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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

North Dakota mayor resigns after texting lunch-break masturbation video to city attorney

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North Dakota mayor resigns after texting lunch-break masturbation video to city attorney

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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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The mayor of a North Dakota city promptly resigned after texting a city attorney a video of himself masturbating on his lunch break, which he claims was sent by accident.
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  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    If only he’d sent war plans, he could have just shrugged and moved on like nothing happened.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      Maybe a video of him jerking off to war plans

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        This isn’t the warthunder forums….

        • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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          Naughty little unit left their flank exposed!

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            Oof that’s a little too on the nosecone.

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      If it was Trump he would’ve just grabbed his crotch in front of the press and said “Tariffs!”

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    Some of the best parts-

    “City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim told investigators she had spoken to Ross about a police officer’s suicide just minutes before she received a video of the mayor going to town on himself.”

    "Ross tried to put the jack back in the box — explaining to Stalheim that he recorded the “sexy video for his girlfriend” on his lunch break and requested the attorney delete the smut and keep the entire incident between the two of them.

    The wanker later told city investigators that his girlfriend’s name also begins with the letter ‘C,’ which is why the vulgar vid was mistakenly sent to a contact saved as ‘City Attorney,’ the outlet reported."

    As to political party, the post is “apolitical,” so there is no party affiliation.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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      Lol the use of wanker here is 10/10

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      As to political party, the post is “apolitical,” so there is no party affiliation.

      We already know there’s like a 90% chance it’s a Republican, even without knowing that this is rural North Dakota.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        Confirmed

        https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/inside-the-worst-hit-county-in-the-worst-hit-state-in-the-worst-hit-country

        From back before he was mayor: ‘Alderman Tom Ross disagreed. “Obviously, since I’m the only one up on the dais without a face mask, I’m going to speak to the other side,” he said.’

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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          I’m sure the post would’ve highlighted it if it were a democrat. Just fascist propaganda things…

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      ffs, personal shit on personal devices, work shit on work devices. That way you don’t fat finger dick picks to colleagues.

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        Even better practice is to assume that all your phone data is public.

        • Klear@lemmy.world
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          Oh no!

      • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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        I think you mean fax finger dick picks to colleagues, but how did you know?

        • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
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          adds to ‘Things to do on your last day to burn all bridges if you magically come into wealth’ wish list

      • idunnololz@lemmy.world
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        This almost happened to me at work. I almost pasted some NSFW text to work slack because i was trying to copy a link but i didnt realize that for some reason the link didn’t copy. So when i pasted the text to slack, it pasted my last copied text which contained some NSFW content. I was so panicked but thankfully i did not send the message. At the same time idk if i would want to carry two phones with me At all times. I would also need to keep both phones charged. Urg. I wish there was a way to keep your clipboard separate between personal and work profiles.

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          Tha’ts why you Ctrl+C thrice and Ctrl+V once.

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            I cant ctrl c on my phone 😭

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              Long-press and copy twice. It’s the law.

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      As to political party, the post is “apolitical” so there is no party affiliation.

      False.

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    Why is this grounds for resignation? He clearly said he sent it by accident.

    Could happen to anyone.

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      Are you also jacking it at work in your lunch break?

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        deleted by creator

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          Do you record yourself pooping?

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            Do you not?

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              Who are you texting your poop videos that might mistakenly go to a co-worker?

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                I mean, who am I NOT sending those videos to?

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                  Me, for instance

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                It’s called friendly competition, okay? We also give each other pointers.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
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                  We have a squad of fecal cheerleaders at my work.

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                Well they made the company wide email address for something!

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            Only fans live scatwork.

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        Are you not?

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          Those are rookie numbers

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        • Maeve@kbin.earth
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          Literally lol:d. Thanks.

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        Are you not?

      • kandoh@reddthat.com
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        If only these tps reports could get filed by rubbing them as well

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        Depends where it lands

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          The attorneys desk.

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        What an inappropiate and sexually charged question.

        At least this guy says he made a mistake. What’s your excuse?

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          It’s really not, no.

          He said it could happen to anyone, but it could only happen to people who film themselves jacking it at work.

          Him using the word “anyone” implies that jacking it at work is so normal to him, that the only mistake he sees here is that he sent it to the wrong person.

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            I used the word “anyone”. That was me. The intention of my message was humorous, and I’m sorry if you didn’t find it or my later question funny.

