Not sure if this counts as Political or not, will just post both here and in the dedicated thread:
Sounds like Maduro almost got droned.
Apparently a drone loaded with C4 attempted to get him during a parade but went off early. Maduro was quickly swept away by security while the crowd started running away from the scene of the explosion.
I'm completely amazed it took terrorists and nut jobs so long to realize the potential of drones for their misdeeds. I remember back when drones became really a thing I immediately feared people would arm them in all possible manners and we'd have like a dozen drone attacks every week. But nope, fortunately that did not happen. I wonder why though.
This video isn't "current events" or "news" but it is a funny (black humour ahoy) look at a week in the life of a Tokyo salaryman ... through the eyes of a British ex-pat:
Not sure if this counts as Political or not, will just post both here and in the dedicated thread:
Sounds like Maduro almost got droned.
Apparently a drone loaded with C4 attempted to get him during a parade but went off early. Maduro was quickly swept away by security while the crowd started running away from the scene of the explosion.
I'm completely amazed it took terrorists and nut jobs so long to realize the potential of drones for their misdeeds. I remember back when drones became really a thing I immediately feared people would arm them in all possible manners and we'd have like a dozen drone attacks every week. But nope, fortunately that did not happen. I wonder why though.
I won't be surprised if the U.S. is involved. Political assassinations and stage terrorism is the U.S. Covert Operations M.O. aka False Flag Op/Black Operations.
Global Health An Invasive New Tick Is Spreading in the U.S. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Aug. 6, 2018
For the first time in 50 years, a new tick species has arrived in the United States — one that in its Asian home range carries fearsome diseases.
The Asian long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is spreading rapidly along the Eastern Seaboard. It has been found in seven states and in the heavily populated suburbs of New York City.
At the moment, public health experts say they are concerned, but not alarmed.
Although domestic American ticks are a growing menace and transmit a dozen pathogens, no long-horned ticks here have yet been found with any human diseases. In Asia, however, the species carries a virus that kills 15 percent of its victims.
For now, the new arrivals are considered a greater threat to livestock.
Known in Australia as bush ticks and in New Zealand as cattle ticks, long-horned ticks can multiply rapidly and suck so much blood from a young animal that it dies. The ticks bloat up like fat raisins until their tiny legs are barely able to support them.
After a blood meal, females can lay hundreds of fertile eggs without mating. ... Tadhgh Rainey, an entomologist at the public health department of Hunterdon County, N.J., found the first long-horned ticks in the country last August, when a woman who had been shearing her pet Icelandic sheep came to his department with ticks on her hands and wrists.
“I thought she’d have a few,” Mr. Rainey said in an interview. “But she was covered in them, easily over 1,000 on her pants alone.”
Most were young nymphs about the size of dust specks. “She had a change of clothes in her car, so we put her clothes in the freezer to kill them,” Mr. Rainey recalled. ...
Tokyo Medical University has been lowering the exam scores of female students since 2006
"Tokyo Medical University for years doctored the test scores of female applicants to admit fewer women because school officials believed that once women got married and had children they would be unable to fulfill their emergency shifts at hospitals.
An unnamed official of Tokyo Medical University told the Yomiuri newspaper that the practice had been conducted at the school with “quiet consent,” and that it was seen as a “necessary evil” because of worries that women will drop out of the workforce once they become pregnant. The Nikkei newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying that the school wanted to ensure it could have sufficient doctors working at its affiliated hospital."
The university has also been marking down the scores of male students who'd taken the entrance exam four times. The university has since apologized but I'm not terribly inclined to believe its sincerity.
Tokyo Medical University has been lowering the exam scores of female students since 2006
"Tokyo Medical University for years doctored the test scores of female applicants to admit fewer women because school officials believed that once women got married and had children they would be unable to fulfill their emergency shifts at hospitals.
An unnamed official of Tokyo Medical University told the Yomiuri newspaper that the practice had been conducted at the school with “quiet consent,” and that it was seen as a “necessary evil” because of worries that women will drop out of the workforce once they become pregnant. The Nikkei newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying that the school wanted to ensure it could have sufficient doctors working at its affiliated hospital."
The university has also been marking down the scores of male students who'd taken the entrance exam four times. The university has since apologized but I'm not terribly inclined to believe its sincerity.
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- Deputy Bill Dunn saved a three-year-old girl left in a hot car overnight on June 17 - His rescue was filmed on his car's dash camera and his body camera - He runs with the child in his arms to his car, blasts the AC, and rushes to hospital - He's overheard encouraging the girl to pull through: 'It's OK, baby. Talk to me!' - The day prior the girl's mother took her to the liquor store, but forgot to take her out of her car seat afterwards and the child was left in the car overnight - Mother called police following day saying her car was stolen with child inside - Mother Casey Dyan Keller, 33, has been charged with child neglect
This is the heart-stopping moment a Florida cop saves a toddler's life after she was left in a hot car overnight.
Quick-thinking Seminole County Deputy Bill Dunn ran with the three-year-old girl in his arms, his hands carefully behind her head, as he rushed to drop her in his vehicle and blasted the air conditioner.
He thought she was dead until he saw the youngster's eyes flutter after she felt the cold blast on June 17, Fathers Day.
The child was left in the vehicle overnight after she and her mother 33-year-old Casey Dylan Keller took a trip to the liquor store the day prior, but Keller forgot to take her child out of the car afterwards. She has been charged with child neglect.
In the cop's rescue video he puts on his car sirens and drives the girl to the hospital.
In his bodycam footage he's overheard urging the girl to pull through saying: 'It's OK, baby. Talk to me! You're OK'.
'Sadly, I didn’t think she was alive when I got to her. I felt for a pulse, I didn't feel a pulse,' he said to Fox 13.
'Once the cold air hit her, that's when I started noticing her eyes kind of fluttering,' he added.
In the video when he arrives to the hospital, he carries the little girl onto stretcher. Dunn, who is also a father, waited for three hours at the emergency room until he was assured the child would be okay.
The bodycam footage ends with Dunn walking back to his car and slumping over, exhausted with the adrenaline-rush rescue.
'It was a heck of a thing to experience that adrenaline dump. And then when it finally goes away, how it really does affect the body,' he said.
'Sometimes we’re able to have a moment like this that makes it all worthwhile,' he added.
Three days later he got to reunite with the healthy three-year-old.
Dunn rescued her from the sweltering vehicle after the child's mother Keller called police on the morning of June 17, claiming her car had been stolen and her child was inside.
Cops later learned that the girl's mother had actually gone on a liquor run and forgotten to take the young girl out of her car seat - leaving her in the hot vehicle overnight.
The car was found in the apartment complex parking lot, turned off and with all the windows rolled up, NBC reported.
Dunn saw the girl going in and out of consciousness, and said her eyelashes were fluttering.
'He pulled her out, put her under air conditioning in his cruiser, and rushed her to the hospital,' a tweet from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office's read.
Keller was arrested and charged with child neglect with great bodily harm and is held in the John E Polk Correctional Facility on $15,000 bail.
Days after her rescue, the girl's father called the Sheriff's office, asking to speak to Dunn so he could say thank you.
During their conversation, Dunn asked if he could meet the little girl, to which the father said yes.
'It was good for me, it was healthy for me to be able to see her healthy and up running and acting like a three-year-old should act,' the hero cop said.
I can only assume that no one noticed her earlier because they couldn’t see her through the car’s tinted windows...
The moment a Florida cop rescues an unconscious three-year-old girl from a hot car she was locked in overnight after her 'drunk' mother left her overnight
Man, this brought tears to my eyes. In case people forgot cops aren't bad as a whole, here's a reminder that they aren't.
Dead Reapers are how we win this. - Admiral Steven Hackett
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- A woman was horrified when her partner tried to use a lint remover as a sex toy - The electric device removes fluff from fabric using tiny metal blades - She told how her boyfriend brought it into the bedroom and attempted to use it - Her post left other Mumsnet user in stitches, with one saying it 'made their day'
A horrified woman revealed she came inches from disaster when her boyfriend mistook an electric lint remover for a vibrator.
