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Chester Zoo mistakenly advertises 'child predator tour' tickets (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago

[–] rezad@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

an official visit to white house?

[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't realise the Orange Turd was visiting.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

The UK was also ground zero for epstein's marks. Their ruling class are either pederasts or covering for them.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

This seems like an appropriate way to deal with Andrew: stick him in an enclosure and let kids pelt him with rotten produce.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

“mistakenly”

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh it ruffiles my feathers when they blame the computer. It was funny and hardly important but, no, it wasn't a "computer error", you just had the website auto generat different tickets with the pattern of "Child "+ ticketName; it a human error.

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"Child "+ ticketName; ticketName = "Epstiens' Island";

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Free bus tickets to visit Epstein Island

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

OOOF

..oh did that make me chuckle :D

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

The British tourist will tour anything.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Again, this isn’t really British vernacular. Thanks, news written by interns/AI!

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Which bit isn't British vernacular?

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“child predators”. This story seems written for yank engagement (you can see there’s a lot in the comments here by all the “this administration”s).

We’d be aware of the US usage and maybe make a joke about it but it’s not some big “gotcha” moment.