# 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:** 97
**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 17, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1921 "2024-07-17T19:25:25Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I hope these lineman start walking off the job. I feel bad for people that have been without power for a week but if they want to get the message across, they’re going to have to show Abbot they’re not willing to put their lives on the line. Tempting, but most folks aren’t threatening the linemen, and that just punishes everyone. What we need is some way to just keep the folks making the threat without power. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1922 "2024-07-17T19:46:52Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > It’s notable that the article includes no suggestion at all what the motive for this behavior might be. My money is on 5G nuttery. ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1923 "2024-07-17T20:31:12Z")
I’m figuring it’s more like dumbasses who are upset that they don’t have power RIGHT NOW, and are taking out their aggression on the schmucks on the front line, rather than directing it towards the penny pinching CFOs & CEOs who had decided a great quarterly bottom line was more important than maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1924 "2024-07-17T20:56:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Tempting, but most folks aren’t threatening the linemen, and that just punishes everyone. What we need is some way to just keep the folks making the threat without power. Well, the folks threatening the linemen didn’t create this situation on their own. Their hostility didn’t well up from nothing. The stupid system they have is doing that, and in some way everyone down there is responsible for putting people in power who deliberately create a system that hurts millions of people for corporate profits. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1925 "2024-07-17T23:48:42Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Watchers of “On Patrol: Live” likely already know about the guy with the surname Pancake who had hamsters in his pants. Speaking as someone’s who’s had a rodent in his pants\*, this guy is nuts. \*the incident in question happened as I was sitting outside a college dorm one spring day, giving my guinea pig Eno a little fresh air and exercise. Something spooked him and he ran for safety into the first enclosure he could find, which was my pants leg. Efforts to dislodge him failed, and I had to limp back to my room with a guinea pig-sized bulge in my pants in the upper thigh region, no doubt impressing several nearby young women. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1926 "2024-07-17T23:54:53Z")
At least you didn’t just strip your pants off right then and there. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1927 "2024-07-17T23:59:30Z")
“Is that guinea pig in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?” “Um, well…” ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1928 "2024-07-18T00:10:23Z")
Why not both? ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1929 "2024-07-19T20:31:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/tractor-supply-ends-dei-climate-goals-ab9e570d39095de6bead7fbfe76a6edc) > > > Tractor Supply said it would be eliminating all of its diversity, equity and inclusion roles while retiring current DEI goals. > > > The company added that it would “stop sponsoring nonbusiness activities” such as Pride festivals or voting campaigns — and no longer submit data to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. John Deere joins the bandwagon of jumping off the bandwagon. > **[John Deere drops 'social or cultural awareness' events: 'Founded in America's...](https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/john-deere-drops-social-or-cultural-awareness-events-founded-in-americas-heartland-dei-pride-left-wing-democrats-republicans-politics-mexico-tractor-supply-diversity-equity-inclusion-policies#)** > > The news follows a decision by the company to lay off some 600 workers in Illinois and Iowa ahead of its expansion to Mexico. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1930 "2024-07-19T23:45:30Z")
Amazing. Isn’t that company one of the outfits the hard-core base of the pubbies touts? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1931 "2024-07-20T16:53:06Z")
Woman has dinner at Longhorn, then skips out without paying the check. The funny part is the video of her [yelling at the staff](https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-woman-accused-dining-dashing-164918821.html) because they will not return her purse that she forgot to take with her. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1932 "2024-07-20T23:28:53Z")
If she were older I would put this in the “evil” thread: > A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept. A relative said they had been arguing over an iPhone. > > A security camera recorded the killing, inside the bedroom they shared on July 15 in Humboldt, Tennessee, the county prosecutor said. The recording shows the older child using bedding to suffocate her cousin as the younger girl slept in the top bunk > **[A 12-year-old girl is accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin over an iPhone](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-girl-accused-smothering-8-year-cousin-112129326)** > > A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1933 "2024-07-21T02:08:21Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > A security camera recorded the killing, inside the bedroom they shared Why was there a video camera in a 12-year-old girl’s room? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1934 "2024-07-21T02:14:59Z")
I’m _hoping_ it was just always there as a baby monitor and never removed, which is lazy as fuck but at least not malicious. Anything else is disturbing, including any prior behavior where a 12 year old demonstrated she needed to be monitored to this extent. In which case, why place the cousin in the same room? Horrible and tragic story all around. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1935 "2024-07-21T04:46:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why was there a video camera in a 12-year-old girl’s room? A relative told WREG-TV in Memphis that the girls had been arguing over an iPhone **after coming from out of town to stay with their grandmother.** > **[A 12-year-old girl is accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin over an iPhone](https://www.wral.com/story/a-12-year-old-girl-is-accused-of-smothering-her-8-year-old-cousin-over-an-iphone/21534008/)** > > HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) — A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept. A relative said they had been arguing over an iPhone. There’s a Reddit comment: > That was the grandma’s house. She was watching the eight year old for the summer idk about the 12 year old. [https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsOfTheStupid/comments/1e86bd7/a\_12yearold\_girl\_is\_accused\_of\_smothering\_her/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsOfTheStupid/comments/1e86bd7/a_12yearold_girl_is_accused_of_smothering_her/) ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1936 "2024-07-25T01:04:58Z")
[The Netherlands is sending someone who raped a child to participate in the Olympics.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/sent-jail-raping-child-dutch-130101163.html) (The link goes to Yahoo.) > The Netherlands’ Olympic chief has said he is “surprised” at reactions towards [Steven van de Velde](https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Steven%20van%20de%20Velde), the Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for raping a child 10 years ago and who will represent the Netherlands at this year’s [Olympics](https://cnn.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo). > > Van de Velde, who is now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2014 for raping the girl who was aged 12, according to [British media](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35861441). He was released in 2017. > > He has now been selected to represent the Netherlands in beach volleyball for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1937 "2024-07-25T02:58:10Z")
From the above link: > “He was convicted at the time according to English law and he has served his sentence. From then on, we have been in constant contact with Steven, who has now been fully reintegrated into the Dutch volleyball community,” Everaert added in the statement. No claim of rehabilitation or remorse? Is English law that different from Netherlands law on this point? This seems like a very unresponsive statement. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1938 "2024-07-25T04:19:07Z")
I get that if someone has served their time, that they can participate in society and everything. Though I’m not sure if like in the US they are registered as a sex offender and have that status for the rest of their life. But you’re sending this person to represent your country. I mean, he’s surely a great volleyball player but this can’t be the image you want to portray about your country on the world stage. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1939 "2024-07-25T11:47:24Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > No claim of rehabilitation or remorse? Remorse? For what? From the link I posted, there’s this stellar comment: > The federation noted that van de Velde was aware this “black period in his life” would resurface “but is obviously not happy about it.” Those stupid MFers are really not handling this fiasco well at all. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1940 "2024-07-25T13:06:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > according to [British media](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35861441) From the link: > Sentencing him, Judge Francis Sheridan said: "You were a potential Olympian. You had the possibility of a stellar future representing the Netherlands. … > Mitigating, Linda Strudwick said: "There is genuine remorse. He has lost a stellar sports career and has been branded a rapist. Plainly it is a career end for him. " Or maybe not… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=98)