Just realized that thumbnail with the 'giant snake' was actually a garden hose

I was scrolling through YouTube last night and saw this thumb of a massive snake wrapped around a car. The title said 'Giant Anaconda Found in Florida Parking Lot!' and I almost clicked. Then I zoomed in and noticed the texture was all wrong. It had those ribbed plastic lines you see on a cheap garden hose. I spent 10 minutes going through the comments and someone finally pointed out it was a hose from a Lowes display. The video had like 2 million views. Makes me wonder how many other thumbnails I've fallen for that were just clever angles and props. Has anyone else caught a clear fake just by staring at the details too long?

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simon_carr7d ago

Yeah but look at it from the other side. If the thumbnail actually showed a real snake wrapped around a car, nobody would click because it's too unbelievable. The whole point of clickbait is it has to look just fake enough to make you curious. That hose video probably got 2 million views because people wanted to see if they could spot the trick. It's basically a game at this point.

the_alex7d ago

Dude that's wild, my friend literally fell for a fake waterfall once.

the_oliver7d ago

Man that's exactly what happened to my buddy. He walked right into a fake rock wall at a theme park, thought it was real. Stood there soaked and confused for a solid minute.