# 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:** 192
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3821 "2025-02-08T21:34:31Z")
Oh - that chick who went full frontal? Yeah, sometimes I do regret internet searches. Morbid curiosity - one helluva drug. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3822 "2025-02-08T21:35:56Z")
Meanwhile, the Manitoba Chinese Choir sang "O Canada\* at Tuesday night’s Winnipeg-Carolina hockey game. It would’ve been interesting it they’d had Buffy Sainte-Marie singing the Star-Spangled Banner. ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3823 "2025-02-08T21:45:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > What was the name of that woman who was white, claimed to be black, and worked in some government or university capacity where her bogus ethnicity claims eventually cost her her job and her reputation. > > I’m sure you mean [Rachel Dolezal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal). Perfect; thank you. That’s her. At least she’s (in)famous enough to have her own wiki page. Unlike schlubs like me (and probably you). So she’s got that goin’ for her. 😉 ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3824 "2025-02-08T21:48:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Unlike schlubs like me (and probably you). I absolutely do not have a page and am thankful for it, LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3825 "2025-02-08T22:19:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I absolutely do not have a page and am thankful for it Me as well, but I am wondering: do any Dopers have a Wikipedia page? ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3826 "2025-02-08T22:31:52Z")
They’d have to out themselves to tell us which page. And anyone could claim to have one and absent their wiki url & hence IRL name we couldn’t verify. We did have some well-known names (in nerdy circles at least) that used to post occasionally. Like early 2000s. Maybe Randall Munroe of xkcd, but I’m not sure. Phil Plait the Bad Astronomer guy definitely used to post occasionally although I don’t know what his Dopername was; he was before my time. But I have read posts here with posters talking about when he did or what he’d said. He definitely has a wiki page: > **[Phil Plait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Plait)** > > Philip Cary Plait (born September 30, 1964), also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objects, as well as engaging in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written three books, Bad Astronomy, Death from the Skies, and Under Alien Skies. He has also appeared in several science documentaries, including How the Universe Works on th... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3827 "2025-02-08T22:36:02Z")
He was @The_Bad_Astronomer . Neil DeGrasse Tyson also showed up briefly, though I think folks scared him off. And of course, Cecil Adams also has a Wiki page. ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3828 "2025-02-08T22:38:04Z")
Jim Beaver and Neil deGrasse Tyson are a couple of celebrities who have posted here but I don’t consider someone who posts a couple of times then never posts again to be a “Doper”. I used to do a lot of work with various conflict of interest issues at Wikipedia, both before and after being an administrator. (I suspect it was my work managing the COI Noticeboard that got attention and led to me being nominated for admin in the first place.) Based on my experience helping celebrities and their representatives manage their articles, it seems like it could potentially be such a stressful pain in the ass that I’m glad I never have to worry about it. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3829 "2025-02-08T22:51:27Z")
J. Michael Straczynski posted once or twice. ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3830 "2025-02-08T22:52:50Z")
Once they find out about the Celebrity Death Pool … ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3831 "2025-02-08T23:23:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > subtle sleaze I think I saw them open for Motley Crue in '86. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3832 "2025-02-09T01:35:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Neil DeGrasse Tyson also showed up briefly, though I think folks scared him off. Just now sent him this note through the Hayden Planetarium website: “Hey when are you gonna check out the Straight Dope messageboards again? You’re missed!” ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3833 "2025-02-10T06:18:46Z")
> **[American Airlines Flight Delayed 4 Hours Due To ‘I Have a Bomb’ WiFi...](https://viewfromthewing.com/american-airlines-flight-delayed-4-hours-due-to-i-have-a-bomb-wifi-network-passengers-marched-in-a-line-for-re-screening/)** > > American Airlines flight 2863 from Austin to Charlotte was delayed four and a half hours on Friday afternoon because a passenger named their wifi network “I have a bomb.” Police boarded the aircraft and asked the passenger with that network name to... > **[American Airlines flight delayed by suspected bomb threat](https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-airlines-flight-delayed-bomb-threat/story?id=118641602)** > > An American Airlines flight was delayed last week after the crew alerted authorities about suspicious activity on the plane. A passenger named their wifi hotspot “I have a bomb”–and another passenger reported it to a stewardess. ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3834 "2025-02-10T06:21:34Z")
> ([Elienisse Diaz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/junior-drag-racer-7-killed-in-racetrack-crash-while-driving-a-vehicle-that-can-reach-speeds-of-up-to-85mph/ar-AA1yxt74)) Rodriguez, a first-grader at Eastland Christian School in Orlando (who had just turned 7 years old), was “making her first runs in a junior dragster” when the crash happened, according to [Dragzine.com.](https://www.dragzine.com/news/junior-dragster-racer-dies-from-injuries-in-on-track-crash/) Junior dragsters, the vehicles used in junior drag racing, can reach speeds of up to 85 miles per hour. She did not make it home. ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3835 "2025-02-10T06:23:19Z")
‘Another victim of the woke LGBT mob, sad’ ~ DJT ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3836 "2025-02-10T06:56:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > can reach speeds of up to 85 miles per hour. “Can” being the operative word. 7 year olds are limited to much slower. This is poor reporting. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3837 "2025-02-10T07:40:42Z")
It seems 7 year olds should be limited to something they can pedal. ---
**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 10, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3838 "2025-02-10T08:08:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > 7 year olds are limited to much slower. According to Wikipedia, “junior dragsters” drive 1/8 of a mile (or 660’). They have a limit to how quickly they can complete that drive, with a 5-year-old (the youngest allowed) limited to 20 seconds. The older a kid is, the quicker they can complete it. In the 6-7 year range (that this child would fall under) the fastest is 13.9 seconds. At 660 in 13.9 seconds, that’s about 47.5 feet/second or about 32 MPH. So yeah, **significantly** slower than the misleading article says. You might as well say that bumper cars are dangerous because a car can reach speeds of almost 300 MPH. All that being said, 32 MPH still seems reckless if a 7-year-old is driving IMHO. ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3839 "2025-02-10T12:47:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > In the 6-7 year range (that this child would fall under) the fastest is 13.9 seconds. At 660 in 13.9 seconds, that’s about 47.5 feet/second or about 32 MPH. If it’s like other drag racing, you start from a standstill. In order to average 32 mph, you’ll be going faster than that at the finish. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3840 "2025-02-10T13:49:31Z")
I’ve watched Junior drags. “Blazing” would not be an adjective I would use. You could probably save time by sending the next pair down the track when the first two are at the halfway point. Given that, I’m sorry she is dead, but those dragsters are not death traps. They are miniature versions of top fuel dragsters with an engine that would be at home in a go-kart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=193)