# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=105 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Some old white women.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-old-white-women/775249)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-old-white-women/775249 "2016-12-30T18:59:35Z")
Old white women who might have been attractive when they were younger and have a strong streak of second wave feminism. These women are frequently among the most racist, entitled, people I have run into. The most racis… --- ## [The Decemberists were losers- mini rants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515 "2016-12-29T18:27:01Z")
Do you even know the story? A quick summary, from here: As Sarah Palin would say, “How did that work out for ya?” Me, I like the misuse of articles in Russian translation. Anyplace there should be a “the”, they don’t … --- ## [Great US ally Saudi Arabia arrests woman for shocking photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-ally-saudi-arabia-arrests-woman-for-shocking-photo/774660)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-ally-saudi-arabia-arrests-woman-for-shocking-photo/774660 "2016-12-29T04:31:02Z")
Saudi Arabia, staunch friend and ally of the US, announce that they have arrested Malak al-Shehri for this appalling photo. Quite understandably Saudi citizens have been calling for her to be beheaded and her corpse thro… --- ## [Liberal media's stupid outrage of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-medias-stupid-outrage-of-the-day/775672)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-medias-stupid-outrage-of-the-day/775672 "2016-12-28T20:43:41Z")
The RNC released this Christmas message Outraged liberal journalists and the twitterati were besides themselves with shock and horror. “They’re calling Trump a King”, came the cry. “Will they stop at nothing?” As the … --- ## [Trump Tweets Apparent Call for More U.S. Nuclear Weapons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tweets-apparent-call-for-more-u-s-nuclear-weapons/775411)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tweets-apparent-call-for-more-u-s-nuclear-weapons/775411 "2016-12-28T18:26:35Z")
Whoa. We don’t have enough nukes to do blow up the world several times over? He wants more? \*Acton (James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) called Trum… --- ## [I Pit America's Pitiful and Cowardly Culture of Gunnism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-americas-pitiful-and-cowardly-culture-of-gunnism/775523)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-americas-pitiful-and-cowardly-culture-of-gunnism/775523 "2016-12-28T18:21:41Z")
I respect that some people need guns for self-defense. When my wife and I debate getting a gun for home defense, I argue on the pro- side; she argues con-. A radical change in gun laws might save 400 lives annually and… --- ## [Trump is morphing into Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-morphing-into-hillary-clinton/775673)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-morphing-into-hillary-clinton/775673 "2016-12-28T17:46:00Z")
Gee, the stuff he blasted her for over and over… the Hypocrite-Elect is doing it himself now. Will his people notice? No. (My emphasis) If he completes the transformation into Hillary, maybe he will be our first transg… --- ## [To the idiots without 4 wheel drive/AWD and the jackasses with it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiots-without-4-wheel-drive-awd-and-the-jackasses-with-it/775607)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiots-without-4-wheel-drive-awd-and-the-jackasses-with-it/775607 "2016-12-28T15:25:31Z")
Idiots. For Kripes sake, you live in Wisconsin (or Michigan, Minnesota, etc). It fucking snows here every year and you goddamn know it. Why are you trying to get around in this shit in a Mustang GT? Or why did you buy … --- ## ["Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indivisible-a-practical-guide-for-resisting-the-trump-agenda/774911)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indivisible-a-practical-guide-for-resisting-the-trump-agenda/774911 "2016-12-28T01:28:33Z")
Just came across this Google Doc (20+ pp.) available to anyone who is interested. Basically, it’s a guide for liberals on how to use Tea Party tactics to take Congress back. --- ## [Trump's Twitter Twaddle & Taradiddle Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-twitter-twaddle-taradiddle-thread/775532)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-twitter-twaddle-taradiddle-thread/775532 "2016-12-27T20:18:05Z")
A thread dedicated to our Great Leader and his 3 AM gas leaks. Today’s offering; Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 15h15 hours ago Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: “In my opinion, it is humiliating.… --- ## [Liberals' New Year's Resolutions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-new-years-resolutions/775270)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-new-years-resolutions/775270 "2016-12-27T18:45:46Z")
Get Donald Trump Re-elected. WOW that was easy! --- ## [Have the standards of manhood today gone to the dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-standards-of-manhood-today-gone-to-the-dogs/775421)
**Author:** [@Calico\_Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calico_Jack)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-standards-of-manhood-today-gone-to-the-dogs/775421 "2016-12-27T18:42:47Z")
This might be a little too cynical, but my overall impression is that the standards of manhood in modern day America have dropped to abysmal levels. As a millennial I’m pretty disgusted by what I see passing for hunkie d… --- ## [The snowflakes are out in force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182 "2016-12-26T03:14:37Z")
Getting their last-minute whine on. --- ## [Police "Help" for the Homeless this Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-help-for-the-homeless-this-christmas/775579)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-help-for-the-homeless-this-christmas/775579 "2016-12-26T00:15:35Z")
Undoubtedly this will encourage them to rent apartments! --- ## [What kind of sick, demented motherfucker came up with this shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sick-demented-motherfucker-came-up-with-this-shit/775268)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sick-demented-motherfucker-came-up-with-this-shit/775268 "2016-12-24T18:20:25Z")
So today, I unwrapped a package that came in the mail. Besides the item that was expected, there was the bubble wrap. So of course, I was looking forward to popping the bubbles, and hearing the lovely noise it makes, unt… --- ## [I think "Respect Your Elders" shouldn't apply to this old coot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407 "2016-12-24T16:45:31Z")
