Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[GuidoHunter_Toki]

So basically she is looking for a husband to take care of her.

[Shadow Kira01]

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-ms-magazine-obama/



Obama in the Superman pose while promoting feminism seems to be causing controversy.

[OMchan]

Feces-Throwing Monkey On The Loose In Florida City
Officials in Tampa Bay, Florida are on the hunt for a rhesus macaque monkey that appeared out of nowhere and has been causing a lot of concern ever since. The reason: the species has a tendency to start throwing feces when it gets upset.

Time to stay indoors...

[Shadow Kira01]

Originally Posted by OMchan

Time to stay indoors...

Where do these monkeys come from anyways? There was one wrecking havoc in Shibuya station awhile back, which was rather funny to watch or perhaps...somewhat cute. On the contrary, I have to agree with you here that Florida citizens are better off staying indoors. This little monkey seems to be more vicious than the other one..

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Shadow Minato

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-ms-magazine-obama/



Obama in the Superman pose while promoting feminism seems to be causing controversy.

Of course, reading the article and the comments - one realizes immediately that the only controversy is with the fringe nutcase feminists, not the vast majority of feminists.

Its unfortunate causes and movements tend to get labeled by the actions of the extreme fringe.

[mg1942]

8 teens charged with something that's only associated to dirty old men in raincoats...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679588/

[Supah Em]

Its just been some time since I was 14 but damn how the times change.

[Pendevous]

Schoolgirls selling their panties in toilets

[ganbaru]

It's ridiculous., but somehow I am not supprised.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Pendevous

Schoolgirls selling their panties in toilets

1) Capitalism .... :P Ya gotta think the girls just consider their customers total idiots.

2) That picture in the link ... wtf? was actually going on? School dress code for panty colors? wtf? That looked more disturbing than the article's content.

[Vexx]

And in other "wtf?" news:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_157836.html

Mmmmmmmm, sea kitten crunchies!!! Nothing like lunacy to lower one's credibility even further....

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by Vexx

And in other "wtf?" news:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_157836.html

Mmmmmmmm, sea kitten crunchies!!! Nothing like lunacy to lower one's credibility even further....

A lot of people don't realize that fish are capable of feeling fear and pain, that they develop relationships with each other, and even show affection by gently rubbing against one another," says Ashley Byrne, PETA's sea kitten campaign co-ordinator.

I'm sure most living creatures feel fear and develop relationships, doesn't stop lions from snatching zebras or antelope though and tearing them from limb to limb.
(In fact, i'd be tempted to show a BBC animal show with a scene like that and post it on the PETA website) xD
- Good thing I never come across people like this... >.>

"Knowing that the fish sticks in the school cafeteria are really made out of tortured sea kittens makes most kids want to lose their lunch.

You know...
I think I love PETA for the 'Only in America WTF'ness' we foreigners get when checking your country out for the lastest display of mental instability in your society.
I didn't know bout these guys until i saw a whole stream of pissed off posts on Asuki last year, kinda a sad fact to think that this group can exist, let alone have enough exposure to gain media coverage and be taken seriously by idiots.

http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp
Thanks for the good chuckle Vexx

[SeedFreedom]

Originally Posted by Vexx

And in other "wtf?" news:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_157836.html

Mmmmmmmm, sea kitten crunchies!!! Nothing like lunacy to lower one's credibility even further....

Because we would never eat a hot dog because it has the name dog right?

[Vexx]

Mostly PETA remains newsworthy because beautiful well-intentioned but clueless models take off their clothes and wear kitty ears+makeup for "protest events".

"Sea Kittens" may be the unintentional new internet joke-meme of the year....

Look, I'm a strong believer in AI, in animal self-awareness - and treating everything humanely to the extent reasonable. We buy free-range critter meat and try to avoid factory farming output. I don't even eat much meat compared to the average person. But we live on the food chain along with all other creatures. Those sea kittens spend most of their conscious moments either trying to eat other sea kitties or avoid being eaten by bigger sea kitties.


... i just *love* the word sea kittens

[0utf0xZer0]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Mostly PETA remains newsworthy because beautiful well-intentioned but clueless models take off their clothes and wear kitty ears+makeup for "protest events".

Wait, PETA protest events involve naked catgirl cosplay? Need to find out when the next one in my area is.

(I'm big on reduced meat diets myself, but that might be because a few of my parent's recipes for that kind of thing are so awesome.)

[Clarste]

In general, all animals are smarter than we give them credit for, and if anything, emotions are the animalistic side of humanity (rather than the rational side). But that of course has absolutely nothing to do with whether we eat them or not. It's not like we eat people with brain damage...

As a sort of side note, apparently pretty much everything from insects on up is capable of interpreting abstract symbols into meaning. Like, if you create a maze you can label all right turns as the color blue and all left turns as red and you can train a bee or lizard to run the mazes perfectly, even when completely rearranged (as long as the symbols don't lie). That's kinda cool if you ask me.

An interesting note is that for a long time people have always thought reptiles were pretty much untrainable, but that's just because they're cold blooded and don't need to eat much. So food treats have almost no motivational effect. Give them heat lamps though and they're about as trainable as most mammals. So the "lower" animals aren't stupider, they just have different motivations.

[Vexx]

We're sliding off topic a bit I guess.. .buts always been fascinating to me just how FEW neurons it takes for fairly sophisticated behavior to emerge.

[Mystique]

I know Tuesday will be an historic moment for Americans, but really? Merchandise going too far? :\
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7834823.stm

Unless there's a president collectors edition I'm unaware of....

edit:
Well... anything to make a buck, I guess...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7834823.stm

[Vexx]

I'm waiting for the collector's edition action figure of the Prez, his cabinet, and the Obamacar.

No, not really.... I figure I'll be keeping an eye out for the "stupid things Democrats try to do" now that we've almost tossed the current thugs and crimelords out of office.

[Supah Em]

Now I'm not really knowledgeable with PETA and all but I read some sites/blogs/infos about them and

Are they for Fuc*ing Real? These people are way more over the top than the ultra conservatives in my country! -_-