Daily Dose of Doom Thread

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Idiotocracy

[The Sultan]

Speaking of waste, the FBI is bringing in UFC fighters to train agents next week.  This is what happens when morons are governing America.

Hard to believe China is blowing past us when we have federal agents being trained by UFC fighters.

Government run by middle school boys.

[MU82]

Idiocracy.

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/trump-administration-wind-projects

America continues to pivot to more reliance on fossil fuels while the rest of the world pivots the other way.

A confederacy of dunces

[MU82]

Idiocracy.

[GoldenEagles03]

https://x.com/i/status/1535494638391664641

Tweet from 2022

[Shaka Shart]

We have ivermectin shut up idiot

[Uncle Rico]

We have ivermectin shut up idiot

If you work out in blue jeans, you'll be fine

[MU82]

From the Washington Post:

Warming water in part of the Pacific Ocean is raising the odds for the biggest El Niño on record. The weather pattern could fully form by July. It could lead to record high global temperatures and food shortages, and shift patterns of droughts, floods, humidity and sea ice across the planet.

Thank goodness it's just a hoax.

[NCMUFan]

NM

[MU82]

Teens today are drinking less than their parents did — but for some, it's because they don't have anyone to drink with, Axios' Avery Lotz writes.

😷 "The way that we socialize post-COVID is just really different," says Rachel Janfaza, a Gen Z researcher and author of "The Up and Up" newsletter.

📱 Coupled with social media, "those two forces ... have created a perfect storm for a change in how we hang out," Janfaza says.

Gen Z is a generation of late bloomers, she adds: "It's not just that they're drinking less. They're having less sex. They're getting their licenses later."

📊 By the numbers: 41% of high school seniors said they'd had a drink in the past year in 2025, according to a long-running University of Michigan study, vs. 75% in 1997. The drops are more dramatic for younger teens.

It's not just a health kick or a preference for weed, according to the study's principal investigator, Richard Miech.

🚫 "There's a growing percentage that aren't using anything," he says. "It's not like all the kids are being steered to some other substance."

[MU82]

From The Athletic: The single hand motion in the clip above cost a high school in North Carolina a state championship Saturday after an official penalized Mallard Creek anchor Nyan Brown for unsportsmanlike conduct. With the win, Mallard Creek would've clinched the championship; a disqualification left the four-time state champs in second place. Mallard Creek coach Samuel Willoughby told The Athletic's David Ubben he was upset and dumbfounded, adding that multiple other teams celebrated as they crossed the finish line in the meet's other races. "It was like we were targeted, almost," Willoughby said.

[TallTitan34]

From The Athletic: The single hand motion in the clip above cost a high school in North Carolina a state championship Saturday after an official penalized Mallard Creek anchor Nyan Brown for unsportsmanlike conduct. With the win, Mallard Creek would've clinched the championship; a disqualification left the four-time state champs in second place. Mallard Creek coach Samuel Willoughby told The Athletic's David Ubben he was upset and dumbfounded, adding that multiple other teams celebrated as they crossed the finish line in the meet's other races. "It was like we were targeted, almost," Willoughby said.

That may be the mildest unsportsmanlike conduct I've ever seen.

[JWags85]

From The Athletic: The single hand motion in the clip above cost a high school in North Carolina a state championship Saturday after an official penalized Mallard Creek anchor Nyan Brown for unsportsmanlike conduct. With the win, Mallard Creek would've clinched the championship; a disqualification left the four-time state champs in second place. Mallard Creek coach Samuel Willoughby told The Athletic's David Ubben he was upset and dumbfounded, adding that multiple other teams celebrated as they crossed the finish line in the meet's other races. "It was like we were targeted, almost," Willoughby said.

To be fair, I read that Mallard Creek were warned in previous races and this was basically the second yellow card, not a straight red.

That being said, its still weak as hell...as all the hard and fast rules on celebration and "sportsmanship" usually are

[Uncle Rico]

To be fair, I read that Mallard Creek were warned in previous races and this was basically the second yellow card, not a straight red.

That being said, its still weak as hell...as all the hard and fast rules on celebration and "sportsmanship" usually are

The city of Mequon would shutdown if that happened there

[MU82]

To be fair, I read that Mallard Creek were warned in previous races and this was basically the second yellow card, not a straight red.

That being said, its still weak as hell...as all the hard and fast rules on celebration and "sportsmanship" usually are

Yes, weak as hell.

[TallTitan34]

Cool Cool.  Gutting USAID is hampering the Ebola response in Congo.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/absence-usaid-likely-slowed-ebola-detection-response-former-officials-rcna345779

[MU82]

Cool Cool.  Gutting USAID is hampering the Ebola response in Congo.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/absence-usaid-likely-slowed-ebola-detection-response-former-officials-rcna345779

Their lives don't matter. Not American, not white. Just as Jesus preached.

[Hards Alumni]

Cool Cool.  Gutting USAID is hampering the Ebola response in Congo.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/absence-usaid-likely-slowed-ebola-detection-response-former-officials-rcna345779

Hey man, we can't afford it, gotta rein in that budget!

[MU82]

Hey man, we can't afford it, gotta rein in that budget!

Yup. America desperately needs that $$$ for golden ballrooms, handouts to cop-bashing terrorists, and more untrained Gestapo agents.

[Shaka Shart]

https://to.pbs.org/4unUUQ1

[Uncle Rico]

https://apnews.com/article/pope-apologizes-slavery-role-holy-see-vatican-78df993c5604eb098b19f255b89b3155

Tough break for MAGA Catholics

[MU82]

https://apnews.com/article/pope-apologizes-slavery-role-holy-see-vatican-78df993c5604eb098b19f255b89b3155

Tough break for MAGA Catholics

Figures that Leo went to school in Wokellinois instead of Ron DeSantis' state, which teaches middle-schoolers that slavery was A-OK because slaves "developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit".

[Shaka Shart]

https://bsky.app/profile/mlafrance.bsky.social/post/3mmp3ep6abs23

[muwarrior69]

Teens today are drinking less than their parents did — but for some, it's because they don't have anyone to drink with, Axios' Avery Lotz writes.

😷 "The way that we socialize post-COVID is just really different," says Rachel Janfaza, a Gen Z researcher and author of "The Up and Up" newsletter.

📱 Coupled with social media, "those two forces ... have created a perfect storm for a change in how we hang out," Janfaza says.

Gen Z is a generation of late bloomers, she adds: "It's not just that they're drinking less. They're having less sex. They're getting their licenses later."

📊 By the numbers: 41% of high school seniors said they'd had a drink in the past year in 2025, according to a long-running University of Michigan study, vs. 75% in 1997. The drops are more dramatic for younger teens.

It's not just a health kick or a preference for weed, according to the study's principal investigator, Richard Miech.

🚫 "There's a growing percentage that aren't using anything," he says. "It's not like all the kids are being steered to some other substance."

Just take their phone away and observe their withdrawal symptoms.