# 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:** 16
**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:** [February 11, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/301 "2024-02-11T23:35:56Z")
Has anyone seen this guy around? > **[Chinese Man Steals a Road and Sells It](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/chinese-man-steals-a-road-and-sells-it-123253.html)** > > An 800-meters long stretch of road (0.5 miles) was stolen by a Chinese man who tell sold it for about $800 to a local factory. ---
**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 12, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/302 "2024-02-12T09:02:22Z")
> When confronted with the evidence, the man said he thought stealing and selling the concrete slabs would be a good deal for all parties involved, given the fact that the road is seldom used by residents. That is because a new road opened elsewhere in the region, and nobody was using the old one, apparently. When he heard, “take the road less traveled,” I don’t think he quite understood what it meant. ---
**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 12, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/303 "2024-02-12T10:48:53Z")
Well done, indeed! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/304 "2024-02-12T12:25:48Z")
Some dopes are using AI and other programs to cover up pictures of women that they feel are too revealing. It’s somehow just as creepy as fake nudes, somehow. People are not dress-up dolls (unless you’re consensually into that stuff). The story doesn’t specifically say “Republicans” and I know conservative doesn’t always = GOP, so if I’ve put this in the wrong place please let me know and I’ll repost it elsewhere. > **[Conservative influencers are using AI to cover up photos of sex workers](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/conservative-influencers-are-using-ai-cover-photos-sex-workers-rcna137341)** > > People are calling the movement "dignifAI." ---
**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 12, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/305 "2024-02-12T12:54:18Z")
I’m not sure I understand. They’re using AI to put more modest clothes on pictures of women, and then what? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/306 "2024-02-12T12:59:55Z")
Bonus points in Heaven for fighting the evil nude. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/307 "2024-02-12T13:00:22Z")
Eww, boobies, essentially. Mandated modesty. And now I see that I put “somehow” in there twice and it’s gonna bug me all day. ---
**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 12, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/308 "2024-02-12T13:00:44Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m not sure I understand. They’re using AI to put more modest clothes on pictures of women, and then what? - They pay them for sex. Or to keep quiet. Or both. ---
**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 12, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/309 "2024-02-12T13:04:19Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Eww, boobies, essentially But, again, they use AI to cover her up…and then what? What are they doing with these altered pictures? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/310 "2024-02-12T13:06:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But, again, they use AI to cover her up…and then what? What are they doing with these altered pictures? Probably the same thing they suspect other people are doing with the unaltered pictures, but with the added excitement of a little “mystery”. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/311 "2024-02-12T13:12:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But, again, they use AI to cover her up…and then what? What are they doing with these altered pictures? Do? They don’t do anything. That’s the beauty of it. (I know it’s a paraphrase, I just couldn’t resist.) ---
**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 12, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/312 "2024-02-12T13:22:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > and then what? This is mind boggling. The lady chose (hopefully) to allow her naked body to be seen on the internet, and these people are artificially dressing her? Do they understand anything at all about porn and the internet? I mean, sure, I’d check out an artificially dressed person, but only for the humorous value. The real image is out there, and it is never coming back. ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/313 "2024-02-12T14:50:00Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Do they understand anything at all about porn and the internet? Beyond “I know it when I see it” (and very often being wrong about that), no. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/314 "2024-02-12T15:31:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But, again, they use AI to cover her up…and then what? What are they doing with these altered pictures? Before AI, concerned parents used magic markers to conceal naughty bits in books their children had access to. That includes cherubs. I’m guessing it will lead to parental filters for internet browsing. Won’t that be nice? /finger down throat ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/315 "2024-02-12T15:37:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Before AI, concerned parents used magic markers to conceal naughty bits in books their children had access to. That includes cherubs. But that’s not what’s happening here. At least based on my understanding, someone is taking a racy picture, making it less racy and uploading it to a social media page. I assume I’m missing something as this doesn’t seem to justify even writing an article about it. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/316 "2024-02-12T15:51:16Z")
People are idiots? That’s pretty much all there is here. And this very large thread. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/317 "2024-02-12T15:52:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > At least based on my understanding, someone is taking a racy picture, making it less racy and uploading it to a social media page. Reminds me of those old dirty magazines with little stars covering the naughty bits on the cover. It’s just an enticement to want to see the naked version. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/318 "2024-02-12T16:35:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m guessing it will lead to parental filters for internet browsing. I hate to break it to you, but there already are parental filters available. I use them on my computer because I got tired of accidently ending up on porn sites when I was looking for funny cat pics. Now if I search on Pussy, I get cat pics. ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/319 "2024-02-12T16:45:15Z")
That reminds of my friend, when he first got an iPad, he wanted to look up his favorite sporting goods store, so he used that major search engine. Naturally, the name of the place is “Dick’s”. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/320 "2024-02-12T16:58:26Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I hate to break it to you, but there already are parental filters available. I use them on my computer because I got tired of accidently ending up on porn sites when I was looking for funny cat pics. Now if I search on Pussy, I get cat pics. I think to control your _own_ search results, a parental filter tool is overkill. In Google, just set your safe search option to strict, and I think you’re good. I don’t know about Bing, but it must have some comparable setting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=17)