Saturday Overnight Open Thread (7/6/24)

Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and just cover your own !!!
You'll be a lot happier and live longer! (H/T Ciampino)

The ONT Is Always Looking Out For You ^TM

It used to be that if you noticed something weird around you, there would be some kind of funny story to it, but nowadays if you see something strange, it always seems like that means you are in danger. There have been warnings shared on social media about how finding a water bottle on your car or discovering "1F" written outside of your home could be a sign that you might be victimized, and now comes an even odder warning - if you find a piece of cheese on your car you might be in danger.

It all comes down to how all the bad people in the world keep coming up with new ways to abduct potential victims, and one woman is warning others after she found the dairy product on her vehicle. The woman, named Mimi, shared her story on TikTok, saying it is "for all my ladies out there." In it, Mimi explains how she came out of church one Sunday to find cheese melted on her car. Likely thinking it was just some kids' prank, she called up a friend to help her scrape it all off, but when her friend arrived, a white van with men in it two parking spots down from her pulled out and went to a lot across they street, where they seemingly parked so they could watch the women clean off the cheese

What Were We Thinking? The Top 10 Most Dangerous Ads

Often the criticism of vintage ads focuses on their inherent sexism, racism, or other displays of social prejudices, which we find laughable today, despite their continued presence. But what about ads that steered consumers into dangerous territory, espousing outmoded scientific evidence or misleading half-truths to convince people that appallingly toxic products, or even deadly ones, were actually good for them?

While some faulty campaigns were merely the victims of evolving scientific knowledge, many blatantly ignored facts in their race for the dollar, using so-called experts to promote products terrible for public health, like cigarettes. Revered professionals like doctors and scientists routinely told us precisely the wrong things to do, as they are likely still doing today.

America!!!!

97,000 complaints sounds like a lot. But if you do the math (And you don't have to since it is The ONT) that's only 265 complaints per day. Leave it to Uncle Sam to botch it up.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Air travel got more miserable last year, if the number of consumer complaints filed with the U.S. government is any measure.

The Transportation Department said Friday that it received nearly 97,000 complaints in 2023, up from about 86,000 the year before. The department said there were so many complaints that it took until July to sort through the filings and compile the figures.

That’s the highest number of consumer complaints about airlines since 2020, when airlines were slow to give customers refunds after the coronavirus pandemic shut down air travel.

What Happened Today In Music July 6th

2020 - Charlie Daniels
American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a hemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.

Born on this day: 1925 - Bill Haley
Bill Haley, (William John Clifton Haley), singer, guitarist, 'The first Rock 'n' Roll star.' As Bill Haley and his Comets he had the 1955 UK & US No.1 single Rock Around the Clock Haley was one of the earliest acts to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. He sold over 60 million records during his career. Haley died on 9th February 1981.

Go big or stay home unless you are tonight's Genius Award Winner.

Suspect Busted For One Cent Bank Robbery
Cops: Man gave teller withdrawal slip "for the amount of $00.01"

JULY 3--After a man handed a bank teller a note demanding cash, police swooped down on a Chase Bank branch in Florida and arrested the unarmed suspect for robbery.

The amount he allegedly sought: One cent.

The unorthodox robbery bid, cops say, occurred Saturday afternoon in Lady Lake, a town about 50 miles north of Orlando.

According to an arrest report, Michael Patrick Fleming, 41, walked into the bank, filled out a withdrawal slip, and handed it to a teller. “The defendant was told he could not be given $00.01,” police noted.

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