Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@Tim said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
I'm at the Gartner event and there are a few hololens/augmented reality demos going on. I'm looking forward to this level of carnage!
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
We had them at work and I'd never accounted for how explosive a failure would be until I saw that.
Dumped Toyota Camry painted completely gold in North Fitzroy
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@antipodean yeah my old man has dealt with an awful lot of thise tyres in his time, luck he hasnt had any explode on him.
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This made me laugh for some reason
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@No-Quarter said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
This made me laugh for some reason
I was known as Chandler Bing by quite a few pals when I lived in London due to a lot of similarities (shit jokes, shit with woman, did a job nobody had a clue about etc).
Things it seems, haven't changed.
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Man sues media for 'ridiculing' his mullet hairstyle after picture goes viral
Ali Mosslmani, known as Ziggy, says coverage that included photoshopping a skunk onto his head, portrayed him as âhideously uglyâA teenager whose âstriking mullet haircutâ became an internet sensation after he was photographed at a party is suing several media outlets for defamation, claiming he became the subject of ridicule.
Ali Ziggi Mosslmani, known as âZiggyâ, filed defamation suits against the Daily Mail, Sydneyâs Daily Telegraph and the Australian Radio Network for publishing the photograph and making fun of his extreme haircut, which was shaved at the front and long at the back.
Mosslmani was pictured on page 11 of the Daily Telegraph alongside Photoshopped images of his hair as a skunk and being used as a variation of pin the tail on the donkey.
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Mosslmaniâs lawyers claimed to court that he was subjected to ridicule as a result of the coverage and that he had been defamed as âhideously uglyâ.But in a preliminary judgment before the case goes to trial, district court judge Judith Gibson said most of the comments in the articles were of a humorous nature and did not imply the teenager was ugly.
She also found that saying a hairstyle was ridiculous was not the same as saying the plaintiff was ugly.
âThe plaintiffâs striking mullet haircut has generated a great deal of interest on the internet, most of it humorous, and some of it in the form of clever observations, such as the âPythagorasâ direction in one of the memes,â she said.
The photograph was taken by a professional photographer Jeremy Nool at an 18th birthday party in Hurstville, in Sydneyâs west. The photographer said he had no idea it would generate so much interest. It was made into memes featuring animals and famous landmarks.
Judge Gibson said Mosslmaniâs case was âoverpleadedâ and appeared to be designed to âclaim as many imputations as possible while simultaneously avoiding a defence of honest opinion or justificationâ.
The only imputation the judge allowed was that âthe plaintiff is a ridiculous person because he wears a controversial haircutâ.
âThe plaintiff is entitled to plead an imputation of condition â namely being a ridiculous person for having such a hairstyle â as well as an imputation amounting to an act. This imputation is reasonably capable of being conveyed and will go to the juryâ.
The imputation that he was âhideously uglyâ was rejected despite the headline saying the complainant had a âridiculous haircutâ .
âHowever, the publication goes on to say that the photograph has generated 11,415 comments, 10,000 likes and 1.7m views, which suggests that the hairstyle has its fans and opponents, but is not indicative of ugliness; to the contrary, 10,000 people pressed the âlikeâ button,â Judge Gibson said.
The judge ruled that the closest any such picture got to suggesting there was anything unattractive in the plaintiffâs appearance was the photograph âwhere a skunk has been added to the plaintiffâs headâ.
Comparing the teenager to a horse or a bust on Mount Rushmore did not suggest âugliness on the part of the plaintiffâ, the judge said.
âThe plaintiff has not been compared to Frankenstein, or some other hideously ugly figure; his haircut has been criticised as ridiculous.â
The proceedings are listed for further directions on 17 November.
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this popped up on one of those memory things on FB today...still enjoy watching this
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@mariner4life I'll join you there. Because that shit is funny - especially with the music.
Shows how stupid the PC bullshit has gotten. "Everyone should have the same opportunity!"
Uh... no dickhead. I don't get to win a Premiership with the Tahs because I'm a talentless fat fuck.