Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[MrTerrorist]

Somehow i feel there's an Overreaction over this issue since some users have pointed out the Fines are not trying to claim all Reaction videos as their own, they are only copyrighting their React style version. However, since the issue has cause an uproar that some of their videos have gotten lots of dislikes, it might be best for the Fines to just scrap the copyright thing and wait until the heat dies down where cooler heads prevail.

[Kotohono]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Somehow i feel there's an Overreaction over this issue since some users have pointed out the Fines are not trying to claim all Reaction videos as their own, they are only copyrighting their React style version. However, since the issue has cause an uproar that some of their videos have gotten lots of dislikes, it might be best for the Fines to just scrap the copyright thing and wait until the heat dies down where cooler heads prevail.

Except prior to this hundreds of people have come forward about how their react videos (especially for kids/elderly ones) have been bullied with pay up or we'll shut you down, they've already been doing it.

They even tried to bully someone as big Ellen and acting as if they had some right to anything on her show because they act as thought they somehow own this generic thing known as reacting that's been around far before YT.

[Marcus H.]

Wow, what a bunch of d-bags.

[MrTerrorist]

Except the Fine Brothers never sued those Reaction videos. The one who did the suing were FullScreen Inc, the Fine's Parent Company, which are also Screwattack and Roosterteeth's parent company, which FullScreen Inc is under AT&T.
The Fines were misblamed for what their Parent Company did and this copyright thing only made things worse for them.

[Marcus H.]

Well that explains the severe amount of ignorance on how the Internet works.

[Xefi]

not sure where to put this, so i'll place it here.

Orange County jail escape: Suspected accomplice arrested, taxi driver kidnapped, ESL teacher to be released

SANTA ANA – A Santa Ana taxi driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to transport three escapees from the Orange County Jail for several days during which two of the fugitives argued about killing him and burying his body, Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Hallock said Monday.

Details of the eight-day manhunt after Hossein Nayeri, 37, Jonathan Tieu, 20 and Bac Duong, 43 escaped on Jan. 22 were released Monday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office in back-to-back news conferences.

Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/e...ed-county.html

comments: you know what's CRAZY about this news? the taxi driver that was kidnapped
is one of my tenant. when he came home after all this, he told me about it and i
was SHOCK. seriously, they were
in my house when i wasn't home and my family and i were lucky as hell to not have
meet them while they were at my home.
they were planning to kill my taxi tenant old man...man that's crazy. i'm GLAD he's ok or
else he would have die and i wouldn't even notice that he was kidnapped.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Wow...talk about close call...

[Xefi]

^ yeah, really lucky for the old man taxi driver. he told me only the Iran guy has the gun
and was taking charge. lucky for my little brother who was home that time that it was
Bac Duong who came into my house. Mr. Duong doesn't think crazy like the Iran guy and
have to kill people to move on and such.

Mr Duong save the old man's life...thanks god. by asking him to drive them back while the 20 year
old and the Iran man went out to tint their stolen van.

the old man told me there was some reporters came by my house today to have him do some
interview. and i came home today and saw his car have all these "Sheriff" stickers on it. this is
something i'd never think happen to me in my life...lol. just the other days, i heard about the escape
convicts, but never thought they kidnapped the the old man.

in this event, my family was spare since the Iran guy didn't came into my house. he would have
either kill or kidnapped my little brother as well.

so anyways, I"M so glad they were caught and no body was hurt. thanks god. i'd be really sad and
scare for my family life. glad nothing happens. -o-

[MrTerrorist]

Popular YouTubers Stop Trying To Trademark 'React,' Apologize

Well it's over. Hopefully this might stop some users from bothering the Fines. (Then again, some people are spiteful.)

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Ist

^ yeah, really lucky for the old man taxi driver. he told me only the Iran guy has the gun
and was taking charge. lucky for my little brother who was home that time that it was
Bac Duong who came into my house. Mr. Duong doesn't think crazy like the Iran guy and
have to kill people to move on and such.

Mr Duong save the old man's life...thanks god. by asking him to drive them back while the 20 year
old and the Iran man went out to tint their stolen van.

the old man told me there was some reporters came by my house today to have him do some
interview. and i came home today and saw his car have all these "Sheriff" stickers on it. this is
something i'd never think happen to me in my life...lol. just the other days, i heard about the escape
convicts, but never thought they kidnapped the the old man.

in this event, my family was spare since the Iran guy didn't came into my house. he would have
either kill or kidnapped my little brother as well.

so anyways, I"M so glad they were caught and no body was hurt. thanks god. i'd be really sad and
scare for my family life. glad nothing happens. -o-

Holy shit that is close.

