shit that looks like an onion article but isn't

That rules

"Fialka, who started the group in his early 40s, is now 70. “I don’t want to lie, it wasn’t like I saw God,” Fialka said, of reaching the book’s end. “It wasn’t a big deal.”"

Quadrino, who has a corporate day job, said he considers his Austin Wake group “the most fulfilling thing in my life”.

were the onionest imo.

Let's see 'em listen to every Eagles song.

Well yeah...

I would probably join this group if it were nearby

What are they going to read next?

^ didn’t read to the end

Actually

https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-markwayne-mullin-picked-noses-of-colleague-and-spouses-in-israel-2023-11

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAtnXNkXAAAzPCg?format=png&name=small

instant meme

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vivek-ramaswamy-peeing_n_6576e1cbe4b0fca7ad216481

Vivek Ramaswamy Apparently Caught Peeing On Hot Mic During Elon Musk Livestream

"A loud tinkling sound was heard briefly before the wet, urine-soaked mic shorted out."

If Hot Mike asks, you do it.

Armed robbers' car stolen during Colorado heist, police say

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67752007

That one also seems like a crime story that could be in the Trailer Park Boys.

Steven Seagal and ex-MP George Galloway seen playing tug-of-war with a Liger at Dubai zoo

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/steven-seagal-ex-mp-george-31703843

hope it's hungry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/68027678

Snooker: Saudi event to feature 20-point golden ball with 167 break possible

https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html

Still, how could I have been such easy prey? Scam victims tend to be single, lonely, and economically insecure with low financial literacy. I am none of those things. I’m closer to the opposite. I’m a journalist who had a weekly column in the “Business” section of the New York Times.

lol

The fact she honestly fell for "dont tell anyone, stick cash in a box and hand it to a guy who wont show you any ID" is just mindblowing.

Yeah, single and arguably lonely here, but I’d never do that.

doesn't seem like one of the best examples of this scam, but some acquaintances of friends and coworkers have been scammed by similar, if more elegant, schemes and the two things in common are immediate threats to life/livelihood and the implication that hanging up the phone will have immediate consequences

I have some sympathy and would like to point my finger and laugh, but the stigma of the whole thing means a lot of people never report that they were scammed and that's how this shit keeps happening

also, I would never fall for something like this, obv

(please do not put that as my epitaph when I fall for something)

can someone please summarise for the paywall-challenged?

(oh, it's fine on the desktop browser, didn't work on the phone this morning when i looked)

in short: phoned up and told their identity had been stolen, was being used by miscreants of some description, that their bank wasn't safe, to take out a bunch of money and give it to some bloke who pinky-sweared he was from the cia.

I have some sympathy and would like to point my finger and laugh, but the stigma of the whole thing means a lot of people never report that they were scammed and that's how this shit keeps happening

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, February 16, 2024 8:59 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

i want to be clear that her status as a scam victim is not what's worthy of derision. it's the framing of "How could I possibly be a clueless rube? I'm a financial advice columnist for the New York Times!"

100%

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/style/germany-adidas-soccer-jersey-nazi-symbol-controversy-intl-hnk/index.html

oh no

Chechnya has reportedly banned all music outside of the 80 - 116 BPM range, effectively forbidding techno and other dance music genres from the regionhttps://t.co/f4ImYNDMud

— DJ Mag (@DJmag) April 8, 2024

Devastating for Chechnya's Slowcore scene

Wowww. Would love to see the courtroom argument about 80 bpm footwork tracks with a backbeat. Also amapiano, dancehall, and NOLA bounce are about to become hot commodities in Chechnya.

This is an anti-gay measure to be sure

Devastating for Chechnya's Slowcore scene

Dave & Buster's will begin allowing customers to bet on arcade games

“Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game.”

https://t.co/lmqLaXN5QU

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 30, 2024

Candidate accused of assaulting Jackson County GOP vice chair in clogged toilet fight

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article289417568.html#storylink=cpy

The misguided attempt to welcome guests with branded lampshade-wearing hostesses was not consistent with our values.

https://i.imgur.com/ngnnoD1.png

this is the darkest fucking thing i've read in a week pic.twitter.com/5pUZ7to9U5

— DEATHCORE DOGGY (@SAMOYEDCORE) September 9, 2024

oh yeah, I was talking about that one with some friends over the weekend

if you do some back of the envelope math given the legal expenses and "My retirement is set back five years" what they really mean is that they were planning on hanging out at Club 33 for all of their retired years, right? So if they just decide to join something that's less expensive or take up gardening or something, they could still retire. But they want to retire and hang out with Mickey and get tipsy and yell at the Disney employees

You can definitely live without retirement or with just one kidney and drink booze instead, true punk attitude if you ask me.

Trump fanboy and creep Elon says he'll give Taylor Swift a baby. Ew.

Once less childless cat lady at a time.... (USAToday)

Macklemore Clarifies “Fuck America” Comment After Being Dropped From Festival

which word did he clarify

ha not exactly walking it back:

"I wake up, see another couple billion dollars given to Israel, or another refugee encampment destroyed, or a father holding a limb from his martyred child, or another speech from a politician justifying the right of Israel to 'defend itself' while denying Palestinians the right to exist, and I say to myself.... 'F--- America.' I don't think I'm alone," he wrote.

starting to like this guy

In case you didn’t catch this earlier in the year, James:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgDQyFeBBIo