# 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:** 383
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7651 "2023-06-10T02:02:51Z")
I’ve never been to Tacoma, that I know of, and I’ve never lived near a smelter or pulp mill. So,…what does Tacoma smell like? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7652 "2023-06-10T02:10:34Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > So,…what does Tacoma smell like? If you’ve ever smelled sewer gas, you’ll know the smell. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7653 "2023-06-10T02:12:21Z")
Yes. Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7654 "2023-06-10T02:13:14Z")
Thanks, I guess. LOL ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7655 "2023-06-10T02:22:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@saucywench](#): > > > > So,…what does Tacoma smell like? > > If you’ve ever smelled sewer gas, you’ll know the smell. - 🎶 Ooh that smell Can’t you smell that smell Ooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you 🎶 ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7656 "2023-06-10T03:52:30Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Between the smelter, the pulp mills and the stockyards there were times one had to chew the air to get it down. II vaguely remember some cows near the Flett dairy in Lakewood, but where were there stockyards? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7657 "2023-06-10T05:35:53Z")
On the Tideflats. Off Lincoln Ave, IIRC. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7658 "2023-06-10T06:38:18Z")
How long ago was that? I didn’t get down that way very often when I was young, but I had a couple temp jobs there in the early-'90s. I remember big parking lots for cars that were imported from Asia. Were the stockyards gone by then? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7659 "2023-06-10T15:51:28Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I am a bit amused by how we have a proliferation of “Stupid \_\_\_ in the News” threads that by now are each all over the place topic-wise, as people post whatever they want to share in the first one they run into. Not counting the material that is not really “Stupid …” but just evil or despicable or bad (or simply Republican 😝 ) At least with this one you can derail like crazy without _too much_ opprobium. 🙂 > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Or they’ll sic the Aroma on you. _I want a horny little Jewish Princess_ _With a garlic aroma that could level Tacoma_ aw gee, lost the appeal too. 😆 > **[Woman who called police on Black bird-watcher in Central Park loses...](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/woman-called-police-black-bird-153307248.html)** > > NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday refused to reinstate a lawsuit by Amy Cooper, the white woman who became known as "Central Park Karen" after calling police on a Black bird-watcher, against the employer that fired her following... ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7660 "2023-06-10T19:11:24Z")
Just FYI, Christian Cooper, the guy this woman tried to frame, has his own birding show, “Extraordinary Birder,” [debuting on Nat Geo Wild on June 17th](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/extraordinary_birder_with_christian_cooper/s01/e01). So he actually got his own TV show as an indirect result of this event. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7661 "2023-06-10T19:41:54Z")
Now, that’s the kind of karma I like! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7662 "2023-06-10T20:50:04Z")
He had a nice piece in the NYT not long ago too. > **[Opinion | Three Years After a Fateful Day in Central Park, Birding Continues...](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/birds-freedom.html?unlocked_article_code=th5t3WNH8vTi8P6MHXq31vUTC0P6rXpbcljKGSCekp2TuuepAgZByD04EVkl8xasuQiXzPyg40dmmxxGWXATvzdfHPZtBifn0yKI9UvpI01G--hEKjDEH28oGl_HW-ioS8PUuLVCcK1FCX3X8_-3pS45ehlkimTSW4BbSO786iTu7QWG3BM6dgYv9UzVfZ1DJMrfuFrYeTIr0SPiBKHIkjTpwPk-_x5raY_uhyOqPrhDZ_idYL6gSt7zmZRnP_P8h_TmCISU2VvR3LqocWaWqe4123Gmh475jlwWSBCnuLsVZT4wmWsrEHGwtEuak1wi3YENFsQZ0A&smid=url-share)** > > Why — of all the spectacular creatures with which we share this planet — do birds captivate as no others can? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7663 "2023-06-12T09:04:04Z")
Time Magazine’s headline writer may need a crash course in geography: “How Ukraine’s Dam Collapse Could Become the Country’s ‘Chernobyl’” > **[How Ukraine's Dam Collapse Could Become the Country's 'Chernobyl'](https://time.com/6286309/ukraine-dam-collapse-ecological-catastrophe/)** > > "The consequences to come will be for our children or grandchildren, just as we are the ones now experiencing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster." I’m pretty sure that _Chernobyl_ was the country’s Chernobyl. It’s a good article; the idiocy is the headline. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if they change it soon. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7664 "2023-06-12T12:17:09Z")
To be fair, when the Chernobyl disaster happened, Ukraine was part of the USSR. I’m guessing someone else wrote the title (isn’t that usually an editor thing?) since the story itself has the line: > “The consequences to come will be for our children or grandchildren, just as we are the ones now experiencing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, not our ancestors.” That suggests whoever wrote the article (or at least the person that they quoted) was aware that the victims of both disasters are the same people/area. I think changing ‘Country’s’ to ‘Generation’s’ would fix any confusion. FWIW, it wasn’t until the miniseries a few years ago that I learned that Chernobyl wasn’t in Russia. I remember it happening in the USSR. When the USSR collapsed I was 11 years old I really didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to what ended up where. It wasn’t even until the Russian invasion that I was aware Ukraine was part of the USSR/Russia in the first place. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7665 "2023-06-12T18:47:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I think changing ‘Country’s’ to ‘Generation’s’ would fix any confusion. Yes, that would be clear and accurate, and also just more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7666 "2023-06-12T20:47:22Z")
“Serial bear-botherer” seems like a self-limiting career choice. > **[Serial bear-botherer caught chasing animals at Yellowstone again](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/serial-bear-botherer-caught-chasing-194907581.html)** > > The National Park Service is investigating the man, who could face jail time for harassing wildlife ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7667 "2023-06-12T21:01:34Z")
Eh, if he tries it on a mama bear with cubs, he won’t being trying it ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7668 "2023-06-12T21:14:34Z")
I don’t know how up on bears he is in general but one would hope he’d recognize a grizzly when he sees one. Cubs or no, grizzlies don’t play that shit. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7669 "2023-06-12T21:24:16Z")
Someone stupid enough to try that shit isn’t likely to be all that up on the differences between black bears and grizzlies. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7670 "2023-06-12T21:40:24Z")
Somebody trying that shit is likely up on something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=384)