The Mumsnet user told how her hapless partner brought the device into the bedroom after finding it in a drawer alongside their real sex toys.
The gadget has tiny blades to remove lint or fluff from fabric, meaning it would have been extraordinarily painful had it come into contact with the woman's intimate area.
The woman left fellow Mumsnet users in stitches when she shared the story online, with one saying they were 'crying with laughter'.
- A woman was horrified when her partner tried to use a lint remover as a sex toy - The electric device removes fluff from fabric using tiny metal blades - She told how her boyfriend brought it into the bedroom and attempted to use it - Her post left other Mumsnet user in stitches, with one saying it 'made their day'
A horrified woman revealed she came inches from disaster when her boyfriend mistook an electric lint remover for a vibrator.
The Mumsnet user told how her hapless partner brought the device into the bedroom after finding it in a drawer alongside their real sex toys.
The gadget has tiny blades to remove lint or fluff from fabric, meaning it would have been extraordinarily painful had it come into contact with the woman's intimate area.
The woman left fellow Mumsnet users in stitches when she shared the story online, with one saying they were 'crying with laughter'.
...
Put an electric cheese grater on your beav, hun... O.o
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- A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her wedding - The cancellation came after guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend - The Canadian bride 'Susan' was due to tie the knot in a $CAD 60,000 wedding - But the couple decided to call it quits just four days before their special day - Susan blamed her guests for the breakdown of her relationship on Facebook - Her status was shared by one of her relatives on a 'wedding shaming' group - The poster later responded to the overwhelming reaction, saying that she had never known Susan 'to be this obnoxious' in the past - Do you know the bride? Email charlie.lankston@mailonline.com
A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her extravagant 'fairytale' wedding after her guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend.
The Canadian bride, who is known only as 'Susan', was due to tie the knot with her childhood sweetheart in a lavish $CAD 60,000 ($46,020) wedding.
But the couple decided to call off the ceremony just four days before exchanging their vows after they struggled to foot the bill.
Taking to Facebook to explain their decision, the furious mother-of-one blamed her family and friends for the breakdown of her relationship as she vented her frustration in a lengthy post.
The post goes: 'Dear friends, it comes with great sadness that I am announcing the cancellation of the wedding. I apologise for cancelling only four days beforehand.
'Unfortunately, [fiance] and I have broken up due to some recent and irreparable problems. We have decided to end our relationship and not go forth with any future proceedings.'
Susan then explained how her relationship ended abruptly because her guests failed to fork out the $CAD 1,500 ($1,150) they had requested.
'I specifically, I mean specifically asked for cash gifts. How could we have our wedding that we dreamed of without proper funding?' she said.
'We'd sacrificed so much and only asked each guest for around $1,500. We talked to a few people who even promised us more to make our dream come true.
My maid of honor pledged $5,000 along with her planning services. We tearfully thanked and accepted. My ex's family offered to contribute $3,000.
'So our request for $1,500 for all other guests was not f***ing out of the ordinary. Like, we made it clear. If you couldn't contribute, you weren't invited to our exclusive wedding. It's a once and a lifetime party [sic].'
She revealed the reason behind why they opted for an extravagant wedding.
'Since our love was like a fairytale, we wanted an extravagant blow out wedding... A local psychic told us to go with the most expensive option, and we thought why the hell not?' Susan explained.
'We just needed a little push. Our dream wedding amounted to $60,000... All we asked was for a little help from our friends and family to make it happen.'
After sending out the invitations, only eight guests RSVP'd with their cheque of $1,500.
'We were f***ing livid,' Susan continued.
'How was this supposed to happen without a little help from our friends. To make matters worse, my ex's family took back their offer.
'Suddenly, more people backed out, including the c*** maid of honor. My best friend since childhood. My second family. I was so shocked and tearful.
'It was only a month before the wedding. To cancel everything would have been more than $5,000.'
Desperate for her wedding day to go ahead, Susan said the couple then asked their guests to donate what they could afford.
'I mean seriously people, what is $1,000? What is $1,500? Clearly, not a lot. It would be quite manageable and within budget. I've heard of people asking for worse,' she said.
