# 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:** 374
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7461 "2026-06-13T02:16:55Z")
er, _was_ a local celebrity. đŸ˜„ 🙃 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7462 "2026-06-14T18:59:05Z")
Stupid MFers operating a bungee jump forget to attach the rubber band before tossing woman off 130 foot fall. [https://people.com/woman-plummets-to-her-death-bungee-jump-staff-allegedly-forgot-safety-cord-11997684](https://people.com/woman-plummets-to-her-death-bungee-jump-staff-allegedly-forgot-safety-cord-11997684) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7463 "2026-06-14T19:04:28Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Stupid MFers operating a bungee jump forget to attach the rubber band before tossing woman off 130 foot fall. I used to tell that as a joke: Just as someone leaps, yell, ‘Wait! The cord!’ ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7464 "2026-06-15T00:14:40Z")
Just a quibble with the _People_ headline - it wasn’t a ‘safety rope’ they forgot, which to me implies a backup of some sort. It was the actual bungee cord. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7465 "2026-06-15T05:49:05Z")
I recall a case of a tourist who did not speak the language of the people hooking her up. In some confusion about the preparation process, she jumped when she had the harness fully on, but the bungee not yet attached to the harness. That ended her vacation and life rather succinctly. Oops. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7466 "2026-06-15T08:22:51Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Just a quibble with the _People_ headline - it wasn’t a ‘safety rope’ they forgot, which to me implies a backup of some sort. It certainly was less safe to jump without it. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7467 "2026-06-15T18:30:18Z")
Oh that bungee pisses me off way out of proportion. She’s all set to have fun, they throw her over the side, she starts falling: “whee this is fun! When does the bungee start slowing me down? Oh no WHEN DOES arrrr” I’d throw the lot of them over after her. We had another report of a 2 year old found dead in a pool in Gilbert. Watch your kids!!! Geeze little kid never had a chance. And our local idiot republican congressman wants to remove those (unspecified) pesky woke liberal regulations that are hindering the housing industry. You mean, like the regs that require a pool fence with a locking gate? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7468 "2026-06-15T19:55:16Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And our local idiot republican congressman wants to remove those (unspecified) pesky woke liberal regulations that are hindering the housing industry. Let’s be fair to republicans, those expensive regulations keep hitting property owners again and again and again, it never stops. A dead toddler can be forgotten in a matter of days. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7469 "2026-06-15T20:55:26Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > A dead toddler can be forgotten in a matter of days. Thoughts and prayers! This is not a time to politicize this tragedy. And besides, the fence looks ugly. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7470 "2026-06-15T22:37:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Just a quibble with the _People_ headline - it wasn’t a ‘safety rope’ they forgot, which to me implies a backup of some sort. It was the actual bungee cord. I see comments that the rope in the video isn’t even a legitimate bungee cable, which apparently are thick af. [![](https://c7.alamy.com/comp/F4JM71/bungee-rope-bungee-jumping-rope-cut-open-to-show-how-its-made-F4JM71.jpg) ](https://c7.alamy.com/comp/F4JM71/bungee-rope-bungee-jumping-rope-cut-open-to-show-how-its-made-F4JM71.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7471 "2026-06-15T22:54:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I see comments that the rope in the video isn’t even a legitimate bungee cable, What did they use? An old inner tube? A rope? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7472 "2026-06-15T23:00:15Z")
Folks who aren’t safety-conscious in one way will likewise be non-safety-conscious in other ways, too. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7473 "2026-06-15T23:03:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What did they use? An old inner tube? A rope? This. [![](https://i.ibb.co/F4bB2x5d/Screenshot-20260615-190144.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/F4bB2x5d/Screenshot-20260615-190144.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7474 "2026-06-15T23:12:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I see comments that the rope in the video isn’t even a legitimate bungee cable, which apparently are thick af. I read the story on [spiegel.de](http://spiegel.de), and they reported that it wasn’t exactly bungee jumping as most people know it, but a variant called “rope jumping” that uses a rope that is much less elastic than a bungee rope. And yeah, the inventor of this sport died at age 35, while
(drum roll) rope jumping. Sorry, only German link. > **[Brasilien: Veranstalter vergisst Sicherheitsseil - Frau springt von BrĂŒcke in...](https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/rope-jumping-in-brasilien-veranstalter-vergisst-sicherheitsseil-frau-springt-von-bruecke-in-den-tod-a-6af224a0-e47d-4ff5-aa72-61e370b79314)** > > Ein tödlicher Unfall einer jungen Frau beim »Rope Jumping« schockiert Brasilien: Die 21-JĂ€hrige wurde ohne SicherheitsausrĂŒstung von einer BrĂŒcke gestoßen. Es gab mehrere Festnahmen. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7475 "2026-06-15T23:29:40Z")
Then there’s the opposite. A nylon or polypropylene rope is used for a massive tug of war, it stretches, then snaps, amputating digits or limbs or even killing people. > **[Tug of war | Injury risks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_war#Injury_risks)** > > In addition to injuries from falling and from back strains (some of which may be serious), catastrophic injuries may occur as a result of looping or wrapping the rope around a hand or wrist, or impact from snapback if the rope should break. This may cause permanent damage to the body, requiring finger, hand, or even arm amputations. > Amateur organizers of tugs of war may underestimate the forces generated and thus, may be unaware of the possible consequences if a rope snaps under extreme tension.... ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7476 "2026-06-15T23:35:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > This. Oh. MY! ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7477 "2026-06-15T23:36:53Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > but a variant called “rope jumping” that uses a rope that is much less elastic than a bungee rope. They call it “Wookie jumping”, because it can pull your legs of of their sockets! Well, maybe they don’t, but they should, ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7478 "2026-06-16T02:36:32Z")
Bored redneck shoots at police drone, seemingly nearly bursts into tears as he is arrested. > **[Caught on camera: Man arrested for shooting at sheriff’s office drone](https://www.mysuncoast.com/2026/06/15/caught-camera-man-arrested-shooting-sheriffs-office-drone/)** > > Video captured by the drone shows one of the men pointing a BB gun at the drone and firing. > The first-responder drone had been deployed to assist with a call near Todd Avenue South this past weekend, the sheriff’s office said. > > While flying in the area, the drone operator spotted four men, one of whom appeared to be carrying a rifle. Video captured by the drone shows one of the men pointing a BB gun at the drone and firing. The guy looks like he expects some sort of big consequences from it. Maybe on probation? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7479 "2026-06-16T03:05:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Bored redneck shoots at police drone, seemingly nearly bursts into tears as he is arrested. I knew it was Florida before I clicked the link. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7480 "2026-06-16T06:29:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The guy looks like he expects some sort of big consequences from it. Maybe on probation? Maybe he thinks if he acts really, really sorry the police will let it slide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=375)