# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=116 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 117 --- ## [I pit recent weak pittings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-recent-weak-pittings/761649)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-recent-weak-pittings/761649 "2016-08-03T18:33:49Z")
septimus - Haters of Hillary DerekMichaels00 - iiandyiiii’s disagreement with me cg16a - everybody but me Seriously guys step it up. These threads are barely worthy of an eye-roll :rolleyes: If you feel the need to … --- ## [Terrorism thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-thread/760269)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-thread/760269 "2016-08-03T18:03:34Z")
MIght as well start one now: Ax attack on German train. Up to 20 injured. They are coming so fast now they might as well have their own thread. No need to restrict this to Islamic terrorism either. Any mass killing o… --- ## [Why do Dr.'s offices ask if you are in pain today? (If they are going to say take aspirin!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dr-s-offices-ask-if-you-are-in-pain-today-if-they-are-going-to-say-take-aspirin/761597)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dr-s-offices-ask-if-you-are-in-pain-today-if-they-are-going-to-say-take-aspirin/761597 "2016-08-03T16:27:13Z")
Every time I go to the doctor, they ask if I am in pain today. And whenever I need pain medicine lately, they say to take aspirin! Same thing with dentists. So why do they bother to ask if I am in pain? Are they sadist… --- ## [July mini rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887 "2016-08-01T12:24:15Z")
Semi-boneless. WTF? I was going to buy some New York Strip Steaks, on sale for $5.99 a pound. Then I saw they were advertised as “semi-boneless”. I thought it was binary. Meat with bones, meat without bones. Semi-bon… --- ## [Bernie Sanders Fans Plan DNC "Fart-In"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-fans-plan-dnc-fart-in/761063)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-fans-plan-dnc-fart-in/761063 "2016-07-30T21:30:25Z")
NBC News has the story. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Way to completely miss Sanders’ message at the DNC and instead act petulant children. Grow up, idiots. This is not a fucking game. --- ## [The e-cigarette/vaping industry will soon be dead in Pennsylvania.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e-cigarette-vaping-industry-will-soon-be-dead-in-pennsylvania/759871)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e-cigarette-vaping-industry-will-soon-be-dead-in-pennsylvania/759871 "2016-07-30T02:08:19Z")
\[ \](Reddit - Dive into anything) We all fought this, but some fights you just can’t win. Governor Wolf said he wanted it, he lobbied for it, and by God, he got it. So congratulations, Governor Wolf and company, you ha… --- ## [You had a minor collision; get off the road!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-had-a-minor-collision-get-off-the-road/760200)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-had-a-minor-collision-get-off-the-road/760200 "2016-07-29T05:53:09Z")
Do people really not know this?! If no one is injured and both vehicles are drivable, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE ROAD!!! I’m coming in to work this morning, and traffic completely stops. This road gets a lot of traffic t… --- ## [Time to Pit the Political Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-the-political-media/760611)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-the-political-media/760611 "2016-07-29T00:00:07Z")
I pit both the political media from the left and the right. Here’s why: The right-leaning: let Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity peddle Birther CTs against Obama (even for my issues with him), spread lies about the Clintons from… --- ## [Hello gnoitall - I am a poopy-head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-gnoitall-i-am-a-poopy-head/761052)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-gnoitall-i-am-a-poopy-head/761052 "2016-07-27T21:44:10Z")
Are you, like my wife, and me, and my uncle, also a poopy-head? I have put this in the pit to make you a happy gnoitall. IvoryTowerDenizen is also a poopy-head. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=799… --- ## [Sam Harris is a pseudoscientist, and anyone who follows him is deceived!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-is-a-pseudoscientist-and-anyone-who-follows-him-is-deceived/760555)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-is-a-pseudoscientist-and-anyone-who-follows-him-is-deceived/760555 "2016-07-27T16:57:04Z")
