# 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:** 75
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1481 "2024-06-08T13:47:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m really curious about what “nearly 3000 toys” means. This article states that it’s 2800 boxes of LEGOs. > **[Over 2,800 boxes of stolen LEGOs found inside Long Beach home](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/2-southern-california-suspects-arrested-in-massive-lego-theft-bust/)** > > Two people were arrested in a massive organized retail theft bust involving thousands of dollars worth of allegedly stolen LEGO toys. The suspects were identified as Richard Siegel, 71, from Long B… ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1482 "2024-06-08T15:11:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, if Eight hadn’t been there, the defendant would have been found guilty. Not every jury has someone like him on it. We don’t know that the defendant isn’t guilty. The whole point of the deliberation as shown is that the prosecution’s case had big holes in it, and that the defense attorney was too incompetent to see them or point them out – i.e. that the case had not been proved so the jury were obligated to vote not guilty. The Scottish alternative verdict of Not Proven would have been just as true. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Anyway, it smells like propaganda for the jury system Maybe not for the jury system _per se_, but certainly propaganda for something. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1483 "2024-06-08T20:24:57Z")
Actor Nathan Jones, who plays a villain in the latest Mad Max movie, has apparently had to issue a statement explaining that his character is fictional and he didn’t actually try to rape the film’s protagonist. > ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1484 "2024-06-08T21:46:33Z")
Eh, at least those folks are getting upset about rape. The actress who played Furiosa probably also gets hate mail, for fighting off a rapist. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1485 "2024-06-08T21:54:58Z")
Oh no, do we have to have an attempted rape in this movie? Is that plot relevant? I’m going to see it Tuesday and have really been looking forward to it. It’s not that I can’t handle it, I’m just leery of writers’ need to always have this trope, sometimes it seems for sheer entertainment value rather than a necessary part of the story. But **Fury Road** was so so so good, I’m hopeful this is an event that somehow matters. If it’s an excuse to show copious amounts of violence against a rapist, I’m cool with that 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:** [June 8, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1486 "2024-06-08T21:56:13Z")
I would say, yes, the attempted rape of the main character is relevant. Remember that this is a post-apocalyptic world that is being portrayed. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1487 "2024-06-08T21:58:59Z")
I thought it was well handled in **Fury Road** (which rocked my face off) so I’m just going to put my faith in George Miller. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1488 "2024-06-08T22:00:47Z")
Yeah, for a while there, there was a trend towards all “strong female protagonists” being rape survivors. Usually, that’s not necessary… but when your story is about a post-apocalyptic hellhole, I think it kind of goes with the territory. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1489 "2024-06-08T22:05:04Z")
That’s what people said about _Game of Thrones_ and we were not on the same page there. There’s a good way and a bad way to do it. I know because I’ve done it in my own work. And I still question my choice. Anyway it’s just one of those things you could write a sociology dissertation about, but we’ll see how the film goes. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1490 "2024-06-08T22:05:41Z")
Don’t see it then. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1491 "2024-06-08T22:08:09Z")
Oh I’m definitely gonna see it. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1492 "2024-06-08T22:12:59Z")
I can’t say how well they did it, because I haven’t actually seen the film. And yeah, I can definitely see how that would be relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1493 "2024-06-08T22:18:18Z")
I just hope he gets slaughtered. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1494 "2024-06-10T03:30:15Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m going to see it Tuesday and have really been looking forward to it. It’s not that I can’t handle it, I’m just leery of writers’ need to always have this trope, sometimes it seems for sheer entertainment value rather than a necessary part of the story. Without spoilers: Unsurprisingly, in Furiosa the title character is repeatedly in various kinds of danger; after all, it’s the backstory that explains the development of the extremely scarred thermonuclear badass character that we saw in Fury Road. But I don’t think you’re going to find it over-focusing on rape and/or female suffering, and I didn’t think the difficult situations were gratuitously included or salaciously handled. Just my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1495 "2024-06-10T04:32:08Z")
Thanks for your insight. I’m really pumped for this! ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1496 "2024-06-10T04:49:08Z")
[Here’s a contender.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/arlington-home-explosion-intentionally-caused-160716140.html) (Link goes to Yahoo.) The incident is from December last year, but the fire investigators just released their findings. And the dead dude took out his house and his neighbors’ house at the same time. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1497 "2024-06-10T15:24:42Z")
Sounds like extreme mental instability (organic or self-induced) rather than stupidity. Like he wanted to go up in a fiery explosion. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1498 "2024-06-11T10:55:15Z")
Netflix-owned arthouse cinema in NYC gets caught streaming a movie off Amazon Prime onto its big screen, when the “film” started buffering. > ---
**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 11, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1499 "2024-06-11T11:19:35Z")
Just saw an article about _Star Trek_ attempting to revive a dead language. It turned out to be about various Trek series occasionally using common Latin phrases in episode titles. If the author actually believes what he is saying instead of just writing clickbait, then I nominate that Chris Snellgrove is a stupid motherfucker. > **[Star Trek Keeps Trying To Revive A Dead Language](https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-latin.html)** > > Along with promoting diversity and peace, Star Trek has been covertly trying to get you tyo learn this language all along. ---
**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 11, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1500 "2024-06-11T13:12:52Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Shayne Smith’s comedy is where I heard about it! You’re correct about where he’s from; his hometown is Fillmore, Utah. IIRC, he grew up Jewish. I know he converted to Roman Catholicism and was baptized this year. I wonder what it was like growing up Jewish in that town. Way too much information here: > **Summary** > > Filmore, Utah, population 2,643 (2022) > > From [here](https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/utah/fillmore): > > > [@](#): > > > > **85.2% of the people in Fillmore are religious:** > > > > - 0.2% are Baptist > > > > - 0.0% are Episcopalian > > > > - 0.6% are Catholic > > > > - 0.0% are Lutheran > > > > - 0.2% are Methodist > > > > - 0.3% are Pentecostal > > > > - 0.2% are Presbyterian > > > > - 81.3% are Church of Jesus Christ > > > > - 2.3% are another Christian faith > > > > - 0.0% are Judaism > > > > - 0.0% are an eastern faith > > > > - 0.0% affilitates with Islam > > As it gives the percent Jewish as 0.0%, their family must have moved away as a even a two person household would be 0.08% of the population. > > Fillmore is on the boundary between Southern Utah and Central Utah. Central Utah was really orthodox LDS while Southern Utah has always been a bit quirky. > > My father grew up in Central Utah, in a town that was 98%+ percent Mormon. They would have not known how to handle non-Mormons, let alone Jewish people. Even in my generation, there would have been at least 90% Mormon. > > It really depends on the community, and luck of the neighborhood and schools. Saints in the [Mormon Corridor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_corridor) tend to more insular than many outside this concentration. > > I’m not surprised that he became a comedian. A lot of comedians grew up using humor to cope with difficult situations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=76)