# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=1 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [The SIH (Suffer in Hell) Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217 "2026-10-07T18:08:53Z")
When someone really awful but also really famous dies, they get rightfully roasted in their RIP thread. But sometimes someone doesn’t quite breach the level of fame that earns a personal thread, and yet fully deserve a … --- ## [Poster iiandyiiii is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360 "2026-10-07T17:46:02Z")
You’re against the war. We get it. As a US Navy veteran currently working in the DoD, this must be very personal for you. I have not doubt you have the utmost concern for the troops. But here’s the thing… when I ment… --- ## [Sovereign Citizens-- Please tell me this is fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizens-please-tell-me-this-is-fake/769572)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 1785\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizens-please-tell-me-this-is-fake/769572 "2026-10-07T15:38:08Z")
So this really exists? This group of people really exists? I just learned about this today. Before tonight I had no idea of and never heard of sovereign citizens before. This is real? The mind boggles. I am firmly convi… --- ## [What the fuck has happened with Airbnb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-has-happened-with-airbnb/1032261)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-has-happened-with-airbnb/1032261 "2026-10-07T12:58:33Z")
I was just trying to book a reservation with Airbnb. They started asking me things which are nuts. Not just stuff like my credit card number or banking information. They want me to upload pictures of my drivers license a… --- ## [The Republican Party is the Party of Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 3560\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2026-10-04T18:41:15Z")
It has become abundantly clear that of the two major parties, one is fighting to help people and cares about human life, and the other does not. The Republican Party under Trump has become the party of spite, racism, me… --- ## [It's No Pit yet of the captain of the Concordia? Allow me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-pit-yet-of-the-captain-of-the-concordia-allow-me/610089)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-pit-yet-of-the-captain-of-the-concordia-allow-me/610089 "2026-10-03T03:23:43Z")
Jeez, what a scuzz ball. He runs the ship onto rocks while buzzing too close to an island to “salute” a pal on shore. He didn’t use the ship’s navigation system, he navigated by eye because he “knew the waters well.” … --- ## [Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 4425\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531 "2026-10-02T19:29:00Z")
The first thread was locked due to post-count limits. I think that a thread about interactions between civilians and the police in 2020 is at least as relevant and necessary as it was when I started the first one back i… --- ## [Taylor Gosnell, another mother who tried to murder her children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-gosnell-another-mother-who-tried-to-murder-her-children/1033448)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-gosnell-another-mother-who-tried-to-murder-her-children/1033448 "2026-10-02T17:32:52Z")
In this new (near me) case, it is a three-year-old and a six-year-old, which she stabbed but both survived. One may need an arm amputation. https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/spartanburg-county-mother-accused-of-attac… --- ## [Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2063\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428 "2026-10-02T14:11:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1) - #10007 by Dandan. Previous discussions: Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1) --- ## [Deviated September (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 394\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738 "2026-10-02T12:39:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from August Wrong! (Monthly Mini-Rants): I’ll start out by mini-ranting about myself. I’m on a trip to Nevada, first in Vegas with my wife, then finishing the week in a nearby town where her p… --- ## [Fuck all you warmongering pieces of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-all-you-warmongering-pieces-of-shit/1019962)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1671\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-all-you-warmongering-pieces-of-shit/1019962 "2026-10-01T17:23:09Z")
You know who you are. Short term thinking stupid mother fuckers. Trusting that war lead by two of the most dishonest, selfish, shortsighted, dishonorable pieces of shit ever to lead a country, Netanyahu and Trump, will t… --- ## [Miscarriage of Justice Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscarriage-of-justice-omnibus-thread/943643)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscarriage-of-justice-omnibus-thread/943643 "2026-09-30T04:22:13Z")
To keep the heinous shit done by lawyers and judges separate from the heinous shit done by cops. Although there will always be some overlap. --- ## [The argument that Trump will do whatever he wants and no one can stop him is really fucking boring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 1640\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527 "2026-09-29T21:33:12Z")
Wasn’t sure about whether to put this in ATMB or the Pit but since I feel like swearing the pit it is. How can Trump get around the 14th Amendment? He doesn’t need to he has absolute power and can do whatever he wants. … --- ## [Fucking scammer motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-scammer-motherfuckers/977240)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 956\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-scammer-motherfuckers/977240 "2026-09-29T19:34:07Z")
The wife was doing her monthly review of accounts and sees a withdrawal on our checking account of over $16K. Some miserable fuckwad somehow got our account number, created a forged check with all the account data on the… --- ## [Fuck you, ultra-modern parking meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ultra-modern-parking-meter/544257)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ultra-modern-parking-meter/544257 "2026-09-28T21:17:04Z")
