# 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:** 483
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9651 "2023-12-04T17:01:26Z")
By the way, [here’s the link](https://pailala.org/shop/) to the Slappin’ Healers shop, where you can buy the Slapper and the Hand-Shapped slapper _on sale_. Sadly, the Big Slapper hasn’t yet been discounted for Xmas. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9652 "2023-12-04T17:53:21Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I can’t tell from the article whether the woman died as a result of the slapping, or because she had stopped using insulin for her diabetes. Maybe the insulin was slapped out of her. Actually, that totally sounds like it would be a goal of alternative medicine, a way of “detoxifying” you from “harmful chemicals”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9653 "2023-12-04T23:01:59Z")
Oxygen is pretty dangerous reactive stuff. Maybe the quacks can sell oxygen deprivation therapy next. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9654 "2023-12-04T23:07:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Maybe the quacks can sell oxygen deprivation therapy next. Ultimate Slapdown Challenge: breatharians vs oxygen deprivation therapists: ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9655 "2023-12-05T00:15:50Z")
Reminds me of the guy who was convicted by the Salem tribunal, and they laid him under a board that they piled rocks on, I guess to squeeze the demons out of him. His last words were, “_more weight_.” ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9656 "2023-12-05T00:18:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > His last words were, “_more weight_.” Or it could have been “no, wait” and he just didn’t speak clearly. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9657 "2023-12-05T00:20:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Reminds me of the guy who was convicted by the Salem tribunal, and they laid him under a board that they piled rocks on, I guess to squeeze the demons out of him. His last words were, “_more weight_.” Wasn’t there an (alleged) Catholic martyr saint who, when roasted on a fire, cried out “Turn it higher. I’m not done yet.”? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9658 "2023-12-05T00:30:54Z")
Giles Corey. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9659 "2023-12-05T00:48:36Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Wasn’t there an (alleged) Catholic martyr saint who, when roasted on a fire, cried out “Turn it higher. I’m not done yet.”? St. Lawrence. Broiled on a gridiron. Asked to be turned over. Gotta give the Romans their props on creativity and style when it came to torture, man. And Giles Corey was being subjected to _peine forte et dur_ where basically if you chose to not confess they tried to squeeze it out of you. The reason to refuse to plead was to avoid forfeiture of your estate. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9660 "2023-12-05T01:03:40Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Gotta give the Romans their props on creativity and style when it came to torture, man. Or rather the limitless imagination and obsession Catholics have about suffering. What with all the cut off breasts of saints and stuff like that? The Romans were ruthless and cruel technocrats, but I doubt they performed all these bizarre techniques to kill Christians as were told in legends about early martyrs. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9661 "2023-12-05T01:17:06Z")
Ah, but remember… by the time they started spreading these stories, the Catholics _were_ the Romans… ---
**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:** [December 5, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9662 "2023-12-05T01:33:19Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Oxygen is pretty dangerous reactive stuff. Maybe the quacks can sell oxygen deprivation therapy next. - The big advantage is a single short treatment lasts a lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9663 "2023-12-06T19:59:56Z")
> **[Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/venice-gondola-capsizes-tourists-canal)** > > Video of passengers and gondolier ending up in canal water widely shared online ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9664 "2023-12-06T20:09:37Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking selfies | Venice | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/venice-gondola-capsizes-tourists-canal) - It’s nice to know that it’s not just Americans who are fucking idiots when out of the country. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9665 "2023-12-06T20:33:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I guess to squeeze the demons out of him. Silly! they did it that way because it hurt more. Which is the one and only goal. At least the French tried to make execution less painful. Everyone else tried to make it more painful. The bull, the rack, drawn and quartered, iron maidens, flaying, burning at the stake…when you don’t have anything else to do when the sun goes down, humans can get pretty shall we say creative? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9666 "2023-12-06T20:41:51Z")
Woman tossed by elk cow in Yellowstone park. The moment of impact was not captured but she winds up on the ground a good 20 feet from where she was standing and limps away. [https://youtu.be/L8I84QsKiHk](https://youtu.be/L8I84QsKiHk) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9667 "2023-12-06T20:41:54Z")
We are three for three on disturbing content, now. Torture and something about fish and hopefully I won’t remember the other one. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9668 "2023-12-06T21:04:47Z")
Well, “in the news” 7 years ago… ---
**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:** [December 6, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9669 "2023-12-06T21:17:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s nice to know that it’s not just Americans who are fucking idiots when out of the country. I see tourists from other parts of the world in the US doing stupid shit all the time. It’s not that Americans are stupid; people are stupid. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9670 "2023-12-06T21:32:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s not that Americans are stupid; people are stupid. And people on vacation are extra stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=484)