# 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:** 493
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9851 "2023-12-27T09:32:09Z")
All I can suggest are _Santa Jaws_ and The Killing Tree, two very entertainingly cheap looking Christmas-themed horror movies on Amazon. ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9852 "2023-12-27T09:57:26Z")
It’s so funny, I went back to this thread on my phone and as I was reading it an ad came up on TV for this show: > **[It's a Wonderful Knife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Knife)** > > It's a Wonderful Knife is a 2023 American slasher comedy film directed by Tyler MacIntyre and written by Michael Kennedy. It stars Jane Widdop, Jess McLeod, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle, William B. Davis, and Justin Long. It is a spin on the 1946 Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life; however, instead of the lead character recognizing his previous good deeds, the character Winnie discovers how many deaths she has prevented in her town. > The film was released by RLJE Films on November 10, 2... Funny coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9853 "2023-12-29T00:46:55Z")
Eugenics has its place in society, this family is a prime example of why we need to restart our eugenics program in this country. Too bad the Christians are working against it by making abortion illegal… so now people that shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce have no recourse. In the past they could have been incentivized to self regulate their reproduction through contraception, abortion or sterilization. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9854 "2023-12-29T00:58:19Z")
I’m curious why you think “they” in that family should not reproduce. The only parent we know anything about is the one who got killed for doing more or less nothing. That’s hardly a disqualification for having previously bred. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9855 "2023-12-29T03:54:05Z")
What an inane argument for eugenics. They were teenagers, i.e. abortion was hardly illegal in Florida when those kids were born. Any ‘incentive’ for the parents you imagine were already in place. Unless the argument is for forced sterilization. And that’s not just inane, it’s evil ---
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9856 "2023-12-29T15:38:06Z")
> **[Security Guard Police Impersonator Allegedly Tries Pulling Over A Police Captain](https://autos.yahoo.com/security-guard-police-impersonator-allegedly-130000821.html)** > > Cops really hate police impersonators for several obvious reasons. When given the opportunity to bust one, they will jump at the chance and hope it discourages any copycats. So when a security guard allegedly tried doing a traffic stop on a police... > This guy tries telling the police he’s in charge because they’re on a business property he’s paid to patrol. He clearly doesn’t understand that you can’t commit a crime on a public road, then flee to private property and act like that’s touching home base in a game of tag. > > After he refuses to hand over his driver’s license the state police explain that’s going to earn this guy an immediate arrest. He doesn’t back down, then resists arrest. That’s interesting because his behavior isn’t too dissimilar to car thieves and other criminals we’ve seen flee from police. > > The rent-a-cop also tries lecturing police after he gets arrested. He even nitpicks how they perform the technical nature of their job. Genius move. I like the line, ‘He clearly doesn’t understand that you can’t commit a crime on a public road, then flee to private property and act like that’s touching home base in a game of tag.’ I can see the guy running to a tree and calling ‘_Safe!_’ ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9857 "2023-12-29T16:00:33Z")
I have a minor issue with the article. The suspect didn’t try to pull over a police officer. He was using his lights as if he was an emergency vehicle to make people get out of his way. The police captain had _thought_ at first that the suspect was trying to pull him over when the lights came on, and further thought that he might be with the local Sheriff, but then the car passed him by and the suspect turned off his lights. He was being investigated for impersonating a police officer in order to get through traffic. Not that he was trying to pull people over or arrest anyone. It’s still scummy and I’m glad the guy was stopped, but the article was misleading. I had to watch the video to figure out what he was actually being investigated for. (Also to be fair, even the person who uploaded the video got it wrong, as the video was titled, “Security Guard Tries Pulling Over State Police Captain”.) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9858 "2023-12-29T16:03:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I have a minor issue with the article. The suspect didn’t try to pull over a police officer. He was using his lights as if he was an emergency vehicle to make people get out of his way. Yes, I noticed that right off. I just figured, ‘Yahoo.’ The meat of it is that he was impersonating a cop (stupid, and a crime), and did it in the presence of a cop (bad luck). ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9859 "2023-12-29T16:13:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yes, I noticed that right off. I just figured, ‘Yahoo.’ Yeah. 😆 Just a nitpick on my part. They got the essence right. What a bozo. I remember years ago watching the film _Observe and Report_. It was about a guy who couldn’t get a job as a cop because he couldn’t pass their psychological evaluations, and instead gets a job in mall security, and ends up being a vigilante. The film was a comedy but there were some dark parts. The suspect in this incident reminded me a bit of the protagonist of that film. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9860 "2023-12-29T17:39:17Z")
[This appears to be a recurring problem.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCKI8JYN2Og) Note the previous charges this guy has include a sex offense. [Then there’s this idiot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMAZYkwwtI) who doesn’t even have the gear for the pretense. ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9861 "2023-12-29T22:15:05Z")
