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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 positivity, browsers and dungeons and dragons. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was inquisitive.

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. JCPhoenix
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    Late to the party, but just saw this: Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den In some ways, this might be a twofer. One for the sauna in an...

    Late to the party, but just saw this: Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den

    I was looking forward to one of my favorite pre-flight rituals at Paris Charles de Gaulle: a sauna in the Air France Lounge in Terminal 2E, Hall L. Instead, I discovered that the sauna is gone for good, apparently because some passengers could not behave themselves.

    In some ways, this might be a twofer. One for the sauna in an airport lounge (guess I'm not fancy enough to know about these things). Second, the sex den in an airport lounge. Mile high club not good enough anymore?

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  2. mycketforvirrad
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    ‘The Mummy’ Poster Ads Banned From London Underground After Advertising Watchdog Cites ‘Distressing’ Imagery Variety – Naman Ramachandran – 5th August 2026

    ‘The Mummy’ Poster Ads Banned From London Underground After Advertising Watchdog Cites ‘Distressing’ Imagery

    The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that outdoor poster ads for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” breached its code by presenting an image that gave “a realistic impression of a dead child,” while clearing companion TV and streaming spots for the same campaign.

    The ASA investigated four issues stemming from several complaints about ads for the Warner Bros Entertainment U.K. Ltd. cinema release, seen in April this year. The regulator upheld one complaint and rejected the other three in a ruling published Aug. 5.

    Variety – Naman Ramachandran – 5th August 2026

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