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Weird stuff in the news
« on: November 18, 2005, 10:55:17 AM »
Just a thread to comment on odd stuff mentioned in the press.

So here's mine for today: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10075910/

And how is this more psychologically damaging than wearing a giant chicken suit and waving a sign that says "____day sale."?
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Re: Wired stuff in the news
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2005, 12:36:33 PM »
That article isn't from Wired...
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Re: Wired stuff in the news
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2005, 02:44:33 PM »
I think he meant "weird"
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2005, 08:24:00 PM »
Yes it's not from Wired, and neither is this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10078798/

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2005, 04:10:38 AM »
There are no words.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2005, 09:04:34 AM »
There are many words. Just none that are adequate
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2005, 05:21:15 PM »
wait, what's so crazy about the whole radish one?
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2005, 06:44:45 PM »
That people are so upset over a vegetable.

Admittedly, it was a symbol to these people--a mascot of sorts. But still. It's a VEGETABLE!  ::)
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2005, 07:27:43 PM »
Still, it's like a smaller scale version of someone chopping off the head of the statue of liberty.
Plus, the radish is alive and not just a big piece of copper.
(that actually might not be that good of an example, since the statue of liberty isn't as much a symbol of american society and ideals as it is a pretty statue lots of people know, while to those villagers that radish represents persistence and determination and such)
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2005, 07:57:06 PM »
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the statue of liberty isn't as much a symbol of american society and ideals as it is a pretty statue lots of peole know)

...huh?
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2005, 08:08:50 PM »
It was made by the french.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2005, 08:55:54 PM »
And the Statue of Liberty is not a rock. It is copper. And copper is a mineral.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2005, 09:02:55 PM »
ok, in my defense, from the outside it looks like a rock.
Actually, I think I read that it was made of copper somewhere, anyway, I'll just modify that last post
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2005, 09:10:38 PM »
In your prosecution, "actually" only has one "u", and if you read that it was copper somewhere, then it is all the more reason why you should know that it isn't made out of rock.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2005, 09:21:19 PM »
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In your if you read that it was copper somewhere, then it is all the more reason why you should know that it isn't made out of rock.


sorry, it just didn't come to mind when I was writing it, like I know it's hollow, and there's no way they'd be able to make a hollow stone statue that big. But I wasn't really thinking about it as I was writing.
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