I visit a lot of sites like fark, reddit, digg that post links to the most current stories.  Usually the comments on these stories are not worth reading because the people that comment on those sites are about as intelligent as a rock.  So rather waste energy there, I was thinking of a board for posting current stories that aren't political, but just unusual or funny.

i had an idea for a "good news" thread. like, the china air plane that blew up but no one was hurt, or when missing people turn up and they're okay, or something i saw the other day about a drowning baby getting rescued. of course, with there not actually being that much good news,  :-\\ there wouldn't be enough traffic for a whole forum, but it would fit nicely in with what you're talking about here...

I visit a lot of sites like fark, reddit, digg that post links to the most current stories.  Usually the comments on these stories are not worth reading because the people that comment on those sites are about as intelligent as a rock.  So rather waste energy there, I was thinking of a board for posting current stories that aren't political, but just unusual or funny.



You mean something like The Darwin Awards or "Man Accused Of Running Moldy Beef Jerky Scam"? I thought we did that in the 2000s section. Of course if you want to have a section just for that, It is fine by me.



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I like the idea of an interesting events section... we get a lot of threads like that both here and in the 2000s board, though.. I'd like to see the idea tried out, it'd be cool to have one place to go for a quick laugh at a funny, real-life story..

You mean something like The Darwin Awards or "Man Accused Of Running Moldy Beef Jerky Scam"? I thought we did that in the 2000s section. Of course if you want to have a section just for that, It is fine by me.



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yeah, but not strictly darwin award winners... just odd news or interesting news.

anyone got a clever title?  I'll set it up tonight or tomorrow.

Chucky's Believe It Or Not!

Subject to copyright infringement lawsuits.

How about "Stranger than Fiction".




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I just learned Weekly World News is ceasing publication... maybe we should make a pun of the name or something...  even though it's not quite the type of thing I'm thinking of for a topic

i like how the washington city paper's news of the weird's tagline is "wtf?".

I like the term "Quirkies" for strange news stories, but that is already being used.

i think the forum should be called “life on mars.” because, like, mars is weird, so it would be like those news stories that make you feel like you’re on mars.

there. problem solved. :P

I just learned Weekly World News is ceasing publication... maybe we should make a pun of the name or something...  even though it's not quite the type of thing I'm thinking of for a topic


Cheeky World News.

"Inquiring Minds Want to Know"?  :-\\ :-\\

"The World According to Opus" (A play on the penguin theme.)


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