# 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:** 212
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4230 "2022-08-27T00:30:22Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Doesn’t Drew Barrymore live in California? No. She lives in the Hamptons in a [beach house](https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/20211207128528/drew-barrymore-hamptons-home-post-divorce-inside-photos/1/). Basically, the opposite part of the country. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4231 "2022-08-27T00:32:18Z")
Yeah, [_Singin’ in the Rain_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) had those well-known Black actors, Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, starring. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4232 "2022-08-27T00:33:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Doesn’t Drew Barrymore live in California? > > No. She lives in the Hamptons in a [beach house](https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/20211207128528/drew-barrymore-hamptons-home-post-divorce-inside-photos/1/). Basically, the opposite part of the country. Ah, thank you. I was thinking fake news. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4233 "2022-08-27T00:56:04Z")
Hungary thinks education is harming boys’ mental health. > **[Hungary officials warn education is becoming ‘too feminine’](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/26/hungary-officials-warn-education-is-becoming-too-feminine)** > > State auditors express fears ‘pink education’ threatens boys’ mental health and country’s economy ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4234 "2022-08-27T01:46:21Z")
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes stopped his live broadcast in mid-broadcast last night, presumably because he was arrested. Local cops said it wasn’t him, the FBI had no comment. > **[Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Interrupted Mid-Show, Sparks Theories](https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-arrest-censored-1737389)** > > There is speculation the far-right figure was arrested live on air, but there has bene no confirmation from law enforcement. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4235 "2022-08-27T02:51:57Z")
“wasn’t them” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4236 "2022-08-27T03:41:43Z")
in the rednecks gotta red category, although the sheriff himself seems to be a genius > **[Strip Club Scrap Spills Outside, Turns Into Gun Battle, 4 Hurt](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/strip-club-scrap-spills-outside-turns-into-gun-battle-4-hurt/ar-AA116HBE?ocid=U519DHP&pc=U519&cvid=0f5c935f6cdc4f20ab8bc591f44a63e7)** > > Four people were injured early Thursday morning when a fight inside a Fort Worth strip club spilled outside and turned into a gun battle. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4237 "2022-08-27T04:59:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Drew Barrymore is being called racist on Tik Tok because she videoed herself frolicking in the rain. Apparently, only black people can frolic in the rain. Well, not really, according to your article. It seems to have been just another item in the long, long list of situations that more or less conform to the following sequence of events: 1. some minor cultural trend originates in some minoritized community/ies and gets some general public attention, which leads to 2. some rich white celebrity getting lots of attention by publicly copying the trend without any acknowledgement of its origin, which leads to 3. some member(s) of the originating community publicly expressing exasperation about their community once again being treated as though it’s invisible or not worthy of acknowledgement, which leads to 4. a lot of white people on the internet mistakenly believing that some nutty wokesters are claiming that it’s racist for a white person to do something as simple and natural as frolicking in the rain. Personally, I hadn’t been aware of the recent #BlackBoyJoy “frolicking challenge” until hearing about the Barrymore kerfuffle, and I think [it sounds quite nice.](https://blavity.com/black-men-are-frolicking-and-bringing-some-much-needed-joy-to-the-internet?category1=culture&category2=news&item=6) > [@](#): > > While frolicking appears to be mostly for humor, one man said there are serious benefits to having such type of fun. The man said he feels like the weight is lifted off his shoulder after taking on the challenge. > > “I feel happier,” he said in the TikTok video. “I feel like every brother should experience that. Too often we walk around with the armor on, the mean mug, we ain’t gotta be that all the time.” Of course, there is nothing whatsoever intrinsically racist about Drew Barrymore or any other white person enjoying being out in the rain and acting silly. But come on, [she’s a celebrity talk show host posting a video of herself participating in this trend and not even giving any shout-out to any of the much smaller influencers who launched the trend, and mainstream media viewers are going all giddy about her “spontaneous” joyfulness as though she’s the first person who ever thought of it.](https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/fans-react-to-viral-video-of-drew-barrymore-frolicking-in-rain-rcna38721) If I were somebody who’d been watching the #BlackBoyJoy “frolicking” thing since its inception, I’d be inclined to give this PR stunt a bit of an eyeroll too. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4238 "2022-08-27T05:31:37Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Good news! ‘Religious’ asshole candidate loses! Slightly _less_ than half of Oklahoma Republican voters think gay people should be stoned to death. Hooray! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4239 "2022-08-27T05:39:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Yeah, [_Singin’ in the Rain_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) had those well-known Black actors, Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, starring. That was clearly cultural appropriation of Rihanna’s _Umburella_. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4240 "2022-08-27T09:18:13Z")
[Arizona GOP Nominee’s Past Post About Altering His Mom’s Absentee Ballot At 17 Ignites Firestorm](https://www.comicsands.com/hamadeh-altered-mother-absentee-ballot-2657943244.html) > Abraham “Abe” Hamadeh, the Republican nominee for Attorney General of Arizona, ignited controversy after _The Phoenix New Times_ [unearthed](https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/abe-hamadeh-bragged-about-voter-fraud-14257801) message board posts he wrote as a teenager in which he suggested he had changed his mother’s vote on her absentee ballot, which is a crime. > > When he was 17, Hamadeh frequented a forum popular among fans of libertarian Ron Paul, the former Congressman who campaigned in the 2008 presidential race. More entertainment, er, information about this crime in the link. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4241 "2022-08-27T17:58:56Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Personally, I hadn’t been aware of the recent #BlackBoyJoy “frolicking challenge” until hearing about the Barrymore kerfuffle, and I think [it sounds quite nice.](https://blavity.com/black-men-are-frolicking-and-bringing-some-much-needed-joy-to-the-internet?category1=culture&category2=news&item=6) But those guys are [lampshading](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging) the fact that they’re frolicking whereas she’s just walking around and getting wet. That’s “frolicking”? If she at least showed herself playing in puddles… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4242 "2022-08-27T18:15:40Z")
> **[President](https://xkcd.com/1370/)** > > Anyone who thinks we're all going to spend the 2032 elections poring over rambling blog posts by teenagers has never tried to read a rambling blog post by a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4243 "2022-08-28T10:54:12Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > An award-winning school paper gets shut down for its LGBTQ edition. For some bonus asshattery, the district forced one staff writer to be misgendered in the byline. In the AP article, “District officials told students they could only use names assigned at birth going forward.” Maybe Principal **P.J.** Smith, district superintendent **Jeff** Edwards, and Board vice president **Zach** Mader should shut down AP for not using their birth names. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4244 "2022-08-28T14:58:26Z")
Not to mention name changes for some married people, some adopted people, and those with name changes for personal preference. I had a friend who had to change both first and last name legally as a term of a large inheritance. Ooh, and how about that House of Windsor? Or the patriarch Abraham? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4245 "2022-08-28T15:16:05Z")
Now I want to know about your friend who changed their name to inherit. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4246 "2022-08-28T15:19:05Z")
Terms of a great-uncle’s will. My friend wouldn’t go into detail so I have always assumed the change was to that of a beloved deceased relative of great-uncle, and, one hopes, not that of a beloved horse or dog. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4247 "2022-08-28T15:19:23Z")
He had to change it to Benito Mussolini. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4248 "2022-08-28T15:22:05Z")
I was thinking the name change was to something like Bozo the Clown. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4249 "2022-08-28T16:51:41Z")
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