# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/322 "2021-03-27T06:52:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > > TIL that “buggery” is the name of a real crime. - > > TIL I learned that has nothing to do with bugs. Question: is it illegal for a person to have sex with an insect? What about an arachnid? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/323 "2021-03-27T11:33:26Z")
If your erection lasts for more than 4 hours, next time don’t try a [Phoneutria nigriventer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneutria_nigriventer#:~:text=Aside%20from%20causing%20intense%20pain,use%20in%20erectile%20dysfunction%20treatments). ---
**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 28, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/324 "2021-03-28T19:10:29Z")
Perhaps this comment deserves a pit thread of its own, but this is deeply loathsome: > [@The Biden Administration - the first 1,500 days \[NOT an Afghanistan discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/540): > > The 13th Amendment says that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. I propose that we make _that_ a punishment for illegally crossing the border; we don’t _have_ to go straight to it, we‘d still have the option of letting them off with a warning as we kick them out of the country — but once we’ve made clear that they can be sentenced to hard labor, we can amiably shrug if they mull it over and decide, _oh, yes, that’s what I’d like, please and thank you; here I go walking right up to the border and, upon being given fair warning, accepting the offer._ ---
**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 28, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/325 "2021-03-28T19:17:11Z")
This is probably the wrong thread to post that, but Jesus Christ. ---
**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 28, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/326 "2021-03-28T20:52:48Z")
It seems likely that Waldo was not touting the notion, merely channeling White-Wing thought, but giving voice to the very idea is just not ok. ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/327 "2021-03-28T22:05:22Z")
Yeah, that guy is a dick. As is this guy, the spawn of Trump who tells lies that are easily refutable by numbers. [Eric Trump Claims Undocumented Immigration ‘Was Not a Problem Anymore’ During Father’s Presidency (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-trump-claims-undocumented-immigration-was-not-a-problem-anymore-during-father-s-presidency/ar-BB1f3IgN?ocid=msedgntp) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/328 "2021-03-28T22:38:56Z")
heres 2 in one weekend " # Body camera video shows officers berating 5-year-old boy > **[Body camera video shows police officers berating 5-year-old boy](https://www.aol.com/news/body-camera-video-shows-officers-162251131-230454708.html)** > > A police department in Maryland has released body camera video that captured two of its officers berating a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his elementary school, calling him a “little beast” and threatening him with a beating. The video... For something even more bothersome read the comments about it here’s one i started a thread on :[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-how-to-get-your-company-boycotted-brag-how-you-helped-kill-a-min-wage-increase-among-other-things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-how-to-get-your-company-boycotted-brag-how-you-helped-kill-a-min-wage-increase-among-other-things) ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/329 "2021-03-28T22:49:55Z")
I skipped the comments, thanks. That is just terrible enough on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/330 "2021-03-28T23:54:37Z")
Oh! So we don’t need a wall then? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/331 "2021-03-30T16:56:00Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Yes. The judge found him mentally incompetent to stand trial. He can’t legally be subjected to a criminal trial or sent to prison. And he can’t be sent to a mental hospital because he can’t be cured. This is (searches for words) Fucking Idiotic. ---
**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 30, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/332 "2021-03-30T17:14:41Z")
It is, but I suppose the question is, is the judge fucking idiotic for misapplying the law on involuntary commitment, or is the law fucking idiotic because it’s actually created a Catch-22? ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/333 "2021-03-30T19:37:29Z")
I think that’s always an excellent early/first question. Not sure if this story was posted, but … > **[Drunk rape victim was not ‘mentally incapacitated,’ Minnesota Supreme Court...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drunk-rape-victim-was-not-mentally-incapacitated-minnesota-supreme-court-n1262281)** > > A case of sexual assault where the victim is intoxicated does not warrant a more serious charge if the alcohol or drugs were taken voluntarily, the state's high court said. The _spin_ on the story was that a guy was acquitted on rape charges because the victim was drunk. The actual story is a bit more complicated and speaks to your point: > MINNEAPOLIS — A person who is sexually assaulted while intoxicated does not fit the designation for a more serious charge if he or she consumed the alcohol or drugs voluntarily, the Minnesota Supreme Court said in a ruling released Wednesday. > The opinion stems from the case of Francois Momulu Khalil, a Minneapolis man who was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual misconduct because the victim was drunk and considered by the jury to be mentally incapacitated. The woman met Khalil after she was refused entry to a bar because she was too intoxicated. > In a unanimous decision written by Justice Paul Thissen, the state Supreme Court said the lower court’s definition of mentally incapacitated in this case “unreasonably strains and stretches the plain text of the statute” because the victim was drunk before she met her attacker. > To meet the definition, the alcohol must be administered to the person under its influence without that person’s agreement, the high court ruled. Bad law. Bad law that keeps women vulnerable and continues to paint them as victims. But not an inherently bad _decision,_ IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/334 "2021-03-31T17:47:34Z")
> [@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 I’ve had two pulled, because it’s cheaper than a crown. Painlessly, too - my dentist is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/335 "2021-03-31T19:31:41Z")
Yup, not every tooth can be salvaged. I had another one pulled yesterday. ---
**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 31, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/336 "2021-03-31T21:40:59Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Saw her as a female darlek (is that the word? “Dalek” is the common spelling I have seen. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/337 "2021-04-01T12:54:31Z")
And of course wisdom teeth are routinely pulled. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/338 "2021-04-01T15:48:45Z")
Yeah those are the only teeth I’ve ever had pulled (my wisdom teeth). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/339 "2021-04-06T20:39:44Z")
Damn that George Soros for ruining the South African paradise! > **[Shane Vaughn Says George Soros Ruined Apartheid-Era South Africa](https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-shane-vaughn-says-george-soros-ruined-wonderful-apartheid-era-south-africa-1581114)** > > The billionaire investor began his philanthropy in South Africa in the late 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/340 "2021-04-07T00:33:40Z")
I’m sure that he feels that ending Jim Crow ruined the south as well. From the link > _Newsweek_ reached out to Open Society Foundations for comment and will update this article with any response. Does sadly shaking their head in disbelief count as a response? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/341 "2021-04-07T19:31:37Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-of-calif-man-who-died-after-taco-eating-contest-at-minor-league-baseball-game-sues-for-negligence/ar-BB1fmNqo](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-of-calif-man-who-died-after-taco-eating-contest-at-minor-league-baseball-game-sues-for-negligence/ar-BB1fmNqo) I understand grief and all, but his kid is saying his father was too _unbelievably_ stupid to make any kind of intelligent decision and needed to protected from himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=18)