My home city, in all of its wisdom, recently replaced the old-fashioned individual parking meters with a new, “better” system. The old meters worked like this: -Park your car, get out. -If you’re lucky, there’s still … --- ## [Trump ally and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event \[now reported deceased, same date 10SEP2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2065\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916 "2026-09-25T22:22:03Z")
Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and head of Turning Point USA, was shot in the neck today at an event in Utah he was hosting. --- ## [What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 8027\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2026-09-25T22:21:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trolls R Us Resurrections: After clearing the title with Miller, here’s our Trolls R Us Companion Thread! Our Goal: If you have a beef with a poster, or a poster’s post that is absolutel… --- ## [Pitting QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-quicksilver/1033107)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-quicksilver/1033107 "2026-09-25T19:49:58Z")
@QuickSilver took a hiatus from the board for a few years, and recently returned. Welcome back, QS! In the few weeks since he’s returned, he’s made what I see as snide personal attacks on me without basis three times, an… --- ## [VIking misinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viking-misinformation/1033225)
**Author:** [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viking-misinformation/1033225 "2026-09-25T00:08:19Z")
Sweet jumping Jebus Burned Earth tuber dude, I love you wanting to bring information about interesting archeological finds. For the grace of Ghu, the pit burial dated to the 750s … “The mystery is …” dun-dun-dunnnnnnn -… --- ## [I pit Enes Kanter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-enes-kanter/1032820)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-enes-kanter/1032820 "2026-09-24T19:11:39Z")
Enes Kanter is an attention starved prick who is making a mockery of women’s sports while claiming to be standing up for women. There has never been a trans woman in the WNBA. It is not an actual issue. He didn’t make it… --- ## [New and Unimproved Workplace Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 4468\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638 "2026-09-23T19:00:52Z")
Since the other one hasn’t been updated in a couple of weeks, has over 9,000 posts and over 1 million views, I think I’ll just let it rest and start a new one. And because fuck you, that’s why, I’m going to post a sort … --- ## [The Poetry of Donald Trump: Special No Press Pool Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-no-press-pool-edition/1033278)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-no-press-pool-edition/1033278 "2026-09-23T15:01:57Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen to discuss his banning of press coverage from the White House. … --- ## [Tales of tech support tomfoolery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-tech-support-tomfoolery/1033227)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-tech-support-tomfoolery/1033227 "2026-09-23T12:29:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from What were you THINKING?: I’ve been enjoying, and contributing to, the tech support fail stories in that thread, but I didn’t want to hijack it too much more, and I thought this would make … --- ## [A traitor we can all get behind (and kick)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traitor-we-can-all-get-behind-and-kick/957505)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traitor-we-can-all-get-behind-and-kick/957505 "2026-09-23T05:06:29Z")
Greetings! On behalf of the Pit (not really such a bad place, as it turns out) I have decided that what we need here more than anything is our own January 6 Insurrectionist, a Special Someone we can adopt and nurture on… --- ## [Mass murder on the high seas (Venezuelan "drug boat")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-murder-on-the-high-seas-venezuelan-drug-boat/1022910)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-murder-on-the-high-seas-venezuelan-drug-boat/1022910 "2026-09-22T21:18:32Z")
I’m not seeing much coverage of this outrage. The officer in charge obeyed an illegal order to blow up the vessel. As has been said elsewhere, eleven people to deliver drugs makes no sense. And it was hundreds of miles f… --- ## [Fucking plovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plovers/1033166)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plovers/1033166 "2026-09-22T06:27:20Z")
It’s breeding season here for the Masked Lapwing plovers, the fuckers. Now I am the first to admit that the chicks are THE most adorable wee critters ever, toddling around on the grass with their parents flying overhead… --- ## [We need a "little gear" for AI news panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-little-gear-for-ai-news-panic/1033199)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-little-gear-for-ai-news-panic/1033199 "2026-09-22T00:28:05Z")
I get that AI is trending as the big scary technology right now. Sure, there are issues. But can everybody in the news just stop, take a deep breath, and fucking learn something about AI before panic-reporting the late… --- ## [Asshole lawn care company employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-lawn-care-company-employees/1033096)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-lawn-care-company-employees/1033096 "2026-09-18T20:02:24Z")
I’m not even talking about those idiots with their gas backpack blowers that sound like a jet plane taking off 6 feet from my ear, although they deserve a special place in hell too. What I’m mad about is lawn care trucks… --- ## [Don Jr's suit at the convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jrs-suit-at-the-convention/1032998)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jrs-suit-at-the-convention/1032998 "2026-09-15T01:42:45Z")
It was pointed out by a YouTuber, then I couldn’t unsee it. It looked like the body part of the suit was a rigid shell, and the sleeves were made of windbreaker material. And the sleeves were weirdly attached. JD’s suit … --- ## [Let's rename Mar-a-Lago!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-mar-a-lago/1032634)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-mar-a-lago/1032634 "2026-09-14T22:37:56Z")
In the “what’s in a name?” vein, Heather Cox Richardson suggests that we all rename Mar-A-Lago, and begin exclusively referring to it by its new name. I’ve always liked Mar-a-Lardo, but … Douchebag Manor Corruption Ju… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=2)