'We also set up a GoFundMe. That only got us $250. At this point we were exhausted, tired. I yelled at my ex; I became unravelled. I realised my dream wedding was becoming a nightmare. Then it got worse.'
Trying to find another solution, her then-fiance suggested getting an elopement in Vegas to cut down on costs.
'I laughed in his face, but he was dead serious. He wanted those cheap, filthy, w**** like Vegas weddings. I mean WHAT the f***?? Was he out of his mind?' she said.
'Am I some h**ch piece of f***ing trash, a hooker? Am I supposed to like the idea of getting married in the heart of shady gamblers, alcoholics, and the get rich fast fallacy? Suddenly, my body began to shake as I entered a panic attack.
'My ex left the room and didn't apologise for his horrid suggestion. I then called my maid of honor and cried my eyes out. Instead of sympathy, I was told that I was asking for way too much and I should stick to the budget.
'How could someone who offered me thousands of dollars then deny me my promised money and then tell me to shift down my budget? She knows my f***ing dream was a blowout wedding.
'I just wanted to be a Kardashian for a day and then live my life like normal. I called her a filthy f***ing poor excuse of a friend, and hung up.'
Susan then claimed her partner was gossiping behind her back.
'I overheard him talking in the basement when he called me a stuck up b****. Anyway I am exhausted. I am bone tired. My heart is not the same. It's stone cold,' she said.
She ended her explosive post by saying she will spend the next two months backpacking through South America after she deletes her Facebook account.
'How hard would it to have been to f***ing give me money for my wedding. I won't even sugarcoat. I won't even pretend that's now what I wanted,' she said.
'It was for a dream. I was stabbed, cheated on... Goodbye. See you in two months. Friendly reminder to you c***s. Don't think you own me. I am cutting all of you snakes off. I am living my life alone now. I only let those I believe have good intentions.'
Her friends quickly commented on her outburst.
'I have no words. You're out of your mind, Susan,' one wrote.
And another said: 'What happened to you??? Who on hell expects that amount of money?'
Screen grabs of Susan's Facebook rant were later posted on Reddit, with many speculating the post is too good to be true.
The rant even attracted some A-list attention, with Chrissy Teigen retweeting the original post on her own account, describing the saga as 'some lower stakes 13 Reasons Why s***'.
In a turn of events, someone claiming to be Susan's cousin said the Facebook status was only up for 15 minutes before it was deleted, even speculating that the angry bride had been 'drinking while writing' it. However the woman, who originally posted Susan's status in a wedding shaming group on Facebook, said that the outburst came as a shock to even those who know Susan best.
Insisting first that Susan is certainly 'a living breathing human being', the poster revealed that she 'sadly shares a small percentage of DNA' with her, before expressing her relief that she 'doesn't have to see her more than once a year'. However, despite the cousin's feelings about her relative, she notes that nothing could have prepared Susan's family for what was to come.
'Clearly she has entitlement issues, but I have never known her to be this obnoxious. Honestly, over the years she's been nice and overall sweet. No red flags come to mind,' the cousin said.
'She has humble beginnings and has been working on her parents farm since she was young. You really wouldn't expect someone from an agricultural background to value Kardashian style materialism, but hey? I guess she's an outlier!'
The cousin went on to say that she believes Susan needs to take time to 'evaluate herself and her life', adding that she 'hopes for her healing and recovery because she wasn't raised to be like this'. However, the cousin does not believe that this period of self-reflection will take place in South America as Susan suggested.
'On a final note, I understand everyone's valid concern about her leaving her son for two months to go backpacking,' the cousin wrote. 'However nobody believes she's actually going to South America. This woman has never been outside the US.
'We all think she's saying that to be dramatic. I also have a feeling she may have been drinking while writing this status, it's especially vulgar and incredibly embarrassing. It was only up for maybe 15 minutes before she took it down.'
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- A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her wedding - The cancellation came after guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend - The Canadian bride 'Susan' was due to tie the knot in a $CAD 60,000 wedding - But the couple decided to call it quits just four days before their special day - Susan blamed her guests for the breakdown of her relationship on Facebook - Her status was shared by one of her relatives on a 'wedding shaming' group - The poster later responded to the overwhelming reaction, saying that she had never known Susan 'to be this obnoxious' in the past - Do you know the bride? Email charlie.lankston@mailonline.com
A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her extravagant 'fairytale' wedding after her guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend.