This was going to be a Pit thread calling SlackerInc a hateful piece of filth, but meh. Just being clever enough to realize that the Christian conception of God is imaginary does not make you the smartest person in the … --- ## [Alot of people don't like George W. Bush because he took country to illegal war you angry about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alot-of-people-dont-like-george-w-bush-because-he-took-country-to-illegal-war-you-angry-about-it/756678)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alot-of-people-dont-like-george-w-bush-because-he-took-country-to-illegal-war-you-angry-about-it/756678 "2016-07-26T20:00:27Z")
A lot of people have said a lot of things about what he did with Tony Blair or Tony B. Liar in Iraq but it was an illegal war because he never got the UN resolution and it was based on a lie - that Saddam had weapons rea… --- ## [Two Saturdays in a row I tried to order food through Grub hub but unsuccessful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-saturdays-in-a-row-i-tried-to-order-food-through-grub-hub-but-unsuccessful/760740)
**Author:** [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-saturdays-in-a-row-i-tried-to-order-food-through-grub-hub-but-unsuccessful/760740 "2016-07-26T19:56:27Z")
I been hearing a lot about grub hub so decided to order some dinner and it didn;t go well at all. Once I get the checkout part and click the button to pay for my food I get a message saying “sorry we cannot complete … --- ## [Its ok. The police were trying to shoot the autistic guy, they just hit the black guy by accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-the-police-were-trying-to-shoot-the-autistic-guy-they-just-hit-the-black-guy-by-accident/760672)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-the-police-were-trying-to-shoot-the-autistic-guy-they-just-hit-the-black-guy-by-accident/760672 "2016-07-26T13:24:42Z")
Good publicity. I don’t know what to make of all this. Funny and sad and angry all at once. The story is an obvious cover up, but still kind of funny. I guess that is why they handcuffed the black guy, for his prote… --- ## [If you can't hold 200 lbs for 30 seconds...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-hold-200-lbs-for-30-seconds/758261)
**Author:** [@elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elliott)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-hold-200-lbs-for-30-seconds/758261 "2016-07-26T09:52:05Z")
Please don’t ask me to help you move. If you’re so out of shape at 20 that performing a lift that 90% of the population can do is a challenge, I don’t want to be the first person you call when you’re trying to move somet… --- ## [The STUPIDEST Reason to Want Your Pet Euthanized!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-reason-to-want-your-pet-euthanized/760512)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-reason-to-want-your-pet-euthanized/760512 "2016-07-26T05:46:55Z")
The vet’s office we have used for the past 8 years takes in unwanted/abandoned cats and rehomes them or lets them be “office” cats. The two current ones are a male DSH orange tabby named Jr and a long haired grey tabby … --- ## [DerekMichaels00: If you would magically cease to exist, the world would be a better place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998 "2016-07-26T03:46:50Z")
If there was a vaccine that would eradicate ignorance, DerekMichaels00 would have refused it because not taking it would make him autistic. I mean no disrespect for the autistic, I only say this because that’s the kind … --- ## [I'm Torn - Ted Cruz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-torn-ted-cruz/760586)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-torn-ted-cruz/760586 "2016-07-25T22:53:31Z")
On one hand, I believe him and his family to be perfectly vile people with vile political beliefs. I had zero respect for this man in any regard based on his politics and his actions. Now I am begrudgingly forced to gi… --- ## [Peter Thiel is the perfect gay republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thiel-is-the-perfect-gay-republican/760571)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thiel-is-the-perfect-gay-republican/760571 "2016-07-25T03:12:05Z")
Peter Thiel stood up and told the republican national convention that he was proud to be gay. This is a convention that, just a few days ago, agreed to what many are calling the most anti-gay platform in republican hist… --- ## [Yellowjacket wasps must be EX-TER-MI-NATED!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowjacket-wasps-must-be-ex-ter-mi-nated/760364)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowjacket-wasps-must-be-ex-ter-mi-nated/760364 "2016-07-25T01:27:21Z")
I made an unpleasant discovery while mowing the lawn tonight… There’s an underground yellow jacket nest under one of the tree stump roots in the lawn, got stung twice, thankfully the wasps were small, half the size of a… --- ## [Top Religious Leader of Saudi Arabia bans Chess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-religious-leader-of-saudi-arabia-bans-chess/743892)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 391\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-religious-leader-of-saudi-arabia-bans-chess/743892 "2016-07-23T07:42:16Z")
