# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=119 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 120 --- ## [Some Bernie supporters are really starting to get annoying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-bernie-supporters-are-really-starting-to-get-annoying/757082)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-bernie-supporters-are-really-starting-to-get-annoying/757082 "2016-06-16T16:14:59Z")
Reading their statements on facebook is getting bothersome: Hillary was not coronated, nominated or chosen by party elites. We had an election. Your/our candidate, Bernie Sanders, lost that election. Losing an electio… --- ## [Runner's Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runners-rant/757316)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runners-rant/757316 "2016-06-16T01:18:27Z")
when it’s after 9pm and I’m running, do not : try to block me with your fucking bike, try to stop me in order to “ask a question”. when I’m crossing as a pedestrian on my fucking light, fucking yield, fucking SUV. … --- ## [Not angry at all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-angry-at-all/757215)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-angry-at-all/757215 "2016-06-15T07:49:01Z")
I am not livid. I am not so angry as to render me mute. I have accepted that this exists, and will continue to exist. I embrace my friends who claim religious doctrine and the leaders who espouse it cannot be conflated… --- ## [A Premptive Pitting: Trump's Speech Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-premptive-pitting-trumps-speech-today/757275)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-premptive-pitting-trumps-speech-today/757275 "2016-06-15T06:32:51Z")
Later today, Ill Douche is scheduled to make a speech. He was going to make a speech tearing the lid off the incredible, amazing and huge Clinton scandals. But he’s changed his focus, and now its going to be about nati… --- ## [Big T Can Eat My Ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-t-can-eat-my-ass/757073)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-t-can-eat-my-ass/757073 "2016-06-14T23:54:04Z")
TLDR This fucking mote of a man can suck my left nut 'til my right one is jealous. Lots of people here call you big tard. I think that is offensive to tards. Your name suggests that you are overcompensating and your po… --- ## [Dear American Cops. Look how the real pros do it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-american-cops-look-how-the-real-pros-do-it/756933)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-american-cops-look-how-the-real-pros-do-it/756933 "2016-06-14T20:59:14Z")
Look, first of all, I’m all for every cop going home safe after his shift. I realize America selects it’s cops for the pool of high school graduates, with little or no other skills needed for the job. I realize they… --- ## [From The Not Surprise, but Still Disappointing" File..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-not-surprise-but-still-disappointing-file/757319)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-not-surprise-but-still-disappointing-file/757319 "2016-06-14T18:16:16Z")
Geraldo scolds Orlando victims: “For God’s sakes, fight back!” The Pulse Shooting is/was a false flag operation, so Obuma can take our guns. ION:Nepal Earthquake was fake. Rubble doesn’t look real. :(:mad::frowning: --- ## [You know what, Microsoft? Fuck you. That's what.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247 "2016-06-14T16:15:22Z")
My primary email address has been an msn.com address I’ve had for about 15 years. Today I haven’t been able to check email. Would you like to know why? Because as soon as I get to the email, an ad for Skype pops up cove… --- ## [The hell are you doing in a kid's playground without a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-are-you-doing-in-a-kids-playground-without-a-kid/756920)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-are-you-doing-in-a-kids-playground-without-a-kid/756920 "2016-06-14T01:31:06Z")
There’s an entire motherfuckign park out there for you to lounge in or kick a ball around in or picnic. Why did you, an adult without a child, enter the enclosed toddler play area? Seriously, what the hell are you doing … --- ## [Eat shit Old Navy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-shit-old-navy/757165)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-shit-old-navy/757165 "2016-06-13T23:11:48Z")
That time of the year again Father’s day, and for the past couple years without fail there’s always some retailer, company etc… just likes to shit on the role that Father’s play, and push the idea that fathers are unnece… --- ## [Discussion of Ali being racist \[mod title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-ali-being-racist-mod-title/756549)
**Author:** [@Giraffes\_Can\_t\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffes_Can_t_Dance)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-ali-being-racist-mod-title/756549 "2016-06-13T22:29:44Z")
The latitude allotted to Ali’s racism is quite remarkable. We are set to be ambushed with loads of BS regarding what a great person Ali was. I beg those of you who subscribe to such ignorance to look into how Ali treate… --- ## [EU referendum: with respect, Mr Trump, fuck off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-referendum-with-respect-mr-trump-fuck-off/756413)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-referendum-with-respect-mr-trump-fuck-off/756413 "2016-06-13T11:51:17Z")
Donald Trump is now going to visit the UK the day before the EU Referendum. Mr Trump, it’s OUR vote, not yours. Please respect us enough to let us get on with it. President Obama’s comments were ill-received to say the l… --- ## [Somebody set off a bomb in a Target Womens' Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949 "2016-06-13T04:07:03Z")
No one was hurt. It was a small bomb. Evanston, IL. I’m so angry I can’t even talk. --- ## [A Woman Claimed She Was Raped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-claimed-she-was-raped/757146)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-claimed-she-was-raped/757146 "2016-06-12T23:45:33Z")
I’m so angry I can’t even talk. --- ## [Does Trump calling Warren Pocahontas, make it OK to call him Adolph Drumpf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-calling-warren-pocahontas-make-it-ok-to-call-him-adolph-drumpf/756008)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-calling-warren-pocahontas-make-it-ok-to-call-him-adolph-drumpf/756008 "2016-06-12T22:22:11Z")
So juvenile, but what else is there to do? Ignore him? Try to reason with the Kardashian obsessed American voting public that doesn’t seem to give a damn about any of his asinine behavior? We could have separate threa… --- ## [I pit Trump's cretinous imbecile online supporters (Reddit mainly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trumps-cretinous-imbecile-online-supporters-reddit-mainly/757036)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trumps-cretinous-imbecile-online-supporters-reddit-mainly/757036 "2016-06-12T05:18:44Z")
