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In a week when Millennium Tower tenants gained hope and Doctor Who lost a Y chromosome, this also happened:
There’s a “Game of Thrones” video on YouTube parodying the lyrics of the opening number of “Hamilton” because, why not. Dae-ner-ys Tar-gar-y-en.
An Audi commercial in China compared women to used cars, having the mother of a potential groom rush up the aisle to “inspect” his bride: pinching her nose, pulling back her ear, looking inside her mouth and later glancing at her breasts. The commercial then shows a red Audi zipping along a highway, as a man’s voice declares: “An important decision must be made carefully.”
A few workplace news reports: A Florida high school principal was demoted after he had his math teachers do his son’s middleschool algebra assignments (Associated Press); an adjunct professor was fired from Brigham Young University-Idaho after a Facebook post in honor of Pride month (Washington Post );a
former New York sergeant was convicted of throwing semen on a female coworker at police headquarters (New York Daily News).
Walmart apologized after a racial slur was used by a vendor on its website. It was in reference to a hair cap, and it’s exactly the slur you think it is. Walmart said it was “appalled.”
People accused the Chinese government of censoring Winnie-the-Pooh. Apparently some commentators suggested that Winnie resembled President Xi
Jinping. The Communist Party was not amused. Rosie O’Donnell drew heavy criticism from President
Trump’s supporters just because she promoted an online game. In fairness, the game called “Push Trump Off a Cliff Again!”
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping to get $12 million a year for the naming rights to the baseball field at Dodger
Stadium. So if you’re a rich Bay Area person, this could be your chance to make the Hall of Fame — for trolling.