# 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:** 392
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7821 "2026-07-20T12:40:39Z")
That article is hilarious !! > Despite, **or perhaps because of** , such beliefs, Kirk became a hugely celebrated and influential figure in Maga circles. bolding mine > In desperation, Furnari set up an online fundraising campaign, hoping to raise an initial $150,000, but potentially millions of dollars, which he said would allow him to take the statue on tour. As of Thursday, he had raised $1,400. > Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture. > To add injury to insult, Furnari recently broke his foot working on the statue, after tripping over a roll of tape in his studio. šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7822 "2026-07-20T12:47:38Z")
Definitely, which obviously raises questions. Some appraisers are shady, and the article doesnā€™t detail when the erosion became destructive. Most appraisals are against ā€œcompsā€ā€“comparative properties. Cape Cod is expensiveā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7823 "2026-07-20T13:15:19Z")
> In desperation, Furnari set up an online fundraising campaign, hoping to raise an initial $150,000, but potentially millions of dollars, which he said would allow him to take the statue on tour. As of Thursday, he had raised $1,400. He might have stood a chance to make money on it last fall, after the assassination, but Erica Kirk has done all she could to eradicate any good will towards her late husband. This is a classic case of being the last investor in the Ponzi scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7824 "2026-07-20T13:36:44Z")
Has he considered the possibility that heā€™s just a shitty sculptor? Have you seen that thing? It looks like it goes with the Gene and Peter paper mache statues the kids made in _Dazed and Confused_. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7825 "2026-07-20T13:39:39Z")
And how the hell did that cost $100,000 to make? ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7826 "2026-07-20T13:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > He later added: ā€œWhy am I making the statue? The same reason why Michelangelo did the PietĆ , or Michelangelo did the David, or Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. All of those were ā€œbecause some rich dude agreed to pay for it before the work startedā€. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7827 "2026-07-20T13:47:29Z")
Mike and Leo donā€™t work on spec. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7828 "2026-07-20T13:53:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > And how the hell did that cost $100,000 to make? ā€œsteel, resin and laborā€ Lots and lots of resin ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7829 "2026-07-20T13:58:32Z")
Everythingā€™s expensive these days, Iā€™ll grant him that. But if I want to blow $100K worth on the product of labor, steel and resin, Iā€™ll buy a Corvette. ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7830 "2026-07-20T14:24:04Z")
Is it too much to hope his broken foot becomes gangrenous? ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7831 "2026-07-20T14:25:11Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > ā€œsteel, resin and laborā€ > > Lots and lots of resin More like $5K of materials and he values his labor far more highly than any rational third party would. And just like the stereotypical Soviet factories of yore, the input materials were more valuable before his efforts than after. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7832 "2026-07-20T15:07:31Z")
Yes, lenders definitely do an appraisal. But the appraiser will just determine how much the house is worth at this instant based on size, number of rooms, & comparing to similar nearby houses which have sold recently. They have no duty to determine future value. And unless the appraiser was plugged into local politics, he may not have known that the shoreline was eroding at such a fast rate. How long do manic phases last? IME it takes at least 45 days from signing the purchase & sales to closing on the property, and he could have backed out during that time (with some losses). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7833 "2026-07-20T16:17:16Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > He might have stood a chance to make money on it last fall, after the assassination Yep, Furnari really fucked up the timing on seeking financial advantage via his Charlie Kirk statue. If heā€™d put together a Kickstarter the week after Kirkā€™s death, with a tagline like _ā€and I will create this memorial artwork RIGHT HERE IN RADICAL-LEFT NEW YORK CITY and place it in Times Square where PATRIOTIC TOURISTS can honor it and even the LOCAL COMMUNIST TRAITORS will have to respect it!!!ā€_, heā€™d have amassed millions by now. At this point, though, MAGA have forgotten about their previous passionate determination to ram the late Charlie Kirk down liberal throats, so the psychological moment of viral profitability has passed. Sad! Anyway. If Furnari does follow through with his intention to set up the statue in Times Square, I fully expect that all the anonymous correspondents who offered to, um, acid-wash the artwork for him will be delighted to fulfill their promises. ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7834 "2026-07-20T16:21:40Z")
And just how would he put it on Times Square? Thatā€™s some very valuable real estate, there. Just abandon it in the middle of the street? Pay one of the landowners even more money, for them to put it on their property? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7835 "2026-07-20T16:46:30Z")
Not his fault if the commie Islamic terrorists refuse to allow him to put it there. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7836 "2026-07-20T16:49:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And just how would he put it on Times Square? Yeah, even a MAGA artist ought to be able to figure out that you ANNOUNCE that youā€™ll be putting up your sculpture in Times Square, and then once youā€™ve posted pictures of the finished product and collected all your donations, you follow up with a further announcement that the artwork has been acquired by a connoisseur for display in a well-known private collection. So no public installation after all, sorry. And then, if you have any vestiges of artistic conscience, you torch the abomination in the privacy of your own studio, and thatā€™s that. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7837 "2026-07-20T16:56:48Z")
Did you see that pic in your linked article with the sculptor sitting on a bench next to his (seated-pose) Charlie Kirk statue and holding a little black and white spaniel on his lap? That dog is looking straight at the camera with a mischievous tongue-lolling grin that says as clear as words could utter, _ā€I am SO gonna piss on that thing.ā€_ šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7838 "2026-07-20T18:43:58Z")
Or a Fargo episodeā€¦ ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7839 "2026-07-20T20:07:37Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > Lots and lots of resin Is that what the kids are calling it these days? > [@Kimstu](#): > > once youā€™ve posted pictures of the finished product and collected all your donations, AI renderings of the proposed product. No need to get hasty. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7840 "2026-07-20T21:11:13Z")
When he says resin, does he mean fiberglass? Sorry, Iā€™m not going to click through to look at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=393)