# 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:** 267
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5321 "2025-08-13T19:42:39Z")
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a delivery person with a dozen restaurants… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5322 "2025-08-13T19:54:05Z")
And every restaurant had seven olifants… ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5323 "2025-08-13T20:05:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > ETA: Or perhaps not, since it is only one dozen. If I had kept the “dozen times a night” in the quote, it would have worked. Damn, an opportunity for a perfectly dreadful pun and I get the math wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5324 "2025-08-13T20:25:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Remember, by the time the vaccines rolled out, the states were already perfectly sorted, with every state that voted Trump having higher covid rates than every state that voted Clinton. This, despite the fact that diseases naturally spread easier in urban areas. And yet you _still_ have people playing a “gotcha ya” game by claiming that BLM protesters didn’t _really_ believe in COVID since they violated social distancing norms. While not mentioning that the protesters were much more heavily masked than similar right-leaning gatherings. The BLM gatherings did not spread Covid, while the right wing ones did (some of them). Hmmm, I wonder what that can tell us about the effectiveness of masking? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5325 "2025-08-13T21:36:06Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Hmmm, I wonder what that can tell us about the effectiveness of masking? Far more than the ignorant _ideology before logic_ crowd are willing to listen to, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5326 "2025-08-14T07:58:16Z")
Stupid and in the news. Very sad for his family, I’m sure. But if ever there was an example of culling the herd . . . [Snake bite claims hiker’s life on Savage Gulf State Park trail in Grundy County](https://newschannel9.com/sports/outdoors/snake-bite-claims-hikers-life-on-savage-gulf-trail-in-grundy-county). The link takes one to an article that includes a map of the trail area, beautiful photos of the park and close-ups of rattlesnakes, even a sobering suggestion from a county official that hikers carry _“some kind of first aide_ (sic) _supplies . . . and be mindful of wildlife and the dangers that some wildlife may pose._” All this before noting at the tail end of the story, that: “_the victim picked up the snake, and was bitten on the hand._” ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5327 "2025-08-14T12:28:16Z")
If not friend, why friend shaped? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5328 "2025-08-14T12:38:04Z")
Because Mother Nature is a bitch. This fluffy cow is friend [![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efb46cf46fb3d2f36091afa/3706421d-1ac9-4f2b-8a13-ffb13f19dc91/Highland+Cows+in+Scotland+%283%29.jpg) ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efb46cf46fb3d2f36091afa/3706421d-1ac9-4f2b-8a13-ffb13f19dc91/Highland+Cows+in+Scotland+%283%29.jpg) This fluffy cow is not friend. [![](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt4175b16074920322/blt6aeffbd6b66cbc85/6485f13425a7d7a1bacb83d0/TAMU_20Vet_20Med_20bison1_0.jpeg) ](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt4175b16074920322/blt6aeffbd6b66cbc85/6485f13425a7d7a1bacb83d0/TAMU_20Vet_20Med_20bison1_0.jpeg) Idiot human-“But both fluffy, why not both friend?” ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5329 "2025-08-15T21:27:48Z")
> [@Nyvaak](#): > > “_the victim picked up the snake_…” _What?!?_ A rattler? They even come equipped with a warning on one end! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5330 "2025-08-15T21:36:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > They even come equipped with a warning on one end! I mention that to my wife, who lived in Clinton, TN for a while. She said they’re not that bright in Tennessee. ‘And that’s coming first-hand.’ ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5331 "2025-08-15T21:39:59Z")
> [@digs](#): > > They even come equipped with a warning on one end! “If it’s safe enough for a baby toy, it’s safe enough for me!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5332 "2025-08-16T07:21:11Z")
[Florida woman intentionally drinks unpasteurized milk, then blames the dairy for miscarriage.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/florida-mom-lucky-alive-miscarrying-160931650.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > A woman is suing a [Florida](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/florida) dairy farm after alleging that coming into contact with [bacteria](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bacteria) from its raw, unpasteurized [milk](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/milk) caused her to suffer a miscarriage. > > Rachel Maddox filed a lawsuit in Seminole County on Wednesday against Keely Farms Dairy of New Smyrna Beach, the same business that was last week tied to [at least 21 cases of E. coli and Campylobacter bacteria sickness](https://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2025/08/20250806-florida-department-health-provides-update-raw-milk.pr.html) by state health officials, [according to Orlando’s News 6](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/14/mother-sues-florida-dairy-farm-claims-she-lost-fetus-after-raw-milk-led-to-bacterial-infection/). > > **Of the 21 people taken ill, six were children under 10 and seven were hospitalized, at least two of whom have suffered severe complications, the officials say.** > > “I became very ill and I mean the sickest I’ve ever been in my life,” Maddox told News 6. **“I came really close to dying and our [unborn] son did die. The doctors told me that I was lucky to be alive.”** Did she skip every health and history class? There’s no excuse to _not_ know unpasteurized milk has a good chance of killing you. And WTF is with the parents giving that milk to children? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5333 "2025-08-16T07:25:57Z")
Germs are a hoax and the only thing healthier than bacteria laden raw milk is your own morning urine. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5334 "2025-08-16T10:42:25Z")
I’ve mentioned this on here before, but I have relatives who cheerfully brag about buying unpasteurized milk for their families, even though their own grandparents (and some uncles and at least one aunt) nearly died from drinking the stuff in the 1940s and ‘50s. Is it too much to hope that the inevitable lawsuits will put an end to the unpasteurized milk movement? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5335 "2025-08-16T14:14:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Did she skip every health and history class? There’s no excuse to _not_ know unpasteurized milk has a good chance of killing you. And WTF is with the parents giving that milk to children? Remember - our current head of HHS is a HUGE proponent of un-pasteurized milk. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5336 "2025-08-16T14:26:06Z")
Yep. Pasteurization is all about destroying all the natural goodness in cow milk and replacing it with franken-molecules created by the unnatural heat. _No one_ who cares for their child’s heath should ever feed Pasteurized milk; it’s an abomination. Friggin’ morons. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5337 "2025-08-16T14:41:55Z")
Nevermind that when you cook something with milk in it you subject it to far higher temperatures for far longer than pasteurization. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5338 "2025-08-16T14:43:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This fluffy cow is friend That fluffy cow is casual acquaintance, at best. If you try to make fluffy cow friend, ouch. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5339 "2025-08-16T14:56:13Z")
From an article linked above by @Monty, which is on the Florida’s Department of Health [website](https://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2025/08/20250806-florida-department-health-provides-update-raw-milk.pr.html): > In Florida, raw milk can only be sold for non-human consumption as pet or animal food, which limits regulation efforts of sanitary practices. Containers must have a label clearly stating that the raw milk is for animal consumption only. The other [article](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/florida-mom-lucky-alive-miscarrying-160931650.html), also linked by **Monty** , has this comment by the dairy farm which is being sued: > “Some basics that are required on your state approved label include the statement ‘Not for Human Consumption,’ what animal it should be fed to, your farm name and complete address, nutritional info if animal feed… > > “You cannot display raw milk as if for human consumption. (It cannot be next to pasteurized milk etc). You must have warnings and signage. The department does ‘market checks’ to be sure their rules are being followed.” ISTM that the farm did everything it was supposed to do in marketing and selling its product. This appears to be a known risk taken by the consumer, and she shouldn’t have a case. But then again, this is Florida… ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5340 "2025-08-16T15:50:48Z")
It sounds like the lawsuit should be against the organic market that (I presume) displayed it as if for human consumption. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=268)