# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=108 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 109 --- ## [So, this is what it looks like before the war.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-it-looks-like-before-the-war/772407)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-it-looks-like-before-the-war/772407 "2016-11-30T20:16:24Z")
I am struck by how many people are living in a fool’s paradise, talking about this election like it’s just another election. The news speak happily of the orderly transfer of power. Jon Stewart says he’s not worried; aft… --- ## [Officer cleared in Charlotte shooting case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-cleared-in-charlotte-shooting-case/773476)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-cleared-in-charlotte-shooting-case/773476 "2016-11-30T18:40:59Z")
I’m putting this in the Pit because I know these matters can generate much Sturm und Drang. Washington Post I can completely understand the family’s position. Nobody wants to believe ill of a loved one. But these idio… --- ## [250 pages of Amazon lightning deals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-pages-of-amazon-lightning-deals/773389)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-pages-of-amazon-lightning-deals/773389 "2016-11-30T13:23:47Z")
So I went to Amazon for Cyber Monday and there are 250 pages of lightning deals. Sure I can narrow that down to a few dozen pages if I know what I am looking for but then I’m not really looking at the lightning deals, I… --- ## [The worst of the worst met their ends with Obama as President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-met-their-ends-with-obama-as-president/773027)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-met-their-ends-with-obama-as-president/773027 "2016-11-29T21:27:51Z")
Bin Laden, Kim Jong Il, Hugo Chavez, Mullah Omar, Qaddafi, and now Castro. With less than 60 days left, I wonder if he can give us Zawahiri to top it all off. Or maybe Assad? --- ## [Did this seriously just happen? Warning: Donald Trump being an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-seriously-just-happen-warning-donald-trump-being-an-idiot/773226)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-seriously-just-happen-warning-donald-trump-being-an-idiot/773226 "2016-11-29T19:16:39Z")
So this just happened on twitter. Jesus Fucking Christ. This person is going to be president of the United States. All of you guys who are saying “Calm the fuck down, what’s the worst that could happen?”, this is an e… --- ## [Jerks with Cell Phones in Movie Theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerks-with-cell-phones-in-movie-theater/772935)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerks-with-cell-phones-in-movie-theater/772935 "2016-11-29T02:25:06Z")
I just saw Doctor Strange (loved it!) and in the row right in front of me, there were three (count 'em, 3) people will cell phones. The little blobs of light are very distracting when you’re trying to watch a movie. I … --- ## [Russian troll on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-on-the-sdmb/772883)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-on-the-sdmb/772883 "2016-11-29T02:10:19Z")
Last month, Samantha Bee interviewed two of the online trolls hired by Russia to meddle with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. With that in mind, we have dave23, a brand-new poster, who in this post, quoted Hurricane… --- ## [Operation Rescue, Planned Parenthood, Trump, Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-rescue-planned-parenthood-trump-republicans/773115)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-rescue-planned-parenthood-trump-republicans/773115 "2016-11-27T22:55:56Z")
By way of our good friends over at Daily Kos (There are other links to be had, but this one has a picture of the Pestilence Elect grinning and gripping with the head of Operation Rescue, Mr. Troy Newman…whom they quot… --- ## [Trump or Palin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-or-palin/772770)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-or-palin/772770 "2016-11-27T21:02:29Z")
A friend of mine tossed out this question last night, and I couldn’t come up with an answer. If your only choice - no write-ins, no alternatives - for President of the United States was Donald Trump or Sarah Palin, who … --- ## [Paul Ryan wants to phase out medicare again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-wants-to-phase-out-medicare-again/772292)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-wants-to-phase-out-medicare-again/772292 "2016-11-27T04:47:05Z")
I don’t know if they can get the 50 votes in the senate or a majority of the house to do it. Supposedly they will use budget reconciliation to convert it to a voucher program if they do. But if they do, it’ll mean every… --- ## ["Trump is not a bad person, make an effort to like him" - oooooooookayee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-not-a-bad-person-make-an-effort-to-like-him-oooooooookayee/772057)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-not-a-bad-person-make-an-effort-to-like-him-oooooooookayee/772057 "2016-11-27T00:47:55Z")
Pitting this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=810039 The possibility that you’re simply trolling, truthSeeker2, certainly crossed my mind, as someone else already pitted, er pointed out, in … --- ## [pliskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pliskin/773075)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pliskin/773075 "2016-11-26T21:51:15Z")
In this thread on the possibility of investigating the election results, pliskin is offering nothing of value and in general just disrupting things. I can’t say if it’s intentional or not. http://boards.straightdope.com… --- ## [I live in the US, but I don't vote. Never have, never will. Ask Me Anything if you want.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-the-us-but-i-dont-vote-never-have-never-will-ask-me-anything-if-you-want/771059)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-the-us-but-i-dont-vote-never-have-never-will-ask-me-anything-if-you-want/771059 "2016-11-26T17:44:16Z")
I was going to make this in Elections, but then I thought “Yeah, but there will be a majority who will probably not like this (my viewpoint and the fact that I think and feel this way), so I figure I’ll let everyone have… --- ## [CNN is starting to piss me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-starting-to-piss-me-off/772510)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-starting-to-piss-me-off/772510 "2016-11-26T05:46:02Z")
I’ve long considered CNN to be the gold standard in news reporting but Trump’s election seems to have caused some of their reporters to get a little unhinged. First, we have them keeping a list of hate crimes reports whi… --- ## [The most horrific photo I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-horrific-photo-ive-ever-seen/772927)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-horrific-photo-ive-ever-seen/772927 "2016-11-25T22:02:53Z")