When I was at the store this afternoon I got to watch a senior citizen acting like a toddler. The man and his wife looked to be in their 70s-80s and they both came into the store hunched over using canes. The wife went … --- ## [I pit the useless fucking Electoral College](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-useless-fucking-electoral-college/775186)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-useless-fucking-electoral-college/775186 "2016-12-24T13:51:02Z")
The Electoral College is a civic airbag made by Takata - you thought it was there to protect you and when the fan hit the shit, it just spewed useless shrapnel. It’s a carefully-designed reserve chute that turns out to b… --- ## [I pit the assholes who are depriving the SDMB of revenue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-depriving-the-sdmb-of-revenue/775350)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-depriving-the-sdmb-of-revenue/775350 "2016-12-24T03:21:21Z")
I respect that web sites which provide content for free need advertising in order to keep themselves afloat. For the longest time, I was a hold-out against using ad blockers because I felt that it was right to put up wit… --- ## [Medical billing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing/775429)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing/775429 "2016-12-23T21:07:26Z")
I’m a lucky guy. I have a good job and good health care. I had a bit of an emergency last September when I took a tumble down some stairs. My Doc sent me to the hospital for a shoulder x-ray. It was easy-peasy. Shou… --- ## ["That's a false flag. No way that's for real."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-false-flag-no-way-thats-for-real/772426)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-false-flag-no-way-thats-for-real/772426 "2016-12-23T19:16:58Z")
I just read this: Beastie Boys Adam Yauch memorial defaced with anti-Semitic symbols and Pro-Trump graffiti. Is this real? Or a stunt? I don’t know. It’s a shame either way, and it’s not like either is implausible. B… --- ## [Adobe Creative Cloud: If you don’t want my money, you won’t get it. And fuck you very much.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-creative-cloud-if-you-don-t-want-my-money-you-won-t-get-it-and-fuck-you-very-much/775290)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-creative-cloud-if-you-don-t-want-my-money-you-won-t-get-it-and-fuck-you-very-much/775290 "2016-12-23T06:08:33Z")
I’ve been using Adobe Creative Cloud for several years now. No problem. But recently I had to change my credit card number, so they didn’t get their payment. I went to the page where you update your payment, and the only… --- ## [Skip forever, Yahoo, I'm not giving you my fucking phone number!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-forever-yahoo-im-not-giving-you-my-fucking-phone-number/700405)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-forever-yahoo-im-not-giving-you-my-fucking-phone-number/700405 "2016-12-22T22:06:17Z")
Fuck you, you idiots. I have four Yahoo mail accounts (one of which is for the SDMB). About every three or four weeks I make the rounds to see what’s showed up. For more or less the last two years Yahoo has offered the … --- ## [Jihadi parents sent 7 year-old daughter on suicide bombing mission](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jihadi-parents-sent-7-year-old-daughter-on-suicide-bombing-mission/775308)
**Author:** [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jihadi-parents-sent-7-year-old-daughter-on-suicide-bombing-mission/775308 "2016-12-22T21:19:00Z")
Why wouldn’t the cowardly parents do it themselves? http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/21/jihadi-parents-kiss-daughter-7-goodbye-before-sending-her-on-suicide-bombing-mission-6336767/ --- ## [I Pit Hillary supporters for being so violent and hateful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hillary-supporters-for-being-so-violent-and-hateful/770502)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hillary-supporters-for-being-so-violent-and-hateful/770502 "2016-12-22T19:27:17Z")
Once again Hillary supporters are showing their true colors of being violent and hateful towards anyone who has a different opinion than them. At the University of Pittsburgh Hillary supporting students for the second t… --- ## [So Philippine president Duterte abuses fentanyl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-philippine-president-duterte-abuses-fentanyl/775113)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-philippine-president-duterte-abuses-fentanyl/775113 "2016-12-22T18:24:11Z")
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duterte-painkiller-draws-concern-philippines-084005965.html Please let this be true. --- ## [I pit 2 douchebag lawyers: Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-2-douchebag-lawyers-paul-r-hansmeier-and-john-l-steele/775173)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-2-douchebag-lawyers-paul-r-hansmeier-and-john-l-steele/775173 "2016-12-22T15:08:03Z")
These two assholes had a very simple and effective get rich scheme: they bought copyrights for porn movies, uploaded them to bit torrent sites, and then went after anybody who downloaded them. From this Washington Post… --- ## [My goddamn fucking meth addict nephew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goddamn-fucking-meth-addict-nephew/774640)
**Author:** [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goddamn-fucking-meth-addict-nephew/774640 "2016-12-21T15:37:38Z")
This 38 year old child/man is just a whiny fucking punk ass bitch who can stay sober for 11 months and then just disappears back into his meth fueled masturbatory sex dream world, then comes crawling back to mommy and da… --- ## [Now I get the bad reviews!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-get-the-bad-reviews/775033)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-get-the-bad-reviews/775033 "2016-12-21T14:39:18Z")
Last month I started volunteering at a large no-kill shelter. They have a huge shelter that is up-to-date, clean and spacious. But they have a few problems. It can be hard to track down a staff member, plus a lot of the… --- ## [This stupid fucking bag ban in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-stupid-fucking-bag-ban-in-california/773112)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-stupid-fucking-bag-ban-in-california/773112 "2016-12-21T01:28:31Z")
Why, oh why, did people vote for this shit? If you’re not aware already, this election CA voters chose to ban all single-use bags from retailers. Meaning you need to bring your own bags anywhere to shop, and if you don’… --- ## [My first pitting. This pit's for you, Asshole of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-this-pits-for-you-asshole-of-the-day/775049)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-this-pits-for-you-asshole-of-the-day/775049 "2016-12-20T21:26:07Z")
I see you every day. You know who you are. You are the Massengill driving aggressively and recklessly, endangering everyone in your path. During my daily commute I have taken to anoint a daily AOD. There is always a winn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=106)