# 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:** 127
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2530 "2022-02-17T03:51:44Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > People don’t cast spells for fun. Huh. Since “spells” aren’t real, I find it difficult to imagine what else might motivate somebody to “cast” one. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2531 "2022-02-17T04:14:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “spells” aren’t real Add in witches and magic. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2532 "2022-02-17T04:23:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Huh. Since “spells” aren’t real, I find it difficult to imagine what else might motivate somebody to “cast” one. How is a Wiccan spell any less real than, say, a Christian prayer? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2533 "2022-02-17T04:27:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > How is a Wiccan spell any less real than, say, a Christian prayer? I DO hope I wasn’t so clumsy as to imply that it is. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2534 "2022-02-17T05:32:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Huh. Since “spells” aren’t real, I find it difficult to imagine what else might motivate somebody to “cast” one. A friend of mine is a practicing Wiccan. Spells are real. They don’t actually **do** anything, but spells are absolutely cast by believers on a daily basis. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2535 "2022-02-17T05:44:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Spells are real. > > They don’t actually **do** anything . . . So they’re kind of a sort of vapor-ware? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2536 "2022-02-17T05:53:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So they’re kind of a sort of vapor-ware? Especially when you burn sage/incense/etc. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2537 "2022-02-17T14:12:10Z")
Snoop must be a very powerful witch, then. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2538 "2022-02-17T14:20:21Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Yoga. He probably found out they do yoga. This is probably it. There has been a lot of right-wing pushback on yoga in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2539 "2022-02-17T14:22:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > How is a Wiccan spell any less real than, say, a Christian prayer? > > I DO hope I wasn’t so clumsy as to imply that it is. Would you say that you can’t imagine any reason for a Christian to pray except “for fun”? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2540 "2022-02-17T14:34:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > They don’t actually **do** anything That’s the beauty of it! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2541 "2022-02-17T16:21:06Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Would you say that you can’t imagine any reason for a Christian to pray except “for fun”? omigaaah… it is _SO_ much fuuuuun! If you’ve got a friend who’s like sick with a cold or a plague or even corona, just find the perfect spot to pray. My church friends and I can’t wait for someone to fall deathly ill 'cause that’s when one of us yells "Time to go… _praaaay attt Péééééépé’s"!_ It’s an awesome bar (Bottomless Bloodies, and a huge brunch every day), but the place where we really get down to asking a random deity for help is… Pépé’s Arcade! It’s at the end of the bar, and we are talking every video game ever built, a hundred pinball machines, four DDRs. But the best is the huge line of Skee-Ball lanes… we always pray while cheering on our posse (which has gotten pretty large by this time… and often includes Pépé and his family… he makes up random challenges with cash prizes)! So, yes, I think praying can be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2542 "2022-02-17T19:08:11Z")
Five employees of a Texas Christian academy have been arrested for covering up the sexual assault of a student on campus. > **[5 Texas school employees arrested for not reporting assault](https://news.yahoo.com/5-texas-school-employees-arrested-171455825.html)** > > Five employees at a Texas private school have been arrested on a felony charge after authorities accused of them of failing to report the alleged sexual assault of a student on campus. The five employees at Midland Christian School were arrested... ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2543 "2022-02-17T19:20:20Z")
Sexual assault _with a baseball bat._ Not one of them thought to report it to CPS or the parents. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2544 "2022-02-17T19:26:35Z")
Of course not. That might make the school look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2545 "2022-02-17T20:08:22Z")
I assume the perpetrator is a starter on the Footbal team. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2546 "2022-02-17T22:18:54Z")
Elon Musk thought it appropriate to post a Hitler meme today. He used it to compare Justin Trudeau to Hitler, with Hitler coming out on top. > ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2547 "2022-02-18T01:42:02Z")
Sometimes you just have to shake your head… > **[Louisiana teacher admits giving kids cupcakes laced with husband’s sperm](https://nypost.com/2022/02/17/louisiana-teacher-admits-giving-kids-cupcakes-laced-with-sperm/)** > > Cynthia Perkins, 36, admitted to a slew of disturbing sex crimes, including child pornography, second-degree rape and and mingling of harmful substances, when she took a plea deal. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2548 "2022-02-18T01:44:07Z")
“I’d like my cupcakes Cajun Vanilla flavor, please.” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2549 "2022-02-18T01:44:10Z")
It takes a lot to mess up my appetite but that did. Also a recent savage love column where …never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=128)