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Posted: Fri 27 Apr , 2018 9:22 am
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Frelga wrote:
The problem is, the idea that men are entitled to women's bodies is embedded pretty deeply (see the Echo chamber thread, and the way violent rape is casually compared to stealing a man's wallet). It is true that most men learn to live with disappointment, but while this person was probably not well, he picked up his fixations through listening to many allegedly healthy men.
Think its safe to say you made it personal first, with this snide strawman. Dave and I just responded to your baiting.

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Can we get the last portion of this thread moved to ToE? :)


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Yes, I'll work on that now.

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Who's going to fall for this one?

Send us your naked photos to help block revenge porn, Facebook invites users
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Trust in the social network is low, so this offer might make people skeptical

Facebook wants its users to send them their naked photos.

The social network is rolling out the measure to crack down on revenge porn, the non-consensual sharing of explicit images.

The catch is you need to share those photos with the company first.

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But if uploading your intimate photos to a giant corporation makes you nervous, the fact that the process involves having those images screened by an employee of the company might also make you squeamish.

Dealing with people's nude photos and potential cases of revenge porn is an extremely sensitive issue, and Facebook can't rely on a purely automated system to handle it. As countless mishaps have shown, algorithms just aren't fail-safe. But then again, neither are humans.

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Posted: Mon 04 Jun , 2018 4:25 pm
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Was that posted on April 1st?

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Nope - June 3.

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Hangry customer dials 911 to report late pizza
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A 32-year-old woman dialled 911 at about 9 p.m. Monday to report her pizza wasn't ready when she showed up at an Elgin, Ont., restaurant to pick it up, Leeds County OPP said.

When police arrived, they said the woman and her son were waiting in their car to file their culinary complaint.

"Officers educated her on the proper use of the 911 system," OPP said in a news release.

"For a life-threatening situation or imminent danger or crime that's in progress, that's when you call 911," OPP Staff Sgt. Josh Kingsley reminded residents.

The incident occurred about 120 kilometres south of Ottawa.

There was no word on whether the woman eventually got her pizza.

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Meanwhile in Russia

https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status ... 3181350912
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Chair of Russian parliamentary committee [on families] urges Russians not to have sex with foreigners coming for World Cup. Because it will lead to single parent families.
(Not a mention of condoms, which, someone told me, can occasionally help)
https://t.co/sP1kocyEDy
The linked article is to Russian media, which I don't visit because I always assume it's full of malware, but Oliver Carroll is a reliable narrator.

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I'm not sure condoms protect against foreign cooties, though.

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Texas man shoots armadillo, bullet ricochets back into his face
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Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, Texas, at around 3 a.m. local time Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.

The status of the animal is unknown.

"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.

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This is going to be a movie soon, I'm sure.

Notorious gangster Redoine Faid escapes French prison, again, on hijacked helicopter
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Two or three men armed with assault rifles hijacked a helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to Faid's prison in Seine-et-Marne. When the helicopter landed, two men dressed all in black, opened the prison door using a grinding machine and took Faid. At the time, he was meeting with his brother in a visitation room, members of the guards’ union, told France's BFM television. The men set off smoke bombs to blur the scene from video surveillance, union member Loic Delbroc said. 

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I don't know if this should be in the Trump thread or here, but:

London mayor OKs 'Trump Baby' blimp flying over Parliament during U.S. president's visit
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan will allow protesters to fly a blimp over Parliament that portrays Donald Trump as an orange, snarling baby during the U.S. president's upcoming visit, Khan's office said on Thursday.
Check out the article - it's got a picture of the blimp, which portrays Trump with all the dignity that he deserves.

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It's in both. ;) They've been talking about it for a little while in U.K. papers - though it wasn't certain it would be approved to fly in London near Parliament - but Sky news reported this morning that it has been approved, with some restrictions on where and how high it may fly. Sounds like there's quite a full schedule of protest activities planned in various locations in honor of Trump's visit.

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I'm sure you've all been nervously following the story of the Thai boys that have been trapped in a cave for over two weeks. The latest is that four of them have been rescued: link

Here's hoping that it continues to go smoothly...

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And now all 12 boys and their coach have been rescued. :cheers:

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I think the whole world was relieved and delighted to hear that! :banana:

What an awesome international effort, despite the tremendous risks. (It's incredibly sad about the diver who died. :( )

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Museum Visitor Falls Into Giant Hole That Looks Like a Cartoonish Painting on the Floor
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Like a real-life version of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a visitor to a Portuguese museum was injured last week when he stepped into an art installation resembling an inky void. Currently on exhibit at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Descent Into Limbo by Anish Kapoor includes an actual eight-foot hole that’s painted black—so it appears to have no depth at all.

According to Britain’s Times, attendees of previous showings of the work have questioned “whether there really was a hole in the floor or whether it was simply a circle painted with an extremely dark black paint.” Presumably there will be no doubts going forward.

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Seems like a good candidate for a not-such-a-bright-idea art contest.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... after-peta
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The animals on the boxes of animal crackers are roaming free in the box’s new design after the company behind the snack received pressure from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

The parent company of Nabisco, Mondelez International, redesigned the packaging of its famous Barnum's Animals crackers after PETA penned a letter calling for a change in 2016, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.

PETA has long protested circus use of animals in performances.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... hat-doesnt
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Florida GOP candidate: I was abducted by aliens but that doesn’t define me
And yes, that's aliens as in little green men. Though, in her case, she claims the aliens were large and blonde.

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