# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=103 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 104 --- ## [If our fallout with Mexico causes a disruption in the avocado/guacamole supply...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340 "2017-01-31T02:41:59Z")
THAT is what I will never forgive Trump and his supporters for. Mass deportations, fine, nuclear Armageddon? We’ll survive. Trump becomes a true Russian puppet on the world stage? Again, we can handle it. But I swea… --- ## [the makers of game of war and mobile strike can go felch diseased goats ..............](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-makers-of-game-of-war-and-mobile-strike-can-go-felch-diseased-goats/778176)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-makers-of-game-of-war-and-mobile-strike-can-go-felch-diseased-goats/778176 "2017-01-30T17:55:07Z")
ok first world problem here Ok i’m playing my favorite SHUMP on my tablet sky squad by kongergate and I get 5 lives and in typical mobile game fashion to get a free life I can spend my hard fought coins or watch a ad … --- ## [Emmett Till - sexual harrasser.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-till-sexual-harrasser/398710)
**Author:** [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-till-sexual-harrasser/398710 "2017-01-29T16:29:51Z")
Seems that a teacher at a charter school in L.A. wanted her seventh graders to present a poem about Emmett Till during a Black History Month assembly. She was prevented from doing so, however, and when she protested she… --- ## [Fuck Amazon and USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-amazon-and-usps/757356)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-amazon-and-usps/757356 "2017-01-28T16:45:55Z")
I bought some sandals from Amazon. They sent them USPS. USPS delivered them Sunday AM and left them ‘at the mailbox’. AHEM. I live in an apartment complex with 152 apartments. The mailboxes are in the lobby. By the… --- ## [Political slogans for the New America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-slogans-for-the-new-america/777799)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-slogans-for-the-new-america/777799 "2017-01-28T07:34:52Z")
(This is a game, … or rather a contest — we’ll vote for the best entry later. I wanted to put it in the Thread Games forum, but am afraid some of the precious Trumpies will get butt-hurt.) Pick a campaign slogan or pol… --- ## [Heckuva Job, Orangey!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heckuva-job-orangey/778088)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heckuva-job-orangey/778088 "2017-01-25T23:59:04Z")
I’m sure he’ll get right on it once he gets his nose back in joint about people not showing up for his party… --- ## [So just what defines a troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-what-defines-a-troll/778135)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-what-defines-a-troll/778135 "2017-01-25T23:08:37Z")
I’m posting this here because such topics can get ugly and I’d prefer people expressed themselves freely. In the Republitroll thread several posters accused me of trolling and this puzzled me. I stand on my posting reco… --- ## [The Use Of Any Kind Of Slur Is A-OK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-any-kind-of-slur-is-a-ok/778105)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-any-kind-of-slur-is-a-ok/778105 "2017-01-25T23:04:38Z")
I’m doing this in the pit because people often get heated about this sort of thing and I prefer fewer rather than more constraints. I think words are just words. I think that the minute you ascribe characteristics (anth… --- ## [Republitrolls.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646 "2017-01-25T08:24:33Z")
RepubliTrolls. …a person who trolls by mumbling like a cranky old man, inserting random words that sound like attacks on liberal politicians. From the Urban dictionary. A Republitroll would post something like: srpgih… --- ## [Clothahump defends usage of ethnic slurs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-defends-usage-of-ethnic-slurs/778030)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-defends-usage-of-ethnic-slurs/778030 "2017-01-25T00:14:01Z")
This one is just for Clothy: My initial response: I expect this attitude is seething under the surface of a lot of Americans, unfortunately. But since I love all Dopers (even Clothy, as disgusting as his attitude is… --- ## [I pit burglars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535 "2017-01-24T21:07:29Z")
Some sorry little shithead broke into my school this morning at 0328. He didn’t steal anything but it’s gonna cost us 500 clams that we can’t afford to fix the window he came through. :mad::mad: --- ## [Bizarre conservative idea that liberals see Obama as a "God"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-conservative-idea-that-liberals-see-obama-as-a-god/777705)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-conservative-idea-that-liberals-see-obama-as-a-god/777705 "2017-01-24T18:03:35Z")
Has anyone else seem this? Among the most ignorant of the deplorables theres this idea that liberals love Obama so much to the point of deity workship, apparently - how sad and stupid but not surprising considering how … --- ## [I hate Tai Lopez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tai-lopez/777906)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-tai-lopez/777906 "2017-01-24T15:57:39Z")
I hate his face appearing in my YouTube videos. His “crib” video or his “wanna win a free car?” or whatever. He sounds so much like a scam artist than I’d rather see hemorroid cream videos. Before you tell me “AdBlock”… --- ## [Woman in Picture: Ellis Island Award recipients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-in-picture-ellis-island-award-recipients/777854)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-in-picture-ellis-island-award-recipients/777854 "2017-01-24T05:53:46Z")
A picture has appeared in the Home column on Facebook, of recipients of the Ellis Island Award for service to inner-city residents. Left to right in the picture are Joe DiMaggio, Victor Borge, an unnamed woman, Muhammad … --- ## [The asshole kid with the cool dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-kid-with-the-cool-dad/776984)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-kid-with-the-cool-dad/776984 "2017-01-24T03:52:28Z")
So there’s this kid that has been in my son’s pre-school and elementary school classes since he was 3. The kid was an asshole when he was 3\* and he is a hyperactive asshole now.\*\* He has known this kid most of his life… --- ## [To all Trump supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-trump-supporters/777915)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-trump-supporters/777915 "2017-01-23T22:30:05Z")
