“What in the World” is a New York Times column bringing the more fascinating proclivities, curious trends, and vignettes of place to the masses.
Writers have penned columns about the adorable Hello Kitty construction barriers I nearly ate shit on in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district while also exploring the (literal) speed bumps of Mexico. The series’s latest offering just happens to go in on Dildo—Newfoundland, that is.
The idyllic fishing village of Dildo, Newfoundland, is home to about 1,200 people https://t.co/GDhAUojsHA pic.twitter.com/lEm5iY6b9H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 4, 2016
Accompanying a fairly straightforward piece regarding the whaling and fishing town’s odd name is the most non-New York Times graphic the paper has ever produced. It’s as if the Gray Lady turned into the prepubescent boy with a potty mouth.
Readers have expressed a mixture of shock, delight, and outrage on Twitter—sort of like when the “I Survived Dildo Days” shirts sell out during Dildo’s annual boat festival featuring Capt. Dildo himself.
Are you kidding me with the graphic? Oh my! #slownewsday
— Rob Hayes (@UCFGoCubsGo) July 4, 2016
LOL, who is the social media intern who decided on using *that* particular arrow graphic for this piece 😂
— Chewy Yorkie (@ChewyYorkie) July 4, 2016
what in the actual fuck. pic.twitter.com/KktYXlcyjx
— H. E. Pennypacker (@AlexStone) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/hoopycat/status/749963787927638016
In addition to Dildo, the piece references the many banger towns of Newfoundland, including Ass Rock, Come By Chance, and Spread Eagle Island. All of these are just begging for their own questionable geographic imagery. Imagine what the great minds at the New York Times can come up with.
lets see the graphic for Fucking, Austria.
— Justin G (@J_Gordon843) July 4, 2016
Grey Lady, we’re waiting.
