# 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:** 387
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7721 "2026-07-08T21:08:22Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/27FP5zrgNSI/hqdefault.jpg "Where doctors upgraded his condition to "Alive."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27FP5zrgNSI&t=12s) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7722 "2026-07-08T21:15:49Z")
This doesn’t quite fit the bill, as it’s almost certainly mental illness rather than stupidity, but worth sharing just for the quoted excerpt. > **[Man accused of cutting off his genitals, using them to start a fire,...](https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/07/08/man-accused-cutting-off-his-genitals-using-them-start-fire-authorities-say/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAS7nLpjbGNrBLucDWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqvOyFE7dirzy1rGiTJ2wGC45b2rM7FDkrVM0jmQ5_I14Brv9JCCfok0EMWx_aem_BnY60-_bG_Bn4_-zrlUcMg)** > > A man in Indiana is accused of cutting off his genitals and using them to start a fire, according to authorities “Court records do not detail whether the genitals were located..” ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7723 "2026-07-08T21:16:07Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Incompetent ? Stupid ? You decide. Why not both? Add a side-helping of hubris while you’re at it. > According to the police report, officers told a physician at the hospital, Dr Aryan Toosi, that they had seen signs of life. The doctor responded, “please do your thing and let me do my thing”, the report says. > > “I went to medical school for a reason,” Toosi said, according to the report. > … > The doctor’s attorney, Scott Holden, told the BBC in an emailed statement: “Out of courtesy to the family and patient confidentiality, we respectfully decline to make a statement at this time.” Just keep tap-dancing away, counselor. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7724 "2026-07-08T21:24:03Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > This doesn’t quite fit the bill, as it’s almost certainly mental illness rather than stupidity, but worth sharing just for the quoted excerpt. Great balls of fire? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7725 "2026-07-08T21:27:55Z")
When the fruit’s hanging low like that, you have to pick it, eh? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7726 "2026-07-08T21:29:05Z")
That can happen, especially with cold water. Rescue workers say “you’re not dead until you’re warm and dead”. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7727 "2026-07-08T21:42:13Z")
[Sources say](https://www.aboodfreediver.com/Mammalian.html) the diver’s reflex is triggered by water at 21-c or colder. A swimming pool in Gilbert will be far warmer than that, even if unheated in February. Something else made this miracle happen. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7728 "2026-07-08T21:43:47Z")
Another article mentioned that the kid suffered brain damage and will need lifetime care. I wonder if the child had received proper treatment at the first hospital, could the brain damage be reduced? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7729 "2026-07-08T21:58:59Z")
I’m currently reading the book[Stiff by Mary Roach.](https://www.maryroach.net/stiff.html) It talks about how morgues at one time had two sections. “Dead” and “We’re not sure yet” ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7730 "2026-07-08T22:01:51Z")
Last year an officer was charged with using Flock cameras to spy on someone. [Link](https://mkepdpio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Criminal-Complaint_3-Ayala-Josue.pdf) (just a PDF of the complaint) > On December 15, 2025, City of Milwaukee Police Detectives Matthew Bongel and Tehrangi Chapman were assigned to investigate a misconduct complaint involving City of Milwaukee Police Officer Josue Ayala. Detectives Bongel and Chapman met with VICTIM ONE, who provided the following information to police… Today another officer was charged with using Flock cameras to spy on someone. [Link](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/in-your-community/milwaukee-county/milwaukee-police-detective-charged-with-misusing-flock-surveillance-cameras) > Milwaukee Police Detective Tehranghi Chapman faces two criminal counts after prosecutors say he used the city’s Flock camera system to track two people’s movements around the city. Chapman also faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly placing a GPS tracker on one victim’s car. The stupid part…Look at the names. The cop in the second story was the internal affairs detective that charged the cop in the first story. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7731 "2026-07-08T22:09:17Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I’m currently reading the book[Stiff by Mary Roach.](https://www.maryroach.net/stiff.html) > It talks about how morgues at one time had two sections. “Dead” and “We’re not sure yet” There’s the [story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Neves) from ninety years ago, of a jockey at a California horse racing track who was thrown from a horse and pronounced dead. A shot of adrenaline was administered at the track infirmary and he was transferred to a local hospital. He eloped from there, hailed a cab, went back to the track and demanded to be able to run the remaining races. [\> “Whether Neves was dead depends on what you call death,” said [track physician J. A.] Warburton in an Associated Press report from the following day.](https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index/_/id/6486445) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7732 "2026-07-08T23:42:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > He **eloped** from there, hailed a cab, went back to the track and demanded to be able to run the remaining races. My, he certainly had a busy day. Died, revived, got married, rode horses. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7733 "2026-07-08T23:43:48Z")
A man of many talents. Many lives too. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7734 "2026-07-08T23:48:34Z")
In case anyone is not aware, one meaning of elope is “to leave a health care or educational facility without permission or authorization.” (That’s from Merriam-Webster.) ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7735 "2026-07-09T00:05:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The stupid part…Look at the names. The cop in the second story was the internal affairs detective that charged the cop in the first story. Who watches the watchmen of the watchmen? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7736 "2026-07-09T00:09:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > In case anyone is not aware, one meaning of elope is “to leave a health care or educational facility without permission or authorization.” I did not know that. Ignorance fought. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7737 "2026-07-09T00:10:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I did not know that. Me either, but it’s in the dictionary. [Merriam Webster: Elope](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elope) > to leave a health care or educational facility without permission or authorization ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7738 "2026-07-09T00:15:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > to leave a health care or educational facility without permission or authorization Right, although the linked Wiki article didn’t say that Neves left the hospital without permission, just that > Neves made it back to the racetrack and demanded to be allowed to ride the rest of his mounts that day (he was not permitted to do so until the next day). ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7739 "2026-07-09T00:16:52Z")
Well, they say that sometimes you just got to get back on that horse, but I don’t know how literal that has to be, ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7740 "2026-07-09T00:19:49Z")
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