The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[rubber soul]

Some good news. Rushdie is off the ventilator and talking. They're saying he's even making jokes.


https://apnews.com/article/salman-ru...d85df7b0fb5fea

[Trollheart]

Um... what?

Yeah, that'll show them!

News Alert: Man fatally shoots self after crashing car into barricade near US Capitol Building


A man shot and killed himself after driving into a vehicle barricade near the US Capitol Building early Sunday morning, US Capitol Police said.

The incident happened shortly after 4 a.m. ET, when the man drove his car into a barricade at East Capitol Street and Second Street. He then exited his car, which became "engulfed in flames," and fired several shots into the air, Capitol Police said in a statement.

He then fatally shot himself when authorities approached him. There were no additional injuries and the man's name was not immediately released, according to the statement.

[jwb]

Originally Posted by Guybrush

Side note, but.

A big problem which is universal, but that I guess the US was particularly vulnerable to, is ofc the problem that a lot of people don't know what's real. Like in the discussions about selfishness, that itself creates an environment where people like Trump can weaponize lies in order to gain power. If more people had integrated some critical thinking skills in the way they use their brains daily, that might not have happened. His win wasn't huge, it might've tipped the votes. We'd all be less vulnerable to other nations' manipulations, like how Russia pumps out disinformation from their lies-factories. A usual pathology of these lies is to separate people into uses and thems and so destabilize and undermine nations and people's well-being.

So I don't know much about short term solutions in the US (though I do hope you get Trump for the dangerous criminal he is), but I do feel that if we want functional democracies in the future, then it is necessary that more people learn to separate fact from fiction. It'll promote policies and legislation based on reality and not how much adrenochrome the other politicians suck out of babies. Living in the same reality will help people unite instead of seeing eachother as problems or enemies.

So more / better quality schooling, teaching critical thinking philosophy and skills, anything that would help to counter the influence of religious / conspiracy thinking like regulating what social media companies are allowed to. Disinformation spreading on the internet also needs to be tamed.

I mean I'm fine with more schooling but I don't expect most people to become rational actors any time soon. Even when people aren't buying into conspiracy theories and **** like that, most voters are just being lead around like sheep by advertisements and slogans and our reality tv like election coverage.

[grindy]

Just saw an article titled "Man exposes himself and attacks woman with dead seagull" (translated from German).
Looks like we are finally getting our own discount Florida men. Good (or bad) thing that there are no alligators here to attack people with.

[Trollheart]

Jesus ****ing Christ!

Little girl gunned down in her own house

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Jesus ****ing Christ!

Little girl gunned down in her own house

Without any knowledge beforehand, that was a rough read. The third paragraph is one of the most undecipheringly dense pieces of text I've read in quite a while.

Originally Posted by RTE News

He forced his way in to her family home while trying to flee a masked gunman, and while the little girl lay dying, Nee, who was also shot, was taken to hospital by his friends in a black Audi.

So that's a great movie.

[Trollheart]

Sorry about that. I was so angry and disgusted I just gave the basic details. These people have no conscience. Hope they're caught and put away forever, not that that will bring this little girl back.

[The Batlord]

I don't even know what happened tbh. At first glance I thought the dude named might have shot the girl but that didn't make sense but then it's an unnamed and barely hinted at unknown gunman and the other guy also got shot and here's his criminal history? The vibe I got was that the only non-purely innocent person in the story was being centered on because he presumably was somehow involved with the shooter.

[music_collector]

What a crazy story. RIP little one.

[Trollheart]

The Most Incompetent Assassin in the World?