News of the Amused

[VicSage]

A Danish museum lent an artist $84,000 for his work. He kept the cash and named the art ‘Take the Money and Run.’ (archive.is)

Exactly what it says on the tin. The man was loaned the money to put in the frames for the art, and he promptly hung up the artwork empty. "

“It’s not theft,” Haaning said. “It is a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.”

The balls on this guy. I'm tempted to be on his side for this statement alone.

 

[prinCZess]

“It’s not theft,” Haaning said. “It is a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.”

Spoiler

You glorious Danish con-man. Getting Danegeld...From other Danes...for no work.
I'm not even mad. I'm kind of impressed.

If'n I were Danish or a patron of the museum would probably want head-on-pike, but from the outside...My God. He really went there.

 

[VicSage]

If'n I were Danish or a patron of the museum would probably want head-on-pike, but from the outside...My God. He really went there.

It gets better. If you think about it, the art is a breach of contract. Which can't be in place if he created art for them, so there was no breach of contract. So because there's no art, there's a breach of contract again. Which leads to the only conclusion possible.

The man created a logical paradox as a work of art.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Florida Man battles Alligator with Garbage Bin

 

[Cherico]

I cant help but respect that

 

[bintananth]

I cant help but respect that

Look at it from the alligator's perspective. It's backing away because "This thing's bigger than me and could swallow me whole."

The children laughing in the background was a nice touch. Florida: you do you.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Russian State media accuses CNBC's Hadley Gamble of being a SEX OBJECT sent to distract President Vladimir Putin during her time as a Moderator for an interview where the American Journalist was wearing a tight black dress.

According to translations by the Daily Beast, Vladimir Soloviev told his state radio show that Gamble distracted Putin with her “sex appeal” — and acted “like she was in the movie ‘9½ Weeks’ or ‘Basic Instinct.'”

Notorious propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov also insisted on state TV’s “Vesti Nedeli” that the TV reporter acted “shamelessly” and “cast wistful glances,” according to the report.

He even claimed she provocatively moved her bare legs — calling it her “basic instinct,” in an apparent reference to Sharon Stone’s infamous leg-crossing scene in the racy movie, the outlet noted.

“Hadley squeezed into a tight black dress, fluffed up her flowing hair, and put on a pair of nude leg-lengthening Louboutin high-heel pumps,” he said, saying her legs were “covered in shimmering body oil, as though this wasn’t a work assignment.”

Gamble “worked her body language to the fullest,” he told viewers, moving her legs, constantly playing with her hair, licking her lips, and “rolling out her tongue.”

He accused the journalist of having “behaved boldly, openly positioning herself as a sexual object,” the Daily Beast noted.

Putin for his part, apparently suggested the reporter was "too beautiful" to understand some of his answers.

This also happens after another related faux-story where Putin in 2019 brought a 'beautiful' Translator to his meeting with President Trump, undoubtedly for similar nefarious reasons.

Russia accuses CNBC’s Hadley Gamble of being a ‘sex object’ sent to distract Putin

Vladimir Putin was caught on camera making flirty faces with her before they went onstage — where he then suggested she was “too beautiful” to understand his answers.

nypost.com

 

[Jormungandr]

Yeah, it went as expected.

I'm fucking laughing at the women saying "netball is for women only!" -- I guarantee you that if the genders were reversed, they'd be Reeeing "sexism".

 

[Battlegrinder]

It gets better. If you think about it, the art is a breach of contract. Which can't be in place if he created art for them, so there was no breach of contract. So because there's no art, there's a breach of contract again. Which leads to the only conclusion possible.

The man created a logical paradox as a work of art.

Looking at the article, I doubt that will work out in court. He was given the money for the specific purpose of recreating/updating an earlier peice of art he made that incorporated money. Him instead taking the money and framing that theft as part of a new peice of art is bold, but he was apparently contracted to make a specific peice of art and didn't do so.

