Saturday February 5: Daily Links

SATURDAY 2.5
NEWS STORIES
Metaverse Introduces Rape Protection
After a woman alleges that her metaverse avatar was gang raped, the Meta company is now offering a personal space zone that will give your metaverse persona safety from other avatars.
Great. Now can you introduce something to protect our privacy from being raped by your company?
Putin Gets in a Nap at the Olympics
Russian head honcho Vladimir Putin was photographed eyes shut, and apparently sleeping while the Ukrainian team entered the Olympic arena.
He said the reason he was sleeping was because he had just been with Bill Cosby.
Congressman Attempt to Gain Waffle House Cred Backfires
The internet is laughing at Congressman Mark Walker who posted a late night meal at a Waffle House trying to look relatable. He wrote, “It’s not for the faint of heart or DC elitists but there is nothing like a late night Waffle House on the campaign trail.” Tweeters were quick to point out that he was eating dry toast, plain hashbrowns and some kind of dry looking egg which is not why people go to WH.
This is how you get the nickname narc.
"It's not for the faint of heart," says the badass wearing a suit to Waffle House at 10pm, for the blandest meal on the menu.
Good God, dry white toast *and* plain hash browns. In most southern states, this constitutes grounds for arrest. pic.twitter.com/y6sydWfBGh
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 4, 2022
Terminator Robot Dogs at the Border
Headless robot dogs are patrolling the border between the US and Mexico and they look a lot like the robotic dogs in the Metalhead episode of Black Mirror.
Now that wall doesn’t look so bad.
The Queen Has Been on The Throne for 70 Years
Man, and my legs hurt after 10 minutes.
Flight Attendants Not Looking Forward To Booze Returning
Airlines are starting to serve booze again and flight attendants aren’t happy about it considering how people have been acting sober. Coach will now be replaced with an octagon.
GoFundMe Shuts Down The Canadian Trucker Fundraiser
GoFundMe has shut down the fundraiser for the Canadian trucker “Freedom Convoy” that raised over $10 million ” after concluding that the protest by truckers and their supporters in Ottawa has become an occupation.” Occupy Ottawa Street just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
SPORTS
Jaguars Hire Doug Pederson
The Jags just brought on former Eagles Super Bowl winning coach Doug Pederson as their new head coach.
They’d have more luck with Scott Peterson.
Going to the Super Bowl? Read the Advice you REALLY Need from a Local
These are great!
Will I be safe with my red scarf?
My uncle, a reformed crip, posted tips for those coming into LA for super bowl weekend and I’m over here crying pic.twitter.com/JksqG4W5OA
— Phillip Barnett (@regularbarnett) February 2, 2022
Mattress Mack Bets $4.5M on Bengals
The Houston furniture salesman is known for making big bets but this time he is breaking the record for the largest Super Bowl bet with $4.5 million. To do this, he had to make 20 bets of $200,000 each on his Caesar’s Sportsbook mobile app.
Pretty sure you can just get a Super Bowl ad for this price.
Olympic Reporter Escorted Off Camera By Officials in China
Could have been worse he could have been in Inglewood.
Onze correspondent @sjoerddendaas werd om 12.00u live in het NOS Journaal door beveiligers voor de camera weggetrokken. Helaas is dit steeds vaker de dagelijkse realiteit voor journalisten in China. Hij is in orde en kon zijn verhaal gelukkig een paar minuten later afmaken pic.twitter.com/GLTZRlZV96
— NOS (@NOS) February 4, 2022
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
The BAFTA Noms are Here!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have released their nominations a few days before the US Academy will release their own list. The BAFTAS are often believed to be a strong predictor of the Oscar noms.
BAFTA! It’s is like the Oscar’s with bad teeth.
CEO is Questioning Why Allegations Against Dave Portnoy Keep Dropping Right Before Earnings Reports Come Out
Penn National’s Jay Snowden is reacting to Business Insider’s new report that three more women are making allegations against Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy. Before I get into prepared remarks, I first wanted to address the article about Dave Portnoy that dropped last night from the same paywall, subscription-based publisher as the last article and which also happened to be on same day as our earnings call exactly three months ago,”he said.
Maybe Dave should consider a no nut February.
The Band’s Robbie Robertson Sells Catalog
The sale netted the musician $25 million.
Thank god Levon’s not here to see that.
more stories coming soon
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VIRAL & TRENDING
There's a 12 Million Dollar Gold Cube Sitting in Central Park
This artwork is so valuable it has its own security detail.
In this town it could run for mayor.
New in NYC: A cube made from $11.7 million worth of solid gold is sitting in Central Park—and has its own security detail: https://t.co/DTsqhgCcbc pic.twitter.com/5kXUDSVnS9
— Artnet (@artnet) February 2, 2022
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
The English Language is Gross, Here Are the Worst Words
Pus, phlegm, seepage, moist, splooge, fester, mucus, ooze, putrid, curd were voted to be just awful.
You forgot shart
Americans All Agree on One Thing, and Only One Thing
A poll shows that the majority of Americans are united in their concern about how divided the nation is, but agree on little else.
So we agree we disagree.
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