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Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

Florida Betty posted:

George Zimmerman punched in face for allegedly bragging about killing Trayvon Martin

The headline sums it up pretty nicely, you don't even need to read the article.

Hey, maybe the world is gonna be all right :unsmith:

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WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax
It's not schadenfreude for me because it just reminds me that he exists. Even if the guy who hit him gets off, Zimmerman has learned nothing and a punch in the face is a drop in the bucket as far as what he deserves.

...that said, the right's champion of self defense being reduced to :cry: "h-he hit me, send three or four cops, he's gonna kill me!" is funny.

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer
Granted, but any day when George Zimmerman gets punched in the face is better than a comparable day when George Zimmerman does not get punched in the face.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Trig Discipline posted:

Granted, but any day when George Zimmerman gets punched in the face is better than a comparable day when George Zimmerman does not get punched in the face.

Need to make a sign-up sheet.

Unfortunately you have to travel to Florida to do your duty as a citizen of this planet.

Sometimes though, we all have to take one for the team.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Trig Discipline posted:

Granted, but any day when George Zimmerman gets punched in the face is better than a comparable day when George Zimmerman does not get punched in the face.

I am increasingly okay with Zimmerman being "fair game" until the racist fuckwad learns some humanity. I try to be neutral and understanding but his utter lack of empathy gives me chills.

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

Trig Discipline posted:

Granted, but any day when George Zimmerman gets punched in the face is better than a comparable day when George Zimmerman does not get punched in the face.

Granted.

Somfin posted:

I am increasingly okay with Zimmerman being "fair game" until the racist fuckwad learns some humanity. I try to be neutral and understanding but his utter lack of empathy gives me chills.

A lack of empathy doesn't make someone a bad person, being a bad person makes them a bad person.

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

syscall girl posted:

Need to make a sign-up sheet.

Unfortunately you have to travel to Florida to do your duty as a citizen of this planet.

Sometimes though, we all have to take one for the team.

Wouldn't it be more efficient just to strap him to the back of a truck and drive him around? Like you get a notice in your mail that says your neighborhood's scheduled Zimmerman day is next Tuesday, and you take the day off and they bring him by. Maybe even a block party sorta thing. You could have a dunk tank sort of thing set up but instead of throwing balls at some target that would dump him in the water you just huck hardballs at Zimmerman until you knock him out.

Jastiger
Oct 11, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
re: bridge chat, its like you guys forget something like this already exists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Bay_Aqua-Line

Granted, its a bit further under water than the others and connects to a few artificial islands, its absolutely an underwater tunnel that goes on for quite some time. I'd love to visit it sometime actually :D

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

WickedHate posted:

A lack of empathy doesn't make someone a bad person, being a bad person makes them a bad person.

you lack empathy and are a bad person, also you want to gently caress kids

WickedHate
Aug 1, 2013

by Lowtax

Alaois posted:

you lack empathy and are a bad person, also you want to gently caress kids

Keep on keepin on, Alaois. :downsbravo:

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

Jastiger posted:

re: bridge chat, its like you guys forget something like this already exists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Bay_Aqua-Line

Granted, its a bit further under water than the others and connects to a few artificial islands, its absolutely an underwater tunnel that goes on for quite some time. I'd love to visit it sometime actually :D

Good lord, it's like some of you are mentally blanking out the word "floating" in the phrase "floating underwater tunnel"!

There are underwater tunnels everywhere! There are not floating underwater tunnels everywhere!

Phanatic
Mar 13, 2007

Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.

Florida Betty posted:

George Zimmerman punched in face for allegedly bragging about killing Trayvon Martin

The headline sums it up pretty nicely, you don't even need to read the article.

There's a lot of that going around. Dylan Roof beaten up in the jail shower:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/08/04/us/south-carolina-dylann-roof-beaten/index.html

TotalLossBrain
Oct 20, 2010

Hier graben!

Phanatic posted:

There's a lot of that going around. Dylan Roof beaten up in the jail shower:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/08/04/us/south-carolina-dylann-roof-beaten/index.html

Shkreli next, please.

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

TotalLossBrain posted:

Shkreli next, please.

Not quite Shkreli and not quite a punch in the face, but...

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-s-presidential-campaign-has-crushed-traffic-his-hotels-casinos-n623081

quote:

Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015, foot traffic to Trump-branded hotels, casinos and golf courses in the U.S. has been down, according to extensive data analyzed by location intelligence company Foursquare.

In July, Trump properties' share of visits fell 14 percent year over year.

There has been an interesting arc over the last year. Before Trump announced his presidential bid, foot traffic to his properties was steady year-over-year — and maybe even saw a small uptick. After he entered the race, his branded properties failed to get their usual summertime traffic gains. In August 2015, the share of people coming to all Trump-branded properties was down 17 percent from the year before.

These losses stabilized to single digits for a number of months, but as primary voting season hit full swing in March 2016, share losses grew again. Trump properties did not get their usual springtime bounce of travelers and locals. March share was down 17 percent once more.

...

Breaking out Blue States, the loss in foot traffic runs deeper than the national average. For the past five months, Trump's blue state properties — spread between New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Hawaii — have taken a real dip, with diminishing visits starting in March and a widening gap that continues straight through July, when share fell 20 percent versus July 2015.

Trump properties have seen a double-digit decrease in visits from women this year, with a gap that widened starting in March 2016. (The one anomaly was February, for unclear reasons.) In July, visit share among women to Blue State properties was down 29 percent. This seems to reflect the gender division in the polls among American women.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Florida Betty posted:

George Zimmerman punched in face for allegedly bragging about killing Trayvon Martin

The headline sums it up pretty nicely, you don't even need to read the article.

