# 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:** 160
**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 27, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3190 "2022-05-27T18:57:03Z")
He was clearly starting to say, “young men who…” and then realized he wanted to be inclusive and added, “and young women who…”. To transcribe his fumbling as “young men who are looking at women” is a willful misunderstanding. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3191 "2022-05-27T18:58:17Z")
It’s an interesting KPI for publicly elected office - ability to run effectively while carrying an approximation of a pig’s bladder. But I’m also glad that ‘uses social media’ is the benchmark for potential gun violence. That really narrows things down a lot. Thanks Herschel! ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3192 "2022-05-27T19:00:44Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > a willful misunderstanding. Ah, so the correct solution to gun violence is to create a government department to look at young men and women who look at the internet. Much better, I stand corrected. This is now a very intelligent policy decision. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3193 "2022-05-27T19:01:55Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > He was clearly starting to say, “young men who…” and then realized he wanted to be inclusive and added, “and young women who…”. To transcribe his fumbling as “young men who are looking at women” is a willful misunderstanding. Nope. The word “that” in “young men that’s looking at women” is quite clear, and admits to no other interpretation. ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3194 "2022-05-27T19:33:00Z")
I think he was trying to go for a subtle version of “looking at porn causes men to go crazy; it’s not the gun’s fault” ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3195 "2022-05-27T21:34:24Z")
No, it’s obviously the women’s fault. Causing men to look at them and all. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3196 "2022-05-27T22:01:09Z")
You people are being unfair to Mr. Walker. We all had to lower the bar _tremendously_ for Ms. Boebert and Ms. Greene. Can’t you find it in you to do the same for Mr. Walker ? Otherwise … to @Kimstu 's point … I’m buying stock in **[burqa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqa)** manufacturers. ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3197 "2022-05-27T22:12:19Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > No, it’s obviously the women’s fault. Causing men to look at them and all. Those scantily-clad women have no Constitutional right to bare arms. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3198 "2022-05-27T22:13:10Z")
[profound curtsey] ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3199 "2022-05-27T22:15:35Z")
Are you seriously trying to defend that bumbling, nearly incoherent, but very stupid solution to gun violence? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3200 "2022-05-27T22:15:41Z")
Would scantily lace be an acceptable alternative ? [and a pony tail … hangin’ down] ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3201 "2022-05-27T22:22:24Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Herschel Walker, out-stupiding the stupid: The first step in Herschel’s plan for discovering Uranus is to give his own a meticulous examination. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3202 "2022-05-27T22:27:22Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > [profound curtsey] See what you made me do! It’s all you’re fault! /party of responsibility ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3203 "2022-05-28T01:37:58Z")
Florida Woman arrested for calling in a bomb threat to her kid’s school graduation because the kid wasn’t allowed to walk at graduation because of discipline problems. I wonder where the kids gets them from? > **[Cape Coral woman arrested for bomb threat to graduation ceremony because...](https://nbc-2.com/news/crime/2022/05/26/cape-coral-woman-arrested-for-bomb-threat-to-graduation-ceremony-because-child-cannot-graduate/)** > > A Cape Coral woman was arrested and is facing charges after telling school faculty she was going to attend her child’s graduation with a fake bomb strapped to her due to her child being unable to graduate because of disciplinary issues. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3204 "2022-05-28T01:47:37Z")
Individual 1 says mass shootings are because of broken families. Says the guy who’s been divorced twice and has kids by three different women. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3205 "2022-05-28T01:59:44Z")
Damn, and here I thought the ‘shooting’ part was the big clue! The more ya’ know, amIright? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3206 "2022-05-28T02:08:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 says mass shootings are because of broken families. Okay then, people who get divorced or come from homes with divorced parents thereby relinquish their right to own guns. Problem solved! I mean, if we really did have an identifiable societal factor causing mass shootings, obviously the only sane response would be to prohibit gun ownership for the people impacted by that factor. Of course, it’s complete bullshit that divorce and other forms of “family breakage” actually cause mass shootings, but I wonder how the people spouting that bullshit would react if we took them at their word and started treating “broken family” status as a disqualification for gun ownership. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3207 "2022-05-28T06:09:19Z")
i thinkl this has happened before > **[Ohio Police Chase Horse-Drawn Buggy](https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/police-chase-horse-buggy/)** > > Did someone have this on their 2022 bingo card? ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3208 "2022-05-29T03:05:29Z")
Boris Johnson is going to bring back Imperial measurement to appeal to Brexit voters ahead of an election. > **[Boris Johnson to reportedly bring back imperial measurements to mark platinum...](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/28/boris-johnson-set-to-bring-back-imperial-measurements-to-mark-platinum-jubilee)** > > Move is an apparent attempt to win support from Brexit voters in seats Tories fear losing ---
**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:** [May 30, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3209 "2022-05-30T09:54:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > 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. So the boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by? Good plan - I hear it’s keepin’ track of the fact watching them watching back that makes the world go 'round. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=161)