# 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:** 396
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7911 "2023-07-06T18:33:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “The brick that was defaced was actually part of a wall built during a mid-19th century restoration of the monument, which was inaugurated in the first century A.D.” That is some terrbly-constructed English. Or, time travelers. ---
**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7912 "2023-07-06T18:54:13Z")
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one puzzled by that. I assume I must be missing something. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7913 "2023-07-06T19:06:18Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Not all kids, not in every case, but if an adult, especially a parent, frames their child as always causing trouble, they may think well that’s all **I’m** good for. Freudian slip? ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7914 "2023-07-06T19:34:45Z")
Ha. No. I was an angel. Missing quotations. They might think, “Well, that’s all I’m good for.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7915 "2023-07-06T19:54:04Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Um. Wut? > > [Who Knew the Colosseum Was So Old? Tourist Apologizes for Defacement.](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/europe/tourist-colosseum-rome-apology.html?unlocked_article_code=tEi5M9FFDnlYNtrnM0Z9HVrVpaTc-cPZmYWzwNP3U-xt557c5TA5pgJIk97Gt0mY5PqcKyOqTmHkrWZUPaIAZRj8WObt8faSiZaDADDq8TKPW8e4e5nxB0LvZPBotMYzpAPMSmqlCb9_1QLjTN5NeBzC1csoUrfl3ujPTtc1v-DJv8xTYBG23XEvs5CImHPegTm-jwlujXTYYJ7A29YF_semvZH6-atveWt5yWgITfJ0P3Fv2ubNYZ-5ukKqdoo8zhb_hQwsYO86RREVPnzoTDb95HWLF0P8lpocOfj7hHbWNd_YzmZUtMzeDoAcFGHZmUrePcy7ArpAF1r1ViayRHyEZHFk0KANtmmZWx8&smid=url-share) > > For some reason this article won’t preview. It’s a NYT gift link to an article about a guy who used his keys to etch his and his girlfriend’s initials into a wall on the Roman Colosseum (fortunately not one of the original ones). Some people should not be allowed out in public. > [@NYT](#): > > The carving [came to light](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/world/europe/tourist-carves-colosseum-rome.html) last month after a fellow tourist in Rome filmed a man scratching “Ivan + Hayley 23/6/23” into a brick on a wall of the Colosseum. There’s an easy fix for that. Somebody needs to append “BC” to the inscription. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7916 "2023-07-06T19:58:37Z")
Never mind. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7917 "2023-07-06T20:05:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Somebody needs to append “BC” to the inscription. _slow clap_ /s ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7918 "2023-07-06T22:03:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > “The brick that was defaced was actually part of a wall built during a mid-19th century restoration of the monument, which was inaugurated in the first century A.D.” > > That is some terrbly-constructed English. Or, time travelers. > [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m glad I wasn’t the only one puzzled by that. I assume I must be missing something. I take it to mean, “The monument was originally built in the first century A.D. During the mid-19th century, some restoration was done of the monument (which had presumably been damaged in the meantime). The wall that the defaced brick was part of was part of that restoration.” The implication seems to be that the brick only dates to the mid-19th century; though I suppose they could have re-built the restored wall using brick already old at the time. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7919 "2023-07-06T23:59:27Z")
I read about that [on CNN](https://www.cnn.com/travel/tourist-apologizes-rome-colosseum-carving/index.html), with jaw dropping, screaming inside my head, “How could he not know? HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW?!?!” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7920 "2023-07-07T01:31:30Z")
Eh, Romans back in the day grafitti’d up the place why not Joanie and Chachi? ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7921 "2023-07-07T02:48:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > One of the responses I saw on Twitter to that bit of new is: > > “_Moms for Liberty_” is _Klanned Karenhood._ And that term is now in the [news](https://us.yahoo.com/news/klanned-karenhood-philadelphians-black-twitter-202311898.html), along with a few other nicknames for those bigots: > Twatzis > Assholes with Casseroles > Minivan Taliban > Mary KayKayKay > Betty Crackers I confess I like the name “Minivan Taliban” the best. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7922 "2023-07-07T03:02:57Z")
Did he write “Romani ite domum”? That’s the only Roman-era graffiti that I know. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7923 "2023-07-07T04:32:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I wonder if the wacko had prior professional experience with forklifts. Well, his email _does_ happen to be **ForkliftAssassin4hire** @DeathOnDemand.com ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7924 "2023-07-07T14:51:02Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Eh, Romans back in the day grafitti’d up the place why not Joanie and Chachi? Exactly. If anything, it’s part of historical tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7925 "2023-07-07T17:08:36Z")
Conman, or nut, or possibly conman nut, is dead. > **[Conspiracy cult leader who claimed JFK is alive dies after dirt bike accident](https://www.the-sun.com/news/8532016/qanon-conspiracy-cult-leader-michael-protzman-dead/)** > > QANON cult leader Michael Protzman has died after being involved in a dirt bike accident, according to reports. Protzman died of multiple blunt force injuries after losing control of his dirt bike … ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7926 "2023-07-07T17:24:20Z")
The _US Sun_ didn’t strike me as the most reliable source, since it’s a tabloid (once affiliated with the same people who published _Weekly World News_), but I see many outlets reporting the same thing, including _The Independent_, _Rolling Stone_, and _Dallas Morning News_, so it seems legit. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7927 "2023-07-07T18:03:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Conman, or nut, or possibly conman nut, is dead. … Or _is_ he? If he is, it’s certainly ‘convenient’ that he should die in an ‘accident’ while the Deep State is in power… ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7928 "2023-07-07T18:04:20Z")
I wonder if he’s hiding out with JFK and JFK Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7929 "2023-07-07T18:36:54Z")
He _is_ JFK2. > She did however claim that the person who died was in fact just one version of Michael Protzman, “the evil version” and that the good Michael Protzman—who is in fact JFK Jr. in a mask—is still alive and well. > **[The Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult Is Dead. His Followers Think It’s All Part...](https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x8b4/michael-protzman-negative48-jfk-qanon-dead)** > > Members of Michael Protzman’s conspiracy cult abandoned their families and spent their life savings to follow him to Trump rallies around the country. I’m starting to suspect that some of these Qanon people aren’t well. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7930 "2023-07-07T21:33:03Z")
Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. > **[Poolside ‘Karen’ Who Spewed Racist Bile Is ID’d as Feng Shui Consultant](https://www.thedailybeast.com/lakewood-karen-idd-as-feng-shui-guide-blair-featherman-after-racist-meltdown)** > > “You don’t even know what Hermès is,” she screamed at one point in the viral tirade at a Colorado apartment complex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=395) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=397)