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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 advetising.digital, cory booker and april fools day. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was miffed.

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

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    mycketforvirrad
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    Polish presidential candidate ridiculed for donning disguise to promote book BBC News – Will Vernon – 29th March 2025

    Polish presidential candidate ridiculed for donning disguise to promote book

    Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV.

    Written by a mysterious author called Tadeusz Batyr, the book documented the life of a gangster from 1980s communist Poland.

    In 2018, Nawrocki appeared on TV as his alter-ego Tadeusz Batyr, disguised in a hat and with his face blurred, and lavished praise on himself.

    BBC News – Will Vernon – 29th March 2025

    7 votes
    1. jredd23
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      Reminds me of what I read yesterday, don't recall who said it but here it is. "A Turkish proverb: when a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus."

      Reminds me of what I read yesterday, don't recall who said it but here it is.
      "A Turkish proverb: when a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus."

      5 votes
  2. [2]
    boxer_dogs_dance
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    Laughing gas is now seen as potential treatment for depression

    Laughing gas is now seen as potential treatment for depression

    7 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      The downside of what's required for this sort of treatment probably outweighs the upside of a new treatment, but medication resistant depression sucks. I'm glad they're still trying new things

      The downside of what's required for this sort of treatment probably outweighs the upside of a new treatment, but medication resistant depression sucks.

      I'm glad they're still trying new things

      7 votes
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    jredd23
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    On a gloomy Friday, what else can go wrong. Open secrets being discussed in unsecured channels, and let ChatGPT plan world destruction. ChatGPT developed Trump's Tarriff plan!

    On a gloomy Friday, what else can go wrong. Open secrets being discussed in unsecured channels, and let ChatGPT plan world destruction.
    ChatGPT developed Trump's Tarriff plan!

    4 votes