# 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:** 166
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3301 "2024-12-27T23:20:40Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Sorry. I already accepted an invitation to Lodi. Again. - Just be careful you don’t get stuck there. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3302 "2024-12-27T23:21:44Z")
Didn’t this first happened just about a year ago? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3303 "2024-12-27T23:30:22Z")
I hear they have impeccable traffic striping, though. Hint: if you are registering an online complaint and asking for a change in traffic striping - saying that another city does it better will not help you as much as you might think. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3304 "2024-12-27T23:31:08Z")
If Bill Gates goes. I will immediately lose all respect for him. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3305 "2024-12-27T23:34:26Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I hear they have impeccable traffic striping, though. > > Hint: if you are registering an online complaint and asking for a change in traffic striping - **saying that another city does it better** will not help you as much as you might think. - > **[Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better (1977) HQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1oV14KyvG0%2F)** > > "Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3306 "2024-12-28T00:02:12Z")
If we had a thumbs up for posts I would give you one. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3307 "2024-12-28T01:02:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump tweeted out to the public what was apparently meant to be a DM to Elon Musk. > > [https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed\_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7upoypvlxudsiv4pzbi5jtwf/bafkreicidbkxsovf56vjsocej2coa5skie7nv3z33tnryikhmnjry5vacq@jpeg](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7upoypvlxudsiv4pzbi5jtwf/bafkreicidbkxsovf56vjsocej2coa5skie7nv3z33tnryikhmnjry5vacq@jpeg) Wow, he really is Elon’s little bitch, isn’t he? “Please Elon, please won’t you come?” ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3308 "2024-12-28T04:13:49Z")
OpenAI says the definition of AGI is “an app that makes us $100 billion in profit”. > **[Leaked Documents Show OpenAI Has a Very Clear Definition of ‘AGI’](https://gizmodo.com/leaked-documents-show-openai-has-a-very-clear-definition-of-agi-2000543339)** > > We finally have a real definition of the elusive "AGI." ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3309 "2024-12-28T21:02:57Z")
Magnus Carlsen gets booted from a chess tournament for (checks notes) wearing jeans. > **[Five-time World Chess champion quits event after refusing to change out of jeans](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/five-time-world-chess-champion-quits-event-refusing-change-jeans-rcna185650)** > > FIDE said jeans violate their dress code. Magnus Carlsen said he refused to change as a "matter of principle for me." ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3310 "2024-12-28T21:30:41Z")
There was obviously a well known dress code so he should have followed it. On the other hand this code sounds snotty,…But it was there. I would guess now, since he is the former champion in that organization, most people will think of the new official champion with a little asterisk beside their name. Maybe that is what Carlsen was after. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3311 "2024-12-28T22:37:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Magnus Carlsen gets booted from a chess tournament for (checks notes) wearing jeans. Looks to me like both sides being idiotic there. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3312 "2024-12-28T23:08:55Z")
There’s a decent chance it was deliberate provocation on his part. He’s been pushing FIDE to basically modernize and appeal more to the current generation by doing things like changing up tournament formats and, apparently, dress codes. He’s popular enough that it actually stands a pretty good chance at working, too. It makes more of an impact when the consensus best player in the world does something like this. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3313 "2024-12-28T23:41:17Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Looks to me like both sides being idiotic there. I’m not inclined to take FIDE’s side these days considering their boneheaded stance on trans players. There’s not even a reason for chess, of all things, to be gender-segregated in the first place. > **[World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men](https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194593562/chess-transgender-fide-pushback)** > > The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3314 "2024-12-29T00:25:32Z")
Steal bottle of booze, drink some, pass out IN liquor store. [https://www.kctv5.com/2024/12/28/burglary-suspect-accused-drinking-half-bottle-stolen-fireball-falling-asleep-aisle/](https://www.kctv5.com/2024/12/28/burglary-suspect-accused-drinking-half-bottle-stolen-fireball-falling-asleep-aisle/) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3315 "2024-12-29T02:58:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m not inclined to take FIDE’s side these days considering their boneheaded stance on trans players. I had no idea. Thanks for info. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3316 "2024-12-29T18:00:08Z")
@glee is a noteworthy chess expert and may have some input on the FIDE / Carlsen debacle. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3317 "2024-12-29T20:18:49Z")
Two Portland men have died of exposure after venturing into the woods of southwestern WA on Christmas Eve in an attempt to meet Sasquatch. [https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/portland-men-found-dead-search-sasquatch/283-c38052b4-c25b-4f51-b997-4d7836b81b92](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/portland-men-found-dead-search-sasquatch/283-c38052b4-c25b-4f51-b997-4d7836b81b92) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3318 "2024-12-29T20:33:42Z")
That sacrifice is accepted. Sasquatch has been sated, and will rest on His forest throne… for now. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3319 "2024-12-29T20:34:01Z")
So it’s fair to say that Sasquatch ghosted them? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3320 "2024-12-29T20:42:48Z")
I didn’t know chess was gender seperated. For God’s sake why? It’s not the sort of sport in which bodily strength plays a role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=167)