# 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:** 438
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8751 "2023-09-08T16:55:52Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > The first two of which - as the article notes - are “Florida Man”. > > I have to say, though, that contraption is whole lot better put together than I envisioned when I heard this story on the radio. I could see it being okay for a lake or a pool. And you do have about the best username to comment on this story. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8752 "2023-09-08T17:20:09Z")
Actually, he was born in Iran. He’s been trying similar stunts on both coasts. > **[Reza Baluchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Baluchi)** > > Reza Ray Baluchi (born 1972) is an Iranian athlete and activist living in the United States. He has several times attempted to travel long distances off the East Coast of the United States in a self-propelled water craft resembling a hamster ball, which he calls a "hydro pod" or bubble. > Baluchi was born in Rasht, and in Iran was tortured and served 18 months of a two-year sentence for offenses against Islam; as of October 2014\[update\] he is a Catholic. After cycling for the Iranian national te... ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8753 "2023-09-08T17:44:47Z")
Business owner uses a drone to drop dye packs into nearby swimming pools for no apparent reason. (No, he’s not a pool cleaner.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4QO9EBydsSQ/maxresdefault.jpg "New Jersey business owner used drone to drop dye into nearby pools: Police") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QO9EBydsSQ) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8754 "2023-09-08T20:41:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Actually, he was born in Iran. He’s been trying similar stunts on both coasts. I’m surprised that he didn’t try to explain to the Coast Guard that he wasn’t boating, but traveling, and they had no right to stop him. On the other hand, he certainly couldn’t complain about an Admiralty court having jurisdiction. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8755 "2023-09-09T02:37:04Z")
👏 Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8756 "2023-09-09T04:44:33Z")
My father loved that song. He took a picture of my mother standing beside the sign mentioned in the song, and they did go over the road. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8757 "2023-09-09T05:39:23Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Was it [Black Bear Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tozRmtD_gsU)? Actually, I believe it was here (view in satellite mode), the tiny road that looks like a wagon trail: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.020093,-106.7572835&z=18&output=embed&dg=ntvb The terrain looks different from the satellite, and also 30 years later, but we were told to “keep left” at Taylor Pass, and we kept _really_ left, rather than take 15C into Aspen. It probably was only a mile before it got really hairy and we turned back. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8758 "2023-09-10T14:25:31Z")
> **[GMC Canyon Stuck on a Hiking Trail at 14,000 Feet in Colorado Has Been Recovered](https://autos.yahoo.com/gmc-canyon-stuck-hiking-path-130000294.html)** > > A 2023 GMC Canyon AT4 pickup that got stuck on a Colorado mountain while illegally off-roading on a hiking trail has been saved. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8759 "2023-09-11T11:58:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > these idiots are in need Of corrective phrenology? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8760 "2023-09-11T12:18:49Z")
> **[Russians opened fire on a Ukrainian flag tied to balloons, revealing their...](https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-tried-to-shoot-down-ukrainian-flag-revealed-firing-position-2023-9)** > > Ukraine's military flew a massive flag attached to helium balloons into occupied territory over the weekend. > Russian soldiers accidentally revealed their positions after they tried to shoot down a Ukrainian flag suspended from balloons flying over occupied territory, a Ukrainian official said… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8761 "2023-09-11T12:23:57Z")
I hope to see this episode soon in our Zelenskyy’s Zeroes sitcom thread. I bet Russia won’t fall for this a second time. lol, just kidding, of course they will. > [@Zelenskyy's Zeroes - The Sitcom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelenskyys-zeroes-the-sitcom/975330/22): > > This could actually be hilarious. I’m not quite sure how I feel about President Zelensky actually starring in it. I can’t imagine him playing a character, but I could see him making a lot of guest appearances as himself. I’d watch. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8762 "2023-09-12T18:01:34Z")
TILA Time Blindness Girl, who thinks schools and businesses should have special accommodations for people who can’t figure out how to arrive on time. > **[Time Blindness Girl](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/time-blindness-girl)** > > Time Blindness Girl refers to a viral video of a girl complaining that an interviewer at a prospective job refused to accommodate her "time blindness," meaning struggles with being on time, saying that accommodations for time blindness don't exist.... > Ms. Trefren hit back at claims that she was “selfish” and “think that everyone must bend their time to me because I don’t respect anyone’s time”. > > “I just think that schools and businesses have a higher obligation to God and I think that their first responsibility needs to be to care for other people,” she said. > > “I just think other people’s struggles and getting them help needs to come before profit.” [https://theworldnews.net/us-news/woman-doubles-down-on-time-blindness-insists-it-s-a-real-condition-after-backlash](https://theworldnews.net/us-news/woman-doubles-down-on-time-blindness-insists-it-s-a-real-condition-after-backlash) Later she revealed that “the person she was with” that “yelled at her” about the question was her mother. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8763 "2023-09-12T18:09:09Z")
