# So, what were my fellow Dopers doing when they heard The News (regarding FBI Search of Mar-A-Lago)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 9, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343 "2022-08-09T02:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/21 "2022-08-09T12:24:20Z")
Well, he really does believe that he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not even be arrested for it. He’s never suffered a true consequence for anything. I hates him, I does. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/22 "2022-08-09T17:26:04Z")
I gave a factual answer to a question, as did most people. No commentary on its importance. To me, it was just a joke about the anniversary of Nixon’s resignation. I doubt that classified files are the smoking gun that will finally get Trump. If I had to point to something that came out yesterday, it would be the Toilet Papers. [![](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220808145314-split-trump-notes-ripped-in-toilet-0822-exlarge-169.jpg) ](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220808145314-split-trump-notes-ripped-in-toilet-0822-exlarge-169.jpg) Whenever you can visually link a toilet with a guilty politician you have something far more memorable than any number of secrets, no matter how damning. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/23 "2022-08-09T18:57:50Z")
I was reading the Dope on my tablet and noticed the current events thread about it. First I’d heard of it. This was a few hours ago, so 10am-ish on Tue. Where was I you ask? Sitting under a palm tree on a beach in the Caribbean. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/24 "2022-08-09T21:21:47Z")
He even got away with this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PX9reO3QnUA/hqdefault.jpg "Trump mocks reporter with disability") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/25 "2022-08-10T16:51:52Z")
I think I’d seen maybe one meme or celebratory comment in my FB feed, then my dad phoned to tell me to turn on Rachel Maddow because it was some great television. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/26 "2022-08-10T16:58:43Z")
I hope you won’t think that I’m threadshitting, but I honestly don’t remember. At home, probably. So much stuff has gone down with Trump in the last several years that it wasn’t particularly memorable to me. Now I can tell you _exactly_ where I was when I heard about the insurrection on January 6, and how I got so angry at it that I took it out on a writing partner and lost a “job” in cyberspace. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/27 "2022-08-10T17:02:37Z")
Getting caught up on the Trump Schadenfreuda thread in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/28 "2022-08-10T18:15:58Z")
I work from home now. But I cruise the dope while code runs (as I’m doing now) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/29 "2022-08-10T19:25:49Z")
No, that’s not TSing at all. It didn’t make as big an impression on you as it did on me, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/30 "2022-08-13T11:22:19Z")
It was the line under a David Pakman thumbnail. Me: “no way!” Turn to Huffpo and “woo hoo!” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/31 "2022-08-13T16:41:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oY6iX0tLOck/hqdefault.jpg "A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Vox Populi (subtitulado)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY6iX0tLOck) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343/32 "2022-08-14T03:13:06Z")
I was in a texting free-for-all with friends, trying to set up going out. It was kind of chaotic when someone dropped “FBI raiding Mar A Lago!” and no one could find it on news sites. Suddenly it popped up on CNN. I hope it leads to world-changing consequences, so where we were when we heard means something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-my-fellow-dopers-doing-when-they-heard-the-news-regarding-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago/969343.md?page=1)