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Sad story but thought-provoking headline: “ Minneapolis store clerk killed after being impaled by golf club” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-store-clerk-killed-impaled-golf-club-rcna128927
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:
I actively dislike that you posted this in this thread.
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Grassy Knowles posted:I actively dislike that you posted this in this thread. Well, I’m not sure what kind of a warped mental state you live in that you could read that article and come up with the sick interpretation that you did. The victim is described as “a great dude” and “a bright light”. Impale means “pierce or transfix with a sharp instrument.” There is no mention or insinuation of any type of sex crime.You probably need to turn off your phone and computer and go get a grip on reality. Have a nice time, I sincerely hope that you recover from whatever issues plague you.
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I don’t think my reading is in any way unwarranted here remembering how Abner Louima was reported TW: article’s implied sexual violence quote:…66-year-old victim impaled through his torso behind the counter…
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I am personally equally uncomfortable with speculating the victim was raped based on the information given in the article as I am with his brutal murder being posted here for laughs. One of your supporting points is just that the article described him as a dancer. Do you think it does anything for the the victim or his family for people to be posting about if his tragic and awful murder also involved him being sexually violated? If that's something that has any evidence at all to point to it, and the family wants it to be known, then let them be the ones to make it part of the conversation. Please don't invent true crime style conspiracies about murder victims, please don't invent extra salacious details not present in the reporting to win an argument on a forum. I'm sorry, this makes my skin crawl. You don't need to proclaim he was probably raped because homophobia exists and he was also murdered, that doesn't help anything.
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An account of a clerk being brutally murdered is not something that I wish to see in the “weird news” thread.
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Platystemon posted:An account of a clerk being brutally murdered is not something that I wish to see in the “weird news” thread. 
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mycatscrimes posted:I am personally equally uncomfortable with speculating the victim was raped based on the information given in the article as I am with his brutal murder being posted here for laughs. One of your supporting points is just that the article described him as a dancer. Do you think it does anything for the the victim or his family for people to be posting about if his tragic and awful murder also involved him being sexually violated? If that's something that has any evidence at all to point to it, and the family wants it to be known, then let them be the ones to make it part of the conversation. Please don't invent true crime style conspiracies about murder victims, please don't invent extra salacious details not present in the reporting to win an argument on a forum. I'm sorry, this makes my skin crawl. You don't need to proclaim he was probably raped because homophobia exists and he was also murdered, that doesn't help anything. Same trigger warnings as prior. I would rather it not have been brought up in thread at all, and my skin was crawling the entire time I read it because a golf club breaking through an abdomen doesn’t just happen and authorities don’t call something grotesque in prepared statements arbitrarily. The article was worded in a way that I think makes clear what happened to anyone who was reading news in the late nineties and intentionally signals something about the safety of a specific community in a city that is known for police diminishing the severity of hate crimes. That being said, between this and ‘twerk will set you free’ i think I’m fine just ejecting from the thread entirely so I wish you all well and am dropping this discussion.
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Grassy Knowles posted:Same trigger warnings as prior. I actually think grotesque is a word that gets used in cases of people being brutally beaten and impaled, even without rape, and if this person was raped and it was not mentioned in the article, bringing it up as speculation without actual evidence in a forum thread still feels insanely violating of both the victim and their family's right to privacy about this brutal murder. I understand being hypervigilant about homophobia. It affects me, and I also experience this vigilance. I hope it is not being implied that objecting to this speculation can only come from a position of privilege re: homophobia, because it certainly does not. In the context of a discussion on homophobia and hate crimes and how they get covered up it might be relevant to discuss this. All you had to do here though was point out a brutal murder is already a bad fit for a funny thread. This real person doesn't deserve to have conspiracies out there about if they were or weren't sexually assualted during their recent brutal death. No benefit to us or the gay community comes from making that up absent evidence.
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Description of the scene from the Star Tribune:quote:The club […] with the broken-off head lying nearby It’s not weird news, just tragic. Platystemon has a new favorite as of 21:23 on Dec 10, 2023 |
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My apologies, I should have closed the thread and not participated, it's enough to say it sucks that the story was here at all. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/24/1214974578/giant-tumbleweed-california Car sized tumbleweed!
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Sad story but thought-provoking headline: Grassy Knowles posted:Now that's what I call a hole in one! Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Glad to know I'm not the only one who got wood from that story. mycatscrimes posted:In Minneapolis, club joins you! Platystemon posted:I can't believe we lost such an ambitious and hard working employee. He was, incredibly, driven. People, please. For once can we treat a story with a little dignity and respect?
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mycatscrimes posted:https://www.npr.org/2023/11/24/1214974578/giant-tumbleweed-california A large tumbleweed the size of a small
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Lobok posted:People, please. For once can we treat a story with a little dignity and respect? Sorry but these kinds of responses are just par for the course here 
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Peppermint Dr Bronners between the cheeks makes me feel like my butthole smoked a Newport.
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Peppermint Dr Bronners between the cheeks makes me feel like my butthole smoked a Newport. It did
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Peppermint Dr Bronners between the cheeks makes me feel like my butthole smoked a Newport. That trick can net you a 20 down at the Foxy Lady
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In an apology for the recent ruckus, I offer a collection of “syntactically ambiguous headlines” from the past: Iraqi Head Seeks Arms Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax Farmer Bill Dies in House British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands Teacher Strikes Idle Kids Miners Refuse to Work after Death Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant War Dims Hope for Peace If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft Kids Make Nutritious Snacks Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:In an apology for the recent ruckus, I offer a collection of “syntactically ambiguous headlines” from the past: I involuntarily let out a hearty Dad Laugh at these, thank you sir.
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Yeah, there were a lot of good ones there.
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Is there any way to generate a nude Lumpa?
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide Huh. Didn't expect to see my hometown mentioned here, and not in this context. Fun fact: it's also where the second Conjuring film takes place. They filmed a bunch of school stuff at my old secondary school.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Is there any way to generate a nude Lumpa? You forgot to add "a friend made me to ask you."
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Lobok posted:You forgot to add "a friend made me to ask you." The friend is Paul Rudd
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lmao that rules https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1734709754511925746
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Being a stowaway on an airliner shouldn’t be a crime. It’s not like on a ship where they’re drinking into the fresh water rations. Charge them for the marginal cost of fuel at most IMO.
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Platystemon posted:Being a stowaway on an airliner shouldn’t be a crime. It’s not like on a ship where they’re drinking into the fresh water rations. Do you think planes are plumbed in?
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Do you think planes are plumbed in? Yes a 9 hour flight risks running out of water just the same as a 3-month ship voyage One way or another the plane will stop being airborne before anyone dies of thirst
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:lmao that rules How do you keelhaul someone with an airplane?
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Valve To Steam Deck Owners: Stop Huffing Its Vent Fumes
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Whooping Crabs posted:How do you keelhaul someone with an airplane? 
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That’s the one where the pilot got sucked out a window that was broken or missing a screw or something right? And they managed to hold onto him even while landing in an emergency. IIRC, he was blinded due to the air/cold, but amazingly lived. I do a lot of flying for work and when I first did, I read all the airplane disaster stuff, so I vaguely remember this story. Weirdly, reading all the flight disaster stuff made me much more confident in flying now. E: I was a little off, but wiki explains the rest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390 Cacafuego has a new favorite as of 19:12 on Dec 13, 2023 |
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