# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1008 "2021-08-08T02:40:32Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Kind of surprised that flight attendants don’t have other easier, quicker restraints. They have seat belt extenders for the very obese. Not sure if two of those together would work, but… maybe something like that. They did use seat belt extenders in addition to duct tape. I saw it mentioned in one of the articles on the subject. Also mentioned that duct tape is standard equipment aboard airliners for cases just such as this. In case anyone missed it, this has happened before. About a month ago, a female passenger went berserk on a flight and tried to open the aircraft door. She was restrained and gagged with duct tape. > **[Video shows woman duct-taped to seat after trying to open airplane door](https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/video-shows-woman-duct-taped-to-seat-after-trying-to-open-airplane-door-on-american-airlines-flight/)** > > In a TikTok video captured by a fellow passenger, an American Airlines passenger was duct-taped to her seat after the woman allegedly bit a flight attendant and attempted to unlock the aircraftR… ---
**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 9, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1009 "2021-08-09T05:35:17Z")
Oh, I mean come the fuck on, now > **[Deep dive into stupid: Meet the growing group that rejects germ theory](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/deep-dive-into-stupid-meet-the-growing-group-that-rejects-germ-theory/)** > > Germ theory denialist Facebook group went from 147 members in April 2020 to 18.4K now. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1010 "2021-08-09T12:40:09Z")
Next thing you know, some group is going to reject gravity. Numbnuts just floating around everywhere, geez! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1011 "2021-08-09T13:21:17Z")
I see you haven’t met the flat Earthers! ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1012 "2021-08-09T13:38:32Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Next thing you know, some group is going to reject gravity. > **[The ‘Gravity Denial’ Society](https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/youngreporter/9001433.the-gravity-denial-society/)** > > By School Correspondent Naba Ghauri- Coombe Girls’ School and Sixth Form Obviously not what you’d call reliable journalism but you’re not the first person to speculate. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1013 "2021-08-09T13:41:15Z")
It’s time to try defying gravity - I think I’ll try defying gravity And you can’t pull me down. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1014 "2021-08-09T13:45:06Z")
I fought the law (of gravity) And the law won. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1015 "2021-08-09T13:47:39Z")
Well, everyone knows that the trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1016 "2021-08-09T16:36:26Z")
There’s some guy in that group, a Covidiot with a public Facebook page, who began experiencing chills, fever and a severe cough yesterday. He’s being advised to rest and eat healthy raw fruits, with a specific recommendation that he disconnect from social media. I won’t be able to resist checking back in on his Facebook page over the next week or so. But the big thing on that group is that since there are no diseases, nothing is contagious - if you get sick after being around someone sick is either coincidence or exposure to the same stress and toxins. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1017 "2021-08-09T17:16:42Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > if you get sick after being around someone sick is either coincidence or exposure to the same stress and toxins. If you define toxins as “viruses and bacteria”, then they are right, from a certain perspective /Obi-wan Kenobi ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1018 "2021-08-09T18:52:10Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Well, everyone knows that the trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss. If at first you don’t succeed . . . Maybe skydiving isn’t the right thing for you. Sign actually seen by me, on wall at a skydiving venue. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1019 "2021-08-09T22:13:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Deep dive into stupid: Meet the growing group that rejects germ theory - Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/deep-dive-into-stupid-meet-the-growing-group-that-rejects-germ-theory/) I used to insult right wing nutters by asking if they didn’t believe in germ theory. You don’t know how sad it makes me to find out they actually don’t. JAQ wept. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1020 "2021-08-10T02:25:46Z")
It appears to be true. We, as a species, are too stupid to survive. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1021 "2021-08-10T04:16:41Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pro-trump-pastor-who-said-trump-would-be-back-in-office-in-june-now-says-he-was-inaugurated-in-march/ar-AAN7dPk?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pro-trump-pastor-who-said-trump-would-be-back-in-office-in-june-now-says-he-was-inaugurated-in-march/ar-AAN7dPk?li=BBnbfcL) The idiocy is that someone write down his words and made a story about it. I have an uncle that thinks the ducks understand him. How about a story on 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:** [August 10, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1022 "2021-08-10T06:15:58Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have an uncle that thinks the ducks understand him. How about a story on him? Maybe an article on Quackwatch? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1023 "2021-08-10T15:35:16Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have an uncle that thinks the ducks understand him. How about a story on him? Oh, the ducks understand me just fine. They just refuse to LISTEN. Stupid-ass ducks, ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1024 "2021-08-10T17:43:25Z")
"Duck Whisperer and Ducks have ongoing feud! _‘We’re tired of his shit’_ says duck, who asked his name be withheld’, ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1025 "2021-08-10T18:58:51Z")
MTG has been suspended from Twitter for seven days for repeating vaccination lies. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1026 "2021-08-10T19:40:21Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > _‘We’re tired of his shit’_ says duck, who asked his name be withheld’, Donald? Howard? Daisy? Scrooge? Huey? Dewey? Louis? Daffy? Super? Baby? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1027 "2021-08-10T20:13:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MTG has been suspended from Twitter for seven days for repeating vaccination lies. This is like sending a toddler to sit in the corner for 7 minutes because they tried to slit your throat. Ban her already. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=52)