# 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:** 159
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3170 "2022-05-23T17:39:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > NBC reporter says the Buffalo massacre occurred because the shooter had a toothache. That can be filed under “Omnibus Stupid MFers **are** the news”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3171 "2022-05-23T17:54:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If Cecil was the Pope of the Dope, > And his column a bully pulpit, > Then facts are communion wine I would hope, > And teeming millions would gulp it. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3172 "2022-05-24T11:49:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Aside from the despicable ethics, how is it not massively _illegal_ to be doing this with data that is medical histories? Is there some loophole that legislation only applies to the medical providers, and not third parties that somehow obtain access to the information? HIPAA only applies to health care providers. Anything that can be gleaned by standing on a street corner with a notebook (or by storing your phone’s location data via an app) is fair game. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3173 "2022-05-24T14:47:00Z")
HIPPA can occasionally be weird. My wife’s endocrinologist goes to our church. She (the doctor) had to get my wife’s permission in writing to ask our rector to put her on the prayer list, because she found out through her profession. If my wife had told her outside the office, it would have been okay for her to ask. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3174 "2022-05-24T17:15:30Z")
I was tempted to put this in the “Stupid Republican” thread, but since no party is given, this seems the appropriate alternative… > **[Teacher on leave after assignment depicts Barack Obama next to monkeys](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-teacher-leave-assignment-depicts-barack-obama-monkeys-rcna29798)** > > The teacher at The Roeper School in Birmingham, Michigan, asked students in an assignment that showed the former president: “Which of the following are primates?” And there is really not much more to say, is there? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3175 "2022-05-24T17:55:27Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > HIPAA only applies to health care providers. Anything that can be gleaned by standing on a street corner with a notebook (or by storing your phone’s location data via an app) is fair game. The [Black Rock Rangers](https://rangers.burningman.org/) at Burning Man are generally the first on the scene before the [Emergency Services Department](https://esd.burningman.org/) and are thus, often privy to medical information. In training we stress, “Unless certified on the default world you are not bound by HIPAA, but pretend you are.” ---
**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:** [May 24, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3176 "2022-05-24T20:31:27Z")
It’s Oklahoma, so it’s not surprising. From the Oklahoma Wildlife Department: Listen, bear spray DOES NOT work like bug spray. We would like to not have to say that again. > ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3177 "2022-05-24T21:16:15Z")
And the reverse is also true, and may be just as dangerous. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3178 "2022-05-24T22:18:43Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > And there is really not much more to say, is there? Here is a photo of the assignment, for anyone curious: [https://odu.bz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/‘Which-of-the-Following-Are-Primates-780x470.jpg](https://odu.bz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/%E2%80%98Which-of-the-Following-Are-Primates-780x470.jpg) The story implies that this isn’t something that the teacher created herself, but she chose it as part of the assignment. > “On behalf of Roeper School’s leadership, we want to acknowledge the disturbing racial offense contained in an assignment with an upper school class last week. The choice to use this piece of curriculum was completely inconsistent with our School’s philosophy and mission and we sincerely apologize for its use and the harm it has caused. While the teacher has taken responsibility and admits the mistake of not properly vetting the resource, we know that is not enough and she has been placed on administrative leave until further notice,” the school said in the statement. I would say that there was one of three reasons why that was used. 1. The teacher is a racist shitbag right wing troll trying to “own the libs” in front of kids. 2. The teacher is too dumb to realize the controversy and didn’t realize it would be a big deal. 3. The teacher didn’t even check ahead of time to see the content before presenting it. All of those reasons are bad. No matter which is true, that is not a person you should trust to educate children. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3179 "2022-05-25T00:08:39Z")
Two guys in Louisiana tried to move a modular house in the middle of the night without permits, destroying mailboxes, trees, and road signs, then ultimately abandoned the house on the side of the road. > **[Louisiana men who tried to illegally transport house leave trail of havoc](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/24/louisiana-house-move-transport-destruction)** > > Modular home left abandoned in street after dead-of-night move damaged mailboxes road signs and trees ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3180 "2022-05-25T02:40:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Here is a photo of the assignment I’m trying really hard to imagine if it can _possibly_ just be stupid thoughtlessness… maybe if it was produced during Obama’s presidency, maybe I’ve seen people use the current president when a representative picture of _Homo sapiens_ is required…? But I just can’t make myself believe anyone could be innocently so oblivious. It _has_ to be an evolution-denying deplorable doesn’t it? With a thought process like “If we _have_ to teach that humans are primates, I’ll own the commie liberal Jeebus-haters by showing their poster boy next to a monkey and they can’t complain because I’m teaching their evolution lie, aren’t I” In other words, I’m struggling to give credence to anything but > [@Atamasama](#): > > 1. The teacher is a racist shitbag right wing troll trying to “own the libs” in front of kids. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3181 "2022-05-25T15:28:16Z")
> **[2 Years After George Floyd Was Murdered by a Police Officer, His Sister Still...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/2-years-after-george-floyd-was-murdered-by-a-police-officer-his-sister-still-feels-his-spirit/ar-AAXHZsr?ocid=EMMX&cvid=cc28ed1bda1d4f409f21c0157ea18fd4)** > > "It's still hard to believe," LaTonya Floyd says of her brother's 2020 murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin Seriously, go fuck yourself. By which I mean People magazine, not the sister. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3182 "2022-05-25T18:30:20Z")
This was posted by the company that sold the Uvalde shooter his gun. They have since put their twitter account into “only approved viewers can see” mode. [![](https://i.redd.it/6aptsxe60k191.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/6aptsxe60k191.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3183 "2022-05-25T19:47:57Z")
Every four year old should know how to field strip a rifle. And anyway, that’s a stupid statement. Kids deviate from good teaching every damn day. Which explains why we have republicans. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3184 "2022-05-25T19:54:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Every four year old should know how to field strip a rifle. {…} This is my rifle, this is my pacifier. This is for providing me with an unrealistic sense of security and control over the world, this is for sucking on. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3185 "2022-05-25T20:45:17Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Seriously, go fuck yourself. > > By which I mean People magazine, not the sister. I’ve looked through the link and can’t find the thing for which People magazine should fuck their collective selves. Sorry if it’s right there in front of me. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3186 "2022-05-25T22:01:15Z")
Doesn’t really differentiate, ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3187 "2022-05-27T18:06:14Z")
Herschel Walker, out-stupiding the stupid: > **[Herschel Walker Gives Incoherent Solution To Gun Violence On Fox News](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/herschel-walker-gives-incoherent-solution-to-gun-violence-on-fox-news/ar-AAXLHkF?li=BBnb7Kz)** > > The football star turned GOP Senate primary winner just fumbled on his way to November. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3188 "2022-05-27T18:42:10Z")
Way too many hits to the head. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3189 "2022-05-27T18:53:25Z")
So the apparent solution to gun violence is to create a government department in charge of looking at young men who are looking at women who are looking at the internet. Seems legit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=160)