The Canadian bride, who is known only as 'Susan', was due to tie the knot with her childhood sweetheart in a lavish $CAD 60,000 ($46,020) wedding.
But the couple decided to call off the ceremony just four days before exchanging their vows after they struggled to foot the bill.
Taking to Facebook to explain their decision, the furious mother-of-one blamed her family and friends for the breakdown of her relationship as she vented her frustration in a lengthy post.
The post goes: 'Dear friends, it comes with great sadness that I am announcing the cancellation of the wedding. I apologise for cancelling only four days beforehand.
'Unfortunately, [fiance] and I have broken up due to some recent and irreparable problems. We have decided to end our relationship and not go forth with any future proceedings.'
Susan then explained how her relationship ended abruptly because her guests failed to fork out the $CAD 1,500 ($1,150) they had requested.
'I specifically, I mean specifically asked for cash gifts. How could we have our wedding that we dreamed of without proper funding?' she said.
'We'd sacrificed so much and only asked each guest for around $1,500. We talked to a few people who even promised us more to make our dream come true.
My maid of honor pledged $5,000 along with her planning services. We tearfully thanked and accepted. My ex's family offered to contribute $3,000.
'So our request for $1,500 for all other guests was not f***ing out of the ordinary. Like, we made it clear. If you couldn't contribute, you weren't invited to our exclusive wedding. It's a once and a lifetime party [sic].'
She revealed the reason behind why they opted for an extravagant wedding.
'Since our love was like a fairytale, we wanted an extravagant blow out wedding... A local psychic told us to go with the most expensive option, and we thought why the hell not?' Susan explained.
'We just needed a little push. Our dream wedding amounted to $60,000... All we asked was for a little help from our friends and family to make it happen.'
After sending out the invitations, only eight guests RSVP'd with their cheque of $1,500.
'We were f***ing livid,' Susan continued.
'How was this supposed to happen without a little help from our friends. To make matters worse, my ex's family took back their offer.
'Suddenly, more people backed out, including the c*** maid of honor. My best friend since childhood. My second family. I was so shocked and tearful.
'It was only a month before the wedding. To cancel everything would have been more than $5,000.'
Desperate for her wedding day to go ahead, Susan said the couple then asked their guests to donate what they could afford.
'I mean seriously people, what is $1,000? What is $1,500? Clearly, not a lot. It would be quite manageable and within budget. I've heard of people asking for worse,' she said.
'We also set up a GoFundMe. That only got us $250. At this point we were exhausted, tired. I yelled at my ex; I became unravelled. I realised my dream wedding was becoming a nightmare. Then it got worse.'
Trying to find another solution, her then-fiance suggested getting an elopement in Vegas to cut down on costs.
'I laughed in his face, but he was dead serious. He wanted those cheap, filthy, w**** like Vegas weddings. I mean WHAT the f***?? Was he out of his mind?' she said.
'Am I some h**ch piece of f***ing trash, a hooker? Am I supposed to like the idea of getting married in the heart of shady gamblers, alcoholics, and the get rich fast fallacy? Suddenly, my body began to shake as I entered a panic attack.
'My ex left the room and didn't apologise for his horrid suggestion. I then called my maid of honor and cried my eyes out. Instead of sympathy, I was told that I was asking for way too much and I should stick to the budget.
'How could someone who offered me thousands of dollars then deny me my promised money and then tell me to shift down my budget? She knows my f***ing dream was a blowout wedding.
'I just wanted to be a Kardashian for a day and then live my life like normal. I called her a filthy f***ing poor excuse of a friend, and hung up.'
Susan then claimed her partner was gossiping behind her back.
'I overheard him talking in the basement when he called me a stuck up b****. Anyway I am exhausted. I am bone tired. My heart is not the same. It's stone cold,' she said.
She ended her explosive post by saying she will spend the next two months backpacking through South America after she deletes her Facebook account.