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      Sure he SAID it was an accident, AFTER she reacted with outrage. Then he tried to shut her up. That’s the behavior of someone who’s gotten away with this behavior before, probably with women who were in a more vulnerable position. She wound up filing for sexual harassment, so this may be the tip of the iceberg for his behavior. It’s what she had evidence for.

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      Eh, people regularly get fired for way less than whacking it in the bathroom and accidentally sending the video to coworkers. Besides I’m of the opinion that the mayor should be held to higher standards not lower ones.

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        Wait I thought the point was to have special privilege, dang I’m going to throw in the towel on my campaign

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        You want him to be high on the job too? Now THAT would be unprofessional.

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      Couldn’t happen to anyone that doesn’t masturbate on their lunch break.

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        I know! Could literally happen to anyone!

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        Show me someone who hasn’t had a sneaky wank on their lunch break and I’ll show you a liar.

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          I can honestly say I have never masturbated on a lunch break.

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      That kind of stuff gets sucked into my phone all the time

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    pulled himself out of office Wednesday

    image

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    Should I post this to software gore?

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      Three Partial headlines are shown, what more do you want? 😤

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      Oh wow I thought that was multiple screenshots…

      I heartily endorse switching to a browser with built-in adblockers (even just specifically for viewing news websites).

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    lunch-break masturbation

    Oh of course! Sandwich, milkshake, masturbate. That’s lunch break, right?

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      Wait, isn’t this how everyone does WFH lunch?

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        I knew I was forgetting something… Need to find my blender.

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          …For the milkshake, right?

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      Is this sarcasm? Its pretty normal.

      What’s not normal is recording a video of it and sending that video to a coworker. That’s the part that’s not ok

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      Gotta put a nice topping on that shake!

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        I’m not in favor of it/can’t speak from experience, but wouldn’t it work better on the sandwich?

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          Depends on how much you care about stealth.

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    Lol, he even looks a little like Louis C.K.

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    You gotta wonder what the fuck was going through that idiot’s head. If you want to end your career, just resign. You don’t actually have to do something like this first.

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      You gotta wonder what the fuck was going through that idiot’s head

      Probably lead particles and ivermectin

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        He is covid free now though!

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      Wonder if he thought there was something going on between them so he decided to escalate it to the “How can she resist a guy jerking off?” level.

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      Which head?

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    Let ye who has not sent a masturbation video to a city attorney cast the first stone.

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      🪨

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    Did I read this headline right? Wtf?

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      Hard to say, when it contains so much wrong.

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        You can argue that it doesn’t make it clear enough that it appears to have been an accident but that summarizes the story pretty well unless you’re trying to be a truther about a mayor of a place that barely crosses the border into ‘city’.

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    This sounds like something a Republican would do.

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      Apparently he’s nonpartisan, at least according to this daily beast article And while I agree with you to an extent, the REAL Republican thing to do would be to not resign, and try to blame the city attorney for hacking his phone.

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        But also he was anti mask during covid, so not exactly anti-Republican.

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    Oh so a man can’t jerk it at work now? What if he was on a break? Accidents happen.

    /S

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    Without reading the article, I think I have a better than 50/50 chance at guessing the mayor’s political party.

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      technically a ‘non partisan’ office, but my guess is the same as youRs.

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    The bar is so low and these guys still clothesline themselves somehow

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      It’s all fun and games until they figure out how to take us with them

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    Male ‘mistakes’

    • Australia … https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-29/police-report-made-over-desk-masturbation-scandal/100105650

    • USA- … https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeffrey-toobin-zoom-masturbation-cnn_n_60c2638ee4b0b03d15207182

    • Canada … https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/william-amos-mp-zoom-video-canada-b1831772.html

    • Sweden … https://www.vice.com/en/article/politician-accused-of-masturbating-on-zoom-says-he-was-scratching-an-itch/

    • USA … https://wfuv.org/content/weiner-resigns-over-sexting-scandal

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      Im a male, with a job, and had 0 accidents. Am I doing something wrong?

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        You’re juste using proper numeric hygiene by locking your phone when you masturbate during lunch breaks. Like everyone ought to.

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          Or don’t use your ‘O’-face for your face unlock.

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      Why is everyone doing sex stuff over zoom of all places

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        They aren’t…the Canadian was changing from joggers to his work clothes and left a camera on so I’m not even sure why that got collected into masturbating. Unless people here are so unfamiliar with the naked body they don’t know these are separate things.

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          This is my worst nightmare, this is why I have ordered a 3d printed camera cover for my webcam, easy to double check that it’s covered

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          Why bring facts into sexist generalizations?

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      Women do it to they just charge men money for it

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