Tag Archives: WTF

Deaf people around the world took to social media yesterday to declare that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was speaking gibberish. Many wondered if the man was using a sign language unique to South Africa, but that was not the case. Paul Breckell, chief executive of the U.K.-based charity Action on Hearing Loss, said: “We are shocked …

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Doktor Zoom writes at Wonkette: Here is a gentleman doing a bit of 300 cosplay whilst muttering something about the need to impeach Obama. He is “Leonidas, from the past,” and he explains that he did not die, but is old. Not sure the gym shorts are historically accurate. Mostly, we feel sorry for his poor horse. Also, something about …

The Atlanta Urban League is today giving an equality award to Dan Cathy, CEO of Chik-Fil-A. Seriously. Every year the Urban League of Greater Atlanta throws their prestigious Equal Opportunity Day Dinner in November. This Saturday (November 16th, 2013) will be the 52nd time the organization, which focuses on the economic empowerment of African-Americans and others to achieve their highest …

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Things are so bad for the people of North Korea that the usually hyper-secretive government recently openly begged for food assistance from Mongolia. There are even multiple reports about cannibalism.  Therefore a group of American evangelicals have been using hydrogen balloons to float food parcels over the border. Oh, wait. I lost my mind for second there. They’re floating BIBLES …

“No, nobody’s going to beat me up. Nobody’s going to throw me out of my (LGBT) community — I’m not quite sure of that. I might vote against something that I personally believe in. I personally believe I should have the right. You know how hard it is for me to say no? I have to say no.” – Openly …

(Via Good As You)

Sample comment on Free Republic: “And the last argument that the ‘slippery slope’ theory was wrong just collapsed.” Details.

Kuwaiti officials revealed today that they will conduct “medical screening tests” to detect homosexuals who are attempting to enter the country. According to a quote from one official, LGBT people so identified would also be barred from all of the Gulf Cooperation Nations. Yousouf Mindkar, director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry, said that the routine clinical screening …

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“Wake the fuck up!” OK, then. (Via Buzzfeed)

240K views in two days.

AdWeek reacts: The San Diego Culinary Institute has a trio of talking food ads that are funny, albeit in a dumb way, but also a lot more sexually charged than this kind of ad tends to be. But the “Ducks” ad borders on flat-out inappropriate. I mean, I’m okay with it, but I hope the Institute knows what they’re getting …

No, it’s not the latest movie from SyFy. Somebody found a dead shark today on the Queens-bound N train.  Gothamist asked the MTA how these situations are handled: “Live sharks are wrangled by Shark Maintainer IIs, who have passed the qualification test and have minimum three years in the Shark Maintainer I title. Dead ones are handled by Shark Maintainer …

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Via Laughing Squid: “Cheeky chocolatiers in England have created Edible Anus, a line of handmade Belgian chocolates that are ‘lovingly cast and crafted’ from the asshole of a butt model. You can order your own chocolate stars in white, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate at their site.”

A two year-old Kentucky girl has been shot and killed by her five year-old brother, who was playing with a gun sold as “My First Rifle.” Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the family had not realized a shell was left inside the gun. The boy picked up the gun from where it was kept in the …