'How hard would it to have been to f***ing give me money for my wedding. I won't even sugarcoat. I won't even pretend that's now what I wanted,' she said.
'It was for a dream. I was stabbed, cheated on... Goodbye. See you in two months. Friendly reminder to you c***s. Don't think you own me. I am cutting all of you snakes off. I am living my life alone now. I only let those I believe have good intentions.'
Her friends quickly commented on her outburst.
'I have no words. You're out of your mind, Susan,' one wrote.
And another said: 'What happened to you??? Who on hell expects that amount of money?'
Screen grabs of Susan's Facebook rant were later posted on Reddit, with many speculating the post is too good to be true.
The rant even attracted some A-list attention, with Chrissy Teigen retweeting the original post on her own account, describing the saga as 'some lower stakes 13 Reasons Why s***'.
In a turn of events, someone claiming to be Susan's cousin said the Facebook status was only up for 15 minutes before it was deleted, even speculating that the angry bride had been 'drinking while writing' it. However the woman, who originally posted Susan's status in a wedding shaming group on Facebook, said that the outburst came as a shock to even those who know Susan best.
Insisting first that Susan is certainly 'a living breathing human being', the poster revealed that she 'sadly shares a small percentage of DNA' with her, before expressing her relief that she 'doesn't have to see her more than once a year'. However, despite the cousin's feelings about her relative, she notes that nothing could have prepared Susan's family for what was to come.
'Clearly she has entitlement issues, but I have never known her to be this obnoxious. Honestly, over the years she's been nice and overall sweet. No red flags come to mind,' the cousin said.
'She has humble beginnings and has been working on her parents farm since she was young. You really wouldn't expect someone from an agricultural background to value Kardashian style materialism, but hey? I guess she's an outlier!'
The cousin went on to say that she believes Susan needs to take time to 'evaluate herself and her life', adding that she 'hopes for her healing and recovery because she wasn't raised to be like this'. However, the cousin does not believe that this period of self-reflection will take place in South America as Susan suggested.
'On a final note, I understand everyone's valid concern about her leaving her son for two months to go backpacking,' the cousin wrote. 'However nobody believes she's actually going to South America. This woman has never been outside the US.
'We all think she's saying that to be dramatic. I also have a feeling she may have been drinking while writing this status, it's especially vulgar and incredibly embarrassing. It was only up for maybe 15 minutes before she took it down.'
I think the dude dodged a bullet. F'ing millennials.
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- A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her wedding - The cancellation came after guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend - The Canadian bride 'Susan' was due to tie the knot in a $CAD 60,000 wedding - But the couple decided to call it quits just four days before their special day - Susan blamed her guests for the breakdown of her relationship on Facebook - Her status was shared by one of her relatives on a 'wedding shaming' group - The poster later responded to the overwhelming reaction, saying that she had never known Susan 'to be this obnoxious' in the past - Do you know the bride? Email charlie.lankston@mailonline.com
A disgruntled bride-to-be has revealed she was forced to cancel her extravagant 'fairytale' wedding after her guests refused to pay $CAD 1,500 each to attend.
The Canadian bride, who is known only as 'Susan', was due to tie the knot with her childhood sweetheart in a lavish $CAD 60,000 ($46,020) wedding.
But the couple decided to call off the ceremony just four days before exchanging their vows after they struggled to foot the bill.
Taking to Facebook to explain their decision, the furious mother-of-one blamed her family and friends for the breakdown of her relationship as she vented her frustration in a lengthy post.
The post goes: 'Dear friends, it comes with great sadness that I am announcing the cancellation of the wedding. I apologise for cancelling only four days beforehand.
'Unfortunately, [fiance] and I have broken up due to some recent and irreparable problems. We have decided to end our relationship and not go forth with any future proceedings.'
Susan then explained how her relationship ended abruptly because her guests failed to fork out the $CAD 1,500 ($1,150) they had requested.
'I specifically, I mean specifically asked for cash gifts. How could we have our wedding that we dreamed of without proper funding?' she said.
'We'd sacrificed so much and only asked each guest for around $1,500. We talked to a few people who even promised us more to make our dream come true.