It's like that "Toy Yoda" lawsuit years ago, only everyone involved is a pretentious dweeb.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Much like the gift of prescience as seen in Dune or Watchmen, I have seen my own death.

Hiker lost for 24 hours ignored calls from rescuers because of unknown number

A hiker lost on a mountain in Colorado ignored repeated calls from rescuers — later explaining that they had been unfamiliar with the phone number, authorities said.

nypost.com

This concept is going to make a great Firewatch sequel I think.

 

[Robovski]

Much like the gift of prescience as seen in Dune or Watchmen, I have seen my own death.

Hiker lost for 24 hours ignored calls from rescuers because of unknown number

A hiker lost on a mountain in Colorado ignored repeated calls from rescuers — later explaining that they had been unfamiliar with the phone number, authorities said.

nypost.com

This concept is going to make a great Firewatch sequel I think.

Scammers ruin everything they touch. I ignore 3-5 unknown calls every day; eventually I'll have the entire area code blocked at this rate.

 

[VicSage]

I typically receive about 20-30 text messages a week from phones or email addresses (somehow) that I don't know, in conversations of about 20 people each, none of whom I have in. Half of them are telling me "Prudvhi, XYZ is ready for you". The rest are sexy advertisements, but they don't even bother to send a photo when they send the scam link so why bother?

 

[The Original Sixth]

Not sure if this counts, but it must be shared.

 

[Husky_Khan]

More of a dark humor story I suppose...

Man, 30, eaten by piranhas after jumping into lake to escape bees

The trio all jumped in, but only two of them made it out as a weekend outing turned to tragedy.

7news.com.au

It's like a Choose Your Own Adventure book!

 

[ShadowArxxy]

More of a dark humor story I suppose...

Man, 30, eaten by piranhas after jumping into lake to escape bees

The trio all jumped in, but only two of them made it out as a weekend outing turned to tragedy.

7news.com.au

It's like a Choose Your Own Adventure book!

To be honest, the guy almost certainly drowned and was then partially eaten by piranhas post-mortem. While they are indeed carnivorous, piranhas are not even remotely as aggressive as the pop culture image spawned from low budget monster movies.

 

[bintananth]

To be honest, the guy almost certainly drowned and was then partially eaten by piranhas post-mortem. While they are indeed carnivorous, piranhas are not even remotely as aggressive as the pop culture image spawned from low budget monster movies.

Piranhas are terrified of the real "top dogs" of the Amazon: Giant River Otters.

Those adorable looking things sound like very loud squeaky toys. They also consider pirhanas to be a "light snack", play with Anacondas before eating them, gang tackle Caimans, and are cautious around but not afraid of Jaguars.

There aren't a whole lot of large tasty animals between the US-Mexico border and Cape Horn that Jaguars do not think of as prey. Mountain Lions and Caimans are on the menu. Humans and Giant River Otters usually are not.

 

[Cherico]

Piranhas are terrified of the real "top dogs" of the Amazon: Giant River Otters.

Those adorable looking things sound like very loud squeaky toys. They also consider pirhanas to be a "light snack", play with Anacondas before eating them, gang tackle Caimans, and are cautious around but not afraid of Jaguars.

There aren't a whole lot of large tasty animals between the US-Mexico border and Cape Horn that Jaguars do not think of as prey. Mountain Lions and Caimans are on the menu. Humans and Giant River Otters usually are not.

I feel

 

[bintananth]

I feel

I've also personally seen two of them just completely exhaust and then eat a Caiman on land by taking turns nipping at it's tail and darting away before it could react quickly enough to bite either in self-defense.

 

[gral]

I've also personally seen two of them just completely exhaust and then eat a Caiman on land by taking turns nipping at it's tail and darting away before it could react quickly enough to bite either in self-defense.

Ariranhas are nasty beasts indeed.

 

[Cherico]

I've also personally seen two of them just completely exhaust and then eat a Caiman on land by taking turns nipping at it's tail and darting away before it could react quickly enough to bite either in self-defense.

I was making a bad joke but this is still cool