# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=106 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 107 --- ## [Fuck Coal. It's Time Has Passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-coal-its-time-has-passed/774891)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-coal-its-time-has-passed/774891 "2016-12-20T21:13:39Z")
Look, I am sorry that you come from a long line of coal miners. Really. I know it’s part of your identity. But it’s over. The world is leaving it behind, and now comes word that black lung is massively on the rise (or pr… --- ## [Boycott Chinese Food \[Until they return our submarine!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952 "2016-12-20T17:04:36Z")
I am boycotting Chinese food until they return our submarine. If France stole our submarine, I would of course be boycotting French fries. But it was China this time, so no more Chinese food until you return our submari… --- ## [Is there any truth regarding the innuendo surrounding Trump and Ivanka?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-truth-regarding-the-innuendo-surrounding-trump-and-ivanka/774620)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-truth-regarding-the-innuendo-surrounding-trump-and-ivanka/774620 "2016-12-20T16:25:55Z")
The Other First Lady, Proxy Wife. Sure, those titles are mostly with regards to her anticipated possible role as Whitehouse hostess, but then there’s also… inappropriate statements and uh… touches, if you believe some pe… --- ## [VOX Article about Kentucky Obamacare users that voted Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-article-about-kentucky-obamacare-users-that-voted-trump/774639)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-article-about-kentucky-obamacare-users-that-voted-trump/774639 "2016-12-20T03:14:33Z")
This entire article shows a disaster of common sense among the people there, but more than that, it shows the mistake about implementing obamacare the way it was implemented. The democrats should have done everything … --- ## [Scott Baio was grabbed by the...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-was-grabbed-by-the/774818)
**Author:** [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-was-grabbed-by-the/774818 "2016-12-20T02:28:25Z")
Scott Baio claims he was attacked at an elementary school event by Nancy Mack, wife of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, who allegedly shook and pushed him while yelling, ‘Grab ’em by the pu$$y!” I don’t know … --- ## [Should there be a Stupid Trumpism of the Day thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-stupid-trumpism-of-the-day-thread/775161)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-stupid-trumpism-of-the-day-thread/775161 "2016-12-19T22:03:46Z")
It seems like there’s a crying need for a forum to vent and fume over the latest outrage the Circus Peanut in Chief has committed; but Elections doesn’t seem appropriate any longer. Should we start an equivalent of the … --- ## [I pit Android so hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-android-so-hard/774297)
**Author:** [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-android-so-hard/774297 "2016-12-19T02:38:27Z")
So a couple weeks ago, my phone claimed it needed to do the first of two software updates for Android Lollipop, so I allowed it and now there is a new software update every single effing day for two solid weeks. And Ver… --- ## [I Pit people spreading hate and lies because of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-spreading-hate-and-lies-because-of-trump/774786)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-spreading-hate-and-lies-because-of-trump/774786 "2016-12-18T18:22:27Z")
This is getting ridiculous. When are the hateful people going to get over themselves and accept reality. --- ## [I pit the DNC's IT staff and the media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-dncs-it-staff-and-the-media/774923)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-dncs-it-staff-and-the-media/774923 "2016-12-18T00:53:05Z")
Turns out that the “sophisticated” hack on John Podesta’s email was a phishing email. He even consulted IT staff and they told him to go ahead and click on the link and change his password. How much are these IT peopl… --- ## [New Ambassador to Israel: American Liberal Jews Worse than Jews Turning in Jews in Nazi Death Camps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ambassador-to-israel-american-liberal-jews-worse-than-jews-turning-in-jews-in-nazi-death-camps/774843)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ambassador-to-israel-american-liberal-jews-worse-than-jews-turning-in-jews-in-nazi-death-camps/774843 "2016-12-17T16:55:18Z")
