# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2250 "2022-01-25T20:55:49Z")
> [@bump](#): > > as if the very mention of racism or homosexuality is an issue. The right is absolutely filled with special snowflakes that need to retreat to their safe spaces lest they catch a bad case of the vapours. And their children are so fragile that we must remove all books, except the Bible, King James Version only, from the library and then fill it’s empty shell with bubble wrap to ensure they don’t hurt themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2251 "2022-01-25T21:21:44Z")
Can these same rules – that you can’t mention “gay” or “black” (or “Jew”?) because it might hurt somebody’s feelings – be used to protect against bullying? If Kid A calls Kid B a “faggot”, can we then whip Kid A’s ass for it? Similarly for any other kind of bigoted bullying or name-calling? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2252 "2022-01-25T21:28:56Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > If Kid A calls Kid B a “faggot”, can we then whip Kid A’s ass for it? Obviously, because > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, if you don’t talk about it, it doesn’t exist. > > Which is why there are no gay people in Russia, or Turkey, or whatever. those people do not exist. We cannot be having talk like that, because that might cause them to exist. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2253 "2022-01-25T22:24:10Z")
Well, that was pretty scary. I hope someone pushed her out an airlock. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2254 "2022-01-27T02:46:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Can these same rules – that you can’t mention “gay” or “black” (or “Jew”?) because it might hurt somebody’s feelings – be used to protect against bullying? Can be? Yes. Will be? I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2255 "2022-01-27T02:50:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can be? Yes. > Will be? I doubt it. Depends? If they have a vigilante bounty-hunter system, like Youngkin is trying to set up, then what? If any little kid comes home crying “Mommy, somebody called me a Jew-boy”, can Mommy sue the school and collect an automatic $10000 bounty? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2256 "2022-01-27T03:10:12Z")
Never used Spotify, not going to start. [They chose to drop Neil Young’s catalog](https://deadline.com/2022/01/neil-young-leaving-spotify-joe-rogan-covid-vaccines-1234920496/) after he told them there was not enough room for both him and Joe Rogan’s bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2257 "2022-01-27T03:24:50Z")
To be fair, I’m not sure what could possibly contain that much bullshit without bursting immediately from the strain. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2258 "2022-01-27T04:05:28Z")
Trump’s jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2259 "2022-01-27T08:12:29Z")
I suddenly have this image in my head of Trump taking the place of the comically obese restaurant customer in the infamous Monty Python sketch. Only instead of eating he’s lying constantly until he bursts. Not sure if I should be delighted or disgusted. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2260 "2022-01-27T14:39:28Z")
> **[NEW: Two arrested after incorrect order leads to violence at local McDonald’s...](https://www.arlnow.com/2022/01/25/new-two-arrested-after-incorrect-order-leads-to-violence-at-local-mcdonalds/)** > > An employee at a local McDonald's was beat up over an incorrect order last night. The alleged incident happened around 11 p.m. Monday on the 5000 block of Wilson Blvd, in Arlington's Bluemont neighborhood, west of Ballston. Police say they were... > “The investigation determined that the two suspects had become involved in a verbal dispute with an employee after receiving an incorrect order through the drive-thru,” said the police department. “Suspect One allegedly threw a water bottle through the window, before parking the vehicle and entering the business. Suspect One continued the dispute with the employee before the two suspects began physically assaulting and striking the employee.” > The suspects who were arrested, a man and a woman, are both in their mid-20s. > > The woman, a D.C. resident whose first name is Justice, is charged with Malicious Wounding and Eluding Police. > The man, a resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland, is charged with Assault and Battery and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2261 "2022-01-27T15:36:08Z")
I see working at McDonalds is just as delightful as it ever was. Throw the book at those fuckers. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2262 "2022-01-27T16:20:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The man, a resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland, is charged with Assault and Battery and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Whoever threw the bottle should be charged with assault with a waterarm. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2263 "2022-01-27T18:33:21Z")
Wow. After googling what Malicious Wounding is, it’s a heavier charge than plain ol’ Assault and Battery. - Cut, shoot, stab, wound, or otherwise cause physical injury to a victim in a malicious way; and - Intend to disable, disfigure, maim, or kill the victim. > Any perpetrator who commits this offense will likely face felony charges and can spend a significant amount of time in prison. I wonder if she’s going to be able to get DoorDash to deliver her MickeyD in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2264 "2022-01-28T16:34:08Z")
Tragic, but I think this qualifies for this thread too: > **[Hiker falls nearly 700 feet to his death attempting a selfie in Arizona state...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hiker-falls-nearly-700-feet-death-attempting-selfie-arizona-state-park-rcna13858)** > > Richard Jacobson, 21, fell off Flatiron Summit in Lost Dutchman State Park. I blame those truck and SUV commercials that have the vehicles driving right up to the edge of a cliff and stopping just in time. They tend to normalize being that close to a cliff, so susceptible people lose their natural and useful feeling of caution. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2265 "2022-01-28T16:43:21Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I blame those truck and SUV commercials that have the vehicles driving right up to the edge of a cliff and stopping just in time. They tend to normalize being that close to a cliff, so susceptible people lose their natural and useful feeling of caution. It’s not the TV commercials (young people don’t watch commercial TV anyway, yah?), it’s the TikTok, Instagram world where one does photogenic stunts for the followers and likes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2266 "2022-01-28T17:12:36Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I see working at McDonalds is just as delightful as it ever was. Throw the book at those fuckers. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Wow. After googling what Malicious Wounding is, it’s a heavier charge than plain ol’ Assault and Battery. > **Video purported to be the assault has surfaced (hidden due to NSFW language).** > > [https://youtu.be/C5nEUQ-GPuI](https://youtu.be/C5nEUQ-GPuI) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2267 "2022-01-28T17:19:01Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I blame those truck and SUV commercials that have the vehicles driving right up to the edge of a cliff and stopping just in time. They tend to normalize being that close to a cliff, so susceptible people lose their natural and useful feeling of caution. Then there are those Superman movies that normalize flying. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2268 "2022-01-28T17:24:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Then there are those Superman movies that normalize flying. - Notice they do not fly so much as plummet. [Audio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrB_D_3IXOU) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2269 "2022-01-28T18:05:44Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > I suddenly have this image in my head of Trump taking the place of the comically obese restaurant customer in the infamous Monty Python sketch. Mr. Creosote! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=114)