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walrusman
Aug 4, 2006

crowfeathers posted:

guy dressed like House beats up surgery patient

These guys always act so smart and above-it-all but the writing in this story (and many others) is embarrassingly sub-literate. Did this come from TVTropes?

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Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

Tunicate posted:

http://notalwayslearning.com/has-to-pull-up-her-sleeves-for-this-one/33336


That's a great message to send. Tell bullies that they can win and get their victims to hurt themselves.

Wait, I don't get it. She tried to cut her own head off and paralyzed herself?

Thank god she had a Powerpoint ready to go in case she ever needed to scare the poo poo out of children.

ibntumart
Mar 18, 2007

Good, bad. I'm the one with the power of Shu, Heru, Amon, Zehuti, Aton, and Mehen.
College Slice

bringmyfishback posted:

Wait, I don't get it. She tried to cut her own head off and paralyzed herself?

Thank god she had a Powerpoint ready to go in case she ever needed to scare the poo poo out of children.

I think we're supposed to take away that she was trying to commit suicide by hanging herself. That's the reason for the ligature marks.

That means the writer has no real idea what he or she is talking about, though, since the damage to the spine would only come from a drop hanging. If the teacher was slowly suffocating to death, that means a suspension hanging, i.e., she literally just hung herself without jumping or dropping from any distance. That'd leave ligature marks, decreased muscle capability in the neck, and maybe brain damage from lack of oxygen. But complete paralysis from the neck down doesn't seem likely.

And gently caress NAL for that lovely, lovely attempt at anti-bullying glurge. Like any middle schooler talks the way the bully did and like basically telling the bully, "Hey, keep harassing that girl and, um, nothing will ever happen to you, and she either will kill herself or become a teacher who still gets bullied with impunity by middle schoolers!" Ugh. I hated bullshit explanations and advice on handling bullies enough when I younger and severely bullied, but I never came across anything as dumb as this NAL submission.

Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

ibntumart posted:

I think we're supposed to take away that she was trying to commit suicide by hanging herself. That's the reason for the ligature marks.

That means the writer has no real idea what he or she is talking about, though, since the damage to the spine would only come from a drop hanging. If the teacher was slowly suffocating to death, that means a suspension hanging, i.e., she literally just hung herself without jumping or dropping from any distance. That'd leave ligature marks, decreased muscle capability in the neck, and maybe brain damage from lack of oxygen. But complete paralysis from the neck down doesn't seem likely.



She was bullied because she was in a chair. Read it again.

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

Haggis Heed posted:

She was bullied because she was in a chair. Read it again.
The start of the slideshow emphasises that she didn't used to be in the chair, and in the second picture she's described as sitting down, not sitting in her wheelchair. The wheelchair isn't mentioned until the graduation picture with the neck marks.

e: also seconding that bullying is about power, showing a slideshow of "Look how much power you have when you bully!" is not a good idea.

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Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

Yeah I'm a sperg. I read the part about the princess picture of her on a chair as her being in a chair.

Captain Bravo
Feb 16, 2011

An Emergency Shitpost
has been deployed...

...but experts warn it is
just a drop in the ocean.
Question: What is the most stupid, egotistical, :spergin: way to re-open a thread on the recent school shooting in Colorado?

Answer:

quote:

Ugh! Not again!
I have been around long enough to know that this will never stop, but I cannot stand this kind of crap. My fiance (We have been together for 14 years, we where both 9 when we started dating, you do the math...) was one of the most made fun of girls in all of school. I could never stand that crap, and stood by her. She got beaten when I wasnt around (I put a stop to that crap when 5 guys attacked her at the same time. Long story...), and harbored hard feelings about the people that hurt her. Even still, she had access to a gun, the ability to use it, and NEVER took it to school. I know, because I taught her how to use it. That is why this kind of thing makes me sick. Because no matter what you go through, nobody deserves death.