Fuck you. I hope you all die soon. I hope the diseased whores who shat you out of their syphilitic cunts live just long enough to see you die in pain and agony before they, too, succumb to whatever plague a just God has… --- ## [All you snowflakes can just go to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-snowflakes-can-just-go-to-hell/777660)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-snowflakes-can-just-go-to-hell/777660 "2017-01-23T22:20:20Z")
I’m sorry do you need a safe space? Well too friggin’ bad! You guys got REALLY annoying round December, now I’m just sick and tired of seeing all of you. I see your ilk at the park, on the sidewalk, blocking the streets… --- ## [Make America Sick Again (Trump & Vaccine Refusal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-america-sick-again-trump-vaccine-refusal/777384)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-america-sick-again-trump-vaccine-refusal/777384 "2017-01-22T23:51:47Z")
So it appears that Trump is going to push the anti-vaxxer agenda. I don’t even know what to say anymore. In another thread somebody said they hoped that Trump would implement policies to make America great, is this the k… --- ## [STOP shaking the damn camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-shaking-the-damn-camera/275885)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-shaking-the-damn-camera/275885 "2017-01-22T23:29:54Z")
I’ve had it. Here’s a big revelation you stupid artistic fucks. They shook the camera in the “Blair Witch Project” in order to make the movie look like an amateur shoot the fucking thing. It got “old” real quick. Now… --- ## [Litterers. When I rule the world.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/litterers-when-i-rule-the-world/777812)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/litterers-when-i-rule-the-world/777812 "2017-01-22T21:17:55Z")
Visiting my new grandchild today meant a drive to a very popular and picturesque seaside town. After a lovely lunch, we wandered down to the beach so that my other grandies could take their skateboards to the skate park. … --- ## [Screw Obama, Go Trump!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-obama-go-trump/777642)
**Author:** [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einstein_was_a_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-obama-go-trump/777642 "2017-01-22T19:23:15Z")
Woohoo and Fuck yeah… Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out you lame duck shit stain. This is the greatest day in our country’s history in a long, long time… FUCKING FINALLY! All you Prog SJW Snowflake… --- ## [Stupid Trump Idea Of The Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trump-idea-of-the-day/771443)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trump-idea-of-the-day/771443 "2017-01-22T17:47:03Z")
You asked for it, you got it, Bryan Ekers! --- ## [What nincompoop at Android thought the camera should be usable when the phone is locked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nincompoop-at-android-thought-the-camera-should-be-usable-when-the-phone-is-locked/777787)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nincompoop-at-android-thought-the-camera-should-be-usable-when-the-phone-is-locked/777787 "2017-01-22T03:57:02Z")
This is one “feature” that pisses me off constantly. I bet I have deleted thousands of pictures of the inside of my pocket, because some developer thought that the camera function was somehow important enough that it sho… --- ## [Here's your survey, Biederman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-survey-biederman/777707)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-survey-biederman/777707 "2017-01-21T13:05:01Z")
This, let’s call it human, sent a survey to all the mosques in Texas with a few pointed questions, such as “Do you support Sharia?”. Well, Biedermann, here’s a survey for you to complete, you bigoted ignoramus: \[ol\]\[li\]… --- ## [Will I give Donald Trump a chance? Pit version!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-give-donald-trump-a-chance-pit-version/777532)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-give-donald-trump-a-chance-pit-version/777532 "2017-01-20T23:47:50Z")
To do what? Rape me like a 13-year-old girl being held captive on one of his buddies’ boats? Do to the infrastructure of even more of this country what was done to Flint, Michigan? Turn himself into a sort of funhous… --- ## [Holy Smokes! Trump Got Himself an Inauguration Pome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-trump-got-himself-an-inauguration-pome/777444)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-trump-got-himself-an-inauguration-pome/777444 "2017-01-20T04:38:34Z")
…and it’s about what you’d expect! Except for the Scottish part. I didn’t think he’d go for the optional Ethnic Heritage Upgrade. --- ## [No thread on Trump and golden showers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-on-trump-and-golden-showers/776850)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-on-trump-and-golden-showers/776850 "2017-01-20T03:29:02Z")
CNN Story on possibly compromising information the Russians have gathered on Trump A Buzzfeed report relates: The details supposedly involve golden showers from Russian prostitutes at the Ritz in Moscow. What fun. … --- ## [I wrote a bedtime story based on President Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-bedtime-story-based-on-president-trump/777382)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-bedtime-story-based-on-president-trump/777382 "2017-01-19T10:38:02Z")
Once upon a time there lived a man named Johnold Strumpf. Mr. Strumpf was the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon. But living a fairly prosperous life of luxury wasn’t enough. Johnold Strumpf learned the ropes through … --- ## [Trump's ex tries to get a free hairstyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ex-tries-to-get-a-free-hairstyle/777419)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ex-tries-to-get-a-free-hairstyle/777419 "2017-01-19T01:51:11Z")
According to this story, Trump’s ex-wife Marla Maples tried to get a free hairstyle in exchange for “exposure”, then her assistant try to intimidate the stylist when she refused. https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/tiffany-tru… --- ## [Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri/777285)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri/777285 "2017-01-18T19:20:31Z")
Reference. This seemed to me to be beyond surreal. How can Colibri, one of the most admired and respected people on the SDMB, have said something so raw, so low, so coarse? Colibri is esteemed by all, a hero among me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=104)