The unimportant news thread

[Corey]

I like pie.

No, I like pie.

[ibanezmonster]

No, I like pie.

Okay, you win.

[North Star]

Now, now. There's no need to fight over the matter. I already ate the pie

[ibanezmonster]

Now, now. There's no need to fight over the matter. I already ate the pie

Surprise, surprise. That was a meat pie filled with human body parts.

[North Star]

Surprise, surprise. That was a meat pie filled with human
body parts.

Ah, my favourite pie.

[Ken B]

We squabbled over this.

http://www.vice.com/read/uk-sex-workers-disabled-people-833
I would not jail anyone involved, but most here disagree. Anyone care to explain why?

[kishnevi]

Schadenfreude alert
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/24/lawsuit-accuses-comcast-al-sharpton-of-discriminating-against-black-owned-media/

Schadenfreude because if Sharpton's claims about this case are true,  he is now the target of a strategy he himself uses.

[Todd]

These things happen.

[Todd]

Talk about kicking someone when he's down.

[kishnevi]

IS continues its efforts to support archeology
http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-destroying-iraqs-ancient-archaeological-city-of-hatra/

Question no one asks of them:  if the "Rightly Guided Caliphs" were content to leave these places (and countless others throughout the Mideast, most notably Egypt, does that mean IS is more Islamically pure than the original Moslems?

[Todd]

I wonder just how brave these young leaders might be.  Would they be so brave as to ban that ultimate symbol of America: $$$?

[ibanezmonster]

Anyone hear this bit of news lately?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/12/as-the-average-penis-size-is-revealed-to-be-5-16-inches-one-brave-man-speaks-out-about-being-below-average-5100000/

I thought 5 inches was slightly small, not average, but whatever. Probably didn't measure enough black guys. 

[Ken B]

Anyone hear this bit of news lately?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/12/as-the-average-penis-size-is-revealed-to-be-5-16-inches-one-brave-man-speaks-out-about-being-below-average-5100000/

I dunno. I worked out the average number from craigslist ads and it came out at 8 and a half ...

[ibanezmonster]

I dunno. I worked out the average number from craigslist ads and it came out at 8 and a half ...

That and porn is kinda what makes a lot of us believe we are either small or barely average. 8 1/2 is a ridiculously rare size... they actually have a chart for this, and out of 15,000 guys no one was that big.

[Ken B]

That and porn is kinda what makes a lot of us believe we are either small or barely average. 8 1/2 is a ridiculously rare size... they actually have a chart for this, and out of 15,000 guys no one was that big.

I was home sick that day.

[ibanezmonster]

I was home sick that day.

[Todd]

I'd bet that homework assignments would be scrupulously completed in a timely manner.

[ibanezmonster]

I'd bet that homework assignments would be scrupulously completed in a timely manner.

Bad idea IMO...

They can talk about it without showing it. And this is complete lunacy:

But it can also be excluding – of body types, gender and sexuality.

You know how much freakish, vomit-inducing stuff is out there which you'll accidentally find looking up the normal stuff? That's why I don't search for porn any more.

I'm sure the feminists and the religious wouldn't want porn shown in classrooms. Weird to think I'd be in agreement with both about something.

(Could be the first part of a plan to increase Denmark's birth rate?)

[Corey]

I dunno. I worked out the average number from craigslist ads and it came out at 8 and a half ...

I always say, "never measure from the taint."

(NB I have never knowingly said this)

[Florestan]

Speaking of lunacy...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30146160