(Please keep in mind that I do understand from the assailants point of view as well. I know that they have trouble mentally, I just have trouble accepting the death of anyone else as the solution. And so does Cynthia.)

Keeping with the point, I hope all involved recover to some degree at least.

Clochette
Aug 12, 2013

quote:

College was a time of experimentation for me. Recently freed from the shackles of Christianity, I was finally able to try the things I'd wanted to during high school. Namely, sexual pastimes.

The girl I was dating at the time taught me various techniques for pleasing the fairer sex, and I was using these techniques while her roommate was out for the night. And she was just...talking. Not about anything in particular, either. She regaled me with stories of shopping, friends, things she did that day, and all other matters of total unimportance. Rather annoyed, I reached back, found her G-spot, and starting hammering it mercilessly.

Her breath caught in her throat, and she finally fell silent. I should have left it at that, but being the total smartass that I am, I said: "Oh look, I found the mute button!"

I've been in a couple schoolyard fights in my time, but... She punched me so hard that I saw stars, and fell over backwards off the bed. I knew I'd had that coming, so I hiked up my clothes and started to head to the door. She grabbed me, pulled me back to the bed, and said "You're not finished!"

Easily one of my proudest moments.

I'm sorry but... "hammering" the G-spot?

RillAkBea
Oct 11, 2008

Clochette posted:

I'm sorry but... "hammering" the G-spot?

And "reached back" just where the heck does he think that thing is?

Hey dude, if she falls silent, you're totally doing it wrong. :c00lbert:

venus de lmao
Apr 30, 2007

Call me "pixeltits"

Obviously a fantasy written by someone who wouldn't know what to do with a naked woman in the unlikely event he had access to one.

Kimmalah
Nov 14, 2005

Basically just a baby in a trenchcoat.


Clochette posted:

I'm sorry but... "hammering" the G-spot?

Yeah, that's a load of poo poo. I'm also having a hard time visualizing how these people were supposedly positioned or where he thinks the G-spot is when he says "I reached back..."

Morkyz
Aug 6, 2013
Also, even in his fantasies his lovemaking is only just good enough to make his girlfriend briefly pause in the middle of casually chatting about her day.

Decrepus
May 21, 2008

In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.


Clochette posted:

I'm sorry but... "hammering" the G-spot?

What kind of cartoon character would put their clothes on start leaving because their girlfriend(?) play-punched them.

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

walrusman posted:

These guys always act so smart and above-it-all but the writing in this story (and many others) is embarrassingly sub-literate. Did this come from TVTropes?

It's actually from STORG. They have some great stories.

quote:

Hours of hunger and anticipation for pancakes at 2 a.m. was finally going to be satiated. We sat down, and instantly began small talk with our waitress, mainly because of the fact that Sean wanted to bang her. After several pancakes, sausages, and chicken fried steak, we were quite full, but not full enough to realize what was entering the door. A few kids about our age entered, one with dreads in his hair. We all assumed that naturally, they were high or tripping balls, which is still up for consideration. However it was not their lack of soberness that was surprising us. The kid with dreads continued around the corner, and still Brian thought that because of his rasta hair he was a huge badass. Despite Brians high expectations he then began to roar, like a pterodactyl would roar. It was actually very convincing, and he quite possibly could have been on acid and actually thinking he was a pterodactyl. Thinking that was the extent of this catastrophe, we continued to eat and converse and laugh on our 2am high. We then glanced back to the Jamaican Rasta boy who was now rounding our table and his lower torso and legs were now coming into sight. It was just at this moment I realized that this Jamaican pterodactyl was also very much a cross-dressing Goth, sporting the mini skirt and fishnets. It was quite a sight and our whole table burst into laughter as he continued by to his table.

Kimmalah
Nov 14, 2005

Basically just a baby in a trenchcoat.


Morkyz posted:

Also, even in his fantasies his lovemaking is only just good enough to make his girlfriend briefly pause in the middle of casually chatting about her day.

