This is the News!

[The Legendary Shark]

Well, he does dress like a drug dealer's boss's boss.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Is he the guy who wants to have sexy times with lobsters or something?

His idea was that hierarchies in human society can be explained by serotonin, which he supports using serotonin in lobsters as a comparison (more serotonin = more aggressive lobsters). While this comparison might have some merits, I'm not sure that likening the way lobsters and humans behave and operate is entirely valid.

Indeed.  Like I say, I don't know much about the guy (other than, as I also said, he seems a bit of a  gimp), but having to leap as far across the evolutionary tree as sea crustaceans to prove a point about men and women suggests a touch of confirmation bias to me.

[Funt Solo]

Someone: "Misogyny is problematic."
Peterson: "No, because lobsters."

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This article does a better job of debunking Peterson's pseudo-intellectual nonsense:
Botched biology: how does Jordan Peterson use science to prop up his (mis)beliefs?

[Funt Solo]

Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel

I understand wanting to leave Florida, but there are easier methods available.

[Funt Solo]

Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake

Drunk-calling is a thing - but drunk-calling the cops..?

[I realize some people may get triggered by the idea that the road has a "wrong" side - stay calm! Check the pre-determined drop location for further instructions. As ever, trust nobody!]

[Funt Solo]

Met police pay damages to two women arrested at Sarah Everard vigil

The Met have never admitted fault on this one (quelle surprise), but justice of a sort has been served.

[rogue69]

You Tube Rapper gets gold chain 'hair' hooks surgically implanted into scalp

https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/10/rapper-dan-sur-gets-gold-chain-hooks-surgically-implanted-into-scalp-15241049/

[lincnash]

gold chain 'hair' hooks surgically implanted into scalp

Obviously a massive fan of Captain Skank then.

[JohnW]

You Tube Rapper gets gold chain 'hair' hooks surgically implanted into scalp

Who wears it better?

[The Legendary Shark]

Irish TV Station's 'Meteor Mystery' Unravels in Spectacular Fashion

[JayzusB.Christ]

I see Laurence Fox has proved himself too much of a cockwomble even for GB News.  Or at least, he has now that G Beebies have realised that he might lose them viewers and money.

You've got to admire how a man who looks like the corpse of Fido Dido seems to see himself as the very essence of testosterone.

[Funt Solo]

Laurence Fox has proved himself too much of a cockwomble

Time and time again, it seems. So, his only measure of the value of half of the species is whether or not he wants to shag them? Ironic, given that he looks like someone's cloning experiment went wrong.

These "alternatives to mainstream media" seem to be working out well, then.

[Funt Solo]

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

I wouldn't normally advocate the death penalty. Perhaps justice in this case would be sawing off the lad's feet? Or - taking the long view - setting up a complex apparatus such that a tree would grow through him over time.

It's things like this that point to humanity's predictable doom. We are a pathetic species.

[paddykafka]

There is a scene in the movie "Ironclad" where King John orders the removal of one the rebellious Lords hand, as it was the one used to sign the Magna Carta against HRH. (Granted, he then goes on to lop off the unfortunate Lord's other hand and also his feet, but - in HRH's insane, megalomaniac mind at least - the principle was sound.)

Personally, I prefer the tree gradually growing through the miscreant route as a just, appropriate and deserved fate. (I might be wrong on this, but did something similar not happen to one of the characters within the myths of Game of Thrones? Or am I thinking of another series or movie?)

 

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

It's baffling, Brits usually only disrespect and defile other culture's historical sites.