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Siljmonster
Dec 16, 2005

I ruin threads instead of voting on them.


He never asked for the Valentines surprise.

Does the Olympic committees ever strip medals from winners after theyve committed serious crimes?

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paint dry
Feb 8, 2005


Pron on VHS posted:

Why would you date someone with no shins and feet anyways?

I know this is GBS and you were probably joking, but as I disabled person I found this post really offensive.

Noreaus
May 22, 2008

HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

So the "thought she was a burglar" thing was just the 24 hour news cycle taking up any old rumour and running with it?

This is what news is now, isn't it. Just whatever sounds best on twitter put into an article. Oh, it's ok, we'll change it later when more facts come out. Got to be first to report!

paint dry
Feb 8, 2005


Noreaus posted:

So the "thought she was a burglar" thing was just the 24 hour news cycle taking up any old rumour and running with it?

This is what news is now, isn't it. Just whatever sounds best on twitter put into an article. Oh, it's ok, we'll change it later when more facts come out. Got to be first to report!

For news networks that rely on advertising yes, they do have to be first to report. I don't understand why publically funded channels like BBC News do it, though.

Noreaus
May 22, 2008

HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

paint dry posted:

For news networks that rely on advertising yes, they do have to be first to report. I don't understand why publically funded channels like BBC News do it, though.

Probably because it's the same pool of journalistic talent either way, and it's all they know now. They don't want to appear "behind". It would take a serious philosophy shift in the BBC's News24 and Online News divisions to move away from what the industry standard style.

This isn't helped by, when the BBC does wait before publishing, which happens occasionally presumably for fact-checking, people ask why they don't have anything on it yet.

WMain00
Oct 7, 2008

You can't cut back posting! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!


Pretty much Flat Earth News. They probably all got the transcript off the one place (no doubt Press Association), run with that, then don't bother fact checking until much later. By that time it doesn't really matter.

Popo
Apr 24, 2008

Homestuck is a true work of art surpassing all of Shakespeare's works.


paint dry posted:

For news networks that rely on advertising yes, they do have to be first to report. I don't understand why publically funded channels like BBC News do it, though.

Because they can still get their budgets cut. Someone, somewhere, still decides how much of the funding goes where so the news still has to compete because the people deciding where the money goes aren't the types to say "gently caress ratings, take what you need."

William Bear
Oct 25, 2012


Siljmonster posted:

He never asked for the Valentines surprise.

Does the Olympic committees ever strip medals from winners after theyve committed serious crimes?

Almost always only for doping. He didn't break any Olympic rules.

Irrelevant anyway, because he didn't win any medals, except in the Paraolympics.

Grimby
Sep 12, 2002


paint dry posted:

I know this is GBS and you were probably joking, but as I disabled person I found this post really offensive.

Imagine that, being offended on an internet forum called Something Awful.

sweet thursday
Sep 16, 2012

all the pretty whoreses


paint dry posted:

I know this is GBS and you were probably joking, but as I disabled person I found this post really offensive.

Walk it off man

NewtGoongrich
Jan 21, 2012
I am a shit stain on the face of humanity, I have no compassion, only hatred, bile and lust.

PROUD SHIT STAIN

Noreaus posted:

So the "thought she was a burglar" thing was just the 24 hour news cycle taking up any old rumour and running with it?

Actually xXxSSJGokuWeedLord420xXx tweeted it. I think that's a pretty reliable source, but let's ask our viewers to tweet if they think it is.

Prawned
Oct 25, 2010



sweet thursday posted:

Walk it off man

Haha holy gently caress.

But yeah, I doubt they'll strip his paralympic medals. He won them fair and square, even if he did like to go home to beat his girlfriend.

Stormageddon
Jan 16, 2008
I am actually just a sentient program made to shitpost, and am still getting my human speed calibration down.

sweet thursday posted:

Walk it off man

That's sweeping the leg, man.

Peenigrippe
Apr 6, 2010

The inside joke
NO ONE gets.

Am I too late to get my foot in the door with another lovely pun?

Anyways,I guess he didn't like her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI

Agro ver Haus doom
Jul 27, 2011

by Y Kant Ozma Post


sweet thursday posted:

Walk it off man

Man, thursday sure is sweet right now.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

my boys


I had a break-in a few years ago, I live in one of the world's most dangerous cities, I have a gun and yet I managed not to kill any of the intruders, Pistorius is full of poo poo.

Paint-Drinking Pete
Apr 9, 2009


Typical Jock behavior. If sexy models dated nice guys like myself they wouldn't get shot in the head.

Lumberjack Bonanza
Feb 27, 2011

I'LL CUT THAT POST TO PIECES!


