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Vogon_Glory

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4. What can I say? White people don't have a monopoly on stupid.

Tue Jun 5, 2018, 07:15 PM

Jun 2018

If some fundy preacher tried the same stunt here in the US, maybe he’d get bitten by a water moccasin or gather mosquito bites.

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It's time to indulge our prejudices about Africans again! [View all] jberryhill Jun 2018 OP

Good stuff Blue_Tires Jun 2018 #1

jberry saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #2

we have all seen herds of zebras and gazelles and other African herds lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #3

What can I say? White people don't have a monopoly on stupid. Vogon_Glory Jun 2018 #4

In this country there are people who handle venomous snakes The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #5

"Who does not enjoy reading stories about funny people far away dying horribly from stupidity?" struggle4progress Jun 2018 #6

It's human nature.... quickesst Jun 2018 #7

Well, a least they were identified as crocodiles and not alligators. trof Jun 2018 #8

But I thought everything on the Internet was true mythology Jun 2018 #9

I wonder if African newspapers carry stories... SidDithers Jun 2018 #10

I can't speak for African sources, but ExciteBike66 Jun 2018 #51

Same reason as "Florida man" or "Texas man" stories. Entertainment. n/t Decoy of Fenris Jun 2018 #11

The BBC is saying the police in the town spoke directly to the BBC about the incident in Ethiopia. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #12

I already responded in the other thread why I think this one isn't an UL. moriah Jun 2018 #14

I'm from the South and anyone handling snakes or taking a dunk in snake infested waters Solly Mack Jun 2018 #16

And in 2016 it was South Africa jberryhill Jun 2018 #18

So the BBC is lying when they claim their reporter talked with the local police about it? Solly Mack Jun 2018 #19

The BBC reporter named....? jberryhill Jun 2018 #25

The BBC didn't give a name only the synecdoche but that doesn't prove it is a lie does it? Solly Mack Jun 2018 #27

I don't know why you keep using the word "lie" jberryhill Jun 2018 #28

It would be disingenuous to claim a story false and pretend that doesn't mean someone lied. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #30

If we don't know a reporter was having a lark jberryhill Jun 2018 #31

Yes, but they did get fired for it. moriah Jun 2018 #33

So reporters who don't witness an event means it didn't happen? Solly Mack Jun 2018 #34

Did any of these "matter"? jberryhill Jun 2018 #37

Yes, they count. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #39

The story started on Ethiopian social media jberryhill Jun 2018 #40

See, now that is interesting. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #42

It makes me wonder how the anonymous BBC reporter was "told" jberryhill Jun 2018 #43

Don't know why but that doesn't mean to me it didn't happen. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #46

And this... jberryhill Jun 2018 #44

Yeah, they have a death roll. But big prey, such as an adult human, could take a little effort. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #48

Here's an interesting fact nugget jberryhill Jun 2018 #49

Everything I've read about Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo says both have crocs. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #57

The trouble is, snakes hide... ;) moriah Jun 2018 #20

Where I'm from in the South we post notices for actual snake infested waters Solly Mack Jun 2018 #22

That's what I mean. If people were fishing from shore on this lake... moriah Jun 2018 #24

But if you read about Lake Chamo and Lake Abaya you'll find that both bodies of water Solly Mack Jun 2018 #26

Just saying, certain essential facts IMHO are missing for this to be a valuable "urban legend". moriah Jun 2018 #29

You've been the only one in this discussion talking about blame and deserving some fate Solly Mack Jun 2018 #32

And I'm talking about the phenomenon of urban legends. moriah Jun 2018 #35

I get it. I do. I'm sorry if I behaved otherwise. About UL. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #36

I'm saying it's fishy jberryhill Jun 2018 #45

Some reports say Nile Crocs take upwards of a thousand people a year. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2018 #13

An Ethiopian site (but in English): muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #15

And in 2016 it was South Africa jberryhill Jun 2018 #17

Though the BBC story is not about "walking on water", but about something churches often do muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #21

There's a clue in that Borkena story jberryhill Jun 2018 #41

Which is clearly labeled "entertainment", as was the original it was based on. moriah Jun 2018 #23

Where is this labeled "entertainment"? jberryhill Jun 2018 #38

A black man being eaten by a crocodile/alligator cyclonefence Jun 2018 #47

This was apparently a postcard in Florida.... jberryhill Jun 2018 #50

A Fucking Riot cyclonefence Jun 2018 #53

I took these stories as an attack on how dumb christians are. egduj Jun 2018 #52

Kick and Rec!!! Anon-C Jun 2018 #54

It's an old racist meme that goes back (at least here in the U.S.) for over a century BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #55

Because you'd NEVER read a story about a nutty AMERICAN religious figure... brooklynite Jun 2018 #56