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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GmanJoe on June 16, 2005, 09:46:23 AM
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Heard about it?
Me neither.
Semi-cute blond haired All-American Chick goes missing after climding into a car full of horny strangers and suddenly it\'s a freakin\' national tragedy. I\'m sorry for the parents. It\'s gotta be tough. But for an honor student, she\'s pretty naive. But I\'m kinda jaded now by the usual check lists of missing persons.
Blond? check.
Attractive? check.
Female? check.
American? check.
White? check. check check.
If this was a male, fat, average student - believe me, this would not make the news AT ALL. .
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Stupid, white people...
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No shit, if Missy Elliot with acne & braces went missing it would end up in the "offbeat news" section of CNN.com.
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That\'s the thing about the American media that I despise. If its an average Joe, no one gives a shit. A good looking girl goes missing, its an international search. People go missing all the time but it seems only the good looking ones get coverage.
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don\'t forget affluent
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The same thing happens with kids. You only see cute, adorable kids on the news that have gone missing. They never put up pictures of the weird looking ones (most of the time, at least). Kids are kids and I think it\'s sad that they do this. :/
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I feel for the family, but this is getting old really fast where the hell were the chapperones when she was getting trashed and all this happened.
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I put the following away message up on AIM
Spring Break Aruba 2006! Who\'s down?
And one girl left me an IM saying how much of an asshole I was.
:)
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I am sad about this and its truly a shame that it happened, but once again, it comes back to being intelligent and expressing some street smarts in a foreign country. First off, especially when drinking, friends should be accountable for one another. Fuck, in a foreign country, no matter what nobody should separate. And the fact that she left with 3 natives is pure stupidity, and probably was a choice she made because of the alcohol. I\'m sorry this happened, but hopefully its a lesson ignorant American teenagers can put in their backpocket when they\'re traveling abroad.