‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
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I love everything about this. They got a bullying letter from the US Navy over something beyond their control, handled it like professionals, turned it into free publicity and a news story, and the reporters got a sheepish "no comment" from both the DoD and Bahrainian officials. chef's kiss BRB, I think I need to order some butt plugs.
I love how they framed the letter and hung it on their wall.
No one takes the USA seriously.
Not even butt plug sellers.
Especially butt plug sellers. Canada has thousands employed mining buttplugs.
The children yearn for the..nope.
I haven't seen Pam in pixel format before, that could easily be from an 80s Sierra game, though I didn't count pixels or colours to be sure but if my memory works and it sure does not I'd say it's good.
In a bedazzled frame.
Surely and I mean SURELY this is Streisand effect in full force. I wonder how many they're going to receive in the coming months.
Bahrain is going to have butt plugs coming out the…
…well, you know…
Oh, yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Anybody got an address that would maximize the impact?
I don't think Bahrain cares how many buttplugs they sell in other countries, so I wouldn't call it a Streisand effect
The Streisand effect is them receiving more by drawing attention to it.
That's not what it means. You need a party actively trying to censor or hide information to be a Streisand effect, this is just accidental marketing.
They didn't get bullied. The letter just notified the company the parcel was returned because the US base complies with the host country's import customs.
This. No bullying in sight.
All I can see is an information why the package was returned. The only thing that went "wrong" is that it was returned to the address of the original sender and not to the address of the person who forwarded the parcel to Bahrein.
If that middle man didn't put their address on the package, it's no surprise that it was instead sent to the original sender.
Tbh, there's not really a story at all. The package contained stuff that's illegal in the destination country and thus was returned. A letter was attached to explain that fact. That's it.
Shouldn't the letter be coming from a more appropriate department, like Commerce or Trade or something?
Also, "Buttplugs for Bahrain" sounds like a charity drive.
It is, they have a shortage.
Toys for thots.
I thought it was a joke order, and it still could be, but this cracked me up:
Honestly, probably not. Sure stuff like alcohol restrictions, but do you really think kegsbreath is letting the military tell its troops they may very well be interested in buttplugs, but Bahrain prohibits them so they need to leave them with the booze back home.
Bahrain allows alcohol.
Whats a butt plug other than a very short/long bottle?
Its basically the same as a cork on a bottle of wine.
I suspect they haven't. I've never actually been in the military but I have been a private contractor that has worked with the military and it's amazing how dysfunctional it can be.
Everyone involved in any particular situation always seems to be the least competent person they could possibly have had. Often it's a combination of wilful ignorance combined with a "not my job" attitude.
I can totally see a situation where no one has bothered it to sit down with the soldiers and actually tell them any of this, while at the same time soldiers are obtrusive enough that it never occurred to them that Bahrain is extremely non-progressive.
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„Too sexy for Bahrain“ should be their new slogan
I can already hear a new version of the Right Said Fred song.
"I'm too sexy for Bahrain Too sexy for Bahrain ..."
..too sexy to contain!
unfortunately they are massive dickheads in real life.
Who? Right Said Fred?
yeah. big Brexiters who've said some bigoted things
Did not know that. Thanks.
Looking forward to the remake of the Right Said Fred song.
Dear US Department of War/Defense: In the words of a wise old philosopher, "screw you, make me". Sincerely, the Sex Toy Store.
US wrote the letter, but it's Bahrain law. The headline is a bit of a stretch.
A butt plug is a gift that keeps on giving.
This story is a stretch.
It has nothing to do with the US, other than Naval Command wrote the letter informing them that another country doesn't allow it.
Nothing in the article contradict what you said
Factually, no, but it, and the headline, infers that the US is being it's usual uptight self. There's plenty of stuff to complain about without the spin.
Thst's just yout false interpretation of the title. The body of the article explained accurately what happened.
Soldiers ordered items that is prohibited . As the srmy you are responsible for your soldiers actions
It's not very clearly written. I'm left wondering who shipped the articles to Bahrein, as the company does not ship there. Also there's lots of meandering and rephrasing.
The reason it's confusing is the headline.
So many things going wrong these days, but this one is spin.
Might want to size up if they are comming out 🤭
We need a "Not the Beaverton" site.
That's what this is.
Does someone have a mirror? Obviously, this article is too spicy for Europe.
Works fine in my part of Europe, but here you go
Thanks!