# 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:** 353
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7051 "2023-04-11T04:12:49Z")
Various sites have been pointing out that sticking out the tongue is a gesture of respect and/or agreement in Tibet. I haven’t seen anything about sucking tongues, though. Did he say it in English? Is it possible he mis-spoke, and meant to say something about sticking out a tongue? – on the other hand, he seems to have apologized, and not to have given that as an explanation, as near as I can tell. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7052 "2023-04-11T04:35:31Z")
I keep thinking about the [Ritual of Chud](https://www.google.com/search?client=avast-a-1&q=ritual+of+chud+meaning&oq=ritual+of+chud+&aqs=avast.2.69i59j69i57j0l6.40333j0j15&ie=UTF-8). Stephen King got that from somewhere… ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7053 "2023-04-11T06:27:48Z")
So, in a year with a lot of mass killings already, to prepare his students for an active shooter drill, a teacher decided what the hey, let’s [have them write their own obituaries](https://www.aol.com/news/florida-teacher-fired-asking-students-182318497.html). He was a probationary employee. Was. He got canned that very day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7054 "2023-04-11T11:20:28Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > let’s [have them write their own obituaries](https://www.aol.com/news/florida-teacher-fired-asking-students-182318497.html). Heh, at least they were 11th and 12th graders and not first graders. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7055 "2023-04-11T13:39:06Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Various sites have been pointing out that sticking out the tongue is a gesture of respect and/or agreement in Tibet. So in this famous photo, Einstein was showing respect for Tibetan reporters? [![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XX1s8kCntRA/V9h9MRC1tII/AAAAAAAALDI/S86wtYPUjqYKVQoHYrGEvo0bpJ394-WRwCLcB/s1600/einstein_sticks_his_tongue_1951.jpg) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XX1s8kCntRA/V9h9MRC1tII/AAAAAAAALDI/S86wtYPUjqYKVQoHYrGEvo0bpJ394-WRwCLcB/s1600/einstein_sticks_his_tongue_1951.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7056 "2023-04-11T14:18:48Z")
And, of course, very few match the piety and devotion of ol’ #23: [![](https://i0.wp.com/russianmachineneverbreaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mj-tongue-out.jpg?fit=1024%2C769&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/russianmachineneverbreaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mj-tongue-out.jpg?fit=1024%2C769&ssl=1) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7057 "2023-04-11T14:32:32Z")
Keep It Sucking, Son [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/31/2a/4e312a32132143e4e5957c48de62ba76.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/31/2a/4e312a32132143e4e5957c48de62ba76.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7058 "2023-04-11T14:37:25Z")
Actually, when someone posts a context-free one liner like “How is it ok that that a woman standing up for womens rights is attacked? Re: Riley Gaines”, it’s pretty easy to predict by now what’s going to follow. I remember a certain banned poster who used to do that and when asked for context would be like “Wow, you guys must live in a woke liberal bubble; this case is all anyone is talking about on MY news feed today!”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7059 "2023-04-11T14:39:53Z")
The Republican Party in Michigan has an, um. interesting new chairperson. Kristina Karamo believes in demonic possession, has claimed that Beyoncé recruited people to paganism through a new album and is profoundly antivaccine. > **[Tenure of new Michigan GOP chair who spread Beyoncé paganism conspiracy...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/politics/kfile-michigan-gop-chair-kristina-karamo-comments/index.html)** > > After the Michigan Republican Party faced intense backlash for using Holocaust imagery on its social media to oppose what it says are Democrats' restrictive gun proposals, the new chair of the state GOP party did not apologize -- in fact, she doubled... Karamo could be the perfect VP choice for the 2024 G.O.P. Presidential ticket. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7060 "2023-04-11T14:49:58Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Kristina Karamo believes in demonic possession, has claimed that Beyoncé recruited people to paganism through a new album and is profoundly antivaccine. But I’m sure the actual problem is still The Satanic Temple ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7061 "2023-04-11T14:59:46Z")
Karamo retweeted this message from Charlie Kirk: "Trains being derailed. UFO’s all over the place. Chickens struggling to lay eggs. Food processing centers on fire. Tons of people dropping suddenly. " “What is going on?” It’s gotta be SATAN!\* \*a.k.a. George Soros. Or maybe Anthony Fauci. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7062 "2023-04-11T15:16:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Before she entered politics, Karamo worked as a community college professor and earned a master’s degree in Christian apologetics. Um, what? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7063 "2023-04-11T15:19:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > "Trains being derailed. UFO’s all over the place. Chickens struggling to lay eggs. Food processing centers on fire. Tons of people dropping suddenly. " > > “What is going on?” > > It’s gotta be SATAN!\* I honestly thought we’d put al this behind us. Obviously I overestimate the intelligence of humans. What makes people believe this crap? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7064 "2023-04-11T15:19:52Z")
She’s a really sorry christian? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7065 "2023-04-11T15:34:15Z")
I know you’re joking but for the record: > [@](#): > > Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, “speaking in defense”) is **the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse**. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists. In theory it’s supposed to be a little more rigorous that “What I say is what’s true, no takebacks, LA LA LA LA I’M NOT LISTENING” but these days we’re lucky if it’s even _that_ coherent. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7066 "2023-04-11T15:34:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The Republican Party in Michigan has an, um. interesting new chairperson. > > Kristina Karamo believes in demonic possession, has claimed that Beyoncé recruited people to paganism through a new album and is profoundly antivaccine. Antivaccine? Now that’s just crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7067 "2023-04-11T15:44:48Z")
I’ve been on these here interwebs for a while. Back in the old days they used to say that Usenet was where people would correct you just to be polite. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7068 "2023-04-11T15:54:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > …Christian apologetics. > > Um, what? Do you also wonder why [Socrates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology_(Plato)) didn’t sound sorry. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7069 "2023-04-11T15:56:34Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “What is going on?” > > It’s gotta be SATAN!\* WTF, the Church Lady got into politics?! [![](https://www.rick.wadholm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_0098.jpg) ](https://www.rick.wadholm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_0098.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7070 "2023-04-11T16:20:19Z")
[Illinois man with 10 outstanding warrants backed into one police car, crashed into a second police car, and got tackled while on his way to steal a third.](http://kankakeecountysheriff.com/local-fugitive-apprehended-after-pursuit-results-in-crash/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=354)