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    Man Sues Over $1

    This is one of the funnier, more ridiculous stories I've read in a while. I love the deadpan title, so I'm going to post that:

    Man sues brewery over 'women's only' IPA, claims he 'felt forced to identify as female'

    A brewery in Scotland decided to commemorate International Women's Day back on March 8th by selling a rebranded version of their popular Punk IPA at a 20% discount to women for one day in order to highlight Scotland's 20% pay gap between men and women. The difference amounted to $1: while the original Punk IPA was sold for $6, the one-day rebranded version, called the Pink IPA, which was the exact same beer with a new label, sold for $5.

    One Thomas Brower decided to purchase the Pink IPA in order to get the $1 discount. He was initially denied the discount because it was for women, whereupon he falsely claimed to be a woman and indeed received the discount. Not satisfied, he decided to sue them for $1,200 anyway over his own lie because he "felt forced to identify as female". And won the case. He reportedly donated his winnings to two charities equally: the Young Women's Trust and the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

    There have been a lot of just plain dumb news stories this year, but the sheer stupidity of this particular SJWing overload takes the cake for me. For $1 less for one day (sue me).
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    I want to know how he won that lawsuit
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    So Pink is the new Punk?
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    I'm pretty certain those skin flint Scots would fire all their male employees in a heartbeat if there really was a 20% pay difference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    This is one of the funnier, more ridiculous stories I've read in a while. I love the deadpan title, so I'm going to post that:

    Man sues brewery over 'women's only' IPA, claims he 'felt forced to identify as female'

    A brewery in Scotland decided to commemorate International Women's Day back on March 8th by selling a rebranded version of their popular Punk IPA at a 20% discount to women for one day in order to highlight Scotland's 20% pay gap between men and women. The difference amounted to $1: while the original Punk IPA was sold for $6, the one-day rebranded version, called the Pink IPA, which was the exact same beer with a new label, sold for $5.

    One Thomas Brower decided to purchase the Pink IPA in order to get the $1 discount. He was initially denied the discount because it was for women, whereupon he falsely claimed to be a woman and indeed received the discount. Not satisfied, he decided to sue them for $1,200 anyway over his own lie because he "felt forced to identify as female". And won the case. He reportedly donated his winnings to two charities equally: the Young Women's Trust and the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

    There have been a lot of just plain dumb news stories this year, but the sheer stupidity of this particular SJWing overload takes the cake for me. For $1 less for one day (sue me).
    That's one over priced beer, discount or not! Here in America ladies have drank for less at times for decades. Why? Because if you draw the gals the guys will follow. It's just business. Much like our "wage gap" is largely based upon hours worked and years served.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    I want to know how he won that lawsuit
    Probably used equality under the British legal system.
    He took a bit of a chance though, because if he had lost he case, he would have been ordered to pay the costs of both sides.

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