# 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:** 119
**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 22, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2361 "2024-08-22T05:55:05Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > My job for the next 18 moths is to show people what it is. That’s what I’m working on. Better use butterflies. Otherwise you’ll be accused of ignoring DEI policies. ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2362 "2024-08-23T01:45:12Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I can’t believe that people forget that cats are stone cold killers by nature. To me, that’s half the appeal. I like the fact that the John Wick of the animal world wants to cuddle in my lap. You say that like humans are any different. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2363 "2024-08-23T04:13:06Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I can’t believe that people forget that cats are stone cold killers by nature. To me, that’s half the appeal. I like the fact that the John Wick of the animal world wants to cuddle in my lap. [![](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/128950118_1314394768936569_7317984607591724804_n.png?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=9ITDu9rZB68Q7kNvgE9WPmT&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYDLkXR8KLKJBAyKwYr0QN7FcPKD3QvkrHAM6oVtRER_wA&oe=66EF62D8) ](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/128950118_1314394768936569_7317984607591724804_n.png?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=9ITDu9rZB68Q7kNvgE9WPmT&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYDLkXR8KLKJBAyKwYr0QN7FcPKD3QvkrHAM6oVtRER_wA&oe=66EF62D8) ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2364 "2024-08-23T13:38:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Shark:** I read that more people are killed by cows than by sharks. Do you think that’s true? > > **Cow:** I haven’t given it much thought. Been too busy with all the murdering Was this the cow? > **[Man-Eating Cow](https://the-tick-animated.fandom.com/wiki/Man-Eating_Cow)** > > Mooooo. The Man-Eating Cow is a character on the animated television series The Tick. Somehow, she was recruited by The Terror for a team of villains. When Handy proposed a vote to decide their leader, she cast the deciding vote, in favor of Handy.... > **[Man-Eating Cow (Character) - Comic Vine](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/man-eating-cow/4005-41614/)** > > La la la! Hey, it's a cow. Well, what are you up to. little fella? Wait?! Wait a minute!? Hey, what is this?! Oh-- OH GOD! OH MY GOD! AH IT'S EATING ME!! HOLY HELL! THIS COW IS EAAATTTIINGG MMEEEE!!!! ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2365 "2024-08-23T13:41:00Z")
This morning our cat got everyone else in the house up at 6AM by crying LOUDLY(I was already up, getting ready for work). She wanted to go outside and chase things. She doesn’t really murder anything, except moths. Her track record at actually catching what she chases isn’t really very good. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2366 "2024-08-23T14:34:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Was this the cow? No, it was a one-panel cartoon. I’ve never watched _The Tick_. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > She doesn’t really murder anything, except moths. Our girls will happily catch moths and flitty bugs and eat them. A few months ago a juvenile robin alighted on the railing of the catio, and Goo got it. My wife tried to save it, but it died in her hands. Mama Robin was not pleased. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2367 "2024-08-23T15:46:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Our girls will happily catch moths and flitty bugs and eat them. A few months ago a juvenile robin alighted on the railing of the catio, and Goo got it. My wife tried to save it, but it died in her hands. Mama Robin was not pleased. What was surprising is that Midnight, our arthritic old cat with the paralyzed tail, was actually a good huntress. She caught frogs and toads and ate them (Pepper Mill is still grossed out by her memory of Midnight with a frog hand sticking out of her mouth). She caught snakes. She caught a giant cecropia moth and paraded it around in front of the other cats ("I have a Giant Moth and you _don’t!_) before chowing down on it with much crunching of chitin. And not long before she died she finally managed to capture a chipmunk. Alive. She was so disappointed that we wouldn’t let her bring it into the house and show it off. But I was afraid it’d get loose, and I didn’t want a chipmunk running around a house full of cats. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2368 "2024-08-23T15:50:51Z")
This genius and his friends broke into an apartment building’s pool, took a bad dive and broke his neck, got paralyzed from the neck down. Now 2 years later, he’s suing the building for negligence. I not only hope he gets nothing, but that the building sues the shit out of him. > **[Squatter who paralysed himself diving into pool sues property owner](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/20/squatter-paralysed-pool-sue-french-property-owner/)** > > Despite intruders gaining illegal access to apartment block, lawyers believe the man could still have a case under French law ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2369 "2024-08-23T17:44:54Z")
Added to the above discussion about strangulation as an aggravating factor in domestic violence, celebrity chef [Eric Rivera](https://carolinas.eater.com/2024/8/21/24225350/chef-eric-rivera-arrested-raleigh) was arrested for that same thing earlier in August. Some may remember Rivera for his righteous 2023 stance against a white Australian transplant to NYC who opened a sushi restaurant, calling her a “colonizer,” and tweeting “If you don’t see why this is a problem you are part of the problem.” Recent events, however, may demonstrate that the actual problem is Rivera’s proclivity to attack women who piss him off. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2370 "2024-08-23T17:56:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Was this the cow? In the comic, it was referred to as “Apocalypse Cow”. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2371 "2024-08-23T18:14:46Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > This genius and his friends broke into an apartment building’s pool Paywalled. I did see that he might have a case in France. ---
