# 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:** 397
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7931 "2023-07-07T21:42:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. Watching that video, she had full-on crazy eyes. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7932 "2023-07-07T21:47:21Z")
Also, she’s a Feng Shui consultant? Isn’t that cultural appropriation? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7933 "2023-07-07T21:53:08Z")
Shouldn’t that be “who Hermes is”? ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7934 "2023-07-07T22:03:40Z")
She may have also been trying to namedrop Hermey the Misfit Elf. She mispronounced it because she was clearly drunk. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7935 "2023-07-07T22:03:47Z")
Bet SHE doesn’t know that [Hermès makes exquisite saddles](https://www.hermes.com/us/en/content/136291-bespoke-equestrian-us/) and equestrian leather goods. ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7936 "2023-07-07T22:15:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. From that article: > Featherman operates her own home decor company dedicated to Feng Shui and peaceful spatial energy “Peaceful spatial energy”? Either she doesn’t take her own advice, or it isn’t working. ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7937 "2023-07-07T22:25:31Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Shouldn’t that be “who Hermes is”? Maybe she meant that they didn’t know that he was an accountant. ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7938 "2023-07-07T22:26:40Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. Black? I thought he was some kinda outer space potato man. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7939 "2023-07-07T22:27:15Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Bet SHE doesn’t know that [Hermès makes exquisite saddles](https://www.hermes.com/us/en/content/136291-bespoke-equestrian-us/) and equestrian leather goods. - Ironic considering she’s a horse’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7940 "2023-07-07T22:33:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. > > Black? I thought he was some kinda outer space potato man. I’ve always thought that it was clear that Hermes was Jamaican. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7941 "2023-07-07T22:47:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Black? I thought he was some kinda outer space potato man. That’s Dr Zoidberg. Hermes is the limbo guy from Jamaica. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7942 "2023-07-07T23:11:04Z")
I think she was acting high toned and was refering to this company. > **[Hermès](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%A8s)** > > Hermès International S.A. (/ɛərˈmɛz/ (listen) air-MEZ, French: \[ɛʁmɛs\] (listen)), is a French luxury design house established in 1837. It specializes in leather goods, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and ready-to-wear. Since the 1950s, its logo has been a depiction of a ducal horse-drawn carriage. > Thierry Hermès was born in Krefeld, Germany, to a French father and a German mother. The family moved to France in 1828. In 1837, Hermès first established a harne... ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7943 "2023-07-07T23:14:44Z")
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=224&width=400&href=https://www.facebook.com/SimpsonsFuturamaBestMoments/videos/jamaican-i-thought-you-were-some-kinda-outer-space-potato-man/1578904595723406/ ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7944 "2023-07-07T23:16:35Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Woman accuses her neighbors with not knowing the black guy from _Futurama_. > > [Lakewood Karen ID’d as Feng Shui Guide Blair Featherman After Racist Meltdown](https://www.thedailybeast.com/lakewood-karen-idd-as-feng-shui-guide-blair-featherman-after-racist-meltdown) Looks like a fun article. Too bad I’ve got a moratorium on creating any more new accounts just to open links. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7945 "2023-07-07T23:19:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Too bad I’ve got a moratorium on creating any more new accounts just to open links. I have no account with _Daily Beast_ and it opened fine for me. I was also able to watch the video, and certainly don’t have a Tik Tok account. ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7946 "2023-07-07T23:20:47Z")
I’ll try again. Nope. It’s still blocks me with a banner that says “the best things in life are free.” And demands that I register. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7947 "2023-07-07T23:28:05Z")
Try putting your browser into private mode or clearing (that site’s) cookies/cache. That usually works on sites that allow you to read a certain number of articles. ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7948 "2023-07-07T23:28:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think she was acting high toned and was refering to this company. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/Foe-OtOakAACiWu.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/Foe-OtOakAACiWu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7949 "2023-07-08T01:30:47Z")
To be fair, I wasn’t entirely sure if some of the responses knew that the Futurama reference was a joke and that the woman never actually said anything about cartoons. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7950 "2023-07-08T01:41:57Z")
Maybe she was quizzing them on Greek mythology? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=398)