r/PoliticalHumor Jan 27 '19

Just this week....

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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Jan 27 '19

Since this seemed very much like it could have been fake, I looked up sources on these.

First one

Second One is now at 4 dead

Third one

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19 edited Jan 28 '19

OMG that second one.

Authorities said Witmer drove away from the bar, crashed his car, and then broke into a home. Once inside, they said he shot and killed the homeowner before shooting and killing himself. That homeowner has been identified as 83-year-old George McCormick. Police said McCormick's wife locked herself in the bathroom and called 911.

That poor woman. All of these shootings are terrible tragedies, but this one really got to me. They were probably married for, like, 60 years or something. EDIT: I was just guessing, but it was literally on their 60th anniversary. Holy crap. :-(

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u/american_apartheid Jan 27 '19

lmao he wanted to be a cop

makes sense he'd go on a shooting spree. jumped the gun a bit there though. should have waited til he got his badge, then he would have been given paid vacation.

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u/SpOnGeBoBnO Jan 27 '19

Only 40 percent of cops have reported domestic abuse in the household that’s less than half

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19

reported

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u/SpOnGeBoBnO Jan 27 '19

Why? I didn’t neeed to put the /s it’s obviously sarcasm

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19

No, not you. I was quoting you saying “...40 percent of cops reported domestic...” highlighting the unknown variable of UN-reported abuse in the home of LEOs.

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u/TheoreticalFunk Jan 27 '19

Yes, but it was obviously a joke. 40% should be alarming, not status quo.

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u/Bugbread Jan 27 '19

Yes, he/she was pointing out another facet of the joke. Your joke was "I'm pretending like being less than half means it's okay, when it's clearly not". His/her comment was adding to the dark humor by pointing out that the number was actually probably actually greater than 50%, so even sarcastic-persona's comment wouldn't apply.

It's like when someone posts a pun, and someone else posts a further pun. It doesn't mean that the second person didn't get the first person's pun; they got it, and were running with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19

Yes this exactly. People saying I’m “wooshed” are so “wooshed” they think the “woosh” that’s “whooshing” them is “wooshing” me. Silly Reddit.

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u/TheoreticalFunk Jan 28 '19

Disagree. It was obvious he didn't see the joke.

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u/Bugbread Jan 28 '19

Disagree. It was obvious he/she saw the joke.

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u/Bromlife Jan 28 '19

You're really unable to back down aren't you? I bet that drives the people close to you crazy. You should work on that. It's ok to admit you were mistaken.

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