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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like three cheers, fintech and tunnel of fudge. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was alert.
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!
Love will find a way.
Also, NY Official Proposes New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, And Vermont Join Canada As New Province
I play dwarf fortress, and in the olden days animals would propagate as long as there's one male in the map and one female (for relevant species). Which means your caged female cat in the depths of your dungeon would give birth to kittens if the caravan passes by with another caged male cat. Propagation by spores, as it were.
Like grandma says, this is ludicrous and ridiculous, even if this is technically not air borne gametes transmission.
For those curious but don't want to read the full article
methodology
They created a line using bedding material which they used to transport the package.“I put the semen in Saran Wrap [plastic] every day like five times a day for like a month straight,” Depaz told the TV station.
“From there, I had placed it inside of, you know, the yeast infection applicators,
Re: states joining as Canadian province
Welcome! I would love for the Big Apple to join Red Maple. As of 2023, population in millions:
We would gain something like 70% more population over night, nearly a half trillion dollar of taxes, and valuable schools and real estate. My best friends points out we'd probably lose Alberta if that was the case, but just between you and I, I think we can afford that . It would be amazing to finally stop having Ontario acting like the biggest thing heaven made.
Also Washington, Oregon and California would probably want to come too. Welcome!
I was mildly disappointed to learn that the "pregnancy by bullet" origin of the epithet, "son of a gun", is false.
Also, can we get Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana (unlikely) and Pennsylvania to join in? Alaska is looking lonely, too. Though Ontario would be even more unbalanced...
Honestly, maybe America needs to do a No Homers Club restart: come join Canada, everybody vote NDP or some other progressive socialist environmentally sound new party. Individual cities in red states can come too if they vote that way. Meanwhile the Queen of Canada Poilievre Doug Ford sovereign citizen types can go join the Maga folks they love so much. :/
On this note, I grew up Californian and look up the "State of Jefferson" ... I loved the idea and tried to leave CA as soon as I could, but now I'm in one of those states in NE that were left out (lol). Not that I want to join Canada, but I'm curious as to where NH and Maine would be left, as we'd be left over... (then again, I think we're also more chill states than Mass and NY by far...)
Very unlikely. Imaginative in story telling.
Serbia: The man who unintentionally came to own a cemetery
DW – Jelena Djukic-Pejic – 27th November 2024
..... That's kind of like ordering a meal, eating it all up, and then not paying for it and sending the empty bag back.
Colorful analogy
I'd even go more colorful and say you then relieve yourself of the former contents of the bag into the bag and then they are not allowed to get rid of the bag.
Bear cub nicknamed "Selfie Bear" snatched from a tree to pose for photos is free at last, and doing well
6 people not smarter than the average bear, but as Mr Rogers says, look for the helpers. Selfie Bear is fine and that's good news
Can be said of many others as well. Damn idiots.
I was watching a lot of elk tiktok during rut. And I'm not sure that the elk are smarter, but the tourists are definitely dumb. Oh boy I'm stunned more people don't get mauled by a bull
Hi
Something from The Guardian newspaper.
"Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings..."
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At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground...
OnlyFans is now accessible in China
Yeah, idk either
Hawk Tuah Coin has failed - Hawk Tuah girl launched a crypto coin, which fell by 90% within hours.
Honestly good for her for everything she's tried to do to make money off of it. It's far better than the usual shame people for their sexuality until they go away practice.
I think doing crypto is stupid and hilarious but you know get that bag, girl.
I mostly agree, with a soupçon of concern that she's yet another right-wing grifter.
The crypto is grifty but I haven't heard anything about her political opinions and crypto grift doesn't only live on one side of the aisle unfortunately.
If I were a 22 year old with a stupid amount of fame and too much cash, I'd probably fall for stupid shit too, so I am hesitant that she's intentionally grifting.... But also, at this stage, I'm out of fucks to give about people falling for "hawk tuah coin"