# Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2023-05-03T11:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3446 "2025-09-24T23:18:54Z")
I donno. If people are getting sick from it, it sounds like something much more than a prank. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3447 "2025-09-24T23:22:42Z")
Who wants to bet the shady-sounding “online distributor” was [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fart+spray&crid=2U5GG1BJKDI63&sprefix=fart+spray%2Caps%2C1381)? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3448 "2025-09-24T23:35:28Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I donno. If people are getting sick from it, it sounds like something much more than a prank Sorry, I worded that badly - I didn’t mean _he_ thought it was just a prank. He sounds psychotic. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3449 "2025-09-25T02:25:09Z")
> [@](#): > > During that time span, students complained of experiencing nausea, dizziness and headaches from the gas-like odor Sounds like mass psychogenic disorder, though such deleterious symptoms are unpleasant whatever the etiology. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3450 "2025-09-25T02:36:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Sounds like mass psychogenic disorder, though such deleterious symptoms are unpleasant whatever the etiology. It could very well be, but the problem is that this happened not once but over a month-long period. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3451 "2025-09-25T04:25:28Z")
Two MAGA guys showed up at Tennessee State University (a historically black college) and set up a table with signs to “debate” DEI and immigration. Events turned out exactly as they hoped. Well, maybe not exactly. I’m sure they were hoping to provoke actual violence. What fucking assholes. [![](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/9/6945077df9d6f73d2b65416d4bee950ada17286e.jpeg) ](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/9/6945077df9d6f73d2b65416d4bee950ada17286e.jpeg) > ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3452 "2025-09-25T09:42:45Z")
Not sure whether this counts as “evil” or just “really fucking stupid” but I don’t think we have a “really fucking stupid MFs in the news thread” that isn’t about politics or guns so I’ll put it here. > **[Wealth on Instagram: "This is the kind of innovation that could make EVs...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9BqKvj45u/)** > > 57K likes, 4,265 comments - wealth on September 23, 2025: "This is the kind of innovation that could make EVs safer than any car in history ⚡🚗 > > China is testing a radical new battery ejector system that automatically launches the EV battery out of... The idea is that if the battery is going into meltdown and about to catch fire, the car will launch it away from the vehicle (warp core ejection style). As virtually everyone who has seen this has noted, this means that anyone and anything to the right of the car will be in the path of a large, extremely heavy, fast-moving, and about-to-be-on-fire projectile, so good luck to any pedestrians, other road users, and/or buildings in the way. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3453 "2025-09-25T10:19:24Z")
I think I see the fatal flaw in this battery ejection thing. Once shot out into some school during recess period, flaming and toxic… the car has just lost its power source so cannot make a quick getaway. So there is a fairly good chance the owner won’t be able to escape the consequences, and thus the owner will not be available to be a repeat customer for the length of their prison sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3454 "2025-09-25T10:25:07Z")
They’ve basically invented the rectangular mortar. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3455 "2025-09-25T11:47:34Z")
> You see them bring screwdrivers as weapons Man, that is a deep cut, racist, callback. > Additionally, early reports suggested that the teenagers had approached Goetz carrying “sharpened” screwdrivers; those reports, too, were found to be false: The screwdrivers—Cabey carried two and Ramseur carried one—were not sharpened and, based on the available testimony, were not removed from Cabey’s or Ramseur’s pockets—no witnesses reported seeing screwdrivers, and Goetz repeatedly denied he was threatened with them. When Canty testified at Goetz’s criminal trial, he said they were to be used to break into video arcade change boxes and not as weapons. > **[1984 New York City Subway shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting)** > > On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz\[b\] (/ˈɡɛts/) shot four black teenagers on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him. All four victims survived, though one, Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered brain damage as a result of his injuries. Goetz fled to Bennington, Vermont, before surrendering to police nine days after the shooting. He was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses. The incident spar... ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3456 "2025-09-25T13:21:05Z")
The guy with the poop spray could have been more resourceful. I’ve got some similarly odious ideas in mind that would narrow down the target and leave less trace for authorities. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3457 "2025-09-25T15:13:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > the car will launch it away from the vehicle (warp core ejection style). **Shaxs:** I kinda said we should eject the warp core. **Freeman:** Oh, that’s what he always suggests… _gasp_ And it’s brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3458 "2025-09-25T17:14:41Z")