This photo is perhaps the most horrific, repulsive and disgusting thing I’ve ever seen - and I’ve watched episodes of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! I’ve spoilered the link, for extreme gross-out factor: \[spoiler… --- ## [The perfect recitation to calm the political animus at thanksgiving dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-recitation-to-calm-the-political-animus-at-thanksgiving-dinner/772852)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-recitation-to-calm-the-political-animus-at-thanksgiving-dinner/772852 "2016-11-25T19:36:53Z")
It’s that time of year guys !!! You know some of you will be headed back home from the cities to hometowns, perhaps being surrounded by Trump voters, possibly vice versa. But I just recalled a lovely statement designed… --- ## [My 'dream ending' to this nightmare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dream-ending-to-this-nightmare/772771)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dream-ending-to-this-nightmare/772771 "2016-11-25T19:22:28Z")
Only a dream, folks. Only an idle dream… After a year or two in office, the disgruntled basket of despicables will realize factories are not going to start up again in 'Murica. They never will. They’re gone. They’ve… --- ## [My final position on the election. Non-herd mentality.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632)
**Author:** [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632 "2016-11-24T23:53:14Z")
Trump was controlled opposition from day 1. Trump was supposed to lose. He knew this. Let’s be honest, he loves the camera & probably wishes he were a “big league” actor. Somewhere in the home stretch about to cross th… --- ## [A rant to the 'other' grandmother.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-to-the-other-grandmother/772142)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-to-the-other-grandmother/772142 "2016-11-24T12:18:33Z")
Hey you fucking narcissistic bitch…your daughter had your first grandchild two weeks ago, and would really love it if you actually noticed! Yes, we know that you were miffed when she suggested selling the house SHE owns… --- ## [I Pit Kanye West](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kanye-west/772342)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kanye-west/772342 "2016-11-24T09:57:24Z")
For being a racist, bigot white-supremacist. He admitted at one of his concerts that he didn’t vote but that he would have voted for Trump. What the hell is wrong with these rednecks? --- ## [Fuck off hipster Santa...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-hipster-santa/772759)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-hipster-santa/772759 "2016-11-24T04:00:47Z")
Yeah, it’s a lame rant. But I just want to be on record in saying that I’m sick of grabbing for the remote to change the channel every time that douche bag hipster Santa and the porno elves come on to flog Fiats. Told … --- ## [Melania Trump and Son Barron Won't Move Immediately into White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-and-son-barron-wont-move-immediately-into-white-house/772703)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-and-son-barron-wont-move-immediately-into-white-house/772703 "2016-11-23T22:45:21Z")
The incoming First Lady, Melania Trump and her 10 year old son Barron, will not be joining Donald Trump into the White House upon inauguration this January. The reason given is that they want to wait until the end of th… --- ## [USS Zumwalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-zumwalt/772781)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-zumwalt/772781 "2016-11-23T19:14:13Z")
The navy just pissed away 4.4 Billion dollars on this ship they had no apparent use for. Now it doesn’t even work! It will require even more of our money to repair. I just did some math, and found that the money spent… --- ## [Governor Paul LePage (Maine's Governor), please fuck yourself in the ass with a corkscrew...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-paul-lepage-maines-governor-please-fuck-yourself-in-the-ass-with-a-corkscrew/770691)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-paul-lepage-maines-governor-please-fuck-yourself-in-the-ass-with-a-corkscrew/770691 "2016-11-23T14:37:36Z")
… and implode on your own bullshit. This man, supposedly, was forced out of his family home as a child and spent time living on the streets. He supposedly knows what it’s like to be homeless because home is too dangerou… --- ## [I pit word repeaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-word-repeaters/772696)
**Author:** [@peptastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peptastic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-word-repeaters/772696 "2016-11-23T13:55:46Z")
I pit people who repeat every other word you say in a sarcastic mocking tone to make you look stupid when you were having a conversation with someone else. They either pretend you said something you did not say or repea… --- ## [What if everyone named Adrian, aged 13 3/4, died tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393 "2016-11-22T23:29:17Z")
Fuck all would happen, I’m guessing. Thoughts? --- ## [Hello Trump. Goodbye to all that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-trump-goodbye-to-all-that/772672)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-trump-goodbye-to-all-that/772672 "2016-11-22T21:06:19Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Goodbye plodding technocratic liberalism. I’ll miss you.\[/li\]\[li\]Goodbye Slate. Hello Hannah Arendt.\[/li\]\[li\]Goodbye Syrian refugees. Maybe someday white Americans will be brave again.\[/li\]\[li\]Goodbye skepticis… --- ## [I pit Steve Bannon's "style"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-steve-bannons-style/772125)
**Author:** [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-steve-bannons-style/772125 "2016-11-22T03:09:18Z")
Dude, Ok, your guy won. Now you’re next to the man who will be “the most powerful man in the free world”. You’re a white supremacist, I get that. Thing is, how about being a little fucking you know, SUPREME! Get a hair… --- ## [Police killer in San Antonio - Suspect in custody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-killer-in-san-antonio-suspect-in-custody/772701)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-killer-in-san-antonio-suspect-in-custody/772701 "2016-11-22T00:50:14Z")
So there is now a manin custody for the murder of a San Antonio police detective. And unsurprisingly, he’s a white dude with a typical white name - Otis McKane. Sounds vaguely Irish or Scottish, or some other European… --- ## ["Sure I text at red lights. \*#@% you if you don't like it!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-i-text-at-red-lights-you-if-you-dont-like-it/771570)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-i-text-at-red-lights-you-if-you-dont-like-it/771570 "2016-11-21T01:24:40Z")
I was under the impression that it was legal in my state. It appears it is not, but that wasn’t my point: Even were it legal it is still stupid. If you can’t see that this foul habit is the gateway drug to texting while … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=109)