I vote fake, but funny as heck any way. Many years ago when I was a kid, I had some buddies over. I had one of those really strong sling shots with surgical bands on it. A kid went to shoot it. He had his thumb on his left hand sticking straight up between the forks. I told him several time emphatically not to shoot it that way. He insisted he knew what he was doing. He blew his thumb nail off. Same kid made a pb and I sandwich one day with a butcher knife instead of a butter knife. When hewent to lick the peanut butter off he cut his tongue half way through. The list goes on and on. He is in his 40's now. I sometimes wonder how he is still alive.