It's not often Florida Man does some good in this world, but for once he's not the worst superhero.

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

And lol again because the Harvard republican club refused to endorse Trump. First time since 1888 they've failed to endorse the republican candidate. Unf. :gizz:

`Nemesis
Dec 30, 2000

railroad graffiti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNCbMGorgA

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009




The article mentions it tangentially, but they announced today that they're shutting down the Trump branded casino in Atlantic City. Admittedly he doesn't manage it anymore and it's been in financial trouble forever and Atlantic City is dragging everything down in general, but it's still amusing that there's another Trump business failure right now.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless


"This happened yesterday on the parking lot of the Festival Andanças, an International festival in Portugal for the promotion of popular music and dance. The fire started in one of the parked cars and propagated quickly due to the summer high temperatures and the very close proximity the cars were parked.

It was the worst accident of this type in Portugal history, 422 cars were completely destroyed. There are no fatalities or serious injuries although some people had to be assisted on site. Insurance companies have gathered for an emergency meeting."

I can imagine that insurance meeting, and trying to find a way to not cover all the cars.

Buff Skeleton
Oct 24, 2005

Holy poo poo. I thought that was a photo from one of Chernobyl's vehicle graveyards at first.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.





Why are people taking video of themselves willingly taking (sometimes massive) blows to the nuts? I don't get it. Maybe I'm too old to understand, or maybe my brain works better than a wet potato or something.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
I can't enjoy people hurting themselves deliberately like those idiots. It's like watching a profoundly mentally disabled person fail at everyday tasks.

It's just loving tragic.

PhancyPants
Nov 15, 2003

Hotdog Suit Up!



Gorilla Salad posted:

I can't enjoy people hurting themselves deliberately like those idiots. It's like watching a profoundly mentally disabled person fail at everyday tasks.

It's just loving tragic.

It was always funny on AMV, and if I recall "Horse" made a decent amount of cash getting hit in the balls on the internet. The Internet being what it is, a million copycats showed up and hit themselves in the dick for just enough views to cover the cost of an ice pack.

Nuebot
Feb 18, 2013

The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

PhancyPants posted:

It was always funny on AMV, and if I recall "Horse" made a decent amount of cash getting hit in the balls on the internet. The Internet being what it is, a million copycats showed up and hit themselves in the dick for just enough views to cover the cost of an ice pack.

Didn't Horse go on to be an actual stunt man or am I thinking of another guy who got smashed in the balls for comedy?

Freudian slippers
Jun 23, 2009
US Goon shocked and appalled to find that world is a dirty, unjust place

I'm pretty sure Horse actually gets off on people watching him getting hit in the balls, which I guess means the freude is on us.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Gorilla Salad posted:

I can't enjoy people hurting themselves deliberately like those idiots. It's like watching a profoundly mentally disabled person fail at everyday tasks.

It's just loving tragic.

Like a kid with Lobstein syndrome signing up for MMA. You're supposed to laud their courage, but it's just sad.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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WarpedNaba posted:

Like a kid with Lobstein syndrome signing up for MMA. You're supposed to laud their courage, but it's just sad.

I'd watch a show that features people with severe Parkinson's disease struggle to perform close up magic.

Jippa
Feb 13, 2009
Yeah it's just sad really. The jackass guys at least got some fame/fortune (despite how some ended up from it). The random kids on youtube are just loving themselves for nothing. What they don't seem to get is that nobody just wants to see some one get badly hurt. Laughter is the human reaction to every thing being ok after danger is close.

That is why LA beast had good advice in taking a year out and doing all that walking. It may not be funny but at least his body has a chance to recover.

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

dudes getting racked in the nuts is loving funny you bunch of sissy prudes

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

a bloo bloo bloo my brain so goddamn big I sure don't like seeing bros busting their balls on swing sets it's so sad I like Hamilton the musical

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

FCKGW posted:

a bloo bloo bloo my brain so goddamn big I sure don't like seeing bros busting their balls on swing sets it's so sad I like Hamilton the musical

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

FCKGW posted:

a bloo bloo bloo my brain so goddamn big I sure don't like seeing bros busting their balls on swing sets it's so sad I like Hamilton the musical

:siren: THE SCARDENFREEUDR IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE THREAD :siren:

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer
won't someone please think of deez nutz

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

FCKGW posted:

a bloo bloo bloo my brain so goddamn big I sure don't like seeing bros busting their balls on swing sets it's so sad I like Hamilton the musical

I like both of those things, enjoying them isn't mutually exclusive.

I tried to find that gif of the dude doing a flip off a swing set and (deliberately) landing on someone's nuts but I can't find it. Pretend I posted it, it's the height of comedy.

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer
If anyone has a gif of Lin-Manuel Miranda getting kicked in the nuts, now is your time to shine.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

FCKGW posted:

dudes getting racked in the nuts is loving funny you bunch of sissy prudes

A bloo bloo people don't like what I like it's probably because they're just not manly enough to like it I'm super confident in my tastes by the way

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Post more nut shots.

cyberia
Jun 24, 2011

Do not call me that!
Snuffles was my slave name.
You shall now call me Snowball; because my fur is pretty and white.

Freudian slippers posted:

I'm pretty sure Horse actually gets off on people watching him getting hit in the balls, which I guess means the freude is on us.

It's this, fyi

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Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

FCKGW posted:

a bloo bloo bloo my brain so goddamn big I sure don't like seeing bros busting their balls on swing sets it's so sad I like Hamilton the musical

Hamilton the musical has heart, but football in the groin has a football in the groin.

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