‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/stop-sending-butt-plugs-to-bahrain-toronto-sex-store-receives-letters-from-us-department-of-war/
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YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip · 247 pts · 222d
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.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 106 pts · 222d
I love how they framed the letter and hung it on their wall.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 90 pts · 222d
No one takes the USA seriously.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 222d
Not even butt plug sellers.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 222d
Especially butt plug sellers. Canada has thousands employed mining buttplugs.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 222d
The children yearn for the..nope.
orbitz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 222d
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.
YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip · 32 pts · 222d
In a bedazzled frame.
khannie@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 222d
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.
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 222d
Bahrain is going to have butt plugs coming out the…
…well, you know…
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 222d
Oh, yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Anybody got an address that would maximize the impact?
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
I don't think Bahrain cares how many buttplugs they sell in other countries, so I wouldn't call it a Streisand effect
khannie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
The Streisand effect is them receiving more by drawing attention to it.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
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.
xoggy@programming.dev · 14 pts · 222d
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.
squaresinger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 221d
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.
NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 220d
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.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 220d
It is, they have a shortage.
TheBat@lemmy.world · 98 pts · 222d
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 222d
Toys for thots.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 78 pts · 222d
I thought it was a joke order, and it still could be, but this cracked me up:
echodot@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 222d
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.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 222d
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.
SnuffleUpagus40@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 222d
Bahrain allows alcohol.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 222d
Whats a butt plug other than a very short/long bottle?
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 222d
Its basically the same as a cork on a bottle of wine.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 54 pts · 222d
🤣
lemmylommy@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 222d
„Too sexy for Bahrain“ should be their new slogan
limelight79@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 222d
I can already hear a new version of the Right Said Fred song.
"I'm too sexy for Bahrain Too sexy for Bahrain ..."
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 222d
unfortunately they are massive dickheads in real life.
limelight79@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 222d
Who? Right Said Fred?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 222d
yeah. big Brexiters who've said some bigoted things
limelight79@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
Did not know that. Thanks.
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 2 pts · 222d
..too sexy to contain!
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 222d
Looking forward to the remake of the Right Said Fred song.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 222d
Dear US Department of War/Defense: In the words of a wise old philosopher, "screw you, make me". Sincerely, the Sex Toy Store.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 221d
US wrote the letter, but it's Bahrain law. The headline is a bit of a stretch.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 222d
A butt plug is a gift that keeps on giving.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 221d
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.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
Nothing in the article contradict what you said
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 220d
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.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
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
arockinyourshoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 221d
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 222d
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.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
The reason it's confusing is the headline.
So many things going wrong these days, but this one is spin.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 222d
Might want to size up if they are comming out 🤭
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 222d
We need a "Not the Beaverton" site.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 222d
That's what this is.
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 222d
Does someone have a mirror? Obviously, this article is too spicy for Europe.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 222d
Works fine in my part of Europe, but here you go
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 222d
Thanks!