# 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:** 327
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6531 "2023-02-19T04:02:02Z")
That article is from September 2019. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6532 "2023-02-19T04:06:13Z")
Dammit. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6533 "2023-02-19T05:04:52Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That article is from September 2019. Whenever I see a comment like this I say “Poor Rick…” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6534 "2023-02-19T05:35:09Z")
“The Late Rick Kitchen” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6535 "2023-02-19T06:01:15Z")
😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6536 "2023-02-19T08:27:37Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > That article is from September 2019. > > Whenever I see a comment like this I say “Poor Rick…”- “Alas, Poor Rick. I knew him, he was well ratio’d.” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6537 "2023-02-19T19:21:40Z")
Alaska woman kills her best friend because some guy online said he would give her $9 million if she would videotape the murder. > **[Alaska woman pleads guilty to killing 'best friend' after man catfished her...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-woman-pleads-guilty-killing-best-friend-man-catfished-offered-p-rcna71330?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)** > > Denali Brehmer, 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the June 2019 death of Cynthia Hoffman. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6538 "2023-02-19T21:03:30Z")
Nothing says “well-thought out murder plan” like “recruiting four teenage accomplices”. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6539 "2023-02-19T21:10:34Z")
This seems like a particularly dark episode of the show _Catfish_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6540 "2023-02-19T21:22:07Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Good move. He’s already made it clear that he’s not interested in protecting young women. I would go further than that. Someone who thinks that rape is just “boys will be boys” is very likely a rapist himself. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6541 "2023-02-19T23:38:29Z")
This seems like an extraordinarily stupid plan, even by the standards of this thread. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6542 "2023-02-19T23:39:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alaska woman kills her best friend because some guy online said he would give her $9 million if she would videotape the murder. > [Alaska woman pleads guilty to killing 'best friend' after man catfished her and offered to pay $9 million for murder videos](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-woman-pleads-guilty-killing-best-friend-man-catfished-offered-p-rcna71330?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma) For those who didn’t click on the link, the photo is the victim, Cynthia Hoffman. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6543 "2023-02-20T01:36:59Z")
In this picture the victim is on the left, the murderer is on the right. [![](https://people.com/thmb/DVDCWLCM5VHpIVR9yQQORE0TSRI=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(344x359:346x361)/cynthia-hoffman-Denali-Brehmer-021723-1fe05e10313542c1bf9a3bdddc3d5482.jpg) ](https://people.com/thmb/DVDCWLCM5VHpIVR9yQQORE0TSRI=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(344x359:346x361)/cynthia-hoffman-Denali-Brehmer-021723-1fe05e10313542c1bf9a3bdddc3d5482.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6544 "2023-02-20T03:37:08Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > This seems like an extraordinarily stupid plan, even by the standards of this thread Yeah, but $9-million! It’s worth a chance, right? _Right??_ 🙄 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6545 "2023-02-20T04:38:29Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Yeah, but $9-million! It’s worth a chance, right? _Right??_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mQ9p7sWljf0/hqdefault.jpg "Family guy - peter’s new whip and Cleveland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ9p7sWljf0) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6546 "2023-02-20T04:40:50Z")
Why couldn’t the murderer and victim get together and split the money? Look, if one of you gets 9 mil (UP FRONT, CASHIER’S CHECK) to rub me out, call me up instead. For a mere 3 million, I’ll help you fake my murder. I’ve had to die onstage, and was very dramatic. And so convincing that my next of kin were calling their lawyers as soon as the curtain closed. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6547 "2023-02-20T04:43:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Look, if one of you gets 9 mil (UP FRONT, CASHIER’S CHECK) to rub me out, call me up instead. For a mere 3 million, I’ll help you fake my murder. I always pay for my hits by credit card, then I can request a chargeback if I find out it was faked. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6548 "2023-02-20T12:07:53Z")
That’s just smart money management. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6549 "2023-02-20T12:19:46Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > That’s just smart money management. - Only if the murder is faked. if it’s real, the APR will kill _you._ ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6550 "2023-02-20T12:42:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Only if the murder is faked. if it’s real, the APR will kill _you._ Not if you pay it off immediately. Based on the current interest rate on my savings account, using the credit card would net you about $2700 on the float! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=326) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=328)