The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

The Batlord · 01-26-2022, 04:38 PM

The Irish need guns so they can be the Florida men of Europe.

Trollheart · 01-27-2022, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

'I wasn't trying to rob him... I'm not an eejit!' Irishman who brought his dead uncle into a post office to collect his pension insists he was alive when they set off but then 'went a bit slumpy'

Oh I heard about this one! He was blue when they brought him in, so I doubt he suddenly went all corpsey suddenly! ****ing Irish! We'll do anything to get the money for a pint!

(Death icon which does not exist sadly)

Mindy · 01-31-2022, 12:05 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qtQ8A4BgJo

adidasss · 01-31-2022, 04:38 AM

Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded by quarantine rules says she turned to Taliban

I don't know why but I'm willing to assume that this woman is a batshit crazy attention seeker who is willing to place her own life as well as the life of her unborn child at risk just to make a point about New Zealand red tape.

jadis · 02-01-2022, 08:54 AM

Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race

The answer to the perennial question of whether the US race discourse can get any more essentialist and myopic is a resounding yes it can and it does, every day

adidasss · 02-01-2022, 09:06 AM

Be nice and explain what essentialism is and how it applies to this situation so that the plebs can learn something. I tired googling but it didn't help.

Also, isn't being Jewish an ethnicity rather than a race?

rubber soul · 02-01-2022, 09:29 AM

In fairness to Whoopi, it wasn't like she was saying the Holocaust never happened. In fact she called it absolute evil. I think she missed the point that the Jews consider themselves to be a race; that's where she really messed up.

The Batlord · 02-01-2022, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jadis

Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race

The answer to the perennial question of whether the US race discourse can get any more essentialist and myopic is a resounding yes it can and it does, every day

Who ****ing cares what some empty-headed liberal said on The View? And can you ever just say what you mean? I can't figure out if your obtuse use of the English language is honest pseudo-intellectualism or defensive crypticness.

adidasss · 02-01-2022, 10:34 AM

I think he expresses himself clearly for someone with his education background and interests, the problem is nobody else understands his references. He needs to dumb it down for us...

The Batlord · 02-01-2022, 11:23 AM

No the lack of standardization in wokeness is the issue. Also the standardization in wokeness.

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01-31-2022, 04:38 AM	#23384 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded by quarantine rules says she turned to Taliban I don't know why but I'm willing to assume that this woman is a batshit crazy attention seeker who is willing to place her own life as well as the life of her unborn child at risk just to make a point about New Zealand red tape. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-01-2022, 09:06 AM	#23386 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Be nice and explain what essentialism is and how it applies to this situation so that the plebs can learn something. I tired googling but it didn't help. Also, isn't being Jewish an ethnicity rather than a race? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-01-2022, 10:34 AM	#23389 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I think he expresses himself clearly for someone with his education background and interests, the problem is nobody else understands his references. He needs to dumb it down for us... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-01-2022, 08:54 AM	#23385 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,347	Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race The answer to the perennial question of whether the US race discourse can get any more essentialist and myopic is a resounding yes it can and it does, every day