# 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:** 259
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5171 "2022-11-15T04:08:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What were the consequences for Elon? Watching his new company completely tank as people flee like rats from a sinking ship. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5172 "2022-11-15T04:11:05Z")
That was already happening before this guy disagreed with him. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5173 "2022-11-15T04:14:23Z")
I’m not saying there are immediate consequences for this one incident. But that’s the consequence for his behavior in aggregate. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5174 "2022-11-15T05:57:57Z")
Tulsi Gabbard has been signed by Fox. I am not surprised. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5175 "2022-11-15T13:09:06Z")
Working for Fox would be consequences for folks with a soul or integrity. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5176 "2022-11-15T13:15:09Z")
Bloomington/Normal is in Illinois. I lived about 9 miles NE of the town/s when I was a kid. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5177 "2022-11-15T19:22:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The wide-open, uncensored, free-speech-is-everything Twitter; are you sure about that? Anyone who butts heads with boss _on a public forum_ deserves to be fired. And probably _wants_ to be fired. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5178 "2022-11-15T20:24:26Z")
He fired people for things they said on the internal Slack too. Nothing public about that. If the boss can’t handle internal feedback, he is a bad boss. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5179 "2022-11-15T20:26:28Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Anyone who butts heads with boss _on a public forum_ deserves to be fired. I kind of figure this firing is the most justifiable one he’s made at Twitter. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5180 "2022-11-15T21:24:34Z")
The fragility of the dude’s ego rivals Trump’s. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5181 "2022-11-15T23:26:49Z")
Watching him mismanage Twitter into a death spiral really makes me eager to see him take 5,000 of his richest friends to a Martian colony. I’d pay money for a live feed, at least for as long as it qualified as live. I wonder how long it would take him to figure out that you can’t abuse oxygen out of rocks like you can lines of code out of programmers. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5182 "2022-11-16T00:25:12Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Watching him mismanage Twitter into a death spiral really makes me eager to see him take 5,000 of his richest friends to a Martian colony. He should take the million wealthiest people in the world on a nice little trip to Golgafrincham. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5183 "2022-11-16T20:39:32Z")
Qatar paid millions of dollars for the right to host the World Cup and now doesn’t want reporters to cover it. > **[Qatar security threatens Danish reporter at World Cup](https://awfulannouncing.com/soccer/qatar-world-cup-danish-reporter.html)** > > Danish reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was broadcasting live ahead of the World Cup when he was threatened by Qatar security live on-air. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5184 "2022-11-17T02:11:49Z")
> **[A lawyer suffered a stroke and missed court. A Clayton County judge chewed...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/atlanta-judge-chews-lawyer-missed-231256232.html)** > > The judge said she was going to hold him in contempt of court because of his “behavior.” > Jury selection in Payne’s murder trial was supposed to start Monday, but Tucker couldn’t make it to court due to the medical emergency… > > “You need to seriously seek new counsel,” Malone told [defendant Hannah] Payne. “He’s doing you a disservice because you’ve been here. We’re ready to start a trial today.” > > Tucker said he was stunned. > > “I was astonished. I couldn’t believe it,” Tucker said. “She kind of made me look real bad on TV.” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5185 "2022-11-17T05:03:28Z")
> **[Oregon Ducks receiver Kris Hutson explains late game injury against...](https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2022/11/oregon-ducks-receiver-kris-hutson-explains-late-game-injury-against-washington-part-of-the-game-plan.html)** > > If not for a first down, Hutson’s convenient cramp would’ve resulted in a 10-second runoff and the game would’ve been over in what was ultimately a 37-34 UO loss. Faking an injury to influence a game is vile; naming your fake to the media is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5186 "2022-11-17T19:46:41Z")
Only if the Brontaroc is endemic there. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5187 "2022-11-17T21:38:57Z")
Wrong movie. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 18, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5188 "2022-11-18T04:23:27Z")
Some disgruntled employee at Twitter HQ in San Francisco has taken control of the news chyron that runs across the front of the building and is running multiple insults on Musk. Apartheid profiteer, supreme parasite, petulant pimple, dictator’s asskisser, lawless oligarch, insecure colonizer, space Karen, mediocre manchild, megalomaiac, ---
**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:** [November 18, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5189 "2022-11-18T04:27:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Some disgruntled employee at Twitter HQ in San Francisco So who’s the stupid MF’er in this story? Not the employee, IMO. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5190 "2022-11-18T04:48:59Z")
I don’t see any insults. ISTM to be a quite accurate list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=260)