This Week’s WTF Story Award Goes to… (2021 edition)

I don’t think a comparison to the US border service’s well-documented barbaric practices with migrants is really helping make a positive case here. But suit yourself.

Bye for now!

Guy

The real WTF here is why is the US embassy tweeting about something that’s been happening for years now.

I don’t mind at all being deemed a member of the “English speaking community” even though Rigellian is technically a different language. But whatever. :2cents:

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Meanwhile in Busan, South Korea . . .

Guy

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:grimacing:

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“Studies have shown that camels have shown increasing anxiety about their perceived beauty after the introduction of Instagram in these contests.”

Yes I made that up. But seriously what’s up here?

Guy

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The same thing happens with dog shows in western countries. (Just sayin’.)

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At the risk of bringing an inappropriate topic into the conversation, this judgement seem to have a strong bearing upon the meaning of consent in the context of other medical interventions being mandated in Germany …

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Yes, I almost posted it in the humbug thread. :dizzy_face:

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Germany was where they had the masochist who volunteered to be eaten by rhe sadistic cannibal too, wasn’t it? The Germans don’t mess around when it comes to S&M.

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Plague rats gotta rat.

I thought that was Switzerland (the German part though), but come to think of it there was probably more than one.

Saw one of the weirdest sports I’ve ever seen on TV-

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Looks like fun!

Apparently they targeted him because a hooman jogger up ahead of him stepped on them. Talk about racial profiling!

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The Green Markets North American Fertilizer Price Index is hovering around an all-time high at $1,072.87 per short ton, while in China, spot urea has soared more than 200% this year to a record.
The demand for dung is playing out globally. In Iowa, manure is selling for between $40 to $70 per short ton, up about $10 from a year ago and the highest levels since 2012, according to Daniel Anderson, assistant professor at Iowa State University and a specialist on manure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-09/global-shortage-of-fertilizers-sends-demand-for-dung-soaring

Doing my bit to keep up supply

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Based on the prolific output in some of the COVID threads, it seems other forumosans are doing their bit too.

Guy

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