# 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:** 171
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3410 "2022-06-14T16:09:27Z")
I beat you by about 13 years. 😃 Signed, Atamasama ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3411 "2022-06-14T17:00:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Yes, “san” and “sama” are both gender-neutral. > > Let’s do it then! Let’s adopt using these in English. > > Regards, > Senegoid-san. You never use “san” or the other Japanese honorifics about yourself. In that sense at least they are different from the ones we are used to in English. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3412 "2022-06-14T17:05:29Z")
Yes, true, though it’s unusual to call yourself “sir” or “Mrs.”, generally. But true that it’s not the same. In English it would be weird. In Japanese it would be shameful. I use the “sama” honorific in my username for 3 reasons. The first is that “Atama” was not available when I signed up. (There is a person who joined in 2000 with that username, though they’ve never posted.) The second is that it’s alliterative. The third is that it’s meant to be self-mocking. And I guess there’s a 4th reason; I’m not Japanese and don’t live in Japan so I don’t really care. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3413 "2022-06-14T17:15:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I use the “sama” honorific in my username for 3 reasons [. . .] The third is that it’s meant to be self-mocking. The wikipedia page on Japanese honorifics does mention that these honorifics can sometimes be used in the first-person, when used sarcastically or ironically. > [@wikipedia](#): > > When used to refer to oneself, _-sama_ expresses extreme arrogance (or self-effacing irony), as in praising oneself to be of a higher rank, as with _ore-sama_ (俺様, “my esteemed self”). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3414 "2022-06-14T17:31:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Yes, true, though it’s unusual to call yourself “sir” or “Mrs.”, generally. So we should refer to you as **Atamasama-san**? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3415 "2022-06-14T17:46:17Z")
If you want, or Atamasalami, whatever floats your boat. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3416 "2022-06-14T17:57:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you want, or Atamasalami, whatever floats your boat. - How about Atamapepperoni? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3417 "2022-06-14T18:03:15Z")
“Atamadurian” has a nice sound to it. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3418 "2022-06-14T18:05:53Z")
Now you go too far!!! 😡 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3419 "2022-06-14T18:05:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “Atamadurian” has a nice sound to it. - That stinks. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3420 "2022-06-14T18:19:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Now you go too far!!! 😡 Hey, the durian is what you call an ideal dichotomy. With its solid, spiky exterior and unquestionable _presence_, it is emblematic of great strength, yet once you get into it, AAUI, you find that it is composed of delightful creamy goodness. What is wrong with that? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3421 "2022-06-14T18:23:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Now you go too far!!! 😡 > > Hey, the durian is what you call an ideal dichotomy. With its solid, spiky exterior and unquestionable _presence_, it is emblematic of great strength, yet once you get into it, AAUI, you find that it is composed of delightful creamy goodness. What is wrong with that? - The stench. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3422 "2022-06-14T18:24:22Z")
“We eviscerated Atamasama and it turns out that he’s delicious! Despite the odor.” 😋 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3423 "2022-06-14T18:27:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > They can nab him at the premiere! From the history we have of them, It wouldn’t surprise me if they showed up drunk for the premiere. > [@silenus](#): > > Call Tommy Lee Jones. I think Tommy may have aged out of that business. Did he ever even catch the regular humans he was after? > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > It’s a pity Christopher Plummer isn’t around when they need him. This went right over my head. > [@Atamasama](#): > > If you want, or Atamasalami, whatever floats your boat. I always figured I’d just use " Hey you! The one wearing the weird helmet thing." Unless we were at a Star Wars convention, that would complicate things. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3424 "2022-06-14T18:30:47Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I always figured I’d just use " Hey you! The one wearing the weird helmet thing." It’s a kabuto. (That is not just the name of a pokemon.) > [@mordecaiB](#): > > Unless we were at a Star Wars convention, that would complicate things. I would probably be wearing my Imperial Officer hat in that situation. 😃 (I picked it up at a Disney World hotel gift shop on my honeymoon a decade ago, it looks just like the ones in the original films.) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3425 "2022-06-14T18:38:57Z")
He was already on law enforcement’s radar when [this guy blew up his garage](https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/30711/alleged_bomb-maker_loses_a_hand_when_one_goes_off_in_his_warren_home) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3426 "2022-06-14T18:41:48Z")
From the article: > Neighbors thought he was a “bit out there,” with numerous police scanners in the house, barbed wire lining his fence and a penchant for explosives. … - “A bit out there…”? What do they consider batshit insane? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3427 "2022-06-14T19:37:40Z")
well, we _know_ you want to be **Atamageoduck** – which also has nice rhythm to it. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3428 "2022-06-14T20:06:15Z")
Consider the neighborhood probably harbors all sorts of batshit crazies. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3429 "2022-06-14T20:24:50Z")
Geoducks are horrifying and delicious. As a Seattle area native I am quite familiar with them. I like that one. 👍 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=172)