**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 23, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2372 "2024-08-23T18:35:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I did see that he might have a case in France. IANAL, but a simple Google search says that such a thing could even be possible in the US (where a trespasser can sue a property owner). It would only happen under pretty limited circumstances though, and as usual it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Some factors that might play into making a property owner liable could be if they knew people were trespassing regularly and failed to put up signs or barriers, and also knew of a hazard that was likely to cause damage. Or if they did something to intentionally cause injury, such as setting a trap. But it would be pretty rare. I would expect that if someone broke into an apartment’s pool and hurt themselves jumping into it, they would probably have no case in the US. (But again, not a lawyer.) ---
**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:** [August 23, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2373 "2024-08-23T18:49:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@DCnDC](#): > > > > This genius and his friends broke into an apartment building’s pool > > Paywalled. I did see that he might have a case in France. - \< cue up walk-on music by Weird Al \> ---
**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 23, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2374 "2024-08-23T20:01:08Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > In the comic, it was referred to as “Apocalypse Cow”. I have a book with that title, but it’s a locally printed book of funny signs. Evidently there’s a book series with that title about zombie cows, but I haven’t read those. ---
**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 23, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2375 "2024-08-23T21:39:18Z")
CNN, in its ongoing quest to become Fox News Lite, included a man who once posted that Mike Pence should have overturned the 2020 election on its panel of “undecided voters” last night. > ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2376 "2024-08-24T00:43:41Z")
The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie Megallpolis features a series of quotes from film critics trashing his previous films, an apparent attempt to head off negative reviews by saying “Well, critics didn’t like The Godfather at first either!” Turns out none of the quotes are real and they were generated by a chatbot. > **[‘Megalopolis’ Trailer’s Fake Critic Quotes Were AI-Generated, Lionsgate Drops...](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/megalopolis-trailer-fake-quotes-ai-lionsgate-1236116485/)** > > Lionsgate has dropped the marketing consultant who included AI-generated quotes from critics in the latest "Megalopolis" trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2377 "2024-08-24T10:37:01Z")
Sounds like someone used ChatGPT as a search engine. ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2378 "2024-08-24T13:00:50Z")
Or used a search engine and didn’t notice they were pasting from the newfangled box on the results page that’s really “Let our AI summarize what we found, plus some made up shit inserted at random. Including made up shit other AIs made up on other occasions and posted someplace that we now “think of” as legit input.” ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2379 "2024-08-24T13:53:05Z")
Italian justice is revving up for another big case, this time involving the sinking of a “superyacht” in a storm (the vessel was possibly struck by a waterspout/tornado, but authorities [are pursuing manslaughter charges](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/24/europe/bayesian-yacht-sicily-sinking-manslaughter-intl/index.html), blaming the crew. > [@](#): > > “There are many possibilities for culpability. It could be just the captain. It could be the whole crew. It could be the guard. We are evaluating all of the factors to see whose behavior fault can be assigned to,” Cartosio said. Sentencing first, trial later! Anytime something bad happens in Italy, [you’ve got](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899427/#:~:text=The%20Rimini%20case%20saw%20the,unsuccessfully%20on%20a%20procedural%20defence) to [bring the hammer down](https://www.nature.com/articles/515171a#:~:text=Appeals%20court%20says%20six%20scientists,sentence%20of%20a%20government%20official.&text=Six%20seismologists%20accused%20of%20misleading,of%20manslaughter%20on%2010%20November). Authorities could call prosecutor Giuliano Mignini out of retirement to handle the matter, based on his success in prosecuting the Monster of Florence and Amanda Knox cases. A [satanic cult](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monster-of-florence-amanda-knox-prosecutors-satanic-theories-rejected-by-judge/) could be involved in the yacht’s sinking. 😈 ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2380 "2024-08-24T14:37:33Z")
Or, maybe, there could be crew incompetence involved. > [@Superyacht vs tornado: tornado wins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superyacht-vs-tornado-tornado-wins/1005907/45): > > There may have been a whole lot of incompetence going on. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-we-know-about-sinking-superyacht-off-sicily-2024-08-20/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-we-know-about-sinking-superyacht-off-sicily-2024-08-20/) He added that its sinking was due to a chain of human errors given that the storm was expected, speaking in interviews to Italian media. Had the crew shut all doors and hatches, turned on the engine, lifted the anchor, lowered the keel and turned the yacht to face the wind, they would have suffered “zero damage”, the CEO said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=120)