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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 vehicles.autonomous, jb pritzker and hollow knight.silksong. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was jotting these down.

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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  2. [2]
    ZeroGee
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    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/04/calling-your-boss-a-dickhead-is-not-a-sackable-offence-tribunal-rules There is still justice in the world.

    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/04/calling-your-boss-a-dickhead-is-not-a-sackable-offence-tribunal-rules

    A woman was awarded ~£30,000 and legal costs after an employment tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed for calling her boss a dick head.

    There is still justice in the world.

    3 votes
  3. [2]
    mycketforvirrad
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    CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake' BBC News – Aoife Walsh – 2nd September 2025

    CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake'

    The man who was caught on camera snatching a hat off a young boy at the US Open has said he made a "huge mistake" after footage of the incident went viral.

    Piotr Szczerek, a Polish chief executive of a paving firm, said he was "convinced" tennis star Kamil Majchrzak had been "passing his hat in my direction".

    BBC News – Aoife Walsh – 2nd September 2025

    2 votes
    1. jredd23
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      His 'mistake' is being caught doing it, talk about showing the true colors of the person.

      His 'mistake' is being caught doing it, talk about showing the true colors of the person.

      2 votes
  4. jredd23
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    Joseph Bonaparte in NJ I was around this area on holiday and learned something new.

    Joseph Bonaparte in NJ
    I was around this area on holiday and learned something new.

    Joseph Bonaparte finally settled in New Jersey under the name of the Count de Survilliers (Americans tended to call him Mr. Bonaparte)--taken from his Mortefontaine estates—in early 1817.

    1 vote