From the shortly to be U.S. ambassador to Israel (appointed by Trump) David Friedman: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/18828 And naturally he will serve as ambassador from Jerusalem (unlike any… --- ## [Dear Lena Dunham: get on a horse, and ride as far, far away from us as possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lena-dunham-get-on-a-horse-and-ride-as-far-far-away-from-us-as-possible/774753)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lena-dunham-get-on-a-horse-and-ride-as-far-far-away-from-us-as-possible/774753 "2016-12-17T03:15:09Z")
I GET IT. You were born with an average body and average looks, and resent that you had to work harder than prettier girls to get guys attention. And yes, society has a nearly unattainable, for most, standard of beauty. … --- ## [Thoughts during my science fiction novel discussion group.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-during-my-science-fiction-novel-discussion-group/106414)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-during-my-science-fiction-novel-discussion-group/106414 "2016-12-17T01:57:46Z")
The scene: Barnes and Noble, Knoxville TN, 7:00pm this last Thursday. Meeting about David Brin’s Earth. M starts to speak. Oh, great: you only read five pages. You’ll be able to offer a lot of insight tonight… Oh! All … --- ## [Jokes about someones name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-about-someones-name/186268)
**Author:** [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-about-someones-name/186268 "2016-12-16T22:22:57Z")
A few months ago I was on a trip with my band. We were heading out of state and upon arrival in the town where we were playing, I saw it. “OMG, did you see that ?” “See what ?”. This was worth turning around, trai… --- ## [Welcome to the Lifers' wet dream of the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-lifers-wet-dream-of-the-future/774827)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-lifers-wet-dream-of-the-future/774827 "2016-12-16T03:20:39Z")
Here is what the US could become if the fucking anti-abortionists have their way. Welome to El Salvador. You read that right. A miscarriage can get a woman jailed for up to 40 fucking years under their shithole laws. A… --- ## [To the cow-irker who just yelled at me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-cow-irker-who-just-yelled-at-me/774573)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-cow-irker-who-just-yelled-at-me/774573 "2016-12-15T23:06:25Z")
Dear fuckface, I’m terribly unsorry that I got the promotion to Trainer that you wanted. You wouldn’t have been any good at it anyway. Before we were both up for this job we were at least friendly toward each other - I … --- ## [Did trump say this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-say-this/774798)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-say-this/774798 "2016-12-15T23:06:02Z")
So much weird, contradictory stuff has come out of that guy that I can’t keep track. Did he say something about, if he was coming up in the business world now, he would like to be black, because of the opportunities tha… --- ## [Why don't libertarians, minarchists, and anarcho-capitalists just move emigrate to Somalia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-libertarians-minarchists-and-anarcho-capitalists-just-move-emigrate-to-somalia/774330)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-libertarians-minarchists-and-anarcho-capitalists-just-move-emigrate-to-somalia/774330 "2016-12-15T21:10:27Z")
There is practically no government and thus practically no restrictions or regulations on anything. Education is a choice because there’s no government to mandate that children be sent to public schools. There’s no Oba… --- ## [A Typical Sample Of My Voice Mail (Vent)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-typical-sample-of-my-voice-mail-vent/774777)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-typical-sample-of-my-voice-mail-vent/774777 "2016-12-15T19:08:50Z")
Sample of today’s – well, of pretty much any day’s – voice mail, details obscured to protect the guilty: \*What, you’re not calling just to say hello? Don’t you like to say hello? \*\* Presumably, somebody out there call… --- ## [Donald Trump gets hero's welcome at Army/Navy football game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463)
**Author:** [@pleks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pleks)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463 "2016-12-15T15:06:08Z")
Our troops just love the winner. Meanwhile, Rolling Stone magazine (notable for having been recently found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $3 million in damages to the victim of its fake news story about rape o… --- ## [Will Trump Keep His Business Interests Separate from the Presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-keep-his-business-interests-separate-from-the-presidency/772600)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-keep-his-business-interests-separate-from-the-presidency/772600 "2016-12-14T22:11:22Z")
