# 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:** 18
**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:** [February 15, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/341 "2024-02-15T23:30:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s OK, I’m not Latin. ¡Ai, carumba! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/342 "2024-02-15T23:31:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Remember Rachel Dolezal, the woman who was fired from her job at the NAACP after it turned out she was faking being black? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > change your name to Gonzalez or the like and pretend to be Mexican, not black. > [@Chronos](#): > > Because as every Doper knows, “octopi” is an incorrect Latin plural. > [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s OK, I’m not Latin. There’s some very complicated multi-legged joke here about pretending to be a squid with black ink rather than a Latin octopus. ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/343 "2024-02-15T23:38:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Arizona in general, and especially the government thereof, is largely run by Latins, not blacks. If you want the inside track on getting hired, change your name to Gonzalez or the like and pretend to be Mexican, not black. Dolezal can’t even fake the right identity. Too stupid. Maybe I’m being whooshed but I don’t believe Dolezal was attempting to fake her ethnicity to get hired. Rather, she identifies as Black and has tailored her life around that. Note that I am _not_ defending her in any way, just pointing out that I don’t think that’s her motivation. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/344 "2024-02-15T23:44:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > she identifies as Black She also fabricated racially-motivated hate crimes against herself, so I think whatever’s going on there it goes a bit beyond just a genuine belief she holds about her own cultural identity. ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/345 "2024-02-15T23:45:31Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > She also fabricated racially-motivated hate crimes against herself, so I think whatever’s going on there it goes a bit beyond just a genuine belief she holds about her own cultural identity. Oh yes, again I am not defending her. Ugh no. I just don’t think this was all a scheme to get a particular job in Arizona. Otherwise it’s a really bizarre long con! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/346 "2024-02-15T23:47:57Z")
Agreed, what she did really doesn’t make sense as a con to get a job as a minority hire. It’s… complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/347 "2024-02-15T23:53:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > There’s some very complicated multi-legged joke here about pretending to be a squid with black ink rather than a Latin octopus. _Why do all of these men wanna chase an eight legged woman down?_ ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/348 "2024-02-15T23:59:02Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@Riemann](#): > > > > There’s some very complicated multi-legged joke here about pretending to be a squid with black ink rather than a Latin octopus. > > _Why do all of these men wanna chase an eight legged woman down?_ - Because she has an awesome Web presence? ---
**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 16, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/349 "2024-02-16T00:04:46Z")
A passenger plane [was diverted and](https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/maggots-falling-on-delta-airlines-passengers-forces-plane-to-reverse-course-mid-flight.html) the passengers put on alternate flights after a woman was showered with squiggly white insect larvae. They were not Individual-ONE-supporters but actual larvae being bred by the airline to mature into flies intended to help keep the plane aloft. OK, OK, I allegedly made that last part up. The story _claims_ that they were in an improperly stowed fish that had spoiled. But I am not buying that nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/350 "2024-02-16T00:56:32Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Why do all of these men wanna chase an eight legged woman down? Because they’re a sucker for a pretty face. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/351 "2024-02-16T03:19:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Because she has an awesome Web presence? You totally win the thread with that one! Bravo good Sir! As to my comment about Dolezal faking the wrong ethnicity, that was mostly tongue in cheek, and a general poke at the RW idea that minorities have total priority on government job hiring. Dolezal is indeed a wacko with delusions of Blackeur. Nothing more, but nothing less. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/352 "2024-02-16T15:06:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > They were not Individual-ONE-supporters but actual larvae being bred by the airline to mature into flies intended to help keep the plane aloft. Ah, the “Billy the Mountain” school of aerospace engineering. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/353 "2024-02-16T15:44:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Because as every Doper knows, “octopi” is an incorrect Latin plural. They just don’t agree on what the correct one is. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/354 "2024-02-16T16:49:57Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > > [@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. Reminds me of something that turned up in my Facebook feed recently: a relatively tame Rule 34 image\* from a Palworld discussion group, which a “Jesus saves!” sort decried as “bestiality”. \*Just a solo Pal with tiny jiggly bits, no sex involved. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/355 "2024-02-16T17:55:28Z")
Can’t forget the Aunt Jemima syrup, some Kaiser broiler foil, and a pair of blunt scissors. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/356 "2024-02-16T18:30:22Z")
You can get anything at the Ralph’s on Sunset (where no prices are lower, prices than Ralph’s) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/357 "2024-02-16T18:34:33Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > You can get anything at the Ralph’s on Sunset Excepting ~~Alice~~ Ralph! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/358 "2024-02-17T14:42:15Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Not all thieves are lazy; this is a theft which would take a little work: > > [Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-station-disbelief-200-foot-radio-tower-stolen-rcna137877/) It turns out this “theft” was probably a hoax [for this license type FCC requires unprofitable AM transmission in order to operate more profitable FM translator]. See this Youtube video and the comments: > **[WJLX A.M. tower site after alleged theft](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY%2F)** > > Footage from WJLX A.M. Tower site on 02/10/2024. This is the raw footage that I recorded that day. Check out this thread–noting this particular comment showing the Google images: [https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/wjlx-wjbe-and-werh-oh-my.769948/#post-6697751](https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/wjlx-wjbe-and-werh-oh-my.769948/#post-6697751) And naturally the station is running a Gofundme to pay for a new tower. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/359 "2024-02-17T14:49:48Z")
Somehow this reminds me a lot of the idea behind today’s xkcd: > **[Treasure Chests](https://xkcd.com/2895/)** > > \[earlier\] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan." ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/360 "2024-02-17T20:27:25Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > It turns out this “theft” was probably a hoax My favorite comment on that vid: “Came for _The X-Files_. Stayed for the _True Detective_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=19)