In a fatwa against it, he calls it a Work of Satan. Obviously though, he must not be a true Muslim… errr… Well, this is not because of Islam per-se, it is because of the history of Colonialism…or something like that. --- ## [Can a Republican explain this to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-republican-explain-this-to-me/760381)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-republican-explain-this-to-me/760381 "2016-07-23T04:03:48Z")
So after Trump’s wife gave a speech blatantly plagiarizing one Michelle Obama gave eight years earlier, conservatives appear quick to excuse the whole thing. Christie says he didn’t see a similarity, which means he is e… --- ## [Stupid bathroom incident of the day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930 "2016-07-22T18:44:51Z")
Since it’s happening on a daily basis, I think this thread might become full of incidents. First up: A woman in Connecticut who had just cut her hair for charity was told she was disgusting for going into a women’s bat… --- ## [According to Bell Helicopter, 107 is subsequent to 127. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-bell-helicopter-107-is-subsequent-to-127-wtf/759915)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-bell-helicopter-107-is-subsequent-to-127-wtf/759915 "2016-07-22T13:05:44Z")
My job in the Navy, and now in retirement, is to track aircraft inspections and forced removal components to make sure nothing flies beyond its allowable limit. Normally the job is pretty easy, although it is stressful,… --- ## [Anyone playing Poke-pint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-poke-pint/760408)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-poke-pint/760408 "2016-07-21T23:40:07Z")
Found my first last night! Happy hunting! --- ## [The pre-emptive thread seeking to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pre-emptive-thread-seeking-to/759942)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pre-emptive-thread-seeking-to/759942 "2016-07-20T04:36:11Z")
strawman the Nice terror attack into a referendum on gun violence to distract the public. If only France would join the rest of the civilized world and institute gun control they could stop the violence. This has got t… --- ## [Protip: Workaholics can't play the 'No quality time' card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protip-workaholics-cant-play-the-no-quality-time-card/759937)
**Author:** [@Mom-of-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mom-of-Andrew)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protip-workaholics-cant-play-the-no-quality-time-card/759937 "2016-07-20T04:11:13Z")
My uncle is turning 70 on Monday. Yaaaayy! The party is an 8 hour drive from me on Saturday afternoon. Not so yaaay. But family is coming in from from several states (and at least one cousin is supposed to be making … --- ## [White Settlement council jerks votes to remove library mascot (a cat) from library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274 "2016-07-19T22:12:43Z")
White Settlement council member Elzie Clements called for a vote and the resolution passed 2-1 to remove Browser, a rescued shelter cat, from the town’s public library and presumably from his role as mascot and PR focus. … --- ## [Keep transgender people out of the wrong restroom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-transgender-people-out-of-the-wrong-restroom/759995)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-transgender-people-out-of-the-wrong-restroom/759995 "2016-07-19T18:35:27Z")
Transgender people should be banned from using the wrong restroom! They should only use the one that corresponds to their gender identity. A transgender man should stay out of the women’s room, and vice versa! I demand t… --- ## [puddleglum, are you fucking mental or just dense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puddleglum-are-you-fucking-mental-or-just-dense/65104)
**Author:** [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puddleglum-are-you-fucking-mental-or-just-dense/65104 "2016-07-19T16:59:07Z")
Okay, fine. ONE researcher, using suspect methods, has determined that 2/3 of people who enter into “conversion therapy” claim they’re having a happy heterosexual life with help of therapy. Fine. Others (in \[url=\]this th… --- ## [I Pit Daily Kos and the Shameful, Disgraceful Lies About The Republican Platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-daily-kos-and-the-shameful-disgraceful-lies-about-the-republican-platform/759860)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-daily-kos-and-the-shameful-disgraceful-lies-about-the-republican-platform/759860 "2016-07-19T10:53:00Z")
Un-fucking-credible! The sheer wretchedness of the mendacity! Behold! This is bad enough, but still retains dignity, it is not impossible that this would be part of the 2016 Republican platform. Might even be, tho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=117)