Well that and it's kind of that typical weirdo fantasy that the G-spot is this magical sex button that no woman can resist. It feels good and can enhance sex, but it's not like it renders you mute and incapacitated from sheer sexual ecstasy.

moerketid
Jul 3, 2012

Clochette posted:

I'm sorry but... "hammering" the G-spot?

Clearly it's just a console controller "back there". Right?

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Kimmalah posted:

Well that and it's kind of that typical weirdo fantasy that the G-spot is this magical sex button that no woman can resist. It feels good and can enhance sex, but it's not like it renders you mute and incapacitated from sheer sexual ecstasy.

I like to imagine he was literally using a tiny hammer, and that her speechlessness was out of disturbed confusion than pleasure.

Captain Bravo
Feb 16, 2011

An Emergency Shitpost
has been deployed...

...but experts warn it is
just a drop in the ocean.
He probably thinks that the G-spot is the clitoris, and is just insufferably smug about having "found" it. :v:

Kimmalah
Nov 14, 2005

Basically just a baby in a trenchcoat.


sweeperbravo posted:

I like to imagine he was literally using a tiny hammer, and that her speechlessness was out of disturbed confusion than pleasure.

Or confusion because "What the hell why are you even reaching for?!"

In The Bushes
Mar 4, 2012

Kimmalah posted:

. It feels good and can enhance sex, but it's not like it renders you mute and incapacitated from sheer sexual ecstasy.

It does if you know what you're doing. Or if you're an under sexed loser who bases his tepid fantasies on lovely porn, and honestly believes that all that poo poo works in real life.

Kimmalah
Nov 14, 2005

Basically just a baby in a trenchcoat.


In The Bushes posted:

It does if you know what you're doing. Or if you're an under sexed loser who bases his tepid fantasies on lovely porn, and honestly believes that all that poo poo works in real life.

Maybe it does for some people, but it doesn't for me and I'm sure plenty of other people. It's not a universal thing.

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

In The Bushes posted:

It does if you know what you're doing. Or if you're an under sexed loser who bases his tepid fantasies on lovely porn, and honestly believes that all that poo poo works in real life.

So the kind of person who takes the Sex Tips in Cosmo a little too seriously?

There was a very shortly lived thread in PYF that was "Post your favorite horrible Cosmo sex tip" or something like that. When you're a dumb teenager and you read them, you don't really get caught up in and perturbed by the logistical issues, but looking back on them as an adult they're pretty hilarious. A lot of them read pretty distinctly as STDH.

I have a Twist magazine from 2003 somewhere in my bedroom, I'll try to find it and mine a few gold bricks from it. That magazine, at least when I subscribed to it, was absolutely brimming with reader-submitted STDH. There were at least three separate "Embarassing Story" sections, and one that was like basically revenge or show-off-how-cool-you-were-one-time stories. One segment was dedicated to gross/weird/freaky stories, which sadly probably contained the most truthful accounts.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

crowfeathers posted:

It's actually from STORG. They have some great stories.

Storg seems even more not happening than the Not Always circuit

quote:

It's a terrible thing, driving around the suburbs of my city; they're crowded with slack-jawed, hummer-driving jagoffs who would be better off staying in their caves rather than imposing their existence on the rest of society everytime they go out for Chik-fil-A and a rousing family trip to Hobby Lobby. Anyhow, I was driving around looking for a job, and, having gotten sick of the idea of becoming a productive member of society, opted for the better of two options: get stoned. I pull up to a busy stoplight and as soon as the car stops moving, I start packing a bowl (not the least inconspicuous piece, either) and as I raise it to my lips and light it, I glance over to my left, where traffic had suddenly cleared out and there stood a police officer, writing a ticket for some poor bastard. Before I can even stop myself from inhaling, he looks up directly at me and locks eyes with mine, which I'm sure widened significantly in that moment. But rather than stop what he's doing, walk over, and take care of my flagrant violation of the law, he was kind enough to remind me that even cops are human; he just bent over double, laughing his rear end off as the light turned green and I pulled away.

