What's the Dumbest Thing You've SEEN Today?
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Riiiiiiiiight. :
So I guess all those people getting lung cancer in Beijing is an advantage? :
So I guess all those people getting lung cancer in Beijing is an advantage? :
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23CPcTdY2M
Idiot cameraman.
Idiot cameraman.
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Prof corrects minority students’ capitalization, is accused of racism
Racial tensions are inflamed at the University of California at Los Angeles following several incidents — most notably, one where a professor corrected the grammar, punctuation and capitalization in minority students’ assignments.
The act of correcting a black student was “micro-aggression,” according to the members of the student group “Call 2 Action: Graduate Students of Color,” which launched a sit-in during a subsequent meeting of the class.
“A hostile campus climate has been the norm for Students of Color in this class throughout the quarter as our epistemological and methodological commitments have been repeatedly questioned by our classmates and our instructor,” wrote the group in a statement to the college. “[The] barrage of questions by white colleagues and the grammar ‘lessons’ by the professor have contributed to a hostile class climate.”
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And the dumbing down of future generations continues..... :
Racial tensions are inflamed at the University of California at Los Angeles following several incidents — most notably, one where a professor corrected the grammar, punctuation and capitalization in minority students’ assignments.
The act of correcting a black student was “micro-aggression,” according to the members of the student group “Call 2 Action: Graduate Students of Color,” which launched a sit-in during a subsequent meeting of the class.
“A hostile campus climate has been the norm for Students of Color in this class throughout the quarter as our epistemological and methodological commitments have been repeatedly questioned by our classmates and our instructor,” wrote the group in a statement to the college. “[The] barrage of questions by white colleagues and the grammar ‘lessons’ by the professor have contributed to a hostile class climate.”
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And the dumbing down of future generations continues..... :
PMedMoe said:Prof corrects minority students’ capitalization, is accused of racism
Racial tensions are inflamed at the University of California at Los Angeles following several incidents — most notably, one where a professor corrected the grammar, punctuation and capitalization in minority students’ assignments.
The act of correcting a black student was “micro-aggression,” according to the members of the student group “Call 2 Action: Graduate Students of Color,” which launched a sit-in during a subsequent meeting of the class.
“A hostile campus climate has been the norm for Students of Color in this class throughout the quarter as our epistemological and methodological commitments have been repeatedly questioned by our classmates and our instructor,” wrote the group in a statement to the college. “[The] barrage of questions by white colleagues and the grammar ‘lessons’ by the professor have contributed to a hostile class climate.”
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And the dumbing down of future generations continues..... :
Dammit. I was expecting "The Onion" or "Duffelblog". I weep for us all. :facepalm:
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RADIORETARD and his musings about the PRes. :facepalm:
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Pamela Anderson and Sam Simon for offering $1 million in cash to Canadian sealers so they will retire and end the hunt. This breaks down to $165 a person.......
Pamela Anderson, Simpsons' Sam Simon offer cash to sealers
22 Minutes star Mark Critch crashes event with offer to Anderson to 'give up acting'
Pamela Anderson, Simpsons' Sam Simon offer cash to sealers
22 Minutes star Mark Critch crashes event with offer to Anderson to 'give up acting'
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NFLD Sapper said:
You mean she can act....right? ???
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Jim Seggie said:
People's weren't really thinking of her acting ability when they watched her in the movie "Barbed Wire". ;D
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When PC-ness has just gotten way out of hand: reminds me of that other headline where another, much younger, kid was accused of sexual harassment for kissing another kid in the cheek.
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Maybe not exactly dumb, but at the very least "under-considered".
What did they expect when they offered a free bus ride in exchange for a cookie?
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What did they expect when they offered a free bus ride in exchange for a cookie?
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S.M.A. said:
In both cases, they had been previously told their behaviour was inappropriate. In the case of the six year old, labelling him a "sexual offender" was stupid. In the case of the 17 year old, grabbing a female teacher from behind and allegedly kissing her neck, I would call that harassment. I just think his punishment is too severe.
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Even without the alleged kiss, if he was clearly told by the same individuals to keep his hands off in the past, I agree that it's completely not on.PMedMoe said:
As to the punishment, since we're only hearing from him and the mom in any level of detail, I wonder if previous incidents didn't contribute to the sentence. There appears to be a touch of reading between the lines in this statement from the school district spokesperson:
Depending on the question I was asked, if I was a spokesperson outlining things that affect sentencing/sanctions, I would likely list several factors, not just one.
More "there's loads more to this than we read here".
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Nice to know that kids are still stupid. And so is this judgement.
Chinese cartoon producer blamed after kids burned
A Chinese court has ruled that the producer of a hit kids cartoon was partly to blame for the injuries suffered by two children when their friend tied them to a tree and set them on fire in an imitation of a scene from the show, state media reported.
Two brothers aged 7 and 4 from eastern Jiangsu province were badly burned in April by the actions of their 10-year-old friend who confessed he was copying a scene from "Xi Yangyang & Hui Tailang," which translates as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf," the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The 7-year-old suffered 80 percent burns to his body and his brother 40 percent.
