Stephen Johnson Stephen Johnson Senior Staff Writer Experience Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.” Read Full Bio May 19, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: @dsxv986, @bethanienack, @Pendulum28 - TikTok The internet is full is misinformation, conspiracies, and lies. Each week, we tackle the misunderstandings that are going viral. Table of Contents Nothing is really new in conspiracy theories, but the churning morass of social media sometimes mixes up new combinations of old nonsense that bubbles up to the surface unexpectedly. Lately, interest in "Grabovoi codes" or "Grabovoi numbers" is high.…