I dunno. Severe ADHD does often come with time blindness, and ADHD is a protected disability. Can’t really disclose that during a job interview, though. A really recurrent experience of people with ADHD is just being told their entire lives “You’re not trying hard enough.” But people really are trying very hard in many cases. Their neurology is constantly working against them. I have moderate ADHD and due to time blindness I’m not often late, but I’m frequently just barely on time when I intended to leave earlier. I can also lose an entire hour in what feels like a minute. I’ve lost most of my day today, in fact. However I’ve never been late for a job interview. Things I’m anxious about making on time usually have me arriving early. ---
**Author:** ![songsoflovetrouble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@songsoflovetrouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/songsoflovetrouble)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8764 "2023-09-12T18:22:07Z")
Being nearsighted is a real physical thing. A person who can’t see without glasses still needs to put them on before driving instead of careening into other cars on the highway and announcing it’s OK because they have a disability. Announcing that you have “time blindness” therefore it’s everyone else’s problem that you can’t keep a schedule is still being a narcissistic asshole, just like a person who needs glasses getting behind the wheel without them is. Some people need to work harder than other people to do certain non-negotiable things that they are not ABLE to do as easily. That’s why we call it a disability. Welcome to life. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8765 "2023-09-12T18:40:23Z")
> [@songsoflovetrouble](#): > > Being nearsighted is a real physical thing. A person who can’t see without glasses still needs to put them on before driving instead of careening into other cars on the highway and announcing it’s OK because they have a disability. Announcing that you have “time blindness” therefore it’s everyone else’s problem that you can’t keep a schedule is still being a narcissistic asshole, just like a person who needs glasses getting behind the wheel without them is. Precisely. While it is a real thing, we have tools to help with it. I mean, I lose track of time all the time. Everyone does. A medical condition might mean you struggle with it more than the average person, but since it’s a condition that everyone experiences now and then and for centuries we’ve had tools that help, it does absolutely come across as an excuse if a person is chronically late. I mean, I have complete time blindness when I’m asleep, and if I didn’t set an alarm I would probably be late for work every day of my life. We live in an era where almost everyone has a smart phone with them 24 hours a day. You have less of an excuse than ever. If you know you have problems and aren’t setting alarms, it’s not the condition that’s to blame. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8766 "2023-09-12T18:49:32Z")
> [@songsoflovetrouble](#): > > Some people need to work harder than other people to do certain non-negotiable things that they are not ABLE to do as easily. That’s why we call it a disability. Welcome to life. I’ve always been told that a disability is an explanation, not an excuse. Does that sound accurate/reasonable? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8767 "2023-09-12T18:50:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > We live in an era where almost everyone has a smart phone with them 24 hours a day. You have less of an excuse than ever. If you know you have problems and aren’t setting alarms, it’s not the condition that’s to blame. And any dirt cheap Android device gives you an insane number of alarm and timer options. It isn’t like an old clock radio with one alarm setting at a time. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8768 "2023-09-12T19:09:13Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It isn’t like an old clock radio with one alarm setting at a time. To be fair, clock radios now have two alarms. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8769 "2023-09-12T19:31:13Z")
Lord, I don’t even hear alarms half the time, and I have turned them off without even processing that they went off. People fundamentally do not understand how ADHD works, or they think just because they have ADHD and they don’t struggle with X means nobody should ever struggle with X. I have personal trauma on this subject wrt my mother which was just dredged up earlier today, so I am going to drop the conversation now. WTF is this woman doing with her mother on the phone during an interview? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8770 "2023-09-12T19:56:47Z")
I dismissed anything she had to say after reading "I just think that schools and businesses have a higher obligation to God and I think that their first responsibility needs to be to care for other people,” She can fuck right off with that bullshit. She’s invoking god in an attempt to guilt other people into catering to her needs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=439)