…and if he doesn’t will anyone care/stop him? My guess: no and no. All the President-Elect’s Conflicts of Interests It was the Republicans who raised all kinds of holy hell because some foreign businessmen “gained ac… --- ## [I'm getting REAL tired of trying to educate people about the different between Fact and Make Believe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-real-tired-of-trying-to-educate-people-about-the-different-between-fact-and-make-believe/774429)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-real-tired-of-trying-to-educate-people-about-the-different-between-fact-and-make-believe/774429 "2016-12-14T18:54:25Z")
I can’t believe we are sitting here trying to educate STUPID people about what the difference is between facts and fantasy! This fake news thing is getting to be ridiculous! Is this the result of people being raised on … --- ## [Dear (rich) people who oppose even a paltry $15.00 an hour minimum wage:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-rich-people-who-oppose-even-a-paltry-15-00-an-hour-minimum-wage/774243)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-rich-people-who-oppose-even-a-paltry-15-00-an-hour-minimum-wage/774243 "2016-12-13T21:42:47Z")
I know there are some (misguided) “middle class” people who also oppose the $15 minimum wage. Relax, calm down, I don’t mean you. Technically. Although why you think I should work at least as hard as you do for far less… --- ## [WaPo: Trump was the Manchurian Candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-trump-was-the-manchurian-candidate/774322)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-trump-was-the-manchurian-candidate/774322 "2016-12-13T19:42:54Z")
Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House What is worst to me is that Mitch McConnell, as always, put party before country. Ah, but his wife gets a cabinet post out of it, so it was all… --- ## [The Fall of Aleppo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-aleppo/774595)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-aleppo/774595 "2016-12-13T19:33:35Z")
It’s widely reported that, after four years of fighting, the rebel-held areas of Aleppo are on the brink of falling to Syrian government forces, along with their affiliated militias and allies. There are already reports… --- ## [Ways to irritate Trump supporters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-irritate-trump-supporters/773295)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-irritate-trump-supporters/773295 "2016-12-13T16:08:25Z")
I’ve been thinking of ways to irritate Trump supporters… Maybe any time someone mentions Trump, I will give the Hitler salute, click my heels, and say “Heil Trump!” :smiley: Or get a “Trump-Putin / Make America Hate Ag… --- ## [I think I genuinely hate people still calling for Hillary to be jailed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-genuinely-hate-people-still-calling-for-hillary-to-be-jailed/774182)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-genuinely-hate-people-still-calling-for-hillary-to-be-jailed/774182 "2016-12-12T19:25:30Z")
I was reading an article on the Hill, and the comments had plenty of people still lamenting the fact that she likely won’t be jailed and locked up, even though she deserves it… This is not genteel and kind on my part, b… --- ## [Great, another fucking troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-another-fucking-troll/774465)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-another-fucking-troll/774465 "2016-12-12T19:03:06Z")
Meet Pleks, another drooling moron from the internet cesspool. --- ## [What exactly is good about Islam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-good-about-islam/773304)
**Author:** [@KimJongUn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimJongUn)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-good-about-islam/773304 "2016-12-12T03:17:06Z")
Speaking in an objective sense, for those who argue that Islam is not a bad religion, and that it is peaceful and not a threat or danger, and not illogical, tell me, how is it good? Because it seems like many of the thin… --- ## [Any whistlers here? Anyone here who'd like to STRANGLE them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-whistlers-here-anyone-here-whod-like-to-strangle-them/774310)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-whistlers-here-anyone-here-whod-like-to-strangle-them/774310 "2016-12-11T12:01:56Z")
Ok now… I’m a whistler. I’m a gardener. And, literally, I whistle as I work. Tunes like: Roxy Roller Scotland the Brave Wonderful Tonight 1812 Cannonization cannons bit Whiter Shade of Pale Elenore Peg (yes,… --- ## [Fun With Uber!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-uber/772285)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-uber/772285 "2016-12-11T07:54:00Z")
I’m experiencing a lull between development contracts and I want some extra income, so I decided to try driving for Uber. I applied, scanned and uploaded my documentation; driver’s license, registration, etc. and found … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=107)