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I remember reading stories by E.R. doctors in inner cities being suprised just how often men get shot in the penis. Apparently it's a bullet magnet.

Also, there's a well known acronym; S.O.C.M.O.B. It stands for "standing on corner minding my own business" for what most gun shot victims were doing at the time of the incidents.

Dalillama

10-03-2015 02:16 PM

Re: Real-Life Weirdness

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran (Post 1941329)

I remember reading stories by E.R. doctors in inner cities being suprised just how often men get shot in the penis. Apparently it's a bullet magnet.

This is because the Pants Positive Safety perk is not available in real life, but Delusion (I have the Pants Positive Safety perk ) is quite common.

Anaraxes

10-06-2015 09:35 AM

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From the Chicago Tribune, not The Onion.

Quote:

U.S. Senate candidate admits to sacrificing goat, drinking its blood

"I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans," he said. "I sacrificed an animal to the god of the wilderness. ... Yes, I drank the goat's blood."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...005-story.html

For bonus Evil-Overlord-wannabe points, he named himself "Augustus Sol Invictus".

Anders

10-06-2015 12:22 PM

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Well, there's no religious test for running for office...

Flyndaran

10-06-2015 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Anders (Post 1942070)

Well, there's no religious test for running for office...

Technically. Though, technically, atheists can't legally run in many jurisdictions. Yeah, unconstitutional, but that only matters after being fought and declared such officially.

Flyndaran

10-06-2015 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalillama (Post 1941332)

This is because the Pants Positive Safety perk is not available in real life, but Delusion (I have the Pants Positive Safety perk ) is quite common.

Not just self inflicted, but random hit locations from drive bys. There are many racist jokes that could be made about that, but it's still odd.

Bruno

10-07-2015 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran (Post 1942080)

Technically. Though, technically, atheists can't legally run in many jurisdictions. Yeah, unconstitutional, but that only matters after being fought and declared such officially.

He's not an atheist though, so he's clear on that front.

dcarson

10-07-2015 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran (Post 1941329)

I remember reading stories by E.R. doctors in inner cities being suprised just how often men get shot in the penis. Apparently it's a bullet magnet.

There could be a couple of selection biases there.

You remember those cases more then the shot in leg ones.

If they are shot in the leg they might be willing to try and deal with that off the books, the penis they really want fixed right.

Anders

10-10-2015 05:44 AM

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More pants-negative safety.

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