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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: ask.discussion, recurring.weekly, offbeat fridays, offbeat

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like double lives, bird flu.h5n1 and cannabis. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was studious.

But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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  1. mycketforvirrad
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    ‘We can live again’: Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs The Guardian – Philip Oltermann – 2nd May 2024

    ‘We can live again’: Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs

    A Belgian initiative with the motto “happiness overcomes old age” has found a novel way to counter feelings of loneliness among nursing home residents: unleashing them on to the dancefloor of Brussels’ largest nightclub.

    As part of a series of unconventional activities designed to keep retired people active, a nonprofit association, Papy Booom, recently arranged for 11 pensioners to visit Lift Brussels, a 1,360 sq metre (14,500 sq ft) venue specialising in R&B, reggaeton and Latin dance.

    The Guardian – Philip Oltermann – 2nd May 2024

    9 votes
  2. [4]
    boxer_dogs_dance
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    Emotional support aligator taken and released in swamp

    Emotional support aligator taken and released in swamp

    9 votes
    1. [3]
      unkz
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      Probably ultimately saved this guy’s hand. Accident waiting to happen.

      "I've never met an alligator that will not bite you," Henney told CBS Evening News in 2022. "You fool around the head like this (Joe puts his hand in Wally's mouth), their instinct is to grab you [with their teeth] - but he does not do it.

      "You can reach in and rub his tongue, he refuses to close his mouth, but we don't know why," added Henney.

      Probably ultimately saved this guy’s hand. Accident waiting to happen.

      5 votes
      1. [2]
        iquanyin
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        nope. he’s had him for years and the gator actually goes to hospitals and so on, just like dogs. alligators are far calmer than crocodiles. some azzhole who “likes to terrorize” people by putting...

        nope. he’s had him for years and the gator actually goes to hospitals and so on, just like dogs. alligators are far calmer than crocodiles.
        some azzhole who “likes to terrorize” people by putting alligators in their yards stole this sweetie and dumped him in a yard. the yard owner called cops, cops called a wildlife org who got and released him into a seamp. they assumed he was wild.

        1 vote
        1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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          Therapy dogs and emotional support dogs are very different. An ESA shouldn't be bopping around with the person to hospitals. A therapy dog has training requirements and insurance. I believe this...

          Therapy dogs and emotional support dogs are very different. An ESA shouldn't be bopping around with the person to hospitals. A therapy dog has training requirements and insurance. I believe this alligator was chill and I'm sorry for him losing it. But any facility letting him visit was out of line. As was he trying to take him to a baseball game.

          2 votes