# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1281 "2024-05-25T00:04:35Z")
That’s crazy. She must not have known you were a Doper. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1282 "2024-05-25T00:10:56Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Maybe he has a baby orca’s brain. Heh. Given the article indicates one orca was small enough to be the young of the larger one, the guy is lucky he didn’t get chomped, or body-slammed himself. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1283 "2024-05-25T00:58:09Z")
> [@from EddyTeddyFreddy's link](#): > > “I touched it,” in reference to one of the orcas, and then asks others on the boat, “Did you get it?” Throughout the footage, other people can be heard cheering and laughing. We’ll see how funny they think it is the next time they are out in the boat and this orca and his buddies find them and decide it’s their turn to have some fun. [Killer whales ramming, sinking boats are bored, scientists believe (usatoday.com)](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/24/killer-whales-attacking-sinking-boats-are-bored-scientists-say/73558157007/) > [@](#): > > What originally appeared to be attacks on more than 673 boats since 2020 now seem more likely to be a bunch of bored teenage orcas looking for something to do, said cetacean expert Alexandre Zerbini. Essentially, the whales started a fad of playing with boat rudders. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1284 "2024-05-25T04:26:56Z")
_Link goes to Yahoo! News._ Antisemite fucked around and found out. [What she found out is threatening to cut people’s heads off lands one in the federal penitentiary for 32 months.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/riverside-woman-bombarded-jewish-family-012157384.html) > A Riverside woman who bombarded the former executive director of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue with phone calls and threatening voicemails — the first coming just months after the deadliest antisemitic attack on U.S. soil — has been sentenced to almost three years in prison, according to court documents. > > Melanie Harris, 59, hurled antisemitic slurs, vowed violence, including beheadings, and used “vile and inflammatory language,” according to a Miami-based FBI agent. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1285 "2024-05-25T14:58:27Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This guy is still awaiting his fate. Another American, Bryan Hagerich, was given a suspended sentence and is back home in Pennsylvania. > > [American who carried ammunition in Turks and Caicos gets suspended sentence and heads home. Fate of others charged is unclear (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/american-who-carried-ammunition-in-turks-and-caicos-gets-suspended-sentence-and-heads-home-fate-of-others-charged-is-unclear/ar-BB1mZmC7?ocid=BingNewsSerp) You’ll never see me defending gun nuts. However, in the case of Hagerich, at least, his story seems plausible (viz, that the bullets were forgotten about, at the bottom of a forgotten-about bag that he busted out of storage for this cruise trip). So who’s the Stupid MF here: the American who didn’t think to inspect his bags for contraband (in foreign lands) before taking them to a foreign land, or the TCI government apparatus perhaps over-zealously prosecuting a slightly-dumb tourist? I say both. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1286 "2024-05-25T15:07:48Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Antisemite fucked around and found out. [What she found out is threatening to cut people’s heads off lands one in the federal penitentiary for 32 months.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/riverside-woman-bombarded-jewish-family-012157384.html) This might better have gone in the “evil” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1287 "2024-05-25T15:23:17Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > or the TCI government apparatus perhaps over-zealously prosecuting a slightly-dumb tourist? Obviously, they don’t conisider it over-zealous. Not all countries have the same relationship with guns and ammo as the US. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1288 "2024-05-25T15:25:12Z")
Of course not. Nor do I expect them to give Americans a pass because Freedom. I just think 12 years for a (probably) honest mistake is a bit much. Also, there’s the matter that ammo is useless without a gun, and he’s not accused of bringing guns. Nor was he accused of trafficking a large amount – half a dozen small-caliber bullets, IIRC. I think the sentence he got was more than fair. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1289 "2024-05-25T15:59:36Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I just think 12 years for a (probably) honest mistake is a bit much. Forgetting live rounds in your bag isn’t an “honest mistake”, it’s gross negligence. A responsible gun owner has full control of their ammo. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1290 "2024-05-25T16:25:11Z")
> [@Norse](#): > > …it’s gross negligence… Meh, I’ll go with toxic douchebag totally aware of the situation. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > This might better have gone in the “evil” thread. Agreed. Call me morbid, but I always like to put a face to awfulness - no pic of her, well, yet anyway. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1291 "2024-05-25T20:01:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > a woman who had the balls to pull a cop over for speeding. That’s a real “man bites dog” story. ---
**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 25, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1292 "2024-05-25T20:31:38Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > That’s a real “man bites dog” story. I’d make a joke about what happens when a dog catches a car it’s chasing but I don’t want to be rude. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1293 "2024-05-28T08:19:44Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOoYOKsWwAAVsL5?format=png&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOoYOKsWwAAVsL5?format=png&name=small) Get the Darwin Award ready… ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1294 "2024-05-28T10:48:08Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > [Here’s a stupid MFer in New Zealand](https://people.com/man-fined-for-attempting-to-body-slam-orca-in-new-zealand-8652327) who tried to body-slam an orca. Warning: mute your sound when you click into the video link to the dive into stupidity; there’s a couple of weird LOUD horn sounds near the start. Hey, look! A member of a species that _great white sharks fear_ - let’s go annoy it! It won’t use those pointy gripping teeth on us! It won’t grab a leg and hold us underwater for 10 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1295 "2024-05-28T10:53:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > You’ll never see me defending gun nuts. However, in the case of Hagerich, at least, his story seems plausible (viz, that the bullets were forgotten about, at the bottom of a forgotten-about bag that he busted out of storage for this cruise trip). So who’s the Stupid MF here: the American who didn’t think to inspect his bags for contraband (in foreign lands) before taking them to a foreign land, or the TCI government apparatus perhaps over-zealously prosecuting a slightly-dumb tourist? > > I say both. Nope. Just the tourist. You may or may not agree with the Turks & Caicos view of ammunition but it’s their countries and their laws. Especially since every country I’m aware of is _happy_ to tell you what is and is not allowed when you apply for an entry visa. I mean, I’m glad for the man who got a suspended sentence rather than 12 years in jail, but I don’t have any sympathy for him. American 2nd amendment rights stop at the international border. Make sure you clean out your luggage before packing. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1296 "2024-05-28T10:57:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOoYOKsWwAAVsL5?format=png&name=small](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOoYOKsWwAAVsL5?format=png&name=small) > > Get the Darwin Award ready… Depends on the sub. It doesn’t say he’ll take a carbon fiber ~~death trap~~ sub down. If he takes one of _conventional_ engineering down he should be just fine as, aside from the OceanGate stupidity, there’s never been a fatality for that type of small submersible diving. Because everyone else wasn’t/isn’t being stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1297 "2024-05-28T11:23:35Z")
Both petty evil and stupid (for keeping the evidence). > **[81-year-old arrested after police say he terrorized a California neighborhood...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/81-year-arrested-after-police-terrorized-california-neighborhood-110589821)** > > Authorities say an 81-year-old man who investigators say terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has been arrested ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1298 "2024-05-28T11:29:46Z")
Name not given. Could it be Dennis? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1299 "2024-05-28T11:35:42Z")
Or is Mr. Wilson setting up a false flag? He’s just trying to lure Dennis out of hiding. ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1300 "2024-05-28T14:20:09Z")
I was thinking it could also be Bart Simpson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=66)