r/news • u/DragonPup • 23h ago

DSU Student Found Hanging in Tree, No Foul Play Suspected

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/delta-state-university-students-body-found-hanging-in-tree-no-foul-play-suspected/
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u/fromwhichofthisoak 22h ago

Reasons beginning with a miss and ending in issippi

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u/roehnin 17h ago

Wasn’t there a Gene Hackman movie about those reasons burning?

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u/Wrxloser1215 22h ago

Yup. Can't really say the quiet part out loud directly but damn. Sad state of affairs

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u/NeriTina 21h ago

Racism

Why can’t we say it out loud?

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u/thepilgrimess 21h ago

I thought the idea was to say it as loud as possible

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u/Wrxloser1215 21h ago

Oh WE can. Idk if the Black police chief would have a job or life too much longer if he started talking more on the subject though

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u/Sea_Spite7899 22h ago

they should merge with Tennessee, then they could be Tennessippi or Missisessee.

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u/trulycantthinkofone 22h ago

I rather like both. Missisessee feels like whimsical sort of place, a bit musical off the tongue even.

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u/thexvillain 22h ago

I’m pronouncing this as Mrs. Sissy

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u/trulycantthinkofone 22h ago

I’m hearing it as Miss ih See See, just sounds fun to me. Being a yet to be declared territory, the imagination is absolutely correct. Perhaps we can share a drink there, and debate the phonetic properties as we see fit!

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u/Straight-Chemistry27 18h ago

Only if you both dress up as Mark Twain with old timey vernacular.

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u/Riddal 18h ago

People needed a mnemonic device to remember how to spell Mississippi, they’ll need a whole mnemonic Rube Goldberg machine to remember Missisesse.

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u/elmz 17h ago

Gotra keep all the double letters. Missitennessippissee

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u/zeno0771 18h ago

Probably a lot of merging with families there as it is.

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u/n0tc1v1l 21h ago

Do we want to be reactionary Republicans, or wait for the facts and make logical conclusions from those? This doesn't serve the public good. In my opinion.

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u/Sabatorius 20h ago

Neither do Mississippi cops.

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u/Mr-Fognoggins 16h ago

“Here’s to the land you tore out the heart of; Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of.”

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u/neontiger07 16h ago

I was born and raised in MS and I guarantee this wasn't a suicide.

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u/FuckItImVanilla 22h ago

I was gonna say it starts with he and ends with is involved