# 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:** 228
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4551 "2022-09-30T21:46:14Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > heres why everyone who takes a phone on a amusement ride after being told not to needs to have to pay for medical bills after jail With it being a cell phone, I should think the authorities could figure out who it belonged to. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4552 "2022-09-30T22:21:22Z")
Florida Woman CEO tells her staff Hurricane Ian was going to be a “nothing burger” and they should just stay at work. She was saying that from her car, not the office. > **[Florida boss called Hurricane Ian a "nothing burger" — urged staff to keep...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-ian-florida-boss-nothing-burger-in-urging-staff-to-work/)** > > Clearwater marketing firm announces its offices would close during storm after facing backlash online. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4553 "2022-09-30T22:25:50Z")
> **[Clearwater CEO apologizes after asking staff to work through Hurricane Ian](https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2022/09/29/clearwater-ceo-apologizes-after-asking-staff-work-through-hurricane-ian/)** > > After outrage on social media, PostcardMania rescinds its initial mandate that employees work through the storm. > Only after outrage spread on social media on Tuesday did Joy Gendusa, the head of PostcardMania, announce it would close its headquarters for Wednesday and Thursday to turn it into a hurricane shelter for employees instead. The company is known for using a business management system tied to the Church of Scientology, also based in Clearwater. > > Gendusa sent a staff memo Wednesday apologizing to employees who “felt that it came across as insensitive,” according to the email provided by Jessica Lalau, PostcardMania director of marketing and communications. Oh, and [she’s a Republican.](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WUudGFceg8MJ:https://www.dailydot.com/debug/florida-company-employees-work-through-hurricane/&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4554 "2022-09-30T22:40:02Z")
Sounds like Medusa. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4555 "2022-09-30T23:38:10Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > heres why everyone who takes a phone on a amusement ride after being told not to needs to have to pay for medical bills after jail It’s been a long time since I’ve been to an amusement park. Where am I supposed to put my phone while I’m on a ride? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4556 "2022-09-30T23:45:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s been a long time since I’ve been to an amusement park. Where am I supposed to put my phone while I’m on a ride? Either hand it to a friend or in a zippered pocket. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4557 "2022-10-01T00:07:51Z")
But how many pockets would get unzipped? _“OMG, I so need a selfie on Space Mountain!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4558 "2022-10-01T00:09:10Z")
You just know some fool would try and use a selfie stick. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4559 "2022-10-01T00:18:20Z")
Good plan! That way the phone can take out one fellow rider, and the stick can impale another! ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4560 "2022-10-01T00:53:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Where am I supposed to put my phone while I’m on a ride? As someone who is getting ready to leave Disney World in the morning, any ride that is fast has a pouch in front of each seat that you can use to secure a phone, hat, sunglasses, etc. I hope any responsible ride operator would have something similar in place. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4561 "2022-10-01T02:21:39Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > As someone who is getting ready to leave Disney World in the morning,… Been a bit damp there this week, has it? > [@](#): > > …any ride that is fast has a pouch in front of each seat that you can use to secure a phone, hat, sunglasses, etc. I hope any responsible ride operator would have something similar in place. An excellent idea. If an amusement park is going to prohibit cell phones on a ride, they ought to give you some place to put 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:** [October 1, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4562 "2022-10-01T02:52:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Been a bit damp there this week, has it? Today was bone dry, so funny. If it wasn’t for all the debris still around you’d never know a hurricane just passed through. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4563 "2022-10-01T03:37:22Z")
I actually saw a photo of garbage cans put out today for pickup, streets almost fully dry. I don’t know where it was, ,but it was identified as someplace in Florida. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4564 "2022-10-01T04:07:35Z")
Two brothers, one an ex-prison warden, arrested for murder after shooting at immigrants in Texas, killing one. > **[Brothers in Texas arrested after 2 migrants shot, one fatally, near...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-sheppard-mark-sheppard-arrested-2-migrants-shot-texas-near-mexico-border/)** > > One brother opened fire on a group of migrants getting water, killing a man and wounding a woman, according to court documents. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4565 "2022-10-01T11:28:02Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > use a selfie stick. Are those still a thing? All the selfies I see anymore are hand held (although the people I know mostly have long arms so that helps). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4566 "2022-10-01T20:17:00Z")
First chess, then golf, now a man is caught cheating at [competitive fishing](https://www.sharonherald.com/news/hermitage-angler-at-center-of-fishing-cheating-scandal/article_2235e3b4-41ad-11ed-b2e1-731c43c95bc1.html). Weird time for sports. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4567 "2022-10-01T23:54:04Z")
The news this week was that Bruce Willis had sold his likeness for digital use. His representative says that’s not true. > **[Bruce Willis’ Rep Says Actor Did Not Sell His Image and Likeness to AI Firm](https://in.ign.com/movie/174908/news/bruce-willis-rep-says-actor-did-not-sell-his-image-and-likeness-to-ai-firm)** > > After reports from this week surfaced online claiming that the Die Hard actor has sold his digital self to be Deepfaked for movies, his rep says no such deal ever took place. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4568 "2022-10-02T00:59:32Z")
"Several brawls between supporters of the two rival soccer teams were reported inside the stadium after the Indonesian Premier League game ended with Persebaya Surabaya beating Arema Malang 3-2. The fights prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic among supporters, said East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta. Hundreds of people ran to an exit gate in an effort to avoid the tear gas. Some suffocated in the chaos and others were trampled, killing 34 almost instantly. " > **[125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match](https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-police-indonesia-java-c31edecf524ddbb1d3a4b276c581d0b0?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_03)** > > MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled... To quote Weird Al: I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4569 "2022-10-02T01:26:29Z")
Right wing British PM Liz Truss put pressure on King Chuck to drop out of an environmental conference he was schedule to make a speech at. > **[Liz Truss Pressured King Charles to Drop Out of Climate Summit](https://www.thedailybeast.com/british-prime-minister-liz-truss-pressured-king-charles-to-drop-out-of-cop27-climate-change-summit)** > > The monarch apparently had to scrap his planned speech to world leaders for the gathering. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4570 "2022-10-02T02:54:29Z")
A team of fishermen competing in a tournament were caught putting weights in their catch to make them weigh more. > **[Scandal Emerges After Anglers Appear to Have Stuffed Fish With Weights](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/10/01/fishermen-team-accused-of-cheating-by-stuffing-fish-with-weights)** > > The duo was stripped of their winning title after a tournament official discovered the weights. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=229)