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It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
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Wesley Willis said:
It wasn't even a guitar pedal. It was a digital patch for an effects pedal. It was literally the name of a file.

Do these offend her?


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Those are pretty tame. It ramps up from Bag of Dicks, but jokes about dicks are not at the expense of uptight women, so double standards are OK. Most effects pedals are named with sexual entendres, and if that shit offends you go back to playing the cheap acoustic you got to pretend to be Taylor Swift. The names are fucking hilarious so stop shitting on hair metal purposed effects pedals please.

The only problem with the names is knowing what effect they are, but if it's cheesy sex related humor it's almost always a fuzz pedal.
 
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An elderly man reportedly killed a seagull in front of crying children when it stole a chip from him.

Mother-of-three Rachael Beer says the incident occurred at Weston-super-Mare's seaside resort at 5.30pm on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old claims the man grabbed a seagull by its feet and swung it against a wall after it stole food from his takeaway container.

Her graphic image of the dead seagull and a pensioner she claims is the man have now gone viral on social media and the RSPCA have confirmed they are investigating the incident.

Rachael, who manages Luigi’s Sweet and Rock shop in the town, said: 'I saw a seagull squawking and then taking a chip from a man’s plate. Suddenly he then grabbed it by its feet and swung it against the wall.

'I heard one of the mums say "why did you do that in front of my child?" and he said "it’s vermin, you should teach your children about vermin".

'I was like, "oh my god, that man has just tried to kill a seagull". I walked up to the gull and took a photo of it and then him.

'I said ‘why did you do that’ and he just shrugged his shoulders and walked away.'

Children were visibly shaken by the alleged attack with some even reduced to tears, Rachael claimed.

She was stunned and deeply angered and decided to confront the man. She said despite the blow, the seagull hadn’t been killed outright - but was later put down by a vet.

'The seagull wasn’t dead at first,' she said. 'We could see its eyes twitching. Thankfully a passerby came and took it to the vet. 'Seagulls are a problem but to kill a seagull like that is just wrong.'

Despite having run a business on the seafront for many years, Rachael said that it was the worst seagull incident she has seen.

She added: 'The problem has got worse this year but I’ve never seen anything like this before.'

An RSPCA spokesperson said: 'This is a shocking incident and a completely unacceptable way to treat an animal, it must have been very upsetting for witnesses to the attack.

'We are grateful to the members of the public who were able to get this gull to a vet so it did not have to suffer further. Anyone with information about this attack is urged to contact the RSPCA.'

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: 'A man was reported as having harmed a seagull in Regent Street, Weston-super-Mare, at about 5.50pm on Tuesday 17 July.

'He was described as being in his 60s, white, about 5ft 8ins tall and with greying hair. He was wearing pink shorts, a blue and pink checked shirt and brown sandals.

'Anyone with information about the incident can contact the RSPCA or get in touch with police.

'It is an offence to kill or harm a seagull under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.'
 
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