# 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:** 224
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4461 "2025-04-16T14:38:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And now I’ve rambled far too long about yeast … So that infection’s cleared up? . And yes, Waukesha seems pretty average for having all the insanity we’ve been reading about. It is the “White Flight” county, full of people like my parents who specifically moved one suburb west of Milwaukee County so their tax dollars weren’t “paying to help poor people”. But I do sometimes ask “Is Waukesha the Florida of Wisconsin?” (Hmm, it is full of one-way streets… it’s frustrating. You’ll see the building you’re driving to, but can’t there even after ten minutes of meandering. Is that enough for some people to snap?) ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4462 "2025-04-16T15:03:37Z")
Vegeite and family are definitely a niche culinary affection. Mad respect for your yeast spread knowledge and dedication to Unami goodness. I will have to get me some Cenovis to try. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4463 "2025-04-16T15:17:26Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > Vegeite and family are definitely a niche culinary affection. - A like for such products grows on you. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4464 "2025-04-16T20:31:09Z")
Presented without comment [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:msfrgu5h3sv5wotytv6ezlfp/bafkreia7ky3xazcrb5y7ubecdsietivotje7u5c2ax4qexateuior5wwrq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:msfrgu5h3sv5wotytv6ezlfp/bafkreia7ky3xazcrb5y7ubecdsietivotje7u5c2ax4qexateuior5wwrq@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4465 "2025-04-16T20:37:10Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Waukesha seems pretty average for having all the insanity we’ve been reading about. My wife went to college there. She described life there as “Waukeshitty”. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4466 "2025-04-16T20:52:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Presented without comment I have to comment! I can’t tell if “TooLowBrow” is serious or joking. Irony is dead. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4467 "2025-04-16T22:20:06Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I can’t tell if “TooLowBrow” is serious or joking. Irony is dead. Has to be joking. Everybody knows about ‘sacred cows’. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4468 "2025-04-16T22:22:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Everybody knows about ‘sacred cows’. If the last ten years have taught me anything, it’s that the list of things “everybody knows” is much shorter than I once thought. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4469 "2025-04-17T00:48:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If the last ten years have taught me anything, it’s that the list of things “everybody knows” is much shorter than I once thought. I thought _everyone_ knew that list was short. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4470 "2025-04-17T17:37:14Z")
Of course we already do sell _some_ beef to India. As much as they want in fact. So the idea that the Indians will suddenly rise up and create a groundswell of fresh demand for US beef on a scale to supplant China is ludicrous on its face as a matter of pure economics. To say nothing of the cultural point that India is heavy in vegetarians so per capita beef consumption is small. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4471 "2025-04-17T18:19:36Z")
I suspect this was satire, but who knows. Not even sure if the wiki article is satire. Apparently India is the worlds third largest exporter of beef. Or fifth maybe. Or its not permitted. > **[Cattle slaughter in India](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India)** > > Cattle slaughter in India refers to the slaughter and consumption of bovine species in India. A controversial phenomenon due to cattle's status as adored and respected beings to adherents of Dharmic religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. > Though it is an acceptable source of meat in Abrahamic religions such as Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, most Indian citizens abstain from consuming beef due to cattle's high regard in Dharmic divinity. The association reflects the import... ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4472 "2025-04-17T21:22:58Z")
Holy cow! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4473 "2025-04-17T21:36:59Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > Not even sure if the wiki article is satire. It’s not; it is heavily-cited and wasn’t written as a joke. But the subject is a controversial one, as noted on the article’s talk page. > [@FluffyBob](#): > > Apparently India is the worlds third largest exporter of beef. Or fifth maybe. Or its not permitted. What isn’t permitted is the export of the meat of cattle, but beef from water buffalo (removed from bones) is still allowed, and that is where these large export claims came from. The article really needs work though. A number of these citations use broken links so they are difficult to verify. It can often take forever to get a consensus on an article like this, which makes editing difficult. I’ve tried to serve as mediator on similar articles and oof. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4474 "2025-04-17T21:55:54Z")
Yeah I realize it isn’t actually satire and sections have been edited without a global edit to to clean it up. The thing it does demonstrate is this is a complex issue. India is not a monolithic culture and the reality is our North American sacred cow take is likely pretty myopic. A little smug humor at the expense of a real or satirical maga poster should be taken with a grain of salt. Also … Its interesting. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4475 "2025-04-17T21:59:05Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > The thing it does demonstrate is this is a complex issue. India is not a monolithic culture and the reality is our North American sacred cow take is likely pretty myopic. Exactly. While exports are governed by national law (as you’d expect), the slaughtering and consumption is not, and is handled state-by-state. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4476 "2025-04-18T03:15:10Z")
A user of a code-editor package called Cursor noticed that they were suddenly being logged out when switching between devices. The user contacted customer service via email, and was told that this was a new policy that restricted subscribers to one device per account and they’d need multiple subscriptions if they wanted to use multiple devices. As a result, scores of users cancelled their subscriptions in protest of corporate greed. It subsequently turned out that Cursor has no such policy and the customer service rep was an AI that made up the policy out of whole cloth, and the logout was caused by a bug that has since been corrected. > **[Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/cursor-ai-support-bot-invents-fake-policy-and-triggers-user-uproar/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social)** > > Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4477 "2025-04-18T12:28:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It subsequently turned out that Cursor has no such policy and the customer service rep was an AI that made up the policy out of whole cloth, and the logout was caused by a bug that has since been corrected. Whole Lee Shit! Ya know, the entire AI industry really really needs to get their programs under control so they stop making shit up. If you are going to an AI for answers, you kinda hope that your answers are correct and factual. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4478 "2025-04-18T12:39:10Z")
I don’t blame the AI industry for this. They know there’s a problem, and they’re trying to correct it, it’s just that, with the current form of AI, it’s very difficult to make a change that you want to make, because nobody understands how anything affects anything at all. The real blame goes to all of the other companies who are racing headlong to be the first to inject AI into everything they do, without paying attention to whether AI’s capabilities are actually a good match for their needs. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4479 "2025-04-18T14:34:19Z")
It doesn’t sound like AI is safe to use for any purpose that requires factual accuracy. I admire any company that has the sense and courage to wait to use it until it is reliable, if there are any. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4480 "2025-04-18T14:37:25Z")
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