# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/141 "2024-01-27T00:51:48Z")
Nah. Something, something highway middle of the night. Daughter didn’t get to borrow the car anymore. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/142 "2024-01-27T01:36:49Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > learned some new terms in the comments–“meat crayon” is pretty pithy. Some turns of phrase make one giggle uncontrollably for far too long. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/143 "2024-01-27T03:08:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Me: “120 miles per hour” > Son: “You said that like you know it for a fact.” > Me: “ummmm” I know my Porsche 911SC would do at least 135 mph. I know my Yamaha XJ600 Seca II will do 120 mph (but _not_ 122 mph). I don’t know how fast my YZF-R1 will go, but I know it will do (inadvertently) at least 106 mph. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/144 "2024-01-27T04:27:04Z")
I’ve been asked how fast a car of mine would go. (Not because any of them were particularly fast models; more likely the questioner thought they might be too slow.) My answer’s been consistent: “It’ll go faster than I will.” (And no I’m not always dawdling along below the speed limit! But I’ve never had a car that wouldn’t go _way_ above it.) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/145 "2024-01-27T04:43:53Z")
My old '92 BMW 325 could go pretty darn fast, but I’ll never know how fast because this was the era when speedometers only went up to 80. I wound it all the way 'round back to zero once, I’d guess 115mph maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/146 "2024-01-27T04:51:51Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > My old '92 BMW 325 could go pretty darn fast, but I’ll never know how fast because this was the era when speedometers only went up to 80. Theoretically, it would go 146 mph. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/147 "2024-01-27T05:02:08Z")
In Germany, it’s possible to rent a diesel Mercedes that’ll do 130. Or so I hear. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/148 "2024-01-27T05:23:33Z")
I got up over 130 in my Nissan 350Z. Legally, on a race track. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV86JmJ4IWBfBGZQqtot0u9Td5hyXRKGJFD5VTforv3vthn7GyCesLseQDQeteI51B2B4sSHcxTjfQv4ZDdgFOK-wlZzbv_pS80BrX3MZK_7YN2ePvWPg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/AgSAAMLCB3jYQEMn8) (That picture was taken at Watkins Glen. I think my top speed was on the back straight at Pocono.) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/149 "2024-01-27T06:20:19Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > If I had a hundred billion? Fuck yeah! This thing sounds cool as shit. It’s being made by an actual boat company, so it’s not going to be some cheap-ass poorly designed piece of shit. Nah, it’ll be some expensive-ass poorly designed piece of shit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/150 "2024-01-27T06:25:53Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > I’d once gotten my VW Cabriolet up to 100 mph on an empty highway at night > > I was renting a VW Jetta several years ago and it did not have cruise control. That car was so solid on the road that I crept up to 160 km/hr without realizing it. I don’t want to brag, and I don’t consider myself a reckless driver, but that’s cute from this German’s POV. I did 160 km/h all the time with my last car, a puny 1.1 l, 3 cylinder Skoda Fabia with 60 hp, of course legally. I once tested the max speed, and downhill with tailwind I got the car up to more than 180 km/h (but that was only for a short time to test the limit). ---
**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:** [January 28, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/151 "2024-01-28T22:46:41Z")
Someone at NBC News went way out of their way to drag Biden’s name into this tweet. > Who was in the White House before the Biden administration, NBC? Who indeed? ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/152 "2024-01-29T00:52:35Z")
A stock R1 from ‘98 to ‘03 will top out at 170-180 mph. From ‘04 on, they’re faster but electronically limited to around 185 mph. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/153 "2024-01-29T05:57:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Someone at NBC News went way out of their way to drag Biden’s name into this tweet. We live just inside the sticks (not quite out in them) and struggle to get broadcast TV but can get every local transponder, so I have had the opportunity to observe the newses. CBS is an easy one to get, as is fox and scripps. Have not watched the ABC one much, because it is Sinclair-affiliated. But when we get the local NBC station, their work resembles real journalism in a way unlike the others. So, it kind of troubles me, the notion of jackassery coming from NBC. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/154 "2024-01-29T07:50:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So, it kind of troubles me, the notion of jackassery coming from NBC. My inner cynic says the line-go-up techbros who’ve taken over news media in the last decade see Trump’s campaign falling apart and the economy doing well, so they’re pushing hard for negative headlines about Biden to drag his polls down because a “horse race” election cycle makes for better ratings. CNN’s definitely been engaging in the same behavior for awhile now. On Tuesday, when Trump just barely eked out a win in NH and Biden got a much larger win despite not even being on the ballot, the above-the-fold headline their website went with was something like “Cracks Form In Biden’s Coalition”. It’s way too consistent to be accidental. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/155 "2024-01-30T00:34:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But when we get the local NBC station, their work resembles real journalism in a way unlike the others. So, it kind of troubles me, the notion of jackassery coming from NBC. I don’t think there’s much connection between a local news station and the news on the network with which the station is affiliated. Their feeds from other locations may (or may not) use network resources, but usually that’s about it. (This sometimes bears repeating when noting local Fox network affiliate stations’ news programs do not contain Fox News material.) So if you’re lucky enough to get good quality local news from a local affiliate, it probably doesn’t reflect much or any credit on the affiliated network news organization. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/156 "2024-01-30T15:45:36Z")
Whatever suit at McDee’s proffering the hideous recurrection… > **[The McDonald's McRib is back in Canada after 10 years — here's what a...](https://ca.style.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-mcrib-canada-dietitian-110047050.html)** > > There's "no harm" in trying out the McRib, but here's what you should know about it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/157 "2024-01-30T17:42:24Z")
Part of me wants to question WHY Canada has been being excluded from the annual resurrections that we get in 'Murrica, and another (arguably louder) part of me wants to know WHO, exactly, in the production of that story, decided to characterize the McRib as a “burger,” and put them on my . . . _ **LIST** _. (Dammit, I’ve edited the word “list” three times now, and I _still_ can’t get it to look as portentously ominous as I mean to imply. Everybody, just pretend that there’s a flash of lightning and a crack of thunder when you read the word “list.” above, OK? TIA! 🙂 I miss certain features of vBB…) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/158 "2024-01-30T17:52:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I miss certain features of vBB…) But not the strict 5 minute edit window, right? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/159 "2024-01-30T17:53:43Z")
🤣 No, that part kinda sucked. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/160 "2024-01-30T18:11:00Z")
I simply use, “The List.” Make sure they can hear the capital letters. Sweet! I used the correct “capital” on the first try! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=9)