My maid of honor pledged $5,000 along with her planning services. We tearfully thanked and accepted. My ex's family offered to contribute $3,000.
'So our request for $1,500 for all other guests was not f***ing out of the ordinary. Like, we made it clear. If you couldn't contribute, you weren't invited to our exclusive wedding. It's a once and a lifetime party [sic].'
She revealed the reason behind why they opted for an extravagant wedding.
'Since our love was like a fairytale, we wanted an extravagant blow out wedding... A local psychic told us to go with the most expensive option, and we thought why the hell not?' Susan explained.
'We just needed a little push. Our dream wedding amounted to $60,000... All we asked was for a little help from our friends and family to make it happen.'
After sending out the invitations, only eight guests RSVP'd with their cheque of $1,500.
'We were f***ing livid,' Susan continued.
'How was this supposed to happen without a little help from our friends. To make matters worse, my ex's family took back their offer.
'Suddenly, more people backed out, including the c*** maid of honor. My best friend since childhood. My second family. I was so shocked and tearful.
'It was only a month before the wedding. To cancel everything would have been more than $5,000.'
Desperate for her wedding day to go ahead, Susan said the couple then asked their guests to donate what they could afford.
'I mean seriously people, what is $1,000? What is $1,500? Clearly, not a lot. It would be quite manageable and within budget. I've heard of people asking for worse,' she said.
'We also set up a GoFundMe. That only got us $250. At this point we were exhausted, tired. I yelled at my ex; I became unravelled. I realised my dream wedding was becoming a nightmare. Then it got worse.'
Trying to find another solution, her then-fiance suggested getting an elopement in Vegas to cut down on costs.
'I laughed in his face, but he was dead serious. He wanted those cheap, filthy, w**** like Vegas weddings. I mean WHAT the f***?? Was he out of his mind?' she said.
'Am I some h**ch piece of f***ing trash, a hooker? Am I supposed to like the idea of getting married in the heart of shady gamblers, alcoholics, and the get rich fast fallacy? Suddenly, my body began to shake as I entered a panic attack.
'My ex left the room and didn't apologise for his horrid suggestion. I then called my maid of honor and cried my eyes out. Instead of sympathy, I was told that I was asking for way too much and I should stick to the budget.
'How could someone who offered me thousands of dollars then deny me my promised money and then tell me to shift down my budget? She knows my f***ing dream was a blowout wedding.
'I just wanted to be a Kardashian for a day and then live my life like normal. I called her a filthy f***ing poor excuse of a friend, and hung up.'
Susan then claimed her partner was gossiping behind her back.
'I overheard him talking in the basement when he called me a stuck up b****. Anyway I am exhausted. I am bone tired. My heart is not the same. It's stone cold,' she said.
She ended her explosive post by saying she will spend the next two months backpacking through South America after she deletes her Facebook account.
'How hard would it to have been to f***ing give me money for my wedding. I won't even sugarcoat. I won't even pretend that's now what I wanted,' she said.
'It was for a dream. I was stabbed, cheated on... Goodbye. See you in two months. Friendly reminder to you c***s. Don't think you own me. I am cutting all of you snakes off. I am living my life alone now. I only let those I believe have good intentions.'
Her friends quickly commented on her outburst.
'I have no words. You're out of your mind, Susan,' one wrote.
And another said: 'What happened to you??? Who on hell expects that amount of money?'
Screen grabs of Susan's Facebook rant were later posted on Reddit, with many speculating the post is too good to be true.
The rant even attracted some A-list attention, with Chrissy Teigen retweeting the original post on her own account, describing the saga as 'some lower stakes 13 Reasons Why s***'.
In a turn of events, someone claiming to be Susan's cousin said the Facebook status was only up for 15 minutes before it was deleted, even speculating that the angry bride had been 'drinking while writing' it. However the woman, who originally posted Susan's status in a wedding shaming group on Facebook, said that the outburst came as a shock to even those who know Susan best.
Insisting first that Susan is certainly 'a living breathing human being', the poster revealed that she 'sadly shares a small percentage of DNA' with her, before expressing her relief that she 'doesn't have to see her more than once a year'. However, despite the cousin's feelings about her relative, she notes that nothing could have prepared Susan's family for what was to come.
