What is something that is currently ticking you off?
I’ll start . . . it ticks me off when I see perfectly healthy people take the elevator down one floor.
Ticked-Off Tuesday
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When ‘Internet Addiction’ Turns Deadly
So-called “Internet addiction” among Chinese youths has led to a proliferation of clinics around the country that claim to be able to treat the recently defined disorder.
On Monday, police in the south China city of Nanning said that a 16-year-old boy died in at a boot camp for Internet addicts after being beaten by supervisors, according to the Global Times, in what would be the first reported case of a death at a treatment facility for Internet addiction.
The three adults who beat the teenager have been detained by police, his father told the Global Times, and the boy’s family is also planning a protest at local government offices to demand a full investigation and immediate closure of the treatment facility.
The clinic’s mission statement promised a tough environment but said that torture and “other methods that might damage a child’s health” were not used. Last month, the Ministry of Health ordered another Internet addiction center in northern China to stop using electroshock as a form of punishment after former patients complained online of harsh tactics.
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Whisper chain marriage proposal (World record)
Jake Bronstein began a whisper chain that successfully passed through 59 people, a new world record. With his girlfriend Kristina Hoge completely unaware of the plan, Bronstein sent the message “Kristina, will you marry me?” around a roomful of strangers. After the proposal passed through 59 people, a random stranger whispered the message in the ear of a completely shocked Hoge.
Just watch the beginning and then fast forward to the 2:45 mark, unless you are the kind that likes to build up the drama.
Yup, more creative than my proposal.
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Kissimmee decides against ‘In God We Trust’ logo
KISSIMMEE – The Kissimmee City Commission has backed off a proposal to change the city’s logo by adding “In God We Trust.”
The suggestion to revamp the logo caused an uproar last week after City Commissioner Art Otero, who proposed it, was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel calling the Obama administration “socialist” and knocking homosexuality, abortion and legalized marijuana.
At Tuesday night’s commission meeting, Mayor Jim Swan read a statement criticizing Otero’s comments as “irresponsible” and said they had brought Kissimmee “criticism, ridicule and sensationalism.” The mayor tonight said he answered 60 citizen e-mails, half complaining that the proposal would violate the separation of church and state and the other half from people “incensed by the bigoted remarks.”
Commissioners voted 4-1 to nix the logo change. Otero was in the minority.
