# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=117 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 118 --- ## [my idiotic jackass cousins latest political theory (or obamas plan to have an isis take over.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiotic-jackass-cousins-latest-political-theory-or-obamas-plan-to-have-an-isis-take-over/760149)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiotic-jackass-cousins-latest-political-theory-or-obamas-plan-to-have-an-isis-take-over/760149 "2016-07-19T07:59:37Z")
Ok my cousin came over to pick up my nephews who spent the night with his grandma and others He comes in with a look on his face and says “well were gonna be lucky to even to get an election by the end of this year” I… --- ## [What Trans Would You Like To Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-trans-would-you-like-to-be/759918)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-trans-would-you-like-to-be/759918 "2016-07-17T00:42:30Z")
Now that society is expected to play along with what you imagine you wish you were. I’ve given it great thought. At first I was leaning towards the wish I’ve long had… that I have always wanted to be rich. In reality I … --- ## [I pit mytime.com, for their unethical business practices.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mytime-com-for-their-unethical-business-practices/760055)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mytime-com-for-their-unethical-business-practices/760055 "2016-07-16T21:55:42Z")
So, I had a client show up out of the blue last week. They said they had an appointment, but I had no record or memory of them setting one up. I took them anyway, as I happened to have some extra time that day, but I wou… --- ## [Not this dumb metaphor again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-this-dumb-metaphor-again/759936)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-this-dumb-metaphor-again/759936 "2016-07-16T20:32:05Z")
I pit the press guy for Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) for using one of the dumbest metaphors and reminding us why all the violent metaphors we use can backfire. The title of one of his news releases: You’re gonna “c… --- ## [Gamergate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamergate/697596)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 1308\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamergate/697596 "2016-07-15T23:50:29Z")
This doesn’t seem to have cropped up on the board as of yet, but this is highly pit-worthy. If you work as a video-game “journalist”, don’t use nerd as an insult. Don’t insult video-games or gamers. Don’t say “video-gam… --- ## [A pitting of the sore-loser Chinese baseball team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-the-sore-loser-chinese-baseball-team/759881)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-the-sore-loser-chinese-baseball-team/759881 "2016-07-15T18:08:47Z")
The saga that’s unfolded over the past few days: Taiwan, the Philippines, and China were competing for a berth in the Little League baseball tournament. Taiwan defeated the Philippines once - a 10-0 shutout - and defea… --- ## [The PROFITS, My Dear! Gun Makers Cash IN!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-profits-my-dear-gun-makers-cash-in/759502)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-profits-my-dear-gun-makers-cash-in/759502 "2016-07-15T16:25:51Z")
Among the other sad ‘achievements’ of the murderous Dallas sniper–chiefly taking five innocent lives, of course, but also putting an abrupt end to conversations about black-men/law-enforcement-officer interactions, and p… --- ## [The double standards around rape and sexual assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standards-around-rape-and-sexual-assault/759695)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standards-around-rape-and-sexual-assault/759695 "2016-07-15T13:17:24Z")
People accused of crimes have the right to a presumption of innocence…unless they are charged with rape, in which case they are guilty until proven innocent (and maybe still guilty even then). The accused are guaranteed… --- ## [I work late, I'm a Night Owl, and I'm SICK of people waking me up in the morning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-late-im-a-night-owl-and-im-sick-of-people-waking-me-up-in-the-morning/25806)
**Author:** [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-late-im-a-night-owl-and-im-sick-of-people-waking-me-up-in-the-morning/25806 "2016-07-14T12:58:38Z")
It’s a small rant. Not worthy of serious profanity. It’s like this. I’ve always been a Night Owl. Ever since I was a kid. Sure, if I forced myself, I could get up early, but it was always an effort. I have managed to ac… --- ## [Four cops dead, at least 7 more wounded by snipers at Dallas protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-cops-dead-at-least-7-more-wounded-by-snipers-at-dallas-protest/759355)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-cops-dead-at-least-7-more-wounded-by-snipers-at-dallas-protest/759355 "2016-07-13T23:28:26Z")
\[Cite\](Four officers are dead, including three Dallas police officers and one DART transit officer, after two snipers opened fire on police at the end of a protest against nationwide officer-involved shootings, officials… --- ## [Fox Business News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-business-news/759831)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-business-news/759831 "2016-07-13T21:59:14Z")
The market’s been on quite a roll lately and I’ve been watching some of the business channels to find out what is going on and what to expect and came across Fox Business. Holy Shit! What a piece of crap that is! You … --- ## [Fuck Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-amazon/759779)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-amazon/759779 "2016-07-13T19:17:09Z")
This is a snivelling, whiny little rant, but I just gotta vent. Things are kind of fucked at the moment, and instead of railing against the big things I’m going to throw a hissy fit against the small. Maybe it’ll keep me… --- ## [Conspiracy theorists who target survivors of gun massacres.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists-who-target-survivors-of-gun-massacres/757891)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists-who-target-survivors-of-gun-massacres/757891 "2016-07-13T05:18:59Z")
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Philly-Orlando-shooting-survivor-Patience-Carter-now-fighting-off-conspiracy-theorists-crisis-actor.html It’s now become predicable that every time we have one of these inci… --- ## [The fix was in, apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fix-was-in-apparently/759266)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fix-was-in-apparently/759266 "2016-07-11T20:06:04Z")
Hillary is gonna skate. The head of the FBI came out and read a LONG list of criminal fuckups on her part. And then he announced that they weren’t going to prosecute her for them because she didn’t know what she was do… --- ## [I demand the police apologize for the actions of extremist cops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-the-police-apologize-for-the-actions-of-extremist-cops/759360)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-the-police-apologize-for-the-actions-of-extremist-cops/759360 "2016-07-11T07:00:31Z")