I waste too much of my time on other online forums (I blame insomnia). So there is a certain especially cretinous type of Trump supporter that is supporting him solely because he is “based shit poster”. Eg in other wor… --- ## [I $%^&ing HATE Liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ing-hate-liberals/756772)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ing-hate-liberals/756772 "2016-06-12T02:41:45Z")
Especially San Francisco liberals, and I say this as a liberal. Why you ask, many reasons, but I just read an article that infuriated me. It relates to Housing in San Francisco, and the refusal of those stuck up latte … --- ## [Lance Strongarm, Complete Fucking Idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-strongarm-complete-fucking-idiot/756978)
**Author:** [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-strongarm-complete-fucking-idiot/756978 "2016-06-11T01:10:17Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=795050 Lance, please tell us you haven’t bred. --- ## [Ralph Nader decries PCness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-decries-pcness/756681)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-decries-pcness/756681 "2016-06-10T15:54:42Z")
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that an 80-something year old man feels this way, and I think he’s right on about college campuses, but then he takes it much further: https://psmag.com/election-season-politics-with-ral… --- ## [I pit the Houston Independent School District](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-houston-independent-school-district/755624)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-houston-independent-school-district/755624 "2016-06-10T12:41:34Z")
I pit the Houston Independent School District for its massive stupidity and waste of taxpayer dollars in renaming schools that had names of Confederates. Political correctness running amok again, and the taxpayers take … --- ## [What, if anything, did DerekMichaels00 learn today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-did-derekmichaels00-learn-today/756926)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-did-derekmichaels00-learn-today/756926 "2016-06-09T22:54:48Z")
Instead of attempting to compile the catalog of ignorance that spills out of DerekMichaels00 every time he puts fingers to keyboard, perhaps he can enlighten us by sharing something - anything! - that is factually correc… --- ## [The Right Wing Paranoids Are Right Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-paranoids-are-right-again/754667)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 576\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-paranoids-are-right-again/754667 "2016-06-09T16:03:11Z")
In 2008, if I had stated on these boards, “Barack Obama will order schools to let transvestites to use the ladies room at all American schools, and will threaten any school that does not comply,” what do you think everyo… --- ## [People Who Are Ignorant About Casino Life (RANT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670 "2016-06-09T16:00:52Z")
I play poker. I don’t think I have mentioned it that often. I love what I do, but the worst thing about playing poker is dealing with people’s perception about the game. It tends to be at one extreme or the other. That … --- ## [Anti-semitism means we can't give internet hugs any more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-means-we-cant-give-internet-hugs-any-more/756724)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-means-we-cant-give-internet-hugs-any-more/756724 "2016-06-08T13:05:42Z")
Grrr… Apparently putting brackets around someone’s name now means that they’re Jewish. Fuck you, Nazi arseholes. We’ll just have to use braces {} instead. --- ## [The lance strongarm transgender bathroom and poly marriage extravaganza thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lance-strongarm-transgender-bathroom-and-poly-marriage-extravaganza-thread/751244)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 658\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lance-strongarm-transgender-bathroom-and-poly-marriage-extravaganza-thread/751244 "2016-06-07T19:04:51Z")
Continuing a discussion from another thread. I would certainly evaluate and consider their position. I’m not anti poly-marriage – I’m very open to it. I’m just not 100% convinced, mostly because I haven’t heard from … --- ## [Free Speech Consequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech-consequences/756390)
**Author:** [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech-consequences/756390 "2016-06-07T01:34:33Z")
Another shitlord getting what he deserves for provoking an anti-Trump and anti-American mob with speech. Trump supporters injured/bleeding after protesters get violent in San Jose. - YouTube --- ## [Council of Islamic Ideology on when to beat your wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/council-of-islamic-ideology-on-when-to-beat-your-wife/755963)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/council-of-islamic-ideology-on-when-to-beat-your-wife/755963 "2016-06-07T01:20:51Z")
Thishighly misogynistic billproposed by the Council of Islamic Ideology (which has a constitutional duty to advise the government and Parliament on Islamic issues) is push-back against the Protection of Women Against Vio… --- ## [BP lied](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-lied/756359)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-lied/756359 "2016-06-06T20:24:02Z")
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-02/bp-to-pay-175-million-to-settle-claims-it-hid-spill-costs Why, those despicable jerks! :mad: --- ## [What The Gun Industry Thinks Women Want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-gun-industry-thinks-women-want/755490)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-gun-industry-thinks-women-want/755490 "2016-06-06T18:01:21Z")
The gun industry’s lobbying arm, also known as the NRA, recently had it’s annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Among the many manufacturers’ displays, were offerings specifically designed for women. I’ll post some cl… --- ## [Hoaxing Social Justice Warrior - Gay Austin Pastor Jordan Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoaxing-social-justice-warrior-gay-austin-pastor-jordan-brown/755007)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoaxing-social-justice-warrior-gay-austin-pastor-jordan-brown/755007 "2016-06-06T12:35:33Z")
So last month, an openly gay pastor of a non-denominational church in Austin TX, went to his local Whole Foods and ordered a custom cake with the words LOVE WINS on the top of the cake. After he picked up the cake, he c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=120)