancer

way to not totally read through

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/4 "2009-03-29T15:59:38Z")

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> [@ImportMuscle](#):
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> Speaking of stupidity, its a skin cancer awareness ad for this site
> 
> [http://www.skcin.org/](http://www.skcin.org/)
> 
> way to not totally read through

:picard:

Did you not read through the site? It talks about tanning via your computer monitor. It may be for an awareness but the idea behind the computertan website is that you can tan from your monitor.

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**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/5 "2009-03-29T16:06:16Z")

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Sweet, now I can tan from home or my cell phone.

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/6 "2009-03-29T16:13:15Z")

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Is this compatible with low-radiation monitors?

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**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/7 "2009-03-29T16:41:00Z")

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> [@boxxa](#):
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> :picard:
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> Did you not read through the site? It talks about tanning via your computer monitor. It may be for an awareness but the idea behind the computertan website is that you can tan from your monitor.

you really are a fucking moron

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**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/8 "2009-03-29T19:55:26Z")

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> [@Bacon](#):
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> Is this compatible with low-radiation monitors?

haha you probably could get a tan from your monitor.

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-hoax/65278/9 "2009-03-29T20:24:00Z")

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> [@newman](#):
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> you really are a fucking moron