<![CDATA[Kotaku: teabagging]]> http://tags.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: teabagging]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/teabagging http://kotaku.com/tag/teabagging <![CDATA[Teabagging In Our Schools]]> Bullying has come a long way since I was a kid - a small white boy in a mostly black neighborhood getting stuffed into trash cans after school. Asshole children have to keep up with the times, and in Point Pleasant Beach New Jersey the physical and psychological abuse has taken on all-new, game-like qualities.

A group of boys has been involved in bullying others, and officials said their actions have included physical attacks, taunting and sexually harassing victims by making their crotches touch other boys' heads while fully clothed — something apparently inspired by the Halo video game series, in which players can perform a posturing move over a defeated enemy.

*rubs temples and sighs* Kids. I'm not sure how to put this. I almost wish the old GI Joe cartoon was still around, because the message would really hit home if delivered by Duke, Hawk, or Snake Eyes by way of some sort of electronic interpreter, followed by the rallying cry of, "Knowing is half the battle!", but here goes.

Don't put your crotches on other student's faces without their express and (if possible) written consent. It's fine in the context of a competitive video game, but real-life involuntary teabagging is wrong.

I used to be disappointed that I missed out on all of the cool video games and computer training the children today are growing up with, but a story like this kind of makes me glad. Sure, I was playing a square with a simplistic arrow fighting against a dragon that looked like a duck, but Adventure never led to someone's testicles rubbing against my forehead. At least not directly.

As for the bullies themselves? Just be careful. Those little guys you are picking on won't always be so little and weak. I grew a foot during the summer between 5th and 6th grade, and suddenly I wasn't such an easy target anymore - plus, the weaker kids are generally more intelligent, able to remember details much longer than the average bully, and are likely to hold a grudge. Hear that M. Bonds of Conshohocken Pennsylvania? Might wanna start giving those trash cans a wide berth.

School to approve bullying policy [Asbury Park Press]

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<![CDATA[Wikipedia Defines 'Teabagging']]> For whatever reason, a discussion on teabagging cropped up in our Kotaku chat room this morning. It was work related, we promise. Anyway, in the midst of what became a lively, intellectually heated debate on proper formatting, we came across this entry from extreme teabagging resource and authority, Wikipedia:

The practice of teabagging can extend not only from dipping one's penis into the mouth of another individual, but also to placing the scrotum into someone's eye sockets or nose, often as a punishment for their drunkenness, especially when carried out while the other person is unconscious, known colloquially as Russian goggles.
Crecente pointed out that he'd just acquired a pair Russian goggles for an upcoming trip. We bet. The entry continues:
When carried out as a prank, it can be a crime as a form of sexual assault, which has led to at least one arrest.[8] An example of such teabagging is shown in the movie Pecker by John Waters,[9][10][11] which showed a male stripper repeatedly striking a man's forehead, and purportedly introduced the practice of teabagging to a wider audience.[10]
Wow, suddenly the entire experience has lost its appeal. Or gained some.

Teabagging [wikipedia]

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<![CDATA[Halo Bible Study]]> By way of Gamerscore Blog comes this intriguing concept: Bible study conducting in the lobby of a Halo 2 multiplayer game.

The Godtacular Bible Study will next meet on Monday at 8 p.m. eastern (or perhaps 9 p.m., the post says both) to discuss the bible. Yes, the real bible, not the bible of the flood or the bible of Master Chief.

"We'll be continuing with learning some things to help us make right choices tonight. We'll also learn how it's a process and no one starts life with an innate ability to do life right."

Hopefully that will followed up with a serious session of fragging and tea-bagging.

Godtacular Bible Study [Podtacular]

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<![CDATA[The Long Dark Teatime]]>

I invited my 12 year old nephew over on Saturday for his first look at the shiny new Wii and PlayStation 3 systems in my living room, hoping to capture some of those cute little kid moments that Crecente is always posting about his son. After about an hour of ooing and ahhing and a few rounds of DBZ on the Wii, I switch over to the PS3 for some Resistance action. Yes, I know it is rated M for mature, but I am pretty sure there is a responsible adult living somewhere close to my apartment in case things go horribly wrong.

I fire up the game, opting for some multiplayer to get him used to the controls before we dive into co-op. "How do you crouch?" he asks as we start the match. Kind of an odd question...would have thought firing or weapon switching would be more important. I kill him for a bit, but finally he takes me out with a well-placed grenade. As I am waiting to respawn, he walks over to my body and begins hitting the crouch button.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Teabagging your corpse!"

Yeeeeeah. Adorable. Think we'll stick to card games and fighters from here on out. My brother-in-law can handle the proper testicle etiquette conversation.

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