# 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:** 140
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2790 "2022-03-16T20:03:50Z")
Didn’t read your cite. Here’s mine (adblocker blocked) > **[Yes, masks are still required on planes and at airports despite new CDC mask...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/02/25/mask-mandate-travel-cdc-guidelines/6938530001/)** > > The federal mask mandate on planes and at airports remains in place through at least March 18 despite the CDC's mask guidance announced Friday. > The TSA mandate was [announced in January 2021](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/01/21/president-biden-issues-federal-mask-mandate-on-flights/4214019001/), though U.S. airlines have required passengers to wear masks since [May 2020](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/04/27/jetblue-airways-require-travelers-wear-face-masks-amid-pandemic/3037756001/), a few months into the coronavirus pandemic. So it looks like it was originally just the airlines (who absolutely have the right to do that, let them sue the airlines and see if they ever fly again), and then mandated by President Biden via TSA. eta: having scanned through your cite, FAA certainly seems to have authority over airplanes. Perhaps TSA’s authority is only over airports. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2791 "2022-03-16T23:00:28Z")
The UK’s Secretary for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport shows off her knowledge of the “Digital” part of her job by literally asking Microsoft to “get rid of algorithms”. > **[Nadine Dorries asking Microsoft to get rid of algorithms has become a instant...](https://www.indy100.com/politics/nadine-dorries-microsoft-algorithms-meme)** > > Nadine Dorries has absolutely baffled people after she asked Microsoft to “get rid” of algorithms.Dorries became the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary last year and has since consistently demonstrated that she doesn’t fully understand the... What an absolute shitshow this Government 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:** [March 17, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2792 "2022-03-17T00:24:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well then, guess they’re not really “faceless”, are they? Everyone who wears a mask is at least half faceless. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2793 "2022-03-17T05:47:20Z")
Perhaps she thinks aigoritms were named for that awful dude who used to be Vice President of the US? ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2794 "2022-03-17T07:01:07Z")
Not sure Al Gore has rhythm… ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2795 "2022-03-17T14:02:02Z")
I don’t think Tipper does. PMRC wasn’t about the lyrics. She was just jealous. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2796 "2022-03-17T14:16:44Z")
I got rhythm. I got rhythm. I invented the internet. Who could ask for anything more? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2797 "2022-03-17T15:17:56Z")
In Al Gore’s defense (not that he needs _me_ to defend him [NB: Oh, he **definitely** needs **somebody** to defend him; it just isn’t me]) … syncopated _is_ still a rhythm: > **[Syncopation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncopation)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. More simply, syncopation is "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm": a "placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur". It is the correlation of at least two sets of time intervals. > Syncopation is used in many musical styles, especially dance music. Ac... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2798 "2022-03-17T15:25:08Z")
When you hear sweet syncopation And the music softly moans T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin And dance around in your bones —Tom Waits ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2799 "2022-03-19T04:05:55Z")
Ford is building a massive plant in Tennessee, 15 minutes from the small town of Mason. Mason is majority black, but for most of its history, the entire city government was run by white people. The entire white government was recently replaced due to massive fraud, even though the state government approved their budgets for the entire time the white people ran it. Now that black people are running the town, the state has told them that they are going to need to give up the town charter, due to a pattern of badly run government. Giving up the charter basically wipes the town off the maps. The state officially took over the town yesterday despite the town government’s objections. > **[Predominantly Black Town Ordered To Surrender Charter After Ford Invests In...](https://ourgeneration.news/news/predominantly-black-town-ordered-to-surrender-charter-after-ford-invests-in-area)** > > Mason, Tennessee, found themselves a 15-minute commute from a new Ford plant that would create tens of thousands of new jobs. Then a letter from Nashville ordered the predominantly African American town of 1,000 people to surrender their town... ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2800 "2022-03-19T08:32:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Now that black people are running the town, the state has told them that they are going to need to give up the town charter, due to a pattern of badly run government. What I’d like to see next… “Now that racists from the state are running the town, the Feds have told them that they are going to need to give up the town charter, due to a pattern of badly run government.” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2801 "2022-03-19T17:09:02Z")
This guy accidentally sold an NFT for a fraction of a penny - the bot that bought it sold it for 2/3s of a million dollars. > **[Gentleman accidentally sells NFT of a rock for $0.0012, it later sells for...](https://boingboing.net/2022/03/18/gentleman-accidentally-sells-nft-of-a-rock-for-0-0012-it-later-sells-for641866.html)** > > An NFT collector says he lost his net worth “in a single click” by accidentally selling an NFT for a fraction of a cent, reports Coin Market Cap. DinoDealer meant to list his EtherRock NFT on… ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2802 "2022-03-19T19:19:42Z")
Pics\* or it didn’t happen. Also, please link to an explanation of what an NFT of a rock is. \*(by which I mean “pics of the rock”) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2803 "2022-03-19T19:34:30Z")
Apparently these are virtual rocks that only exist within the context of a blockchain game. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2804 "2022-03-19T19:38:05Z")
A game? Like Donkey Kong? Candy Crush? Wordle? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2805 "2022-03-19T20:06:16Z")
Read the boingboing link. AFAICT, blockchain is about creating unique digital entities using elaborate, intense computation processes – similar, in some ways, to pgp encryption keys. The rocks are made this way and “exist” as unique abstractions. It is not a game in the sense of a Farmville or WoW, far nerdier than that. I think you need a pretty high-end GPU to keep up. Hopefully someone will show up and explain how dreadfully I have fucked up my explanation. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2806 "2022-03-19T20:14:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The rocks are made this way and **“exist” as unique abstractions.** It is not a game in the sense of a Farmville or WoW, far nerdier than that. - Ya gotta be stoned to think this should be worth money. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2807 "2022-03-19T20:22:05Z")
Or, maybe, just have schist for brains. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2808 "2022-03-19T20:23:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Or, maybe, just have schist for brains. - Coprolite. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2809 "2022-03-19T20:56:04Z")
I have a sceeenshot of the time I got the Wordle word on my first submission. There can’t be too many of those… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=141)