Dont forget Steve Mould

Ich nehme jetzt mal an, sie nimmt das homeopathisch

Teddy Roosevelt opted not to shoot a bear that someone caught for him to shoot (because it would have been like shooting fish in a barrel; iirc the bear was immobilised). The press at the time got hold of this story, turned it into a story about pity/mercy (neither applied, the bear was killed anyway, just not by getting shot by Roosevelt) and an enterprising individual made a toy based on it, which became more popular than expected.

The popularity of the toy was also a boost to Roosevelt's popularity, which is why at least one presidential candidate at the time tried to get something similar going for himself, but possums just aren't cuddly and a copy of a popular thing rarely manages to reach the heights of popularity the thing it tries to copy got.

Just recently I got a job offer where I had clearly stated I'm willing to work a maximum of 80%. When I went there to take a look before committing to it, they mentioned that because of the high amount of orders they have, they need everyone to put in an extra hour of work every day for the foreseeable future and I'd be expected to do the same.

My thoughts: Hey asshole, I even told you I'd prefer 75% and that the maximum of 80% is for health reasons, and you're here trying to push it to 90% on the sly?

Obviously I rejected the offer. And then they had the gall to report to the unemployment office that I wasn't willing to work the 80% they advertised as their minimum.

Edit: Good news was that I was able to land an all around better job just two days later.

And the shape and colour of the exclamation point depends on which animal it is? As in a kitten causes it to be pink and the dot to be heart shaped while a bed bug changes it to a horror font?

Just in! Man takes too many weightloss pills, ends up inadvertently cooking his testes! Read all about it in Blabbity Fair!

Flour isn't just flammable; if it's dispersed in the air like a cloud, like it probably would be if you hastily threw it into a grease fire, it can even explode.

In the Spanish I speak, there's a saying that goes "sarna con gusto no pica" ~= "scabies doesn't itch if you like it", meaning something like "love covers many faults" in a negative way, or something like "some people just masochists, they like pain 🤷‍♂️"

I'm not OP, but thanks for the tip, will check it out. Greetings from Züri Oberland.

1. Thanks for posting a non-paywall version.
2. Wtf, Twitter's standard automated reply to press queries is a poo emoji now?

I claim this is at least partially because people look for good news:

Generally, if the news is already good, we're often satisfied with reading the title. If the news is bad, we go into the article to look for a silver lining.

So I know the one on the middle left is the trans flag and I think the one in the middle is either the homosexual or general lgbtq flag. What are the other ones? (sorry for not being in the know, trying to learn)