# 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:** 113
**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 14, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2241 "2024-08-14T02:48:13Z")
  Also, if you click the reply button of a post, and then the full quote button, you can see exactly the codes used. ---
**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 14, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2242 "2024-08-14T04:17:47Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Also, if you click the reply button of a post, and then the full quote button, you can see exactly the codes used. I just tried the reply + full quote bit. It shows the formatted quote correctly, but for some odd reason doesn’t show the codes. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2243 "2024-08-14T06:42:19Z")
Did she ask the Hispanic voters in the district who they wanted as a rep? Maybe they don’t care which country they come from, which religion they follow, or what ethnicity they possess - maybe they value competency at the job as the primary consideration. ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2244 "2024-08-14T07:00:19Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > Did she ask the Hispanic voters in the district who they wanted as a rep? It would seem they made their choice; [https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/unofficial-results-stamford-s-jacobson-beats-19623172.php](https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/unofficial-results-stamford-s-jacobson-beats-19623172.php) ---
**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 14, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2245 "2024-08-14T12:32:42Z")
I don’t know if this one is stupidity or malice. I really hope the first, and I don’t envy the idiot who made the delivery mistake to the mission…… > **[New Zealand charity distributes candies with potentially lethal levels of...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-charity-distributes-candies-potentially-lethal-levels-meth-rcna166516)** > > The Auckland City Mission said it was alerted to the incident when a person who had received a food parcel said it contained “funny tasting” sweets. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2246 "2024-08-14T13:26:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Wallaby](#): > > > > Did she ask the Hispanic voters in the district who they wanted as a rep? > > It would seem they made their choice; > > [https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/unofficial-results-stamford-s-jacobson-beats-19623172.php](https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/unofficial-results-stamford-s-jacobson-beats-19623172.php) Resoundingly! > [@](#): > > The results showed Jacobson with 600 votes to Figueroa’s 358. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2247 "2024-08-14T13:29:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t know if this one is stupidity or malice. I really hope the first, and I don’t envy the idiot who made the delivery mistake to the mission…… > > [New Zealand charity distributes candies with potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-charity-distributes-candies-potentially-lethal-levels-meth-rcna166516) From the article,… > Authorities said it was possibly a smuggling attempt that had gone wrong. Ya think? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2248 "2024-08-14T13:33:53Z")
An “error” and “mistakes” by a Wyoming reporter lead to publication of AI-generated articles in his newspaper. Oopsie! > **[Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes...](https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/wyoming-reporter-caught-artificial-intelligence-create-fake-quotes-112821787)** > > A reporter at a small Wyoming newspaper has resigned after a competitor discovered he was using artificial intelligence to write stories and fabricate quotes, including some by the governor Was his editor sleeping, or drunk? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2249 "2024-08-14T13:37:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > CT state legislator says of her primary opponent that “we cannot permit a person who is of Jewish origin to represent our community”. > > ['Blatant antisemitism': State lawmaker faces resignation calls after interview surfaces](https://www.rawstory.com/anabel-figueroa/) Not a wise Latina. > [@](#): > > Figueroa has tried to do damage control as voters head to the polls, issuing an apology. > > “I am deeply sorry to those in the Stamford and Jewish communities that I have offended," she said. "I have multiple Jewish people working on my campaign, Some of her best friends are Jewish. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2250 "2024-08-14T14:38:46Z")
Fewer today than last week however. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2251 "2024-08-14T15:14:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Some of her best friends are Jewish At least she admitted that she’d offended people, instead of using the standard weasel “if anyone was offended.” And while I gather her opponent isn’t: people can indeed be both Hispanic and Jewish. ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2252 "2024-08-14T15:15:58Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Stop that silliness. And no double spaces after a period. Sheesh. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2253 "2024-08-14T15:30:01Z")
My hands always type them. But the HTML standard says browsers are _required_ to display multiple repeated ordinary space characters as if they were exactly one ordinary space character. So you never see them. You can force the visible double-spacing behavior by using space characters other than the basic one, but that’s a lot of extra keystrokes, like 10 or 12, for rather little result. And is very unlikely to become muscle memory. Unlike the double-tap of the spacebar that I’ve now stroked five times in this post. 🙂 ---
**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 14, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2254 "2024-08-14T16:58:00Z")
From the article: > “We want to make it clear that Rinda Food Industries does not use or condone the use of any illegal drugs in our products,” General Manager Steven Teh said in a statement. That’s a missed advertising angle. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2255 "2024-08-14T18:55:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > An “error” and “mistakes” by a Wyoming reporter lead to publication of AI-generated articles in his newspaper. Oopsie! You know, maybe this can be explained by a very early attempt at AI: [![](https://i.postimg.cc/VkHtwLtR/crse8cw6bpua1.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/VkHtwLtR/crse8cw6bpua1.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2256 "2024-08-14T19:00:51Z")
Better to be done quickly with an elected official who’ll fail the “think before talking” test so badly. (And yep, sorry to say it but I can just perfectly imagine her saying it… “we need someone representative of the lived experience our community” takes effort, saying “oh please he’s [identity that’s not ours]” is easy.) > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And no double spaces after a period. Sheesh. Since many apps nowadays default to automatically turn two spaces into period-plus-space I’ve found myself doing so for fast typing. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2257 "2024-08-14T19:54:19Z")
What the hell is the story behind that? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2258 "2024-08-14T19:57:25Z")
I’ve never seen any explanation of how it ended up so mangled. ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2259 "2024-08-14T19:58:58Z")
If you read it out loud to a hip hop beat, it’s kind of awesome. Fatboy Slim could probably turn it into a good song. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2260 "2024-08-14T19:59:07Z")
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