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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/5652540

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fucking Ohio. Proving once again, Florida Man doesn’t stand alone.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Florida and Ohio are basically the same thing. Insufferably boring hyper-conservative states with mid cities that are only redeemed by their amusement parks and Lebron James.

It makes sense they would produce similar types of crazy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Cincinnati is interesting at least, but yeah fuck Ohio.

Source: i live in ohio...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Florida Man & Ohio Woman

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Our neighborhood raccoons have to up their game. Bunch of slackers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Princmeth Leah was on her way back to Tattoo Ln to reunite Chewy with Heroin Solo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Oh, come on and search me (whoa, whoa) I got my problems (whoa, whoa) You got your eyes wide My bags of McDs… And raccoon with a meth pipe

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wasn't she arrested before they found the raccoon?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

For driving with a suspended listens and whatever that other thing was (arrest warrant?)

But she was then also arrested for the stash of meth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Wait, wait, wait: what the fuck is that format of news program.

Are "man doing bad jokes and woman doing fake performative laughs" standard in news programs over there or are these people just especially incompetent?!

That stuff was seriously cringe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Took me a minute to realize the raccoon wasn't in the police car's driver seat