The cartoon popular among children and adults features the wolf who hunts the goat and tries to prevent it from escaping, to no avail. Scenes have included the goat being plunged into boiling water and receiving electric shocks, and the wolf's wife regularly beats her husband over the head with a pan when he fails to bring the goat home for their dinner.
Xinhua said the legal guardians of the boy identified as Shun Shun, who set his friends alight, and the producer, Guangzhou-based Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd., are jointly responsible for the two brothers' injuries, according to the verdict of the court. Shun Shun's guardians will have to pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the company will pay 15 percent. It didn't say who would pay the remainder.
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Chinese cartoon producer blamed after kids burned
A Chinese court has ruled that the producer of a hit kids cartoon was partly to blame for the injuries suffered by two children when their friend tied them to a tree and set them on fire in an imitation of a scene from the show, state media reported.
Two brothers aged 7 and 4 from eastern Jiangsu province were badly burned in April by the actions of their 10-year-old friend who confessed he was copying a scene from "Xi Yangyang & Hui Tailang," which translates as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf," the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The 7-year-old suffered 80 percent burns to his body and his brother 40 percent.
The cartoon popular among children and adults features the wolf who hunts the goat and tries to prevent it from escaping, to no avail. Scenes have included the goat being plunged into boiling water and receiving electric shocks, and the wolf's wife regularly beats her husband over the head with a pan when he fails to bring the goat home for their dinner.
Xinhua said the legal guardians of the boy identified as Shun Shun, who set his friends alight, and the producer, Guangzhou-based Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd., are jointly responsible for the two brothers' injuries, according to the verdict of the court. Shun Shun's guardians will have to pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the company will pay 15 percent. It didn't say who would pay the remainder.
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Yesterday afternoon I was waiting at the Union Station Go Bus terminal to go to Stouffville.
Let me describe you the dumbest thing I experienced there while I was waiting at the terminal.
People, who were to be boarded onto the specific bus were separated under two small shelters from the huge main shelter where majority of the crowd for different routes waited.
Our bus was to depart at 1.50 p.m. and around 1.40 it was raining & our bus was not yet arrived in the platform. All of us were comfortable waiting under two small shelters.
There was a new guy :facepalm: arrived to our area and seriously looked at the Display information for the Stouffville bus & moved close to the platform where normally Stouffville bus loads & unloads people & all of a sudden people including me who were comfortable staying inside the two small shelters followed him like sheep and formed a line while it was raining.
After a moment once we formed line while raining, I started realizing what I was doing and asked myself question, if it was worth becoming wet and staying in the line to just get a seat. :-\
I asked a guy in front of me in the line about how difficult getting seats in this specific bus route and he had no idea as if it was worth waiting in the line for the bus while raining rather than comfortably staying inside the shelter.
I asked a good looking lady behind me in the line the same question & she started laughing.
I had decided not to be stupid & moved all the way back in the line and stayed comfortably under the main shelter.
I saw a couple with their little kid waiting in the line. I was wondering why not the dad or mom stayed inside the shelter comfortably with their kid until the bus arrived and joined with the partner later to get seats. I was thinking if the kid was vulnerable getting sick just in case. :
Our bus arrived around 1.45 pm and everybody loaded onto it in a hurry. Once the bus started moving I checked inside the bus and saw there were plenty and plenty of empty seats. :facepalm:
I started to think about the new guy who arrived to our platform around 1.40 p.m & how he changed the situation. ;D
In this busy world everyone including me is competing for everything without actually realizing what we are actually doing. :facepalm:
Let me describe you the dumbest thing I experienced there while I was waiting at the terminal.
People, who were to be boarded onto the specific bus were separated under two small shelters from the huge main shelter where majority of the crowd for different routes waited.
Our bus was to depart at 1.50 p.m. and around 1.40 it was raining & our bus was not yet arrived in the platform. All of us were comfortable waiting under two small shelters.
There was a new guy :facepalm: arrived to our area and seriously looked at the Display information for the Stouffville bus & moved close to the platform where normally Stouffville bus loads & unloads people & all of a sudden people including me who were comfortable staying inside the two small shelters followed him like sheep and formed a line while it was raining.
After a moment once we formed line while raining, I started realizing what I was doing and asked myself question, if it was worth becoming wet and staying in the line to just get a seat. :-\
I asked a guy in front of me in the line about how difficult getting seats in this specific bus route and he had no idea as if it was worth waiting in the line for the bus while raining rather than comfortably staying inside the shelter.
I asked a good looking lady behind me in the line the same question & she started laughing.
I had decided not to be stupid & moved all the way back in the line and stayed comfortably under the main shelter.
I saw a couple with their little kid waiting in the line. I was wondering why not the dad or mom stayed inside the shelter comfortably with their kid until the bus arrived and joined with the partner later to get seats. I was thinking if the kid was vulnerable getting sick just in case. :
Our bus arrived around 1.45 pm and everybody loaded onto it in a hurry. Once the bus started moving I checked inside the bus and saw there were plenty and plenty of empty seats. :facepalm:
I started to think about the new guy who arrived to our platform around 1.40 p.m & how he changed the situation. ;D
In this busy world everyone including me is competing for everything without actually realizing what we are actually doing. :facepalm:
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