Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Ghiest Cid]

http://news.yahoo.com/state-takes-ov...143143692.html

[SaintessHeart]

GOP ANTIVAX STUPIDITY HITS EPIC PROPORTIONS

Natural selection time?

[aohige]

America has also never adopted BCG tuberculosis immunization, unlike nearly the entire rest of the world, because uh, reasons.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by aohige

America has also never adopted BCG tuberculosis immunization, unlike nearly the entire rest of the world, because uh, reasons.

Never ceases to amaze me how you Americans court death by running on the Darwinian tightrope.

Cockpit Selfies Led to Fatal Plane Crash: NTSB

A distracted pilot taking selfies probably caused a plane crash that killed him and his passenger last year, federal authorities said.

The Cessna 150’s owner, Amritpal Singh, 29, and passenger were killed in the May 2014 crash near Watkins, Colo., east of Denver.

Singh and the passenger were taking flash photos with their smartphones on the flight just before the fatal flight, according to evidence recovered from a GoPro camera installed in the plane, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a Jan. 27 probable cause report of the crash.

“Based on the evidence of cell phone use during low-altitude maneuvering, including the flight immediately before the accident flight, it is likely that cell phone use during the accident flight distracted the pilot and contributed to the development of spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control," the agency said.

Singh's plane departed Front Range Airport just after midnight on May 31 and was discovered about seven hours later, two miles from the airport. Radar data showed the Cessna reached 740 feet before appearing to stall and then crash at high speed.

Singh did not meet the "currency" requirements to fly at night with passengers or in the foggy atmosphere of May 31. A relative told Denver television station KUSA that Singh wanted to become a commercial pilot.

Correction, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 03: The original version of this story said Singh was not qualified to fly at night with passengers or in the foggy atmosphere. This was changed to reflect that he did not meet "currency" requirements.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Never ceases to amaze me how you Americans court death by running on the Darwinian tightrope.

Cockpit Selfies Led to Fatal Plane Crash: NTSB

anyone nominate him for the Darwin Award yet?

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

anyone nominate him for the Darwin Award yet?

The year is still young, there is still much better candidate coming.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

The year is still young, there is still much better candidate coming.

there are probably funnier ones but stupider?

[AnimeFan188]

200-year-old mummified monk 'not dead, almost a Buddha':

"A mummified monk found in Mongolia sitting in the lotus position is not dead, but is
in a deep meditative trance instead, according to Buddhist officials.

Forensic examinations of the mummified remains are underway at the National
Center of Forensic Expertise at Ulan Bator, Mongolia's capital, according to The
Siberian Times. Initial, basic examinations determined the mummy to be about 200
years old.

The remains were found Jan. 27 wrapped in cattle skins in the Songinokhairkhan
province of north-central Mongolia."

See:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-Ne...?spt=sec&or=tn

[Ghiest Cid]

Will they allow independent researchers to confirm though.

[aohige]

I'm sure the unconfirmed absurd claim is why it's on the Silly/Odd News thread, brah.

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

there are probably funnier ones but stupider?

If that ISIS dude that accidentally tweeted their location can be confirmed dead, he'd be a great competition!

[aohige]

http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1828749.html

Keanu Reeves spotted strolling in Akihabara!

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Keanu Reeves cosplaying Keanu Reeves. How meta!

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by aohige

http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1828749.html

Keanu Reeves spotted strolling in Akihabara!

Would be interesting if he suddenly walks into a store and buys a dakimakura.

According to some other sources Richard Gere is there too. Incognito.

[SPARTAN 119]

Japanese "Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive" or "Kakuhido" Declare War on Valentines Day

A group in Japan is planning a protest march in Tokyo on Valentine's Day, complaining that the event is a cynical money-making ploy by "oppressive chocolate capitalists".

The group, known as Kakuhido, which translates roughly as the Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive, will march for an hour and a half through Tokyo's Shibuya district.

"The blood-soaked conspiracy of Valentine's Day, driven by the oppressive chocolate capitalists, has arrived once again," announced Kakuhido on its website.

"In order to create a brighter future, we call for solidarity among our unloved comrades so that we may demonstrate in resolute opposition to Valentine's Day and the romantic industrial complex", it added.

The group's organisers have provided their footsoldiers with a list of approved chants which include: "Crush St Valentine's Day!", "Do not be fooled by chocolate capitalism" and "Flirting is terrorism - wage war on terrorism!"

-The Telegraph Online

Another choice clipping, this one about the origins of the movement:

Kakuhido was founded in 2006 by Katsuhiro Furusawa, who started reading the Communist manifesto after being dumped by his girlfriend at Christmas - and swiftly concluded that not being popular with the opposite sex is a class issue.

-Same Telegraph article as above

Sounds a bit like a communist Hikigaya Hachiman or an alternate-universe version of Junichi Tachibana from Amagami that never got his happy ending!

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by SPARTAN 119

Japanese "Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive" or "Kakuhido" Declare War on Valentines Day




Another choice clipping, this one about the origins of the movement:



Sounds a bit like a communist Hikigaya Hachiman or an alternate-universe version of Junichi Tachibana from Amagami that never got his happy ending!

as a happliy married man, i laugh at these virgin losers

[DevilHighDxD]

Originally Posted by SPARTAN 119

Japanese "Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive" or "Kakuhido" Declare War on Valentines Day




Another choice clipping, this one about the origins of the movement:



Sounds a bit like a communist Hikigaya Hachiman or an alternate-universe version of Junichi Tachibana from Amagami that never got his happy ending!

As a virgin and someone who broke up with his GF, I can related to these virgin revolutionists. 2DGAL4LYFE

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

as a happliy married man, i laugh at these virgin losers

I agree. As a married man with multiple wives, he is really a loser to be that petty.

[Cosmic Eagle]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...anges-arrested


Old but still....

[ganbaru]

Is organic chocolate worth the price?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0LF2F820150211

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I agree. As a married man with multiple wives, he is really a loser to be that petty.

Your imaginary lolis don't count.