I lost track a few series ago, did they ever show a _succesful_ warp core ejection? Because I can just imagine the battery popping halfway out and getting stuck. Or you try ejecting but it just so happens there’s a telephone pole or jerseywall right there so you get propelled into the other lane. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3459 "2025-09-25T17:31:51Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > did they ever show a _succesful_ warp core ejection? Indeed! Lower Decks. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ak5r6H0fka8/maxresdefault.jpg "Lt. Shaxs finally got to eject the Warp-Core. Star Trek: Lower Decks Se.3 Ep.10") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak5r6H0fka8) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3460 "2025-09-25T17:32:46Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I lost track a few series ago, did they ever show a _succesful_ warp core ejection? In the original JJ Abrams _Star Trek_ film (which was in the Kelvin timeline, not the standard continuity), they used warp core ejections and detonations to boost themselves out of a black hole’s gravitational pull. (Note this wasn’t a singular warp core, but multiple warp cores; I guess in that reality they have multiple cores that work in tandem.) And in the normal timeline, in the film _Star Trek: Insurrection_, they ejected a warp core from the Enterprise to seal a subspace tear (and it worked). But most of the time in various stories the warp core ejection itself fails to happen for whatever reason, or if it does happen, it doesn’t fix the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3461 "2025-09-25T18:42:04Z")
> **[Students charged with hate crime after pork is tossed into a Jewish...](https://www.tmj4.com/us-news/crime/students-charged-with-hate-crime-after-pork-is-tossed-into-a-jewish-fraternity-on-rosh-hashana)** > > Two students at Syracuse University are facing hate crime charges after authorities say one of them tossed a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house that was holding a Rosh Hashanah celebration. The preview doesn’t make it clear that at least one of them entered the house to do this: > One of the two men charged is accused of entering the home and tossing in a clear plastic bag of pork against an interior wall, splattering the contents there and on the floor, university police said. They were charged with “burglary as a hate crime and criminal nuisance” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3462 "2025-09-25T19:24:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > They were charged with “burglary as a hate crime and criminal nuisance” Seems about right. It was an obvious hate crime given the circumstances. It’s like burning a cross and leaving a noose in front of a Black fraternity as a “prank”. I’m glad it’s being taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3463 "2025-09-26T05:16:47Z")
[Vigilante admits killinng is fun for him.](https://www.aol.com/articles/california-man-hunts-down-sex-170749773.html) > [@](#): > > A California man is accused of killing a 71-year-old sex offender and then telling police it was “really fun.” > > Varun Suresh, 29, is now facing multiple charges, including murder, residential burglary and armed individual causing great bodily injury, according to a [release](https://www.fremontpolice.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1602/312) from the Fremont Police Department. > > Those charges all stem from a fatal incident that occurred on Thursday, Sept. 18, when Suresh allegedly tracked down David Brimmer after finding his name, photo and address while searching an online registry of sex offenders, Fremont police said. > > Suresh allegedly told authorities that pedophiles “deserve to die” after the attack, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by PEOPLE. > > The _[Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-20-mn-4644-story.html)_ reported in 1992 that Brimmer was charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior with minor boys between the ages of 9 and 15 while serving as a pastor at the Jubilee Christian Center. > > Suresh allegedly told police that he selected his victim based on his age, meaning that he was “someone who is easy to kill,” according to the affidavit. > > He then allegedly traveled to his victim’s neighborhood, saying that he believed Brimmer would be monitoring the neighborhood for people looking to kill him. The suspect also told police he posed as an accountant and began going door-to-door so as not to appear suspicious before arriving at Brimmer’s residence, per the affidavit. > > Once there, Suresh began speaking to the man and then, after he had confirmed it was in fact Brimmer, he allegedly pulled out a knife and attacked the man. > > The affidavit also stated that Brimmer somehow managed to outrun Suresh and made it to a neighbor’s house, where the victim began pounding on the garage until he was let into the home. Suresh then allegedly fought his way into the house and cornered Brimmer in the kitchen, where he repeatedly and violently stabbed the man with a knife as the homeowner screamed at him to stop. > > Brimmer eventually made his way out of the home and onto the front lawn, where he collapsed due to blood loss. > > “Within minutes, officers arrived on scene and located an unresponsive 71-year-old male victim on the ground,” the FPD said, per the release. “The victim was suffering from significant stab wounds. Officers immediately administered trauma care; however, the victim passed away on the scene.” > > Suresh reportedly remained at the scene and spoke to officers. “I’m hoping that because [the victim is] a pedophile… like, everyone hates pedophiles… so like, it should be cool. It should be cool,” he allegedly told officers, per the affidavit. > > According to the police, Suresh later added that he “didn’t feel sad at all” and thought the murder was “honestly really fun.” Of course the comments section on that article is filled with congratulations for the killer. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3464 "2025-09-27T16:08:27Z")
I can think of somebody else in this scenario who deserves to die. Psychopathic vigilantes get zero concern in my world. They get full due process, but after a legit verdict that comes back “guilty”, put 'em down. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3465 "2025-09-27T17:20:25Z")
Maybe they deserve to be ‘put down’, but that would be wrong. The State killing people is oogy. [/end hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=174)