# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/181 "2024-02-01T03:26:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Techbro takes to Kickstarter to sell an AI-powered clock that occasionally lies about what time it is, thereby rendering it useless for its only purpose. - > > [Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words - Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/rhyming-ai-powered-clock-sometimes-lies-about-the-time-makes-up-words/) Wow. A clock that listens to [Chicago.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzCWLOHUes) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/182 "2024-02-01T03:31:35Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Techbro takes to Kickstarter to sell an AI-powered clock that occasionally lies about what time it is, thereby rendering it useless for its only purpose. He just needs better marketing. This should be an art installation. Tracy Emin’s bed went for $3 million, _The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living_ went for a rumored $12 million. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/183 "2024-02-01T04:31:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Techbro takes to Kickstarter to sell an AI-powered clock that occasionally lies about what time it is, thereby rendering it useless for its only purpose. Well, the illustration of the product has _Acts Not Facts_ right on the tin. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/184 "2024-02-01T06:19:36Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > > [@Riemann](#): > > > > I feel the same way about Taco Bell > > If you gut the burritos properly, you’re fine. If not, the burritos will certainly gut _you_. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/185 "2024-02-01T08:52:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Techbro takes to Kickstarter to sell an AI-powered clock that occasionally lies about what time it is, thereby rendering it useless for its only purpose. The sad thing is that it’s most of the way toward its goal after only a couple of days so it’s almost surely going to be funded. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/186 "2024-02-01T10:48:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Techbro takes to Kickstarter to sell an AI-powered clock that occasionally lies about what time it is, thereby rendering it useless for its only purpose. Eh, that’s nothing. I’m useless for lots of purposes. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/187 "2024-02-02T07:46:15Z")
Fragile “adults”, > **[Pressed by Moms for Liberty, Florida school district adds clothing to...](https://popular.info/p/pressed-by-moms-for-liberty-florida)** > > Since its initial publication in 1970, millions of children have read In The Night Kitchen, the classic picture book by celebrated author Maurice Sendak. The book is about a young boy who has a surreal dream about baking a cake that needs to be... > [@](#): > > At least two copies of (the pervert Maurice Sendak’s) _In The Night Kitchen_ are available in elementary school libraries in Indian River County, Florida. This concerned Jennifer Pippin, the chair of the local Moms for Liberty chapter, because the main character, Mickey, is sometimes depicted without clothes. In an interview, Pippin told Popular Information that she believes the book may be “harmful to minors.” She was worried that if a “5-year-old picks up this book and has never seen a picture of a penis… [t]he parent wouldn’t be able to discuss this with the child.” emphasis mine Steps need to be taken to protect these people from their children. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/188 "2024-02-02T07:53:17Z")
One must wonder if Jennifer Pippin believes a book that contains the following passage might be “harmful to minors”? _She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse._ 'Course wondering such things is the road to madness. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/189 "2024-02-02T08:07:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Steps need to be taken to protect these people from their children Next up: castration of children to prevent parents from having to view naked genitalia of minors. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/190 "2024-02-02T08:45:50Z")
I truly believe those individuals who submit the Bible for inclusion on banned books lists in those jurisdictions which have such lists are doing the Lord’s work. Y(^o^)/ ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/191 "2024-02-02T10:22:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Fragile “adults”, The book’s page (in the link) “Come back here. David!” in my household could well be captioned “Come back here, James!” His favorite clothing is nudity. When he was just three, and worked out how to undress himself, he would sneak off and reappear, shouting what was obvious to all “I’M NAKED!!!” I don’t think seeing a penis in a kid’s book is a big deal, Moms for Liberty. ETA: i wonder how many “Moms” there are in Moms for Liberty? Certainly not many with experience with parenting young boys. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/192 "2024-02-02T13:52:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > worried that if a “5-year-old picks up this book and has never seen a picture of a penis… [t]he parent wouldn’t be able to discuss this with the child.” Oh come TF on. I was 4 years old when mom was changing my baby sister and I asked about what I saw and she just stated as a plain truthful matter of fact, “girls don’t have one” … and that was it and done, ignorance fought, piece of information recorded. This has been part of parenting for thousands of years. Jesus fucking wept. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/193 "2024-02-02T14:01:21Z")
Your mother gave you information. The quote you are responding to is literally, “The parent wouldn’t be able to discuss this with the child.” So…you agree then? Otherwise I’m not sure what your point is. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/194 "2024-02-02T14:27:52Z")
I think you may have misread @JRDelirious Their point was, you don’t even really need to discuss this with the child. Boys have a penis. Girls do not. It is that simple. You tell them that fact once, and soon they start identifying dogs and horses and other random animals by their sex. I was recently viewing two tortoises making tortoise love with my two children, aged 8 and 6. Both of them knew what was happening, all of their questions were about the mechanics of “how” due to the shell, rather than “what”. They knew the gentleman tortoise wanted to make little eggs, just not sure how it worked. I am proud of that upbringing. I can’t really read your post without a sense that you would disagree with me. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/195 "2024-02-02T14:47:31Z")
There’s a sentence in there that would benefit from some rewording. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/196 "2024-02-02T14:51:01Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I was recently viewing two tortoises making tortoise love with my two children, aged 8 and 6. I guess everyone has to learn someday. For me it was a manatee at age 9 and she was very gentle. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/197 "2024-02-02T15:17:15Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I think you may have misread @JRDelirious > > Their point was, you don’t even really need to discuss this with the child. Boys have a penis. Girls do not. It is that simple. You tell them that fact once Exactly. The person quoted seems to be taking a wild leap forward assuming that a 5yo merely seeing an anatomically correct illustration of a little boy will require the parent to provide a whole course in human gender studies. When all it means is “that’s what boys look like”. They are afraid the child will then ask “but why…” and they’ll be unprepared. Which as a parent they should not be. But then, they don’t want the school to explain it to them, either! Notice: mom did not proceed to explain to 4yo me all that this implied, just that that is a way boys and girls are shaped different. For 4yo me that was enough and “the rest” was discussed years later. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/198 "2024-02-02T15:32:55Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > When all it means is “that’s what boys look like”. They are afraid the child will then ask “but why…” and they’ll be unprepared. Which as a parent they should not be. But then, they don’t want the school to explain it to them, either! Then you misread the concern. Just going from the quoted bit, the concern is _not_ being there to provide context. The book in question shows a little boy completely naked for multiple pages with his penis hanging out for all the world to see. I think somebody objecting to such a thing being available in a school library is at _worst_ harmless. There is no positive good to be had by this book being there. It’s not an anatomy textbook or even an exploration of human sexuality. It purely gratuitous. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/199 "2024-02-02T15:38:15Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > It’s not an anatomy textbook or even an exploration of human sexuality. You misspelled _grooming manuals_. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/200 "2024-02-02T15:43:30Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > It purely gratuitous I mean, really. This is nonsense. Do you have children? They don’t really give a fuck about nudity until they reach primary school and get told by their teachers not to take off their clothes. It is meaningless to them. And even then, they are totally fine with being nude at home, eg, in the bath. or in bed or just running around the house because they are testing their parent’s patience with getting them dressed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=11)