univbee posted:

VikingSkull posted:

oh my loving god it never stops

univbee posted:

Dapper_Swindler posted:

what woke dumb gently caress wrote that?

B. Birdsworth posted:

The excellent & learned journalists of The Huffington Bluffington Post.

univbee posted:

univbee posted:

FactsAreUseless posted:

Oh man it gets better. Here's a description from a blog about The Blog:

"One interesting element of writing for the Huffington Post is you don’t need to stick to entirely factual posts. Other sites might prefer case studies, valuable tutorials, and other such informational content, but HuffPo is primarily an opinion and editorial publication. That means you can get personal and you can give your opinions with some data to back them up, rather than relying on data and conclusions. It’s a more free-form way of writing that some people need to really play with to get the hang of for their contributions."

Bolding theirs, not mine, lmao.

Ron Darling posted:

i remember some random blogger on HuffPo posted that the Kim Kardashian robbery was faked by her and other sites picked it up

good times

univbee posted:

FactsAreUseless posted:

The internet is dumb as gently caress. There's a bunch of people talking about how if you blog for HuffPo it'll you get a paying job in the future because of your portfolio. It will never, ever turn into a paying job, because nobody would ever pay a HuffPo blogger to write.

FactsAreUseless posted:

Oh man it gets better. Here's a description from a blog about The Blog:

"One interesting element of writing for the Huffington Post is you don’t need to stick to entirely factual posts. Other sites might prefer case studies, valuable tutorials, and other such informational content, but HuffPo is primarily an opinion and editorial publication. That means you can get personal and you can give your opinions with some data to back them up, rather than relying on data and conclusions. It’s a more free-form way of writing that some people need to really play with to get the hang of for their contributions."

Bolding theirs, not mine, lmao.

EX250 Type R posted:

coma, coma, coma, coma, coma korean

univbee posted:

fruit on the bottom posted:

Lol, the article basically just says what this thread has been saying about how the sentence was harsh and draconian but you basically had to be retarded to put yourself in that situation and why didn't his parents maybe take him aside and keep him from visiting loving North Korea like wtf did you think was gonna happen.

univbee posted:

Kiryen posted:

So in other words if he was black then it would be a problem.

Zo posted:

well, except black people would know not to mess with that poo poo since, you know, they don't exactly have to travel to north korea to experience massively disproportional punishment for minor crimes

EX250 Type R posted:

coma, coma, coma, coma, coma korean

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

I am Otto Warmbier and I have brain damage .. please explain this joke

Astoundingly Ugly Baby posted:

I don't really like Ohio either, but it's pretty hosed up that he comes back from North Korea & would rather die than live in Ohio.

Zo posted:

well, except black people would know not to mess with that poo poo since, you know, they don't exactly have to travel to north korea to experience massively disproportional punishment for minor crimes

FactsAreUseless posted:

Oh man it gets better. Here's a description from a blog about The Blog:

"One interesting element of writing for the Huffington Post is you don’t need to stick to entirely factual posts. Other sites might prefer case studies, valuable tutorials, and other such informational content, but HuffPo is primarily an opinion and editorial publication. That means you can get personal and you can give your opinions with some data to back them up, rather than relying on data and conclusions. It’s a more free-form way of writing that some people need to really play with to get the hang of for their contributions."

Bolding theirs, not mine, lmao.

Tenzarin posted:

Look they are just selling the experience of reading news. It may not be real or factual, but it is news.

Wizard Master posted:

It's pretty sad that he died and he didn't deserve any of this. I don't really see the funny side

Wizard Master posted:

It's pretty sad that he died and he didn't deserve any of this. I don't really see the funny side

State Department posted:

The Department of State strongly warns U.S. citizens not to travel to North Korea/the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Department of State strongly warns U.S. citizens not to travel to North Korea/the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). U.S. citizens in the DPRK are at serious risk of arrest and long-term detention under North Korea’s system of law enforcement. This system imposes unduly harsh sentences for actions that would not be considered crimes in the United States and threatens U.S. citizen detainees with being treated in accordance with “wartime law of the DPRK.” Since the United States does not maintain diplomatic or consular relations with North Korea, the U.S. government has no means to provide normal consular services to U.S. citizens in North Korea. This notice updates the number of U.S. citizens who have been detained in North Korea and replaces the Travel Warning dated February 7, 2017.

At least 16 U.S. citizens have been detained in North Korea in the past ten years. North Korean authorities have detained those who traveled independently and those who were part of organized tours. Being a member of a group tour or using a tour guide will not prevent North Korean authorities from detaining or arresting you. Efforts by private tour operators to prevent or resolve past detentions of U.S. citizens in the DPRK have not been successful.

Three Olives posted:

So basically he was a complete moron that had a completely expectable outcome from it.

The only thing left to find in this is humor, there is nothing unexpected that happened.

B. Birdsworth posted:

His outcome was without precedent for American detainees in North Korea.

COMRADES posted:

3O is right

B. Birdsworth posted:

His outcome was without precedent for American detainees in North Korea.

EX250 Type R posted:

p sure theres a long history of americans dying in north korea going back some 60 odd years

fruit on the bottom posted:

Lol, the article basically just says what this thread has been saying about how the sentence was harsh and draconian but you basically had to be retarded to put yourself in that situation and why didn't his parents maybe take him aside and keep him from visiting loving North Korea like wtf did you think was gonna happen.