# 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:** 421
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8411 "2023-08-03T17:14:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > So magic pixie dust was added to the story to keep kids from jumping off of roofs. Then [Pixy Stix](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixy_Stix) came out… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8412 "2023-08-03T17:20:44Z")
Andrew Garfield was also bitten by a genetically altered spider, developed by Curt Connors, and originally worked on by his father as well. His spider didn’t give him natural web-shooters like Toby’s did though. Tom Holland’s origin isn’t covered in the movies. Wikipedia claims it was a radioactive spider, but their cite doesn’t mention that at all. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8413 "2023-08-03T17:29:08Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > My only criticism is his failure to use a Geiger counter to figure out if it was even possible for this particular spider to turn him into Spider Man. I’m recalling the episode in _The Good Place_ where Jason was hoping MRI plus spider would give him super powers. > [@Baker](#): > > Back when the book Peter Pan came out, and the play Nitpick: It was a play first (1904) long before the book was officially published (1929). Barrie kept tweaking the story and was reluctant to publish it until he was satisfied. The added pixie dust was one of the first changes. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8414 "2023-08-03T17:37:02Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Tom Holland’s origin isn’t covered in the movies. Wikipedia claims it was a radioactive spider, but their cite doesn’t mention that at all. Peter and Ned discussed it in _Homecoming_, where Peter mentioned being bit by a spider. Here is the exchange: > **Ned** : You got bit by a spider? Can it bite me? Well, it probably would’ve hurt, right? You know what? Whatever. Even if it did hurt, I’d let it bite me. Maybe. How much did it hurt? > > **Peter** : The spider’s dead, Ned. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8415 "2023-08-03T17:58:04Z")
[Did it work?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJqnKV-Uqo) No, you’re still Liberty Mutual’s dumbass weirdo, Doug. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8416 "2023-08-04T05:56:45Z")
Personal observation: I just did a short stint of jury duty (we spent so much time in the jury room while they argued, I guess, about procedure and admissibility that it was almost like party town in there) and at one point I happened to look at the flags in the courtroom. Gold fringe on 3 edges. Made me wonder whether they do that just in case they ever have to deal with some Sov-Cits. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8417 "2023-08-04T12:38:33Z")
Ah thanks, I had forgotten that exchange. But there was no indication why that spider was capable of giving Holland his powers, right? We don’t know if it was radioactive, genetically altered, on psychoactive medications, or simply a Lovecraftian eldritch horror. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8418 "2023-08-04T12:49:12Z")
Sometimes the headline says it all. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-survives-stabbed-head-flagpole-police-102002805](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-survives-stabbed-head-flagpole-police-102002805) > “The pole entered the victim’s head beneath his jaw and exited the other side of his head near his right temple area,” police said. “The American Flag was still attached the pole at the time.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8419 "2023-08-04T13:00:57Z")
I’m not sure, but I think that may violate the Flag Code. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8420 "2023-08-04T13:31:16Z")
Though, I’m not sure _getting_ stabbed by a flagpole makes one a stupid MFer, unless he stabbed himself ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8421 "2023-08-04T13:51:45Z")
Not to victim blame but these things don’t happen in a vacuum. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8422 "2023-08-04T13:52:31Z")
Have you tried stabbing anybody in a vacuum? It really sucks! ETA: Oh, and that’s totally victim blaming. Getting _stabbed through the head by a flagpole_ may mean one is a complete asshole that deserves it but probably does not make one a stupid MFer ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8423 "2023-08-04T13:53:42Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > We don’t know if it was radioactive, genetically altered, on psychoactive medications, or simply a Lovecraftian eldritch horror. No, I don’t think it was ever stated explicitly. But it’s only logical to assume that it was a radioactive spider since that is such an iconic part of the canon and legend of the character. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8424 "2023-08-04T13:55:41Z")
“And when I feel a bit naughty, I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes, but no one ever does.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8425 "2023-08-04T14:00:21Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Getting _stabbed through the head by a flagpole_ may mean one is a complete asshole that deserves it but probably does not make one a stupid MFer Well, he could be one for the rest of his life, depending how the treatment goes. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8426 "2023-08-04T14:02:07Z")
Fair enough. Though the article says it entered under the left jaw and out near the right temple. He’ll lose an eye but it sounds like it didn’t hit cerebrum. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8427 "2023-08-04T14:05:14Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Not to victim blame but these things don’t happen in a vacuum. I mean, they can. Are you suggesting the victim provoked it? It’s not like unprovoked attacks don’t happen. There’s a local news story here about a man that punched someone for no reason other than the fact that he had tattoos. The victim died a few weeks later. > **[Man dies after being punched by stranger over his tattoos while on date night...](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/this-guy-didnt-even-know-my-brother-man-dies-after-being-punched-by-stranger-over-his-tattoos-while-on-date-night-with-wife-police-say/)** > > A man accused of battery after allegedly punching a stranger out on a date night with his wife over his tattoos outside a Wisconsin bar could face elevated charges after the victim died. And I’ll bet there’s more. I’m almost entirely sure people have been stabbed, maybe not with a flagpole, but stabbed none the less for literally no reason other than being black or gay. But I’m sure you’re right and these things don’t happen in a vacuum. I’m probably missing the part where they played some part in their own attack. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8428 "2023-08-04T14:13:09Z")
Richie Cunningham would no longer be able to recognize Waukesha. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8429 "2023-08-04T14:16:46Z")
_Not-So-Happy Days_ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8430 "2023-08-04T14:22:38Z")
[A dancer is fatally stabbed after a confrontation in New York, prompting a tribute from Beyoncé (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-dancer-is-fatally-stabbed-after-a-confrontation-in-new-york-prompting-a-tribute-from-beyonc%C3%A9/ar-AA1eKDNq) wasn’t a flag pole, but stabbed due to dancing, being black and gay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=422)