Stay safe there bro. Did you apply for police protection on your property?

[Xefi]

^ of course not. this type of things i'd never expect at all, dawg...lol. but so glad they
were all caught, especially the Iran guy, he's nuts and scary as hell. lucky for my family
that we were at work that day and didn't encountered Mr Duong although he's probably
more reasonable and forgiving than if we were to meet Nayeri...that fu*ker will probably
kill us off. but i won't go down without a fight to protect my family...although he'll probably
overpowered me and kick my ass in the end. -o-

here's the updated to the story:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/d...ri-driver.html

my tenant face is on the front page...poor old man. he's freaking 74 years old already. that's
some experience i don't think anyone wants to be in. :\
they did the interview yesterday at my house and it's already on the ocregistry today. that's quick.

Edit: i miss read that, bro. i have a tenant staying at home and my little bro as well so
my house always have someone to keep my house safe, so i don't need the police protection.
little bro. was playing Counter Strike that day in his room, so he didn't saw Mr. Duong.

[MrTerrorist]

Matt LeBlanc to be Top Gear co-presenter

Nobody saw this coming.

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Matt LeBlanc to be Top Gear co-presenter

Nobody saw this coming.

That was actually a surprise for me. I was waiting for them to confirm Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz but so far nothing from those two and this surprise. I'm guessing the show just might avoid falling to the trap of mimicking what came before. Now if that works or not we'll see.

[Cosmic Eagle]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ached-him.html


Lolwut

[LowCholesterol]

http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/niko...larity-ensues/

[Haak]

Originally Posted by SPARTAN 119

A veritable cornucopia of the latest news in human stupidity, all starting with the words "Florida Man".

This last month's examples (all found at the link above):

And... it doesn't get any more Florida than this:

You've got a new entry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35534633

[aohige]

Young prodigy crafts an amazing analog clock that "writes" every minute of the day, no electronics involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu0KgZFCTO8

It's basically an elaborate contraption carved in wood, that moves using weights and pulleys, and "writes" the current time of the day in a itchy-sketch magnet board.
There's no electronics involved at all.

Designed and crafted by a 22 year old young college student.

That's insane.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Because I know how much you guys love OreImo, here's government official Kirino! (thanks Marcus for the translation)

俺の妹が18歳選挙キャンペーンモデルになるわけがない

俺と「俺の妹」の物語から数年後。大学生になった京介のもとに18歳になった桐乃が訪れ新たな 「人生相談」 を持ちかける。

選挙権年齢が20歳から18歳へ引き下げられることを受けて、なんと総務省から桐乃が「18歳 選挙」のキャ ンペーンモデルに選ばれたというのだ。新有権者として「選挙権」について京介に語った桐乃は、 黒猫と沙織も 呼び出して・・・。

総務省が実施している全国シンポジウム・ワークショップや
3月13日開催の電撃文庫 春の祭典2016で小冊子を配布

There's No Way My Little Sister Will Become an 18-Year-Old Election Campaign Model!

Several years have passed since the story of me and "my little sister". Kyousuke, now a college student, watches over the 18-year-old Kirino, who calls for a whole new round of "life counseling".

Since the minimum age requirement for voting has been lowered from 20 to 18 years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has chosen Kirino to become the campaign model for 18-year-old voters. As Kyousuke talks with Kirino about being a new voter and the right of suffrage, Kuroneko and Saori ends up called as well...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will hold a nationwide symposium and workshop on March 13, Sunday, as part of the Dengeki Bunko Summer Festival 2016, and pamphlets will be handed out in the venue.

[ChainLegacy]

Does that mean the Japanese government is using a character implied to be in an incestuous relationship with her brother to educate the public about voting laws?

I don't particularly care, but it's just really strange, even for Japan.

[AnimeFan188]

Birds Deliberately Spread Wildfires Because Birds
Are Dicks:

"Crazy news from the outback, folks. Certain birds of prey are picking
up burning sticks from brush fires and dropping them in dry grass.
Why? Because then all the little critters will run away from the fire and
out into the open, where the birds can snatch them up. Birds are dicks!

But even dicks have to eat. The birds of prey in question here—black
kites and brown falcons—have apparently been doing this for ages.
Both aboriginal populations in northern Australia and local firefighters
say they’ve seen them do it. Aboriginal advocate Bob Gosford, who’s
interviewed over a dozen firefighters about the trend, described the
behavior, “Reptiles, frogs and insects rush out from the fire, and there
are birds that wait in front, right at the foot of the fire, waiting to catch
them.”"

See:

http://gizmodo.com/birds-deliberatel...e-d-1758109903