# 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:** 394
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7871 "2023-07-05T22:29:39Z")
A Chinese girl likes to play online games–but her parents don’t approve. > **[A 13-year-old spent $64,000 of her parents' money on mobile games without...](https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-parents-money-mobile.html)** > > The unnamed child, a secondary school student from Henan, was only caught by her mother after a teacher called to say she thought the girl might be... But there was still $.07 left in the bank account. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7872 "2023-07-05T22:56:37Z")
Four months and you don’t know money is being drawn from your account until a teacher mentions it? Big mistake on the parents’ part. The kid was downright duplicitous though. Grounded for life. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7873 "2023-07-05T23:03:07Z")
One side of our family is full of teachers and principals. One saying they love is “The kids that are the toughest to raise, are the ones who’ll end up running things.” I’d bet “Unnamed Child from Henan” is going to be a mover and a shaker someday. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7874 "2023-07-05T23:21:29Z")
Yes, hopefully the parents will get over their rage in time to redirect that energy to something less destructive. I have a cousin with a pack of wild kids and some day one of them will absolutely pull something like this. It’s always “V locked me in the bathroom today” or “the girls poured an entire bottle of honey on their sister.” I’m glad it’s not me, but I really see those kids as likely to be strong, persevering and independent in the future. Especially because I live on the flip side of this, with a child who gets into so little trouble it’s genuinely concerning. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7875 "2023-07-05T23:22:11Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I’d bet “Unnamed Child from Henan” is going to be a mover and a shaker someday. I’d bet the child is going to be running a ponzi scheme or other fraudulent business… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7876 "2023-07-05T23:23:32Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > those kids as likely to be strong, persevering and independent in the future. That sounds like what their future defense lawyer is going to plead when he tries to mitigate their sentencing… ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7877 "2023-07-06T00:06:07Z")
If I had $64K sitting in the bank, about $60K would be in a savings account from which only I or my wife could transfer funds into a fluid account. This is on the parents, for bad money hygiene. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7878 "2023-07-06T00:28:57Z")
If I had $64K sitting in the bank, I’d’ve invested $50K of it… By the way, that saying that the teachers love (“The kids that are the toughest to raise, are the ones who’ll end up running things.”)… it gets used with parents of kids too smart, and/or too ADHD, for their own good. It’s meant to tell the parents “Look, we know little Tasmanian Darrell is too much for you sometimes, but hang in there. He may turn out great.” ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7879 "2023-07-06T00:43:55Z")
The biggest troublemaker from my childhood circle of friends is now a state legislator. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7880 "2023-07-06T01:04:04Z")
Never mind. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7881 "2023-07-06T02:12:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The biggest troublemaker from my childhood circle of friends is now a state legislator. A position in which they can make lots more trouble! – which may have been your point. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7882 "2023-07-06T04:55:38Z")
Wouldn’t it just be easier to steal the forklift from Home Depot if you’re going to kill someone there with it? How far away from Lowe’s did he have to drive to get to Home Depot? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7883 "2023-07-06T04:56:53Z")
Maybe Home Depot didn’t have a Lowe Rider available. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7884 "2023-07-06T05:00:27Z")
Go to your room. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7885 "2023-07-06T06:09:34Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Maybe Home Depot didn’t have a Lowe Rider available. What are the odds that the car you run into will have a person sleeping in it? And if you’re going to steal a car, wouldn’t you prefer one that _hasn’t_ been hit by a forklift? So many questions. Maybe I should just watch the Klaus video again. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7886 "2023-07-06T13:30:52Z")
If you had asked me if I could outrun a forklift, I would have said yes. Apparently that is not the case. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7887 "2023-07-06T13:43:55Z")
Well yeah. I imagine they can hit 10 mph at least. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know many 73 year old women who can be suddenly jolted awake past midnight while sleeping in their car instantly able to run 6 minute miles. I’m considerably younger and can only dream of being limber enough to barely walk if I were sleeping in my car and suddenly needed to get elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7888 "2023-07-06T13:44:03Z")
Well, she just woke up… (I’m going to hell.) ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7889 "2023-07-06T13:55:06Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > If you had asked me if I could outrun a forklift, I would have said yes. Apparently that is not the case. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7890 "2023-07-06T13:58:58Z")
That forklift was Killdozer’s illegitimate child. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=395)