# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/302 "2021-03-25T23:14:40Z")
TIL that dentists in the modern world still actually pull teeth. For some reason I thought that had been replaced by cavity filling and crowns and root canals and all the tooth maintenance stuff that seems to be what dentists mostly do. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/303 "2021-03-25T23:57:49Z")
Even if you have insurance, it only covers a very small amount of a crown. (Plus, in my experience, insurance companies balk at anything that’s remotely cosmetic.) Fillings are cheap, especially if an amalgam is used, but if a tooth needs a crown it’s usually too far gone for fillings to help. Root canals can also be pricey, especially if any restoration work is needed. So yeah, I know plenty of surprisingly young people who are missing teeth. ☹ I had a wisdom tooth pulled not too long ago; the prep work took longer than the extraction, and the dentist popped it out with a level of ease that suggested this was a routine thing. (I didn’t ask how often he does extractions though.) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/304 "2021-03-26T00:19:07Z")
I had an abscess in a root canal so my dentist removed what was left of the tooth. She didn’t pull the tooth, mind you, just drilled down to where it split apart and left the root. The root eventually withered away. ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/305 "2021-03-26T00:26:49Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I’m not quite sure why this counts as an instance of a stupid MF in the news, except that aggrieved customers may now get the idea of paying this employer in pennies as well, in which case he’s opened himself up to a world of hassle just for the satisfaction of being an asshole to this one former employee. Which is admittedly pretty stupid. Well, the employer did say that he can’t remember if he paid the guy in pennies or not, so he’s either a liar, or stupid … ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/306 "2021-03-26T00:36:47Z")
I’m blaming the judge. A man who raped an eight year old girl and beat her with a shovel was released without prison or mental hospital because the Kentucky law says that you can only be sent to a mental hospital if there is evidence that you can be cured of your affliction. > **[Career Criminal Accused Of Raping 8-Year-Old Black Child Won’t Stand Trial...](https://newsone.com/4116604/kentucky-man-wont-face-trial-after-raping-8-year-old-child/)** > > A predominantly Black Kentucky community is outraged after a judge dismissed the case of a white man who raped and fractured the skull of an 8-year-old child in 2019. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/307 "2021-03-26T01:13:18Z")
Does the law say anything about not being able to be sent to a prison? ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/308 "2021-03-26T01:21:36Z")
Yes. The judge found him mentally incompetent to stand trial. He can’t legally be subjected to a criminal trial or sent to prison. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/309 "2021-03-26T15:39:17Z")
I’m sure this seemed like a good idea at the time. > **[Duxbury Fires Football Coach, Cancels Game Amid Probe Into Team's...](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/duxbury-cancels-upcoming-football-games-in-wake-of-investigation-into-anti-semitic-remarks/2337591/)** > > Duxbury Public Schools fired the head coach of its high school football team as it investigates the use of offensive language, including anti-Semitic remarks, in a recent game, officials announce Wednesday. Friday’s varsity football game as well as... ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/310 "2021-03-26T20:04:39Z")
Did they believe nobody would notice? > **[Several Camp Pendleton Marines investigated for allegedly stealing ammo and...](https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/several-camp-pendleton-marines-investigated-for-allegedly-stealing-ammo-and-explosives-per-source)** > > Several Marines are under investigation for allegedly stealing explosives and ammunition from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to a source with close military ties. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/311 "2021-03-26T20:28:16Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > TIL that dentists in the modern world still actually pull teeth. For some reason I thought that had been replaced by cavity filling and crowns and root canals and all the tooth maintenance stuff that seems to be what dentists mostly do. Had my wisdom tooth pulled about a month ago (my first) after a different dentist screwed up the cavity filling to the point where it couldn’t be saved. I’m still not happy about every single portion of the situation. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/312 "2021-03-27T00:51:13Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > TIL that dentists in the modern world still actually pull teeth… Wait, so who would then pull a tooth? A car mechanic? An elderly scrapbooker with her needlenose pliers? A donkey with a string on its tail? … **Donkey Dentist, DDS** _The public brings their bad teeth, Francis brings the strings!_ ---
**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 27, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/313 "2021-03-27T00:58:44Z")
I insist on a woman dentist, because I expect pain from women. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/314 "2021-03-27T01:22:04Z")
I had to have a tooth pulled. It was cracked along its entire length. Neither of the two dentists I went to thought a root canal would work. Fortunately, it was a very back molar, and it hasn’t affected my gorgeous smile. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/315 "2021-03-27T01:35:05Z")
Aside. I’ve had 17 tooth extractions. Including four impacted wisdom teeth. One sideways. Four upside down. Plus four implants in recent decade. If I’m ever murdered and they only find my head, it’ll take 11 seconds for them to match my dental records. 😁 End aside. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/316 "2021-03-27T02:21:25Z")
Just _reading_ about dental work is stressful. The guy who extracted my wisdom teeth was, I shit you not, Dr. Fear. And Dr. Fear took a look at my X-rays and said, “I don’t even think we’re going to have to break your jaw for this.” Way to set a lady at ease, Dr. Fear! Maybe I should get a second opinion from your partner Dr. Hitchcock. (Also not shitting you. Fear & Hitchcock. JFC.) What were we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/317 "2021-03-27T04:01:26Z")
Dr. Jordan Peele ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/318 "2021-03-27T04:03:35Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > What were we talking about? you can’t handle the tooth ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/319 "2021-03-27T04:44:54Z")
I thought it was about that scary scene in “The man that knew too much” > **[Dental Anachronism](https://the.hitchcock.zone/onlyamovie/2014/03/04/dental-anachronism/)** > > As Patrick McGilligan notes in his biography of Hitchcock, the director detested “the plausibles” — those who analysed his films too deeply and who delighted in finding plot holes… ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/320 "2021-03-27T04:55:41Z")
Is it safe? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/321 "2021-03-27T05:03:28Z")
I had a Dr. Hu. Saw her as a female darlek (is that the word? I call then spacey-trashcans you can just kick over). Awful service about getting a crown and why it took three weeks in 2012. As complicated as my dental records are, 72 hours is plenty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=17)