'Clearly she has entitlement issues, but I have never known her to be this obnoxious. Honestly, over the years she's been nice and overall sweet. No red flags come to mind,' the cousin said.
'She has humble beginnings and has been working on her parents farm since she was young. You really wouldn't expect someone from an agricultural background to value Kardashian style materialism, but hey? I guess she's an outlier!'
The cousin went on to say that she believes Susan needs to take time to 'evaluate herself and her life', adding that she 'hopes for her healing and recovery because she wasn't raised to be like this'. However, the cousin does not believe that this period of self-reflection will take place in South America as Susan suggested.
'On a final note, I understand everyone's valid concern about her leaving her son for two months to go backpacking,' the cousin wrote. 'However nobody believes she's actually going to South America. This woman has never been outside the US.
'We all think she's saying that to be dramatic. I also have a feeling she may have been drinking while writing this status, it's especially vulgar and incredibly embarrassing. It was only up for maybe 15 minutes before she took it down.'
I think the dude dodged a bullet. F'ing millennials.
LOL that he did, but she's still the mother of his son.
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Hard to believe but not too long ago those animal sex farms were perfectly legal and not that abnormal in the US. Then there was an incident with a guy who got lethal injuries to the rectum/guts from a horses dick. I kid you not. You could say animal abuse the other way around this time. Politicians used this incident to close down those farms and make this practice illegal, thankfully.
Global Health An Invasive New Tick Is Spreading in the U.S. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Aug. 6, 2018
For the first time in 50 years, a new tick species has arrived in the United States — one that in its Asian home range carries fearsome diseases.
The Asian long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is spreading rapidly along the Eastern Seaboard. It has been found in seven states and in the heavily populated suburbs of New York City.
At the moment, public health experts say they are concerned, but not alarmed.
Although domestic American ticks are a growing menace and transmit a dozen pathogens, no long-horned ticks here have yet been found with any human diseases. In Asia, however, the species carries a virus that kills 15 percent of its victims.
For now, the new arrivals are considered a greater threat to livestock.
Known in Australia as bush ticks and in New Zealand as cattle ticks, long-horned ticks can multiply rapidly and suck so much blood from a young animal that it dies. The ticks bloat up like fat raisins until their tiny legs are barely able to support them.
After a blood meal, females can lay hundreds of fertile eggs without mating. ... Tadhgh Rainey, an entomologist at the public health department of Hunterdon County, N.J., found the first long-horned ticks in the country last August, when a woman who had been shearing her pet Icelandic sheep came to his department with ticks on her hands and wrists.
“I thought she’d have a few,” Mr. Rainey said in an interview. “But she was covered in them, easily over 1,000 on her pants alone.”
Most were young nymphs about the size of dust specks. “She had a change of clothes in her car, so we put her clothes in the freezer to kill them,” Mr. Rainey recalled. ...
They can breed without mating?! What kind of freak show nightmare shit is this?
Hard to believe but not too long ago those animal sex farms were perfectly legal and not that abnormal in the US. Then there was an incident with a guy who got lethal injuries to the rectum/guts from a horses dick. I kid you not. You could say animal abuse the other way around this time. Politicians used this incident to close down those farms and make this practice illegal, thankfully.
Hard to believe but not too long ago those animal sex farms were perfectly legal and not that abnormal in the US. Then there was an incident with a guy who got lethal injuries to the rectum/guts from a horses dick. I kid you not. You could say animal abuse the other way around this time. Politicians used this incident to close down those farms and make this practice illegal, thankfully.
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Hm I dunno, Jack Nicholson looked so happy and carefree in the end of ''One flew over the cuckoos nest''
Go hang out in the politics thread for a few days, you'll get there reaaaal quick.
I may be getting there already. You don't want to know how much trouble I had to find out the proper way to spell cuckoo. Not cocoo, not kukoo, not cocoa, not kuckoo either nope... THAT FREAKING C-BIRD THAT SWAPS EGGS AND I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE RAAAAAAGGH!