12 votes

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 ballots, policy.transport and uranus. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was hankering to know.

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!

7 comments

  1. [2]
    devilized
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    Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find This came up in a news feed for some reason. Thought it was interesting, and wondered why someone even studied this.

    Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find

    The study – the first to explore seasonal patterns for this type of injury – found that such injuries were indeed more common over Christmas. In fact, “if every day was like Christmas, 43% more penile fractures would have occurred in Germany from 2005 on”, Pyrgides said.

    This came up in a news feed for some reason. Thought it was interesting, and wondered why someone even studied this.

    10 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      This .. has to be the most offbeat of the offbeats

      This .. has to be the most offbeat of the offbeats

      4 votes
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    mycketforvirrad
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    Christmas: Cardiff gran who charges family ups her prices BBC News – Nathan Bevan – 20th December 2023

    Christmas: Cardiff gran who charges family ups her prices

    A grandmother who charged her family for Christmas dinner last year has raised her prices for 2023.

    Caroline Duddridge, 63, previously made her adult relatives pay up to £15, while her youngest grandchildren got a £2.50 bill each.

    But this December it has gone up to cover the increased cost of living and rising food prices.

    BBC News – Nathan Bevan – 20th December 2023

    6 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      I could hear her saying the "not that I listen to public opinion" line in my head. Tbh good for her if she's doing all the work and paying for all the food.

      I could hear her saying the "not that I listen to public opinion" line in my head.

      Tbh good for her if she's doing all the work and paying for all the food.

      6 votes