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Nice Planet X: I knew it, I'm surrounded by a-holes!

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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
That was reported by mainstream media back in February, when it happened. I wonder what took the cons so long to get OUTRAGED?
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His news outlets are extremely colorblind. They only come to the outrage once they don their Panavision glasses.
 
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I don't recall which thread had the John Oliver/televangelists thing in it, but it fits here and he had a slight follow up on this week's show.

In order to prove how ridiculously easy it is to establish a tax-free “church” that pads its coffers with donations for “blessings,” Oliver established his own church—Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption—and asked his viewers to send cash donations to a P.O. Box that he’d then donate to charity.

“To be honest, slightly more of you responded than we were expecting,” Oliver said on Sunday night’s program.

He then assumed the character of Pastor John Oliver, mega-reverend and CEO, in order to address his acolytes.

“First, apologies to you. My wife, Wanda Joe, cannot be with us this evening. She’s at our summer parsonage in Hawaii for a week for spiritual introspection and occasional parasailing,” announced Oliver. “Last week, we asked you to send us your seed offerings, and I would like to show you a little of what we’ve received. Look at this harvest that you gave unto us. Praise unto you.”

Oliver then presented an orgy of crates filled with letters and packages from donors, including actual bags of seeds and beef jerky.

“So, let me be clear, we want U.S. currency,” he said. “I should have mentioned that last week because we have received currency from all over the world, including this $100 trillion bill from Zimbabwe. I was actually genuinely excited about this and was about to send 100 trillion blessings your way until I checked the exchange rate and found out this is worth about 40 cents, so now, I wouldn’t even bless you if you ****ing sneeze.”

It turns out that, aside from the bags of seeds, beef jerky, and foreign currency, Oliver and Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption received a boatload of money from viewers.

“For those of you who have sent U.S. currency, blessings unto you. We have received thousands of envelopes with thousands of dollars—some featuring heartwarming notes, such as this $5 bill with the message, ‘Take my seed, you rat-faced bastard,’” Oliver proclaimed. “We also received multiple checks, including this one for $65 billion, which you may have sent in as a joke, but guess what? We’re ****ing cashing it. So who’s laughing now?”

He continued, “The more money you send in, the more blessings will be returned to you. And that is still something I’m, amazingly, legally allowed to say.”

Your move, IRS.
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
That was reported by mainstream media back in February, when it happened. I wonder what took the cons so long to get OUTRAGED?
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Serious question: It was? I watch the news almost daily and I never heard this story. I also went through 5 pages of a google search of the guy's name and didn't come across a single link to a 'mainstream' outlet.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
RAPE CULTURE!!!

Or, you know, a dumb prank. (Jezebel article warning)
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I still remember seeing some off campus signs posted by students at SCSU. Some photos got published, but it certainly didn't create this kind of stir, more like people just laughed (maybe cringed) as called the SCSU students boorish and typical of college guys. The SCSU sign read, "Hey dads, she's called you 'Daddy' for 18 years, not it's our turn."
 
St. Clown said:
I still remember seeing some off campus signs posted by students at SCSU. Some photos got published, but it certainly didn't create this kind of stir, more like people just laughed (maybe cringed) as called the SCSU students boorish and typical of college guys. The SCSU sign read, "Hey dads, she's called you 'Daddy' for 18 years, not it's our turn."
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It's a stupid joke that's being blown out of proportion because RAPE CULTURE! and it's a frat, or at least something resembling a frat, so it must treated as the Worst. Thing. Ever.

Also it's Jezebel.
 
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It's a stupid joke, but if I were dropping off my daughter to receive her $40k per year education, I wouldn't be pleased. Even if you don't want to consider it "RAPE CULTURE," it's "IDIOT CULTURE."

Although "Drop off Mom, too" was funny.

I could have sworn ODU was all-women. Maybe because they won a bunch of women's basketball titles back in the 70s?
 
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Kepler said:
It's a stupid joke, but if I were dropping off my daughter to receive her $40k per year education, I wouldn't be pleased. Even if you don't want to consider it "RAPE CULTURE," it's "IDIOT CULTURE."

Although "Drop off Mom, too" was funny.

I could have sworn ODU was all-women. Maybe because they won a bunch of women's basketball titles back in the 70s?
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With 25,000 students, there's no way it's a women's only university. Also, with a football team, there's no way it's a women's only university.
 
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St. Clown said:
With 25,000 students, there's no way it's a women's only university. Also, with a football team, there's no way it's a women's only university.
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Even if it was women's only their football team could still beat Cornell.

From Wikipedia it looks like it never was. I think I just assumed because they won 3 NCAA titles in women's hoops from 1979-85 and I have literally never heard anything else about them until this weekend's stupidity, despite actually working in their state.
 
Kepler said:
It's a stupid joke, but if I were dropping off my daughter to receive her $40k per year education, I wouldn't be pleased. Even if you don't want to consider it "RAPE CULTURE," it's "IDIOT CULTURE."

Although "Drop off Mom, too" was funny.

I could have sworn ODU was all-women. Maybe because they won a bunch of women's basketball titles back in the 70s?
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I have a daughter. Would I be happy? No. Would I be grabbing pitchforks? No. College boys gonna college boys, a wack across the back of the head and a "not funny guys" is best. The RAPE CULTURE! Ban the Frats! PCU overreaction is a bit much.
 
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Kepler said:
It's a stupid joke, but if I were dropping off my daughter to receive her $40k per year education, I wouldn't be pleased. Even if you don't want to consider it "RAPE CULTURE," it's "IDIOT CULTURE."

Although "Drop off Mom, too" was funny.

I could have sworn ODU was all-women. Maybe because they won a bunch of women's basketball titles back in the 70s?
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I've told our girls I've always found signs like these helpful. Like pickups with confederate flags in the back window, Rascal scooters with orange bike security flags flying above them, or people wearing University of Minnesota hockey jerseys. You need to know who the true crazies in the world are so you can avoid them, and what better than when they self-identify.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
I have a daughter. Would I be happy? No. Would I be grabbing pitchforks? No. College boys gonna college boys, a wack across the back of the head and a "not funny guys" is best. The RAPE CULTURE! Ban the Frats! PCU overreaction is a bit much.
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I feel the same way, but it also has to be a kick in the teeth if you're say a rape victim who the university buried because they didn't believe you / didn't want to deal with it / were terrified of their liability / "how were you dressed?" etc and now these HUR HURs are making their little joke.

The RAPE CULTURE folks do have one thing right: if you joke about somebody else's tragedy, you're an a-hole. Rape victims and professional comedians get to make rape jokes; everybody else is DQed.
 
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SJHovey said:
I've told our girls I've always found signs like these helpful. Like pickups with confederate flags in the back window, Rascal scooters with orange bike security flags flying above them, or people wearing University of Minnesota hockey jerseys. You need to know who the true crazies in the world are so you can avoid them, and what better than when they self-identify.
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This is true. The Gadsden flag is nature's way of morons self-identifying.
 
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Kepler said:
Even if it was women's only their football team could still beat Cornell.

From Wikipedia it looks like it never was. I think I just assumed because they won 3 NCAA titles in women's hoops from 1979-85 and I have literally never heard anything else about them until this weekend's stupidity, despite actually working in their state.
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Technically, it's 2 AIAW titles (79 & 80) and one NCAA title (85).
 
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Kepler said:
I feel the same way, but it also has to be a kick in the teeth if you're say a rape victim who the university buried because they didn't believe you / didn't want to deal with it / were terrified of their liability / "how were you dressed?" etc and now these HUR HURs are making their little joke.

The RAPE CULTURE folks do have one thing right: if you joke about somebody else's tragedy, you're an a-hole. Rape victims and professional comedians get to make rape jokes; everybody else is DQed.
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A simple answer for the university is to hand over all rape investigations to the police - be they local municipals or the laughable university polices, and have them work with the local DA's office. Once judgment or plea is reached, take action on that student's status at the school. Let students know that this will be the policy from day one, that all allegations will be handled seriously and not "seriously," and you'll reduce (never fully remove) the issue on campus. Give them instructions and/or literature on those things that do not work as a defense for rape accusations (I was drunk AND she was drunk, etc.), and go from there. It's possible to put the rape culture to rest without turning the young men on campus into veritable eunechs.
 
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St. Clown said:
without turning the young men on campus into veritable eunechs.
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Yes, because that's exactly what's happening now. :rolleyes:

If feminist screeching is at a 9, anti-feminist screeching is at a 73.
 
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Kepler said:
Yes, because that's exactly what's happening now. :rolleyes:

If feminist screeching is at a 9, anti-feminist screeching is at a 73.
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Have you seen the way guys are dressing on college campuses for the past few years with their big earrings, skinny jeans, and tight t-shirts? De-nutted, to say the least.
 
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