Link is example. Omg a chimp smoking! Queue 8000 comments about how it's gotta be happier than all the citizens of North Korea combined
Every single thread tangentially mentioning North Korea is like this and it seems like there's multiple such posts every fucking goddamn day with how frequently I see this shit.
I haven't looked at the sources they linked to see if they're legit/still active but here
it was Eglin Air Force Base, and I remember reading the Reddit blog post myself, so, yeah, def. not made up