# 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:** 128
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2541 "2024-09-19T17:57:47Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Honestly, most of the time I’m carded it’s because I’m buying cough medicine. > > You wouldn’t believe what they’re supposed to card for at Target. I know a checker who’s had customers get indignant at being carded for bitters, mouthwash, Nyquil, some beverages with minimal alcohol… but she’s good at disarming them with “Hey, I think it’s stupid, too. But I could get fired if I don’t check.” - Since said customers have the maturity of a four year old, they _shouldn’t_ have such things. Or they could be adults, show their ID, go home and register their complaint with Corporate. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2542 "2024-09-19T17:57:52Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Cannon fodder. He doesn’t want sex, he wants reproduction. So…cannon fodder about eighteen years from now? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2543 "2024-09-19T18:32:47Z")
He’s playing the _long_ game. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2544 "2024-09-19T19:39:13Z")
I’ve known people who would look upon a checker being fired for inconveniencing them as a win. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2545 "2024-09-19T20:11:46Z")
I mean, what the hell? I’ve already got may wallet out. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2546 "2024-09-19T20:14:44Z")
Congratulations to Google and its “artificial intelligence” for turning their search engine, which once revolutionized the entire internet, into worthless slop. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GX0ByzPWEAAOYrb?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GX0ByzPWEAAOYrb?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2547 "2024-09-19T20:24:58Z")
It helps keep the birth weight down. That’s a good thing, right? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2548 "2024-09-19T20:40:43Z")
Oh - totally fine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/485Em2JF34M/hqdefault.jpg "Sleeper (1973) Clips - Healthy Food and Tobacco") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=485Em2JF34M&t=39) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2549 "2024-09-19T20:48:51Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’ve already got may wallet out. I usually pay by tapping with my phone, so I then have to dig out my wallet. But again, I never ever give the checker grief. I even let them know I was in retail once and did my time at a cash register for years so I know what they must be going through. I remember when Toys R Us made us ask every customer for their phone number, and I would get hostile responses once. (My favorite was a guy in full camo gear buying a discount children’s book growling that he “doesn’t believe in phones”.) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2550 "2024-09-20T02:49:05Z")
This was a bit surprising: > **[Kentucky judge shot and killed in chambers, sheriff charged with murder:...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/kentucky-judge-shot-killed-in-chambers/story?id=113856879)** > > Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed Thursday. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2551 "2024-09-20T06:35:07Z")
I live in Kentucky, though not close to where this occurred. Caught me by surprise, and I’ve worked alongside a lot of LEOs, including from that area. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2552 "2024-09-20T09:56:21Z")
There’s some kind of weird story there. Be interesting to see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2553 "2024-09-20T12:26:33Z")
There is a lawsuit about a deputy in the sheriff’s department and this same judge’s chambers: > **[Suit alleges Kentucky deputy forced woman to have sex in judge's chamber in...](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2022/02/01/kentucky-woman-says-deputy-forced-her-have-sex-judges-chambers/9289211002/)** > > A woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a Letcher County deputy of coercing her into sex after she couldn't afford to pay for home incarceration. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2554 "2024-09-20T13:27:39Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Significant gratification when I got a double take from a manager the moment after he carded me when he realized he was the younger one. The last time I was legitimately carded, the bartender was younger than me - probably 22 for me, 20 for her (drinking age at the time was 19, yes I am quite old). It was mostly funny because it was in the bar in my very small hometown, she carded me and a couple of my high school classmates. We’d been drinking there for years - but she was new (both in town and as a bartender) and just doing her job. I think we got a free round a little later as an apology. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2555 "2024-09-20T14:14:02Z")
> Mullins had served as district court judge for Kentucky’s 47th District Court, which presides over Letcher County, since 2009, when he was appointed by then-Gov. Steve Beshear. A quick search says Gov. Steve Beshear is a Democrat. Many LEOs support Trump. It makes me wonder… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2556 "2024-09-20T15:09:12Z")
The current governor, Andy Beshear is Steve Beshear’s son (and Andy was one of those briefly considered by Harris to be the vice-Presidential candidate). The most popular rumor on Reddit seems to be that the judge (who was a good friend of the sheriff and was married but had the reputation of being a skirt chaser) was sleeping with the sheriff’s underage (17 year old) daughter. The sheriff was a bit upset when he found out. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2557 "2024-09-20T15:48:16Z")
Is it possible that Kentucky just misspelled “Lecher” County? Also, who can resist these bedroom eyes? [![](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/09/judge.jpg?resize=960,540) ](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/09/judge.jpg?resize=960,540) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2558 "2024-09-20T15:57:26Z")
Anyone remember the Justified TV series? It was set in Harlan County, Kentucky. Letcher County is the adjacent county to the northeast of Harlan county. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2559 "2024-09-20T21:56:22Z")
You _really_ had to provide that commentary? This is quite vaguely - no, concretely - funny… > **[‘Panda Dogs’: Chinese zoo goes viral for luring visitors with painted pups | CNN](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/panda-dogs-chinese-zoo-goes-080047219.html)** > > A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2560 "2024-09-20T22:11:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > This is quite vaguely - no, concretely - funny… From the article: > A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. Funny thing is, I have seen painted dogs in a legitimate zoo. They were these kinds of dogs. > **[African wild dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog)** > > The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws. An estimated 6,600 adults (including 1,400 mature individuals) live in 39 subpopulations, all threatened by habitat fragmentation, human persecution, and outb... (They were labeled as “African painted dogs” at the zoo.) …They didn’t literally have paint on them though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=129)