Paint-Drinking Pete posted:

Typical Jock behavior. If sexy models dated nice guys like myself they wouldn't get shot in the head.

Self-inflicted still counts.

rejutka
May 28, 2004

The body, the body. Oh, yes!


Has he blamed a one-armed man yet?

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



If my girlfriend came into my house at 4 am, I'd probably think she were an intruder and I might pull out my gun. But I wouldn't just start loving popping caps at shadows. Then again, I might in South Africa.

Epic Hamcat
Jun 16, 2009



Ghetto Prince posted:

Shooting someone in the head once might be an accident, but a double tap to the head is no accident. Four shots ? No way in hell was that accidental.

Doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Epic Hamcat
Jun 16, 2009



JohnnyBigPotatoes posted:

He'll never be the head of a major corporation.

He doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Epic Hamcat
Jun 16, 2009



Bolian Blues posted:

Yeah I'm only seeing a few sources reporting the "mistaken for an intruder" angle. Not saying it isn't true but I think the big news sites are being super cautious in reporting one way or another on what happened here.

The rumor doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Epic Hamcat
Jun 16, 2009



Agro ver Haus doom posted:

If shooting your girlfriend isn't evidence to the contrary, I dunno what is!

The evidence doesn't have legs to stand on.

Epic Hamcat
Jun 16, 2009



rejutka posted:

Has he blamed a one-armed man yet?

He doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Edit; gently caress, beaten

Epic Hamcat fucked around with this message at Feb 14, 2013 around 16:40

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

my boys


Literally Named Dan posted:

He doesn't have a leg to stand on.

He has some spring things though OP.

Bolivar
Aug 20, 2011



If he goes to jail for life, he'll never be able to order a footlong at Subway again

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008

I never asked for this
lama, sheriff Truman.


ethanol posted:

If my girlfriend came into my house at 4 am, I'd probably think she were an intruder and I might pull out my gun. But I wouldn't just start loving popping caps at shadows. Then again, I might in South Africa.
Once again - he didn't think she was an intruder, it was a journalistic rumor. It was debunked by South African police.

Untasid
Jul 8, 2008


Leave it to the media to make a knee-jerk reaction to a story and run with it.

HondaRider271
Jul 19, 2007

it's always good to have more


I'm confused now. Is he just totally admitting to murdering her in cold blood? How did the police debunk the self-defense rumor without a confession? This is such a weird story.

berserker
Aug 17, 2003

My love for you
is ticking clock

The current theory is that he came back from the Olympics and found that his girlfriend had cheated on him, and welp.

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

AFC NORTH PITY FUCK


berserker posted:

The current theory is that he came back from the Olympics and found that his girlfriend had cheated on him, and welp.

Running around on him behind his back like that? I'm sure he was hopping mad. Still, it sounds like you're jumping to conclusions. Then again, maybe he wasn't springing to life like he used to in bed.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009

Hoegaarden and Friendship.

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Doctor Butts posted:

Running around on him behind his back like that? I'm sure he was hopping mad. Still, it sounds like you're jumping to conclusions. Then again, maybe he wasn't springing to life like he used to in bed.

I'm not sure you get bonus points for stringing multiple puns together. We'll have to go to the judges.

T. Finninho
Aug 27, 2004

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vyst posted:

I'm not sure you get bonus points for stringing multiple puns together. We'll have to go to the judges.

*covers mic and whispers with other admins* We'll allow it

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

AFC NORTH PITY FUCK


It's not a sprint, it's more of a marathon. A marathon of puns.

blah_blah
Apr 15, 2006

On this auspicious occasion, let the Horn of Eternity cut a thunderous blast!

Randandal posted:

Yeah it's pretty much a given that he's going to stand trial for murder and likely get the rug swept out from under him by the justice system.

Yes, national heros are known for getting the rug swept out from under them by the justice system.

NeoNaoNeo
Apr 21, 2010



blah_blah posted:

Yes, national heros are known for getting the rug swept out from under them by the justice system.

It's much easier to do it to Pistorius though really.

Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

FREEDOM FIGHTERS


This situation is getting more and more hosed up the more information that is coming out.

It will be an interesting milestone when it comes to celebrity crimes, since a local pop star Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye was recently sentenced to 25 years for killing four school children while drag racing. Jub Jub is hardly a national hero in comparison to Pistorius but there was still the usual media furore over that case because it was a big name.

Bolivar
Aug 20, 2011



The year is off to a good start for Nike sponsorships

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Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

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berserker posted:

The current theory is that he came back from the Olympics and found that his girlfriend had cheated on him, and welp.

They made the perfect couple, then - neither of them could keep their knees together.

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