# 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:** 410
**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 25, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8191 "2023-07-25T17:01:05Z")
Well, maybe, but I’d be worried about toxins. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8192 "2023-07-25T17:06:13Z")
He’s pretty toxic all right, but not in the biochemistry way. ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8193 "2023-07-25T17:08:28Z")
There’s fat and then there’s fat. Donald is marbled like…well Donald, not like Kobe beef where the cow’s been well fed and exercised every day ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8194 "2023-07-25T17:09:18Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Well, maybe, but I’d be worried about toxins. Flare-ups. Not a good thing when you’re trying to do low-n-slow. ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8195 "2023-07-25T17:11:39Z")
Maybe he’d make okay bacon? ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8196 "2023-07-25T17:14:49Z")
Some long pig? Though based on reports from certain porn stars, ‘long’ is not the word to use to describe him ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8197 "2023-07-25T17:40:58Z")
I prefer my pork not gamy and tasting like chemicals. Also I don’t like mushrooms. ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8198 "2023-07-25T20:43:33Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I contend Donald would be delicious pit-smoked I think you would want to purge him first, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8199 "2023-07-25T20:46:43Z")
STATION! (added for posting: fuck you Discourse) ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8200 "2023-07-25T21:21:38Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I prefer my pork not gamy and tasting like chemicals. > > Also I don’t like mushrooms. - How about a nice Vienna sausage? ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8201 "2023-07-25T21:34:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How about a nice Vienna sausage? Vienna sausages originated in Vienna; or as the Germans call it, Wien. Thus Vienna sausages are Wiener Wurst, which is where we get the word ‘wiener’ (_not_ _weiner!_). Just something to chew on whilst you’re discussing mushrooms and Vienna sausages. ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8202 "2023-07-25T22:00:47Z")
> **[How right-wing news powers the ‘gold IRA’ industry](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wing-news-powers-gold-ira-123800659.html)** > > Ads for gold coins have become a mainstay on Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative outlets, even as regulators have accused some companies of defrauding elderly clients. > In 2018, White invested $174,000 in the coins, according to a lawsuit by the New York attorney general - only to later learn that Lear charged a 33 percent commission. > > Over several transactions, White, 70, lost nearly $80,000… Maybe calling people who fall for these scams ‘stupid motherhumpers’ is a bit harsh. People fall for scams every day. Still when it happens to Fox viewers… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8203 "2023-07-25T22:28:28Z")
People that prey on the elderly, need special treatment. ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8204 "2023-07-25T22:39:22Z")
Our economy uses the predatory model overall. “Consumer” is a euphemism for “mark”. If we reigned in the stupid in US, the GDP would almost certainly shrink by at least a third, probably more. Computers are a tremendously valuable business tool, because they reduce the mental load that the people have to bear, so that gives them more time to focus on shopping. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8205 "2023-07-25T22:58:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If we reigned in the stupid in US, the GDP would almost certainly shrink by at least a third, probably more. I find that disturbingly plausible… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8206 "2023-07-25T23:00:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Maybe calling people who fall for these scams ‘stupid motherhumpers’ is a bit harsh. People fall for scams every day. Still when it happens to Fox viewers… Sometimes, I think it should be legal to separate the stupid from their money. Being old is, in and of itself, no defense. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8207 "2023-07-25T23:48:38Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > People that prey on the elderly, need special treatment. I was listening to the Behind the Bastards podcast on kidnapping paranoia and they were talking about how scamming is a massive widespread problem that is rarely addressed because victims are too ashamed to admit they were scammed. The primary target being elderly people. The host Robert Evans suggests that maybe, just maybe, the reason all this kidnapping human trafficking pedophile ring conspiracy crap is so prevalent is that these people live in a world where people (scammers) actually are constantly trying to harm them. Thus their general mistrust of other people is at least somewhat grounded in reality. I dunno what I think of this take, but it’s interesting. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8208 "2023-07-26T00:27:16Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I dunno what I think of this take, but it’s interesting. I don’t know what I think of that theory either, but I can tell you at least part of the belief in weird shit as far as elderly people is concerned is isolation and early- to mid-stage dementia. I saw my mother become very suspicious of people for no reason other than dementia. That said, there were scammers that tried to take advantage of my father, who I went after pretty hard when I found out what was happening. Interestingly enough, every single one of those businesses was based in Florida. Hm. ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8209 "2023-07-26T00:51:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Sometimes, I think it should be legal to separate the stupid from their money. On the one hand, I do see your point. Stupid people with money can be a serious concern. Consider that paypal moron who bought a large social network and turned it into more of a sewer than it already was: that there is a prominent example of a stupid person who desperately need to be separated from all of his money.        In fact, my observations seem to indicate that money, just like guns and cars, makes people who have it stupid (that is, it damages their ability to reason). Thus, yes, taking capital away from stupid people (including those who are stupid by dint of haring too much) is probably a net gain for everyone.        On the other hand, we all have our weak spots and are at least a little stupid in some areas. Morons are not per se valueless people (some are, many are not) and deserve a right to try for a decent life. If you do decide to go and separate stupid people from that money (be my guest), at least give them some fair exchange for it, rather than merely relieving them of it thievishly. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8210 "2023-07-26T00:51:42Z")
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