# 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:** 180
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3581 "2025-01-15T23:27:04Z")
Guy calls woman an ugly dumb cunt, gets fired from his job as a…wait for it…a DEI Consultant. > **[Eagles Fan Who Dropped C-Word On Packers Supporter Fired From DEI Consulting Job](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/15/eagles-fan-berated-packers-supporter-fired-bct-partners/)** > > The Philadelphia Eagles fan who berated a Packers supporter during Sunday's playoff game is out of the job. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3582 "2025-01-15T23:48:24Z")
I could see a Hare Krishna Eagles fan barking off at a family. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3583 "2025-01-16T17:34:46Z")
The appeal of “cheating death”, going to sleep and being reawakened into the future and healthy does sound appealing, until you actually sit down and think about all of the issues. To me, charging people for cryogenics sounds like a scam, unless it specifies that there’s no guarantee that you will ever be unfrozen. > **[Is this the $200,000 ticket to cheating death?](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250115-cryonics-the-start-up-that-wants-to-freeze-you-in-suspended-animation)** > > A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at a second life for the cost of a sports car. Is cryogenics within reach, or still an empty promise? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3584 "2025-01-16T17:38:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The appeal of “cheating death”, going to sleep and being reawakened into the future and healthy does sound appealing, until you actually sit down and think about all of the issues. I mean, anyone who read Rip Van Winkle would know how this is a nightmare. And that story is over 300 years old! And that was only a 20 year sleep. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3585 "2025-01-16T17:43:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I mean, anyone who read Rip Van Winkle would know how this is a nightmare. And that story is over 300 years old! And that was only a 20 year sleep. Actually, 225 years old this year, having been published in Washington Irving’s _The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon_ in 1819. If you really want to get a feel for the hazards of living beyond your appointed span, read about _Struldbrugs_ in Jonathan Swift’s _Gulliver’s Travels_ ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3586 "2025-01-16T17:43:48Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I mean, anyone who read Rip Van Winkle would know how this is a nightmare. And that story is over 300 years old! And that was only a 20 year sleep. But everybody who’s seen Futurama would think that it’s kind of cool. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3587 "2025-01-16T17:44:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, 225 years old this year, having been published in Washington Irving’s _The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon_ in 1819. Shit, math fail this morning. Not enough caffeine yet. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3588 "2025-01-16T17:54:43Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > But everybody who’s seen Futurama would think that it’s kind of cool. Except for the almost accidentally using a suicide booth. Boinking your own grandmother, well, I’m sure that are some people that think that’s fine. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3589 "2025-01-16T19:18:10Z")
I can honestly say, being off by 75 years mattered not to me at all. Atamasama’s point was that the Rip Van Winkle story about extended sleep was written a long time before cryogenics. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3590 "2025-01-16T19:33:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I can honestly say, being off by 75 years mattered not to me at all. I appreciate that, but I _was_ pretty dumb. You’re right though, it’s not a new idea. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3591 "2025-01-16T20:20:03Z")
I saw this article this morning but didn’t read it. I have trouble imagining what could be possibly new or different now that would make this any different than prior cryogenic schemes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3592 "2025-01-16T20:26:36Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > I have trouble imagining what could be possibly new or different now that would make this any different than prior cryogenic schemes. _this time_ it works. Trust us. [![](https://preview.redd.it/f7dvgyx97bk61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=15ef05142da36b11027848b4901ad453cb296e08) ](https://preview.redd.it/f7dvgyx97bk61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=15ef05142da36b11027848b4901ad453cb296e08) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3593 "2025-01-16T20:31:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, 225 years old this year, having been published in Washington Irving’s _The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon_ in 1819. I didn’t realize you were visiting us from 2044! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3594 "2025-01-16T20:39:56Z")
I must say that I would be surprised if the universe as we knew it still existed in the year 9.5360655002947\* 10^5880. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3595 "2025-01-16T20:42:16Z")
French woman leaves husband for Brat Pitt impersonator and is then scammed out of $850,000. > **[Brad Pitt fans warned about scammers after French woman lost her life savings](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/brad-pitt-not-messaging-fans-015335319.html)** > > Brad Pitt fans, beware scammers: French woman lost $850,000 after she fell for fake messages and AI-generated photos of the 'Moneyball' actor. > [@](#): > > “But I’m not used to social media…” Yeah perhaps not. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3596 "2025-01-16T21:11:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I mean, anyone who read Rip Van Winkle would know how this is a nightmare. And that story is over 300 years old! And that was only a 20 year sleep. That really doesn’t bother me that much. First of all, if cryogenics really works, you won’t be waking up alone - Hundreds of people will be waking up alongside you, which means that future cultures will have measures in place to re-absorb you into society. And humans can adapt to anything: I know people who were born in mud huts on the Ethiopian highlands with no electricity or running water, and they’ve adapted just fine to smartphones and income tax. So What if you’ll be the future equivalent of a third-world immigrant? Others have done it before. What does bother me is that it’s bullshit. Anything that’s based on assuming that we’ll know how to do something in the future is bullshit, because we never know where scientific discovery will lead us. Take a person, freeze them, and unfreeze them successfully in 5 years, and then we’ll talk. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3597 "2025-01-16T21:15:01Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > So What if you’ll be the future equivalent of a third-world immigrant? Others have done it before. Just because someone has done it, that doesn’t mean I want to go through it as well. The idea of being an anachronism where nothing makes sense and most of what I know is wrong… It’s like being in a Twilight Zone episode. > [@Alessan](#): > > What does bother me is that it’s bullshit. Anything that’s based on assuming that we’ll know how to do something in the future is bullshit, because we never know where scientific discovery will lead us. Take a person, freeze them, and unfreeze them successfully in 5 years, and then we’ll talk. There’s this too. It’s fringe science **at best**. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3598 "2025-01-16T21:15:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > future cultures will have measures in place to re-absorb you into society. Currently we call them restaurants. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3599 "2025-01-16T21:15:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Boinking your own grandmother, well, I’m sure that are some people that think that’s fine. > > 🙂 I live in Kentucky. The locals don’t see the humor in your joke, they’re just nodding along. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3600 "2025-01-16T21:19:36Z")
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this > **[Chuck Schumer (@schumer.senate.gov)](https://bsky.app/profile/schumer.senate.gov/post/3lfv3e6u7b22j)** > > It’s clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer for TikTok. > > We will continue working to keep TikTok alive, protect content creators’ livelihoods, protect against CCP surveillance, and protect national security. > > I will work with the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=181)