When a terrorist does something halfway across the world, there is no shortage of people asking - nay, demanding - that other Muslims apologize for their actions, because anything else is a tacit approval of terror tacti… --- ## [I am tired of you playing the cripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tired-of-you-playing-the-cripple/759032)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tired-of-you-playing-the-cripple/759032 "2016-07-10T19:47:52Z")
Our daughter is having a party. You are required to walk maybe fifty feet. You are not so disabled to do that. Get off your dead ass, FFS. --- ## [To anyone who supports so-called "2nd amendment solutions".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-supports-so-called-2nd-amendment-solutions/759386)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-supports-so-called-2nd-amendment-solutions/759386 "2016-07-09T22:15:23Z")
This is what it looks like assholes. Are you happy now? --- ## [Stuck Between A Rock and BLM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-between-a-rock-and-blm/759272)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-between-a-rock-and-blm/759272 "2016-07-09T18:14:43Z")
What to do when an oppressed minority finds itself in the crosshairs of a louder, less polite, and less scrupulous minority? Well, on Sunday, the soft-spoken, dignified gay community of Toronto found out: you get steamro… --- ## [Sean Fucking Avery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-fucking-avery/759310)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-fucking-avery/759310 "2016-07-09T01:29:51Z")
The former NHL’er (if I can even call him that) has sunk to new lows, videoing this: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/sean-avery-s-life-after-hockey-apparently-includes-harassing-the-homeless-on-snapchat-185315406.html … --- ## [Know what? FUCK your thoughts and prayers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-what-fuck-your-thoughts-and-prayers/757299)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-what-fuck-your-thoughts-and-prayers/757299 "2016-07-08T19:56:34Z")
We know the drill from long practice. After yet another mass killing, something that happens literally every few days in the US, there are cries of sympathy for the families, peace vigils, relentless shared Facebook pos… --- ## [Evernote, I Pit Thee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evernote-i-pit-thee/759002)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evernote-i-pit-thee/759002 "2016-07-08T07:24:19Z")
This is not going to be a pitting to excite anyone, but I just find it so annoying that the Evernote insists on not offering folders and subfolders as a sorting hierarchy. It’s the only experience I personally have on th… --- ## [Loud fireworks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-fireworks/759051)
**Author:** [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-fireworks/759051 "2016-07-08T03:56:58Z")
Seriously? Wtf are we Americans thinking? These bombs that people are setting off do nothing other than upset my dog, and the men and women that served my great country. Let’s keep fucking then up more! BOOM, yay --- ## [Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463)
**Author:** [@IBuildEm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBuildEm)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463 "2016-07-05T12:52:35Z")
I have met a great many people that said “I voted for Obama, but I regret it now” Coming to the conclusion that there is nothing that can be said to justify Obama’s actions, whether it be on international trade, terror, … --- ## [Male violence and insecurity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-violence-and-insecurity/758517)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-violence-and-insecurity/758517 "2016-07-04T11:57:14Z")
If you look around the world you live in, it won’t take too long before you observe men in a pointless struggle for dominance in the male hierarchy that exists in their own mind. These are men who use religion as an exc… --- ## [God damn it, Democrats!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-democrats/758592)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-democrats/758592 "2016-07-04T05:06:01Z")
The Democratic Party platform committee has voted down planks against fracking, against rejecting TPP, against condemning Israel for their occupation of Palestine, and even more progressive positions. --- ## [I pit my heartless family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-heartless-family/758120)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-heartless-family/758120 "2016-07-03T22:12:04Z")
I’m aware that in the following screed I keep switching back and forth from a narrative to directly addressing the people in question, but I am just too weary to go through and change it. Rest assured that when I say “yo… --- ## [Aus set to get convicted criminal elected to senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aus-set-to-get-convicted-criminal-elected-to-senate/758960)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aus-set-to-get-convicted-criminal-elected-to-senate/758960 "2016-07-03T17:08:49Z")
We’ve just had an election, and the senate votes won’t be counted for a while. but predictions are that Darryn Hinch (“the human headline”) will get elected. Because (1) He’s not either of the main parties. (2) He’s go… --- ## [Attention Bicyclists: Unless Your Bike has Training Wheels, Get Back in the Street where You Belong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bicyclists-unless-your-bike-has-training-wheels-get-back-in-the-street-where-you-belong/758649)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bicyclists-unless-your-bike-has-training-wheels-get-back-in-the-street-where-you-belong/758649 "2016-07-01T22:41:42Z")
I remember back in sixth grade, my class put on a school play about bicycling rules. One of those rules was to stay off the sidewalks, and ride in the street, with the traffic and not against, obey the lights and signs,… --- ## [Pentagon Bureaucrats: Bomb Squad Doesn't Qualify For Hazard Pay, Must Refund Past Payments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-bureaucrats-bomb-squad-doesnt-qualify-for-hazard-pay-must-refund-past-payments/758700)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-bureaucrats-bomb-squad-doesnt-qualify-for-hazard-pay-must-refund-past-payments/758700 "2016-07-01T21:26:46Z")
An example of why the “MF” in “REMF” is entirely too kind: Good luck retaining or recruiting bomb squad technicians in the future, guys. On the bright side, we’ve identified some people who have officially determined t… --- ## [I pit the Home Depot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-home-depot/758668)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-home-depot/758668 "2016-07-01T20:55:21Z")
I really only needed something simple-a tile. And because my house is essentially all builder-grade, it’s not a particularly high-end tile. It’s a pretty basic white, gloss finish, ceramic 4 1/4 x 6 inch, cove sanitary … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=118)