# 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:** 70
**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 30, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1381 "2024-05-30T17:13:45Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > I’m in the habit of carrying a BiC pen like [these](https://www.amazon.com/BIC-Cristal-Smooth-Ballpoint-12-Count/dp/B00006IE6X/ref=sr_1_13?crid=1UMO81P6M4GEF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R5wn2726RCsZcrXMePVlYtzBxVyj2xh61lKuax-mTJaQB4avzXJle4UzbSDSDb95y-sUMNqQf72XWhprGYcA-bZpVRKCLRpO0fBcoia9JQ7638GtdrNN-FWq59obNQZoh9eiTI1vEGy4aYIP8w_Wx3TUm2CS9WkNJjwOSFRTzWlullFmwFY4rkYjTnRhrrwXewqOYdvgxgXmPoERAbUC0tRyiVFYvFobcBnYrNmZgr7j1uA8NVKkDuSMdML7Nspei8FvfDszyA3C4s5_rRjCTBIwImolERuBsRkOWUNo6Sc.lK-v95N0Gpcadha8O_GSpohCGBEcDeYEb6LnSqg3NI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=BIC+pen&qid=1717087554&sprefix=bic+pen%2Caps%2C526&sr=8-13) on flights. Without that cap on the back end they can be placed in a hand such that the point extends out between the ring and middle fingers. A little something like a folded napkin can be used to pad the palm where the back end of the pen would be. Could be useful if you are ever caught on a flight with a Bowhead whale. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1382 "2024-05-30T19:22:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Could be useful if you are ever caught on a flight with a Bowhead whale. And I bet he’ll be reclining his seat! ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1383 "2024-05-30T19:28:35Z")
Those are for drawing the big picture. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1384 "2024-05-30T19:51:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > Maybe she saw the light and just thought it was an airplane thing. > > I think I’d think the same. Maybe a smoke detection device. Here’s the camera [![](https://i.insider.com/65035a9f2a72d60019d54391?width=700) ](https://i.insider.com/65035a9f2a72d60019d54391?width=700) ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1385 "2024-05-30T19:52:11Z")
Okay then, fart detector. Seriously though, if I’m in a hurry (and on a long plane flight when I have to go I might be) I might just be trying to do my business and get out and not carefully examine my surroundings. Not to mention this is a 9 year old. I have a 9 year old daughter myself. I am not going to shame her for not noticing and promptly reporting on a phone someone attached in a bathroom. What kind of sociopath does that?! She’s just a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1386 "2024-05-30T21:19:54Z")
So if I meet a space alien and empty my Glock into him/her/it, there will be no legal repercussions? Other than, possibly, discharging a firearm within city limits, I mean. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1387 "2024-05-30T21:25:00Z")
Perhaps no legal consequences in any Earth jurisdictions. Interesting question for legal scholars. The aliens may have different ideas, of course. ---
**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 30, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1388 "2024-05-30T21:38:11Z")
That’s when the Green Lantern Corp shows up since it crossed interstellar lines. You don’t want to fuck with them. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1389 "2024-05-30T23:24:56Z")
Unless you happen to be wearing yellow. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1390 "2024-05-30T23:27:51Z")
True, throw bananas at them and you might get away with it. ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1391 "2024-05-31T05:34:17Z")
Slingshot guy escapes charges: > **['Serial slingshot shooter', 81, dies days after his arrest](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99v01016ko.amp)** > > Police say the man had been tormenting neighbours with his slingshot for nearly a decade. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1392 "2024-06-01T08:49:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > “She should have noticed” should _never_ have been used as a defense against the suit, or as a way of blaming the girl. But it baffles me how she _didn’t_ notice. There was nothing whatsoever subtle about the placement. How much experience do you have with nine-year-olds? I teach middle school kids that have less common sense dead mice, with all due respect to dead mice. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1393 "2024-06-01T09:20:12Z")
I’m with you there, TB, but with high schoolers. They’re like that partly thanks to “social promotion”. Even if a student fails every subject, they’re still advanced to the next grade. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1394 "2024-06-01T10:11:01Z")
. . . less common sense **than** dead mice . . . I could swear I actually know English. . . > [@Monty](#): > > I’m with you there, TB, but with high schoolers. Yeah, it’s scary sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1395 "2024-06-01T20:01:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But it baffles me how she _didn’t_ notice. I would think that a 3rd or 4th grader is probably in the “everthing is fairly new to you so you accept it in blind faith” phase, and airplane bathrooms are different enough from regular bathrooms that she didn’t register it as more different than everything else. Especially if it was her 1st flight. How many flights could have a 9-year old gone on? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1396 "2024-06-01T20:15:12Z")
Did the pervert install the phone just before she entered the bathroom and planned to remove it immediately after? Because if it stayed there for some time, surely an adult passenger would have noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1397 "2024-06-01T20:19:06Z")
I was wondering that mysel, but if it’s one of the back cabin heads, the asshole would probably have plenty of time to know a victim was coming ---
**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 1, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1398 "2024-06-01T20:20:49Z")
I was wondering why the damn flashlight was on, a literal beacon. Today’s phone cameras have pretty good low-light capability. I guess he didn’t want to be looking at a grainy image of a little girl’s butt. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1399 "2024-06-01T20:28:48Z")
Honestly, I can’t at all understand wanting to look at _anyone_ use a toilet. (And yes, I’ve heard of Rule 34. But still.) ---
**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 1, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1400 "2024-06-01T20:40:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Did the pervert install the phone just before she entered the bathroom and planned to remove it immediately after? From the article I linked earlier, about the 14-year old who found it: > During the Sept. 2 American Airlines flight 1441, the girl was told by a male member of the crew to use the first-class bathroom. The crew member entered just before the 14-year-old, told her the seat was broken but not to worry about it and then re-entered the bathroom after she left, her family said in a written statement. So apparently he set it up on a per-encounter basis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=71)