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There are 15 posts tagged: the bleedin' obvious

Go the distance: 11 August 2025; Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained during fights at the same event held in Tokyo nine days ago. Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, after fighting to a draw in this match against Yamato Hata. Hiromasa Urakawa died on Saturday, following his eighth round knockout by Yoji Saito.
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The gay professor: 23 July 2025; According to Barack Obama, one of his favourite professors was gay, and it didn't do him any harm. It follows, in his opinion therefore, that black boys need to be around homosexuals in order to become empathetic and rounded individuals.
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Afternoon delight [cough]: 19 July 2025; A CEO was caught on nookiecam at a Coldplay concert in an embrace with the company's chief people officer, a euphamism for [spit] HR. As they dodged the spotlight, Chris Martin, clearly a man of tact and diplomacy, announced to the audience: Either they're having an affair, or they're just very shy.
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Life in a day: 7 July 2025; Twenty years ago today, four followers of the prophet of peace and love did an Allahu akbar! on the London Underground. The BBC's Matt Knight signals the anniversary with an article entitled 'Surviving 7/7 terrorist attacks changed my life'.
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Would you like a lollipop?: 14 March 2025; Roblox is an online gaming platform where children go to play and adults of a certain persuasion go to hang out, chat, and make new friends. But when parents complained that Roblox wasn't doing enough parenting for them, the company's CEO responded that if they're so concerned they should parent their children themselves. Which doesn't sound too unreasonable, it really doesn't.
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None but the bra(ve): 2 January 2025; A year-end list of most impactful ad campaigns of 2024—presumably in Britain—placed this at number one: St John launches CPR Bra campaign to tackle gender disparity in CPR.
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Meathead: 1 October 2024; It seems that allowing yourself to be used as a punching bag for money is not a path to long-term good health. Or much money either, at least not if you're a woman; or just don't draw the crowds, I guess. Whatever. (shrug)
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Childless cat lady meows: 11 September 2024; As if there could've been any doubt, the implication that Taylor Swift would've endorsed Trump/Vance if only the vice-presidential candidate hadn't made disparaging comments about childless cat ladies was indeed bullshit. Predictably, Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris.
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Nepalese plane crash: 24 July 2024; A plane crash in Nepal is hardly an unknown event, given the difficult terrain, unpredictable weather, and the country's lax regulations. But the crash on takeoff of a Saurya Airlines flight today is particularly poignant. It was on a routine maintenance check, prior to its scheduled maintenance.
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No shit guv'nor: 24 March 2023; In what can only be described as a big-brained moment, the governor of the Bank of England has warned that raising retail prices could drive up the cost of living and would most affect the least wealthy. No fucking shit! This must be why he earns the big bucks, having insight like that. (SMH)
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I loved her as her: 22 September 2021; The recent passing of actress Markie Post is commemorated by this observation from one of Deadline's deadbeat readers:
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Childbirth: separating the men from the ~~boys~~ women: 9 February 2017; Colin Barras explains, on behalf of BBC Earth, why childbirth is so painful and dangerous. But he misses the obvious reason: if it were fun and easy, men would want to do it too. Duh!
The misfortunes of war: 1 June 2015; The International Monetary Fund concludes that the conflict in Ukraine is seriously damaging its economy. This will, of course, come as a shock to all of you who thought that civil war tearing a country apart was actually economic good news.
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Dumb question: 20 May 2015; BBC News rather pointedly asks: Why do US police keep killing unarmed black men?
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Big bang theory: 7 January 2015; I think that I can help here. The explosion was caused by a blaze. Now all the investigators have to do is find out what caused the blaze.
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