# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2161 "2024-08-09T20:14:30Z")
> **[Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/)** > > Contrary to the popular imagination, bearing arms on the frontier was a heavily regulated business > The laws of Tombstone at the time required visitors, upon entering town to disarm, either at a hotel or a lawman’s office. (Residents of many famed cattle towns, such as Dodge City, Abilene, and Deadwood, had similar restrictions.) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2162 "2024-08-09T20:20:08Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > > The laws of Tombstone at the time required visitors, upon entering town to disarm, either at a hotel or a lawman’s office. (Residents of many famed cattle towns, such as Dodge City, Abilene, and Deadwood, had similar restrictions.) Oh, sure. Next you’ll tell us gunfights were illegal, too. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2163 "2024-08-09T20:24:03Z")
Not when McCoy, Spock and Kirk were there (poor Chekov) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2164 "2024-08-09T20:30:12Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > I want to know if officer Obie thinks the victim was afraid someone was going to steal his garbage. Only one way to solve that, on… GARBAGE DAY! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i7gIpuIVE3k/hqdefault.jpg "Garbage Day! (high quality)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k&t=2s) ---
**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, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2165 "2024-08-09T20:38:46Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Not when McCoy, Spock and Kirk were there (poor Chekov) But, Billy Claiborne survived the shootout! ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2166 "2024-08-09T20:55:28Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > What is scaring this person so much in a small town in Wisconsin that they feel their life is in danger enough to cary a firearm at all times? We have a guy who walks through Sandy, Oregon, two six-shooters on his hips, and at least a couple other guns on him, wears a top hat and western garb. Not sure what could scare him in Sandy, but he’s one of the reasons I have my carry gun with me. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2167 "2024-08-09T21:10:50Z")
Darn Melkotians ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2168 "2024-08-09T21:13:11Z")
Andrew Tate has been accused of being “transgender.” I pit him and the idiots using it as an insult, but I do like the bastards turning on each other. Just wish it was out of a sense of decency or something like that, not this hateful crap. > **[Andrew Tate swimsuit pic starts trans panic among conspiratorial right](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andrew-tate-transgender-conspiracy-theory/)** > > A not-so-revealing picture of Tate in men's swimwear has some on the far-right saying he's a woman. ---
**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, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2169 "2024-08-09T23:30:18Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Darn Melkotians It’s Kirk! He thinks he’s a genius on 400 year old history. He didn’t get anything right! It’s like everything he learned about the OK Corral was from a damaged VHS copy of a 70s Saturday Morning cartoon. But damn if those weird sets aren’t the coolest thing! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2170 "2024-08-09T23:50:30Z")
Speaking of defacing things, even trees don’t get a bread > **[German tourists accused of defacing Joshua Tree National Park](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn02dzx4xdwo)** > > Authorities say the unnamed tourists fired paintballs at signs, bathrooms and dumpsters at Joshua Tree National Park. ---
**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, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2171 "2024-08-09T23:52:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > even trees don’t get a bread That’s a shame, who doesn’t enjoy a good oak loaf. > Three German tourists face possible financial penalties after being accused of defacing property at Joshua Tree National Park in California. > > Park authorities accused the trio of firing paintballs at signs, bathrooms and dumpsters throughout the park. I’m going to predict that they’re somewhat young. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2172 "2024-08-10T00:05:38Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > While we’re eating, a man walked in with a handgun in a holster. I can kinda understand maybe he worked on the fringes of town where there’s a higher chance of something wild coming after him, but wouldn’t you take the gun off when you went into town? No way to know for sure, of course, but if the guy is used to carrying all the time it might not even occur to him to take the thing off; it’s just a normal part of his ensemble. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2173 "2024-08-10T01:16:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s a shame, who doesn’t enjoy a good oak loaf. Oh good grief, I thought I checked everything. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2174 "2024-08-10T01:29:21Z")
Apparently knot. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2175 "2024-08-10T01:41:43Z")
Signs, bathrooms, _and_ dumpsters? So, they were branching out? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2176 "2024-08-10T04:31:55Z")
Don’t leaf those puns around here. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2177 "2024-08-10T06:41:06Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > A couple of years ago, we were traveling… somewhere. Stopped to eat in a small town in Wisconsin. Away from any city. While we’re eating, a man walked in with a handgun in a holster. We were eating in the diner adjacent to our motel in a small city in southern Oklahoma as one of the patrons went up to pay his check. We were sitting somewhat close to the register, so I had a really good view of the pistol on his hip. Which was all well and good – Oklahoma, after all – but then he started bantering with the other patrons, saying things like how he missed the voices in his head that used to keep him company and other self-deprecating wisecracks about his declining mental state. A man with a gun, joking about his mental instability. Did not exactly make me nervous as such, but it was off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2178 "2024-08-10T07:42:57Z")
Over here in Seattle, the Museum of Pop Culture, which has had a permanent exhibit of Kurt Cobain’s memorabilia for decades, has apparently decided they need to write their display placards like they’re trying to avoid getting demonetized on Youtube. [![](https://preview.redd.it/mopop-has-decided-to-take-a-very-newspeak-approach-to-v0-9m0oxmxbsnhd1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8ed7043acf6bf579aa0ed620482987ed74dff719) ](https://preview.redd.it/mopop-has-decided-to-take-a-very-newspeak-approach-to-v0-9m0oxmxbsnhd1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8ed7043acf6bf579aa0ed620482987ed74dff719) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2179 "2024-08-10T13:48:24Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No way to know for sure, of course, but if the guy is used to carrying all the time it might not even occur to him to take the thing off; it’s just a normal part of his ensemble. This is true and troublesome. When driving a car, does a person forget they are driving a car? I’m a gun owner. I don’t carry. But by god when I have a gun near me, part of my focus is on that gun. I work from home. As an experiment, I carried an unloaded pistol for a day, at home. I ALWAYS knew it was there. And you better know it’s there. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2180 "2024-08-10T15:05:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > This is true and troublesome. When driving a car, does a person forget they are driving a car? All too often, sadly: it’s just that in the case of driving, the consequences of such distraction are so immediate that the distraction is corrected, for better or for worse, much more rapidly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=110)