# 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:** 289
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5761 "2025-10-17T14:59:40Z")
> [@](#): > > city of #milwaukee water works employee gets caught engaging in #prostitution If they’re engaged, surely it’s OK? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5762 "2025-10-17T16:57:51Z")
I have to say that’s an excellent surveillance shot if taken under actual low-light conditions. Given the lit flashlight in the center goon’s hand, it seems likely it was dark there and then. The article says the pix have been distributed to local law enforcement who haven’t yet identified them. Suggesting they’re not known criminals with mugshots in the system. OTOH, good bet a heck of a lot of friends and neighbors know exactly who they are. This shouldn’t take long. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5763 "2025-10-17T17:10:49Z")
I wonder for what they stole 200 stuffed animals…They don’t even look drunk or stoned in the surveillance pic. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5764 "2025-10-17T19:16:23Z")
The idiomatic phrase “turning point” has been in use for nearly 500 years, we have to stop using it because the MAGAs are trying to rebrand it as their own? Fuck that. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5765 "2025-10-17T19:21:16Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I wonder for what they stole 200 stuffed animals…They don’t even look drunk or stoned in the surveillance pic. Some friends of mine stole all the flags from a golf course. There was no reason for it. They didn’t even know what to do with them when they got back. They did it because (to them, at that time) it was funny. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5766 "2025-10-17T19:31:51Z")
Yeah, I once was young too, and although I mostly managed to be a reasonable and law-abiding person from age 15-25, I heard about and saw some crazy irrational vandalism and theft from young male adults. But what’s the purpose of hauling away 200(!) stuffed animals, in garbage bags? That must have been a feat for three guys. ETA: ok, I just revisited the article, I forgot that they came and most probably also left by boat. Must have been a big boat, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5767 "2025-10-17T23:36:07Z")
It’s probably just really small stuffed animals. One of the pics is of them plundering what looks like a claw machine. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5768 "2025-10-17T23:57:15Z")
[![](https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--aKY2WjKY--/t_Resized%20Artwork/c_fit,g_north_west,h_954,w_954/co_000000,e_outline:48/co_000000,e_outline:inner_fill:48/co_ffffff,e_outline:48/co_ffffff,e_outline:inner_fill:48/co_bbbbbb,e_outline:3:1000/c_mpad,g_center,h_1260,w_1260/b_rgb:eeeeee/t_watermark_lock/c_limit,f_auto,h_630,q_auto:good:420,w_630/v1568602500/production/designs/5969907_0.jpg) ](https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--aKY2WjKY--/t_Resized%20Artwork/c_fit,g_north_west,h_954,w_954/co_000000,e_outline:48/co_000000,e_outline:inner_fill:48/co_ffffff,e_outline:48/co_ffffff,e_outline:inner_fill:48/co_bbbbbb,e_outline:3:1000/c_mpad,g_center,h_1260,w_1260/b_rgb:eeeeee/t_watermark_lock/c_limit,f_auto,h_630,q_auto:good:420,w_630/v1568602500/production/designs/5969907_0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5769 "2025-10-18T03:02:55Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I won’t visit this restaurant that opened near me because they have to know the association (Charlie Kirk) their name brings up in people’s minds, right? Means absolutely nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5770 "2025-10-18T11:21:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Means absolutely nothing to me. The organization that Charlie Kirk fronted for is called “Turning Point USA”, I believe. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5771 "2025-10-18T13:09:46Z")
Which organization was news to me in this discussion of the 40+ year old restaurant chain. I first heard of “Charlie Kirk” himself in the thread about his killing. Most of don’t follow the RW hate-o-sphere with any rigor. Certainly not with any enthusiasm. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5772 "2025-10-19T06:31:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I first heard of “Charlie Kirk” himself in the thread about his killing. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5773 "2025-10-20T12:41:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Me too. +1….. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5774 "2025-10-22T01:58:15Z")
You know Graham Platner, the charismatic young oyster farmer from Maine who’s running in the Democratic primary for a shot to unseat Susan Collins next year? Turns out he has a totenkopf tattoo on his chest that he claims he “didn’t know the historical associations” of when he got it at the impressionable young age of (checks notes) 24. [![](https://images.timesnownews.com/thumb/msid-153033590,thumbsize-730500,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-75/153033590.jpg) ](https://images.timesnownews.com/thumb/msid-153033590,thumbsize-730500,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-75/153033590.jpg) > **[‘I’m not a secret Nazi’: Maine Democratic Senate candidate addresses tattoo](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/maine-graham-platner-tattoo-democrat-senate)** > > Graham Platner says he didn’t know historical associations of skull-and-crossbones tattoo he got on his chest in 2007 This is why we can’t have nice things. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5775 "2025-10-22T02:07:24Z")
Chin up. Maybe now he’ll get some Republican votes. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5776 "2025-10-22T04:04:21Z")
“Graham… _are we the baddies?"_ ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5777 "2025-10-22T07:45:56Z")
I mean, there’s a chance he was going for the Jolly Roger or the “Toxic Material” hazard sign, and didn’t know the difference. Hanlon’s Razor could apply. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5778 "2025-10-22T09:00:20Z")
I mean, ten years ago I wouldn’t have thought “Doesn’t have a literal SS tattoo” was too high a bar to set for potential candidates for office, but here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5779 "2025-10-22T13:39:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You know Graham Platner, the charismatic young oyster farmer from Maine who’s running in the Democratic primary for a shot to unseat Susan Collins next year? > > Turns out he has a totenkopf tattoo on his chest that he claims he “didn’t know the historical associations” of when he got it at the impressionable young age of (checks notes) 24. Yeah, I saw this! So, so, SO stupid. > [@Alessan](#): > > I mean, there’s a chance he was going for the Jolly Roger or the “Toxic Material” hazard sign, and didn’t know the difference. Hanlon’s Razor could apply. About that… > [@](#): > > But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a [Totenkopf](https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/totenkopf), the “death’s head” symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II. > > “He said, ‘Oh, this is my Totenkopf,’” the former acquaintance told _Jewish Insider_ recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. “He said it in a cutesy little way.” > > The exchange occurred in 2012 at Tune Inn, a popular dive on Capitol Hill where Platner later worked as a bartender and was a frequent patron while he attended The George Washington University on the G.I. bill, according to the former acquaintance. He would often take his shirt off drinking with friends late at night at the bar, and on at least one occasion had stated he knew what the tattoo represented, the former acquaintance recalled. > > Platner gave varying accounts of the image during this time, saying at one point he was aware it was a Totenkopf when he had first gotten the tattoo several years prior and at another time claiming he had not known, according to the former acquaintance. > > The mixed accounts indicate that Platner has at least long been aware of the symbols’s connection to Nazism, even as he said in the podcast interview he was not familiar with any such association when he chose to get the tattoo. > **[Graham Platner says ‘I am not a secret Nazi’ after photos of his tattoo emerge](https://jewishinsider.com/2025/10/graham-platner-ss-tattoo-maine-senate/)** > > A former acquaintance of the Maine Senate candidate said he called the tattoo ‘my Totenkopf,’ referring to a symbol adopted by a Nazi SS unit Anyways, his former political director said it best: > [@](#): > > “He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff,” McDonald wrote in the post, which was reviewed by JI. “Maybe he didn’t know it when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means.” ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5780 "2025-10-22T13:52:15Z")
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