Lotta pent up resentment there.

MinistryofLard
Mar 22, 2013


Goblin babies did nothing wrong.


Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

That's obviously a joke, dude.

Purple Gromit
Mar 28, 2010
From a Fark thread about car rentals

quote:

A friend of mine rented a car in Germany, once. Got all the possible insurance coverage on it. When he went to return it, the woman at the counter was going to lunch and said, "Just bring it back afterwards."

When he came back after lunch, her boss said he'd have to charge him for an extra day, because it was a late return (and wouldn't have been, if the first woman hadn't gone to lunch). So he said, "If I'm paying for an extra day, I'm keeping it an extra day."

He then went out with a few of his Army buddies, and tore up the car. Parked it at a firing range, and shot it a few times, set the upholstery on fire, did everything they could to damage the car, but still have it drivable.

He took it back the next day, to the same guy who was charging the extra day. His jaw dropped when he saw the car, and my friend said, "Fully insured. Thanks for the extra day." And tossed him the keys.

Because that's really how insurance works :pseudo:

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Dec 28, 2008

Shake it baby

quote:

My favorite gym schadenfreude happened with some regularity in my old gym. My wife is a stagehand, 6', and a lot stronger than you'd expect in a girl. Dudes would catch her eye and saunter over to the dumbbell rack to grab a 40# to do some bro lifts with. She'd hold their eye and grab a 45# for rows. Haaaaaaa.

I also have a surprisingly high bench for my weight, and I love pulling it out when some loud frosted dude-bro comes in and starts making a ton of noise doing maybe 185 without keys or decent form. Whooooo almost bodyweight, bro-sef! Hey do you mind spotting me for a set at 275? Whoop, didn't need it, go ahead back to your bench.

made of bees
May 21, 2013
People under 50 use # for pounds?

Superhaus
Jun 9, 2003

I'm probably wasting time right now.

Waffleman_ posted:

That's obviously a joke, dude.

Joke or not, "the teacher promised me an A-" made me laugh.

MinistryofLard
Mar 22, 2013


Goblin babies did nothing wrong.


Waffleman_ posted:

That's obviously a joke, dude.

Its a possibility, but Tumblr SJWs are bad enough to post it unironicaly. Poe's law and all that, we may never know.

Sierra Nevadan
Nov 1, 2010

Khazar-khum posted:


Wheelchair people have the worst of it, I think. Doors aren't wide enough, there's stairs everywhere, and of course people don't understand why you can't leave it for 'just a minute'.


People ask you to get up out of your wheelchair for "just a minute?" WTF

Kenny Rogers
Sep 7, 2007

Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.
This is my favorite STDH ever.

Except that it happened - and didn't. It's sort of Schroedinger's STDH.

Wil Wheaton posted:

When I'm waking up every morning, while my brain is booting up and running its various utilities, strange and random thoughts bounce into my consciousness.

This morning, I had the following thought:

Dear Penthouse Forum,

I never thought it would happen to me, and it didn't.

-W.
Pasadena, CA

In that barely-conscious fugue of waking up, I thought that was the funniest thing in the world. Reading it now? Well, it's a good reminder that not every idea your brain throws at you is a good (or, in this case, hilarious) one.

Khazar-khum
Oct 22, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
2nd Battalion

Sierra Nevadan posted:

People ask you to get up out of your wheelchair for "just a minute?" WTF

I'm not in a chair, but my Mom was. People assumed she could still 'walk a little ways' because she wasn't paralyzed. Or that she could climb stairs, because this guy on TV was in a chair and they showed him doing all sorts of things. Well, genius, why do you think he was on TV in the first place? Because he was average?

I will say that people have become far more sensitive to the needs of wheelchair patients. When I've been stuck in one for a short time, people have gone out of their way to help me. Maybe Mia uses her mind control on them.

Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

I am not attracted to dark skinned women either. So I can relate to made up fedora guy.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

jodai
Mar 2, 2010

Banging with all due hardness.

Kenny Rogers posted:

This is my favorite STDH ever.

Except that it happened - and didn't. It's sort of Schroedinger's STDH.

I don't get how this is stdh.

Edit: I don't think he is saying he really read that, I think he is just saying that he when he was half awake, he thought that it would be funny if it did exist. Then later he realized it wasn't as funny as he thought it was.

jodai has a new favorite as of 05:31 on Jan 4, 2014

Bad Roy
Jan 29, 2008

Animals are like humans, always being dicks.

Sierra Nevadan posted:

People ask you to get up out of your wheelchair for "just a minute?" WTF

People are dickholes. A lot of them assume that if you're not paralysed, you're faking. The looks I've received when I've moved my legs whilst in a wheelchair...

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

jodai posted:

I don't get how this is stdh.

Edit: I don't think he is saying he really read that, I think he is just saying that he when he was half awake, he thought that it would be funny if it did exist. Then later he realized it wasn't as funny as he thought it was.

It's stdh because:

quote:

I never thought it would happen to me, and it didn't.

quote:

I never thought [poo poo] would happen to me, and [poo poo] didn't [happen].

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Not Always Learning posted:

(I’m a brony (male fan of My Little Pony). I’m also interested in Japanese names and cultures. During Japanese class, our class was told to use some form of Japanese name for the rest of the year. I’m dressed in a white shirt.)

Student #1: “I’ll just call myself ‘Ching Chong’ or something.”

Student #2: “Aw, man! That’s what I was going to call myself!”

Me: “You do realize both those names don’t exist, right? There’s plenty of names to use.”

Student #1: “Shut up, nerd! You don’t know anything about Japanese!”

Me: *in Japanese* “You dare challenge me?”

Student #2: “What the f*** did you just say?”

Me: *in Swedish* “‘You dare challenge me’ in Japanese.”

Student #1: “No. You didn’t! You just made up some words!”

(At this point, the teacher enters the room.)

Teacher: “Alright. What are you guys gonna call yourself?”

(We get to choose our names according to our class list. I’m in the middle of the list. So far, most people don’t know what to call themselves and just make up names.)

Teacher: “Well then, [Name]. What are you going to be called for the rest of the year?”

Me: “Shiro Kishi.” *literally, ‘White Knight’*

Teacher: “Oh? That’s… an interesting name. Sounds a bit like someone from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, does it not?”

Me: “That’s right.”

(The two people from earlier drops their jaws at this point as the teacher is known to be super strict. I look at a girl next to me who’s dressed completely in black and who has been looking at me during the entire conversation.)

Me: *in Japanese, to the girl* “I’m Shiro Kishi. Just call me Shiro.”

Girl: *in Japanese* “If you’re the White Knight, then I’ll call myself Kuro Kishi.” *literally, ‘Black Knight’* “Just call me Kuro!”

Teacher: “I need to take a note to give both of you an ‘A’ for the rest of the year, Kuro, Shiro.”

Me: “Arigato, sensei.”

(The girl and I started dating after that lesson. It turns out she was also a fan of ‘My Little Pony.’ The teacher, she, and I enjoyed discussing the latest episode in Japanese during class just to piss the bullies of the class off.)

The story is titled "To Samurais: Bronies Rule".

RillAkBea
Oct 11, 2008

Serperoth posted:

The story is titled "To Samurais: Bronies Rule".

I have a degree in Japanese linguistics. This story makes me so angry I have found myself unable to express it in words or smilies. I'm gonna go lie down and try to forget the entire internet.

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FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Serperoth posted:

The story is titled "To Samurais: Bronies Rule".

This might be a defence mechanism my brain has thrown up to protect my faith in humanity, but I refuse to believe this story wasn't written ironically.

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