# 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:** 241
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4811 "2022-10-20T22:00:31Z")
[“Instead of office chair, package contained bobcat.”](https://xkcd.com/325/) ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4812 "2022-10-20T22:37:14Z")
Two Hyundai contractors in Alabama accused of using child labor. > **[Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/tech/hyundai-child-labor-investigation/index.html)** > > Hyundai Motor Co, Korea's top automaker, is investigating child labor violations in its U.S. supply chain and plans to "sever ties" with Hyundai suppliers in Alabama found to have relied on underage workers, the company's global chief operating... ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4813 "2022-10-20T22:39:26Z")
Parler sent out an email to its VIPs reporting gleefully that Kanye has bought the company. But the email included all of the recipients’ contact information, and some of the recipients are surprised that they are considered VIPs. > **[Parler was jubilant about Kanye West buying it. Then the problems started.](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/parler-was-jubilant-about-kanye-west-buying-it-then-the-problems-started-00062716)** > > An email to so-called VIPs for the site raised a couple questions; among them: Do the VIPs know that they’re VIPs? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4814 "2022-10-20T22:58:21Z")
I’ve certainly seen that XKCD before. But I’m pretty sure that when I’ve seen it before, I didn’t look at the tail of the bobcat. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4815 "2022-10-20T23:02:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > the email included all of the recipients’ contact information “Free speech” means we’re going to give everybody your email address! ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4816 "2022-10-21T00:22:39Z")
Right winger who tried to make a superhero movie whose main character wears a Confederate flag, uses the name Rebel, and fights globalists who oppose freedom, loses all of his money because the only financial institution that would deal with him (because of his previous racism and sexism) turned out to be a fraud who stole all of the money. > **[Right-wing superhero movie ends 'in disaster' after $1 million in funders'...](https://www.rawstory.com/rebels-run/)** > > An attempt to make a Confederacy-promoting right-wing super hero movie has reportedly "ended in disaster" after $1 million in funders' money has gone completely missing.The Daily Beast's Will Sommer reports that the planned movie, called "Rebel's... ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4817 "2022-10-21T00:37:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > some of the recipients are surprised that they are considered VIPs. Hey, my alter ego, Nunya Bizness, has been told they are one of Trump’s top supporters _and_ a VIP for a couple years now, without sending him a dime. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4818 "2022-10-21T01:03:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right winger who tried to make a superhero movie whose main character wears a Confederate flag, uses the name Rebel, and fights globalists who oppose freedom, loses all of his money because the only financial institution that would deal with him (because of his previous racism and sexism) turned out to be a fraud who stole all of the money. Sometimes even a sleazebag gets to be the hero. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4819 "2022-10-21T01:19:42Z")
I can’t work up a lot of sympathy for this guy. He was ripping off Wonder Woman and he hates women. I’d be so happy if D.C. sued him on top of this. 🤣 ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4820 "2022-10-21T02:01:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > loses all of his money because the only financial institution that would deal with him (because of his previous racism and sexism) turned out to be a fraud who stole all of the money Gee, maybe they should have approached Donald Trump… er, never mind… ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4821 "2022-10-21T02:15:35Z")
Former Real Housewives of New Jersey participant Siggy Flicker says she is the leader of JEXIT (Jews Exiting the Democratic Party) and will present Individual 1 with a “Defender of Zion” award, > ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4822 "2022-10-21T03:12:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > JEXIT > **[At Republican event, speaker preaches the gospel of Jexit](https://www.jewishtimes.com/at-republican-event-speaker-preaches-the-gospel-of-jexit/)** > > Vigilant in the face of increased acts of anti-Semitism in America, some Republican Jews see the Democratic Party as part of the problem. Sounds like another of those fake grassroots things. ---
**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 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4823 "2022-10-21T03:46:52Z")
A woman who plotted to kill her husband says it was all a hoax to get a reality tv show, and her husband was in on it. He says it’s news to him. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-woman-dalia-dippolito-reality-tv-defense-murder](https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-woman-dalia-dippolito-reality-tv-defense-murder) ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4824 "2022-10-21T04:22:50Z")
Climate protesters glued themselves to the floor of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. So the plant turned off the lights and the heat and locked the doors. > **[Climate protesters who glued themselves to Volkswagen's floor left in the dark](https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/climate-protestors-who-glued-themselves-to-volkswagen-s-floor-are-left-in-the-dark/ar-AA13be2b)** > > At close of office hours, the carmaker switched off lights and heating and locked the doors. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4825 "2022-10-21T04:31:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A woman who plotted to kill her husband says it was all a hoax to get a reality tv show, Well, now she can be on one: Love During Lockup ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4826 "2022-10-21T04:48:32Z")
Furthermore, do _not_ put Kentucky Jelly on a peanut butter sandwich. I don’t know what flavor Kentucky Jelly is supposed to be, but that was the worst sandwich I’ve ever eaten all of. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4827 "2022-10-21T04:57:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right winger who tried to make a superhero movie whose main character wears a Confederate flag, uses the name Rebel, and fights globalists who oppose freedom, loses all of his money because the only financial institution that would deal with him (because of his previous racism and sexism) turned out to be a fraud who stole all of the money. This should be in schadenfreude thread. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4828 "2022-10-21T04:59:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Climate protesters glued themselves to the floor of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. There’s a video out there that I can’t find right now of one of these guys super gluing their hand to the ground and then chucking the plastic bottle down a sewer. Kinda undermines your point. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4829 "2022-10-21T05:17:23Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Kinda undermines your point. Yeah, sometimes passion overrides common sense. I always wonder what happened to the car they drove to get to the protest. I can’t link the site cause it is paywalled, but the local paper is reporting about someone who wanted to pet a range cow with the typical bad results. I really wanted to link it because of the comments. I know that about half of any given population is under average intelligence but still and holy cow. ---
**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 21, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4830 "2022-10-21T05:21:41Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Yeah, sometimes passion overrides common sense. I always wonder what happened to the car they drove to get to the protest. I bet they all rode bikes. Then after they glued themselves to the floor those bikes were casually and unhurriedly stolen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=242)