I recalled one of those I’d seen in the news a couple /few years ago where some imposter in the US northeast pulled over a plain car containing not just a real cop, but the county sheriff himself. Who was quite sure this yahoo did not in fact work for him. Yahoo’s day went rapidly downhill from there. To provide a cite for you fine folks I googled for [imposter pulls over county sheriff]. Which didn’t find the incident I was looking for, but did find many, many others. As expected, Florida Man figured prominently in the list. I did once have a (presumably) real sheriff’s deputy light up his lights behind me when I wasn’t driving fast enough in the left lane for his tastes. It was dark and I hadn’t realized it was a LEO vehicle until the lights came on. Thinking this was a traffic stop, I slid to the right lane & slowed, preparatory to stopping in the shoulder. Just then the lights went off, and he droned off into the distance in front of me. His car was labeled for the county two counties down the highway from where we were, so apparently he had another hour+ of driving ahead of him. Normally I drive fast enough that cars getting in my rear bumper aren’t a problem. Rather the opposite. This time I was doing a sane speed. I was surprised he chose the lights over simply passing me on the right as other speedier folks are wont to do. Myself included. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9862 "2023-12-29T22:25:00Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Normally I drive fast enough that cars getting in my rear bumper aren’t a problem. Rather the opposite. This time I was doing a sane speed. I was surprised he chose the lights over simply passing me on the right as other speedier folks are wont to do. Myself included. In Germany, and I think the rest of Europe, passing on the right (left in the UK) is a major no-no. It’s legal in the U.S., but I think there are some people who think it’s a bad idea. I try not to do it. The rule when driving on highways over there is to stay to the right unless you’re actually passing someone. If there was room to your right, you should have moved over even before another car was on your bumper. Faster cars will flash their headlights to request you get out of their way. I don’t think the guy behind you should have turned on his roof lights to save himself some time. I kinda like the European rules for lane discipline. I’ve tried following them here and it seems mostly, but not completely, useless. ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9863 "2023-12-29T22:36:27Z")
There’s lots of variability on the legality and the local common socialization about passing on the right. In a country with disciplined drivers it would substantially never be necessary. As you say, that country would not be the USA. And for sure there’s both a legal and a common-practice distinction between passing on the right when there’s just one lane going your way, two lanes, or 3+ lanes. Separately, some states reserve the leftmost lane of any/every multi-lane highway for passing only; cruising, even cruising much faster than more rightward traffic, is prohibited. Other states think that’s BS and all lanes are for driving, just be sure to drive faster than all the folks in any lane to your right. Here in Miami the freeways are 3 to 7 lanes wide, with 4 lanes probably being the bulk of the mileage. Each lane is moving at different speeds with lots of lane weaving going on. Usually the fastest two are the leftmost and rightmost. Closure rates of 40 - 50mph are normal. It might be almost as fast as the _Autobahn_, but has none of the discipline nor skill. We could have quite a pit thread on these topics if we wanted. Or just search up any of the several old classics on the topic. 😉 ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9864 "2023-12-29T22:45:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > There’s lots of variability on the legality and the local common socialization about passing on the right. Case in point, on the same freeway around here at one point it says to drive in the right lane unless passing, yet at another point it says all through traffic should stay on the left. Now these signs are many miles apart but still. Same road, opposite rules. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9865 "2023-12-30T01:40:16Z")
The second car I ever had was a BMW (not snooty, a cheap 2002 from the mid-'70s). But it came with a catalog of ‘Bimmer’ accesories. The only one I remember was a window cling that went across the top of your windshield, which was printed backwards (so it would read correctly in the rear-view mirror of the car in front of you) : **. S L O W E R . T R A F F I C . K E E P . R I G H T** ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9866 "2023-12-30T02:15:01Z")
Maybe I’ll get a similar one that says USE YOUR FUCKING BLINKER GOD DAMMIT ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9867 "2023-12-30T02:28:44Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe I’ll get a similar one that says USE YOUR FUCKING BLINKER GOD DAMMIT - Real men don’t signal. /s ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9868 "2023-12-30T02:46:31Z")
I want a bumper sticker that says **I use cruise control… So it must be you.** ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9869 "2023-12-30T02:48:56Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe I’ll get a similar one that says USE YOUR FUCKING BLINKER GOD DAMMIT Ahhh, funny thing: the BMW catalog did not offer _anything_ turn-signal-related. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9870 "2023-12-30T17:36:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I want a bumper sticker that says **I use cruise control… So it must be you.** You can make them read, but you can’t make them understand. What I can’t understand is people who are happy to go a decent speed on a interstate highway, say 75 mph, but slow down (to maybe 68-70) in the left lane when passing trucks going about 65. It’s like they want to pass the truck, but don’t want to pass it too quickly. And once they have passed the truck, they get back to 75. I have no idea what is going through their mind when they do this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=494)