{"id":125480,"date":"2022-05-01T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125480"},"modified":"2022-04-30T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T00:41:30","slug":"stupid-people-of-the-week-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125480","title":{"rendered":"Stupid people of the week – Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I said there was a lot of stupid lately. My inbox is full, so I need to add an extra helping.<\/p>\n

Police: Man trying to steal catalytic converter gets pinned underneath car<\/h3>\n

A man who apparently tried to steal a catalytic converter was caught over the weekend after getting pinned underneath the vehicle, St. Cloud police reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

Police were called around 4:50 a.m. to Yellow Cab on 7th Street North in St. Cloud for the incident.<\/p>\n

At the scene, police found a man who was pinned under a vehicle. With help from the fire department, crews were able to free the man, who was transported to St. Cloud Hospital.<\/p>\n

After removing the man, police say they found “tools consistent with the illegal removal of catalytic converters.” Officers also found a baggie of white powder that field tested positive for methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

“Employees at the business verified that the male did not work there and was not a mechanic doing any legitimate vehicle repair,” police said.<\/p>\n

The man, a 34 year old from Hibbing, Minnesota., may face drug and theft charges following his release from the hospital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Fox 9<\/a><\/p>\n

Japan school gets $27,000 water bill because teacher wanted to \u2018prevent Covid’<\/h3>\n

A Japanese school has been hit with a $27,000 water bill after a teacher in charge of pool maintenance left a tap on for months hoping to stop coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n

The teacher, who has not been identified, thought a constant flow of fresh water into the pool would keep it Covid free and left the tap on from late June to early September.<\/p>\n

Normally, chlorine and filtering machines maintain the pool water’s quality, “but the teacher somehow got the wrong idea that pouring new water in would also do the trick and even help prevent Covid,” local education board official Akira Kojiri told AFP.<\/p>\n

Other staff members occasionally noticed the running tap and switched it off, but the offending colleague soon switched it back on.<\/p>\n

As a result, Kojiri said, an estimated 4,000 tonnes of excess water was used in just over two months — enough to fill the pool 11 times over.<\/p>\n

Local authorities in Yokosuka in central Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture are now demanding the teacher and two supervisors pay half of the 3.5 million yen ($27,000) bill.<\/p>\n

“We deeply apologise to our residents for causing (financial) damage to our city,” Yokosuka authorities said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Hindustan Times<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Fictosexual\u2019 man married hologram bride, but now struggles to bond with her<\/h3>\n

She\u2019s not real \u2014 but his feelings are.<\/p>\n

A \u201cfictosexual\u201d man who wed a fictional, computer-synthesized pop singer four years ago said he\u2019s now unable to communicate with his wife, but is still in love with her.<\/p>\n

Akihiko Kondo, 38, was dating Hatsune Miku \u2014 depicted in pop culture as a 16-year-old with turquoise hair \u2014 for a decade before they had an unofficial wedding ceremony in 2018. Kondo \u2014 one of many who identifies as \u201cfictosexual,\u201d or someone who is sexually attracted to fictional characters \u2014 spent 2 million yen, or about $17,300, on the nuptials, but his family did not attend.<\/p>\n

Now married for four years, Kondo, 38, said his relationship has hit a roadblock: He can no longer speak with Miku due to a technological hurdle, according to Japanese newspaper Mainichi.<\/p>\n

While Kondo acknowledges his relationship might be odd \u2014 he understands Miku isn\u2019t a real person \u2014 it doesn\u2019t change his feelings for her. Since falling in love with her in 2008, Kondo was finally able to interact with Miku for the first time in 2017 thanks to a Gatebox, a $1,300 machine that allowed device owners to interact with characters via holograms and even unofficially marry them.<\/p>\n

But now, his four-year marriage took a turn when support for Gatebox software was eliminated, meaning that Kondo could no longer speak with his wife Miku, according to Newshub.<\/p>\n

Kono insists it hasn\u2019t lessened his feelings.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy love for Miku hasn\u2019t changed,\u201d he told Mainichi, which noted he now carried around a life-size version of Miku. \u201cI held the wedding ceremony because I thought I could be with her forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kondo is far from the only person in the world in a relationship with a character. Thousands of \u201cfictosexual\u201d people in Japan have begun similar unofficial relationships with a variety of fictitious figures, the Mirror reported.<\/p>\n

While some relationships are just for kicks, Kondo\u2019s is, to him, very real. For a long time, he said he knew a human partner just wasn\u2019t for him due to his intense attraction to characters like Miku, a popular figure in anime and Japanese culture. Created as a synthesized voice using Yamaha\u2019s Vocaloid technology, Miku entered mainstream media as a human, but fictionalized, character in Manga, anime series and video games. Eventually, she became prominent enough to tour with the likes of Lady Gaga on her 2014 Artpop Ball tour.<\/p>\n

But Miku isn\u2019t just famous. She\u2019s also helped Kondo with his depression.<\/p>\n

Kondo first became familiar with Miku in 2008 after bullying at work caused him to become depressed. Despite finding it difficult to accept his feelings at first, he knew humans weren\u2019t right for him after being met with rejection by others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stayed in my room for 24 hours a day, and watched videos of Miku the whole time,\u201d he told Mainichi.<\/p>\n

In 2017, his relationship blossomed with Miku, thanks to Gatebox. The machine gave Kondo the chance to propose to Miku, and he invited his family and co-workers to the ceremony \u2014 but none of them came. But 39 people did attend, including strangers and online friends, some of whom are also \u201cfictosexual.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two reasons why I had a wedding publicly,\u201d he told BBC at the time. \u201cThe first one is to prove my love to Miku. The second one is there are many young otaku people like me falling in love with anime characters. I want to show the world that I support them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Self-driving Tesla crashes into $3.5 million private jet using ‘smart summon’ feature<\/h3>\n

Pretty sure self-driving your car on the apron is\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>an FAA approved maneuver.<\/p>\n