# 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:** 358
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7141 "2026-05-06T14:44:00Z")
That’s hilarious! Do you have a link to the story? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7142 "2026-05-06T15:10:15Z")
Here ya go. > **[Pope Leo Gets Hung Up on by Bank’s Customer Service](https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-gets-hung-up-on-by-banks-customer-service/)** > > “Would it matter to you if I told you I’m Pope Leo?” he asked. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7143 "2026-05-06T15:11:09Z")
[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/pope-leo-xiv-bank-customer-service.html) to the paywalled story on the New York Times website and [further link](https://www.tiktok.com/@cocodee0719/video/7635787176537558285?_r=1&_t=ZT-965KugwQN8n) to a TikTok video of Father Tom McCarthy (a friend of the Pope) telling the story. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7144 "2026-05-06T15:20:04Z")
Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7145 "2026-05-06T16:39:41Z")
The pope is in charge of the richest church in the world; the Catholics having more land and treasure than any other religion! Surely his holiness can get an ATM card for his sundry expenses? I mean, he’s a single man with free accomodation and meals provided. He doesnt even need to buy his own shoes, let alone the occasional Uber Eats guilty pasta pleasure order to the Vatican. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7146 "2026-05-06T16:45:10Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The pope is in charge of the richest church in the world; the Catholics having more land and treasure than any other religion! Surely his holiness can get an ATM card for his sundry expenses? He still needs to file a change of address and contact information when he moves. 🙂 And, apparently, even as a cardinal, he still had his own bank account. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7147 "2026-05-06T16:49:03Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The pope is in charge of the richest church in the world; the Catholics having more land and treasure than any other religion! Surely his holiness can get an ATM card for his sundry expenses? Right after he was elected to the papacy, he paid the bill for the hotel room where he had been staying and collected his own luggage. In other words, this guy is relatively modest. > On his way back to the Vatican after praying to the Virgin Mary, Francis stopped at the clerical residence in Rome where he had stayed before the conclave to collect his luggage and to pay his bill. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7148 "2026-05-06T21:06:58Z")
Wrong Pope. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7149 "2026-05-06T21:16:04Z")
Do we have an anti-Pope anywhere? Asking for a friend… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7150 "2026-05-06T21:18:02Z")
Yes. His name is Charles Stross. > **[Charlie's Diary](http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/)** ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7151 "2026-05-06T21:53:44Z")
> A young man [18 years old] who was turned away from an informal soccer game in Michigan fatally shot a 15-year-old boy and killed a woman who tried to help the victim, all in the presence of other kids, police said. > **[Teen boy, woman shot and killed in Michigan after dispute over soccer game](https://apnews.com/article/michigan-soccer-two-killed-ab6cfb92ba05a24f10544a894214378c)** > > Police say a teenage boy and a woman are dead after they were fatally shot in a dispute over an informal soccer game in Michigan. And some people think that soccer isn’t important! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7152 "2026-05-06T22:48:00Z")
Indycar is (or was, at least - the store page seems to have been taken down) selling this shirt to promote the grand prix being held in DC this summer; [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pbllxoe3v2gvg5i6plvaf72e/bafkreigxc6shydeyvbd6rewndcdlbmsdyhrhv5as3j2wyvf2v6awnofjui) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pbllxoe3v2gvg5i6plvaf72e/bafkreigxc6shydeyvbd6rewndcdlbmsdyhrhv5as3j2wyvf2v6awnofjui) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7153 "2026-05-06T23:14:57Z")
That ain’t a dog whistle, that’s a dog **foghorn**. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7154 "2026-05-07T00:27:05Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > And some people think that soccer isn’t important! Did you mean to put that here? It seems like it belongs in the evil thread. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7155 "2026-05-07T14:28:16Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I mean, he’s a single man with free accomodation and meals provided. Apparently he’s not available, though. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7156 "2026-05-07T19:19:28Z")
[![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lraekf2qeri6d4aai2mljla2/bafkreid6inm5rgcptvj7duirr7pcevfp3gn6py7tqyrlddoq23yfh4cuhe) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lraekf2qeri6d4aai2mljla2/bafkreid6inm5rgcptvj7duirr7pcevfp3gn6py7tqyrlddoq23yfh4cuhe) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7157 "2026-05-07T19:26:30Z")
I had to look up who he was; the CEO of GameStop. Pretty funny, but he’s not exactly a household name so that context might have been useful. Or a link back to the earlier post in this thread that mentioned him. (That post was 2 days and a good number of posts ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7158 "2026-05-07T19:43:28Z")
It’s like when the SDMB automatically bans somebody threatening legal action against the board. I approve. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7159 "2026-05-07T19:53:58Z")
He’s fundamentally distorting the purpose of the Turing test. Turing thought it would be a great leap forward for computer science if a program could pass the test, but he very specifically warned against trying to draw any philosophical conclusions about the nature of consciousness from the results of the test. Dawkins is just wrong when he says that a machine passing the test would meet “Turing’s operational definition of a conscious being”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7160 "2026-05-07T20:17:18Z")
Yes. Context is important. I had no idea why @Smapti linked to that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=359)