# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=12 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 13 --- ## [Drivers are becoming more assholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-are-becoming-more-assholic/1002561)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-are-becoming-more-assholic/1002561 "2025-05-29T11:36:14Z")
Maybe it’s the growing congestion in the Front Range leading to road rage or maybe it’s all y’all coming to Northern Colorado from Tex-ass and Cali, but over the last year traffic here in the Denver/Front Range has gotte… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump - Special West Point Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-west-point-edition/1018882)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-west-point-edition/1018882 "2025-05-28T23:33:25Z")
Our nation’s poet delivered the commencement speech at the United States Military Academy. He took the opportunity to discuss military issues. I tell a story sometimes about a man who was a great, great real estate m… --- ## [Unethical people & product warranties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unethical-people-product-warranties/1018585)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unethical-people-product-warranties/1018585 "2025-05-22T23:55:50Z")
So I asked a question on Reddit about hiking socks. Specifically, I asked if there were any that were machine washable with warm water, normal cycle, and tumble dry medium, because while my Darn Tough socks are great a… --- ## [Selfish, elderly democratic politicians are really pissing me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-elderly-democratic-politicians-are-really-pissing-me-off/1018638)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-elderly-democratic-politicians-are-really-pissing-me-off/1018638 "2025-05-22T23:39:45Z")
What brought this thread about was the vote in the house for the Trump budget which will, among other things, cut medicad enrollment by millions. I heard that the GOP can lose 4 votes and still pass the bill. I thought ‘… --- ## [The current iteration of the golden age syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-iteration-of-the-golden-age-syndrome/1017460)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-iteration-of-the-golden-age-syndrome/1017460 "2025-05-21T22:54:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from "The past was much more glorious" in fiction. What is this called?: MMEGA (Make Middle Earth Great Again) Out of deference to our respected mod, I will reply as a linked topic. MMAGA … --- ## [Video shows Sean Combs beating the shit out of Cassie Ventura](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-shows-sean-combs-beating-the-shit-out-of-cassie-ventura/1001723)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-shows-sean-combs-beating-the-shit-out-of-cassie-ventura/1001723 "2025-05-21T01:13:11Z")
Video has been released that shows Sean Combs beating Cassie Ventura quite badly when she tried to leave a hotel they were in. Man, I knew the guy was a jerk, but this is really bad. I hope he faces some fucking consequ… --- ## [Donald Trump is Big Brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547 "2025-05-19T19:47:56Z")
Not only is he Auric Goldfinger, now he’s Big Brother from 1984. That’s the almost inevitable comment made after a giant portrait of Trump showed up as a banner on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building I’m flab… --- ## [I Pit United and New Zealand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-united-and-new-zealand/1018102)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-united-and-new-zealand/1018102 "2025-05-12T00:31:50Z")
I’ve traveled all over the world. And I’ve never been asked to apply for a transit visa just to pass through an airport. I’m due to fly to Australia tonight on United. I went to check in this morning, and I couldn’t Bec… --- ## [TRUMP think big expo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-think-big-expo/359747)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-think-big-expo/359747 "2025-05-09T18:08:35Z")
I meant to rant on this a couple years ago but it’s rearing it’s ugly head again. I thought the days were gone when the traveling salesman rolled into town with bells and sirens blaring, sold everyone a bottle of snake-… --- ## [The specific clusterfuck of discussing war plans over Signal, a consumer cellphone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157 "2025-05-06T20:14:22Z")
I feel like this specific incident deserves its own pit thread. With Miller’s permission, I have moved all the threads from the general “clusterfuck” thread to this one. Hopefully, I did it fairly cleanly. My apologies f… --- ## [The Roman Catholic Church can go sit on a crucifix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roman-catholic-church-can-go-sit-on-a-crucifix/957926)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roman-catholic-church-can-go-sit-on-a-crucifix/957926 "2025-05-01T20:41:58Z")
A 12 year old boy is sexually abused by a priest, and does the Polish Roman Catholic Church deny that it happens? No. What happens is that those rat bastards are trying to push the story that the 12 year old boy was ga… --- ## [April Sours... (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-sours-monthly-mini-rants/1016445)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-sours-monthly-mini-rants/1016445 "2025-05-01T05:14:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants): I’ve been fighting a cold for about a week now. The symptoms are mostly gone, except this nagging tickle in the back of my throa… --- ## [JD Vance you unctuous dithering prat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-you-unctuous-dithering-prat/1017320)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-you-unctuous-dithering-prat/1017320 "2025-04-24T02:01:45Z")
Now the sins and failing of this reprehensible, toadying reptile elected to high office on 45/47’s coat tails have been discussed in detail and length in many other threads. That he resides within a mere Big Mac choking … --- ## [Bill Maher and Larry David](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-and-larry-david/1017362)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-and-larry-david/1017362 "2025-04-23T16:31:45Z")
Larry David just wrote this op-ed piece for the NY Times (gift link): It’s spoofing something that Bill Maher did (talked about? wrote about?), some dinner he had with Trump. I tried to track down what happened, but… --- ## [Cybertrucks falling apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780 "2025-04-20T22:08:42Z")
Well, actually it’s just some stainless steel body panels that are falling off. While the truck is being driven at speed. Evidently some trim and body panels are only glued on, and the glue has been failing , probably d… --- ## [You FUCKING Bastard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146 "2025-04-14T01:32:31Z")
I’m up way too late, and I decide to dial in some internet radio via iTunes to have some background noise, while I try to take care of a couple of things for work. As I’m typing away, I find one of the tunes that’s play… --- ## [Grumpy old luddites around here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumpy-old-luddites-around-here/1016701)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumpy-old-luddites-around-here/1016701 "2025-04-12T14:37:24Z")
It seems like there have been an inordinate number of “I’m old, I don’t want to change, and computers are expensive!” posts around here. Even when the computers and software in question are actually quite ancient and t… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J, Trump -- National Republican Congressional Committee edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-edition/1016828)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-edition/1016828 "2025-04-09T21:15:30Z")
Well, thank you very much. This is a great room. And, you know, We’ve done very well in this room before, But right now, We broke every record. I just heard from Mike Johnson. He said, We broke every record, sir. … --- ## [March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973 "2025-04-03T00:13:02Z")
Who gives their spouse sick with a debilitating cancer diagnosis their marching orders? Shape up or ship out? I get she’s pissed about it but don’t blame him for puking up and being a couch potato with chemo fog. 37 ye… --- ## [I am pitting the New York State and Local Retirement System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pitting-the-new-york-state-and-local-retirement-system/1016462)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pitting-the-new-york-state-and-local-retirement-system/1016462 "2025-04-01T22:25:40Z")
I have a simple request. I need a form. I go to their website. The pop-up tells me I can’t access the website. So I should call their phone number. I call their phone number. The recorded message tells me they’re busy … --- ## [User Jasmine’s opinions regarding the US system of jurisprudence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-jasmine-s-opinions-regarding-the-us-system-of-jurisprudence/1016214)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-jasmine-s-opinions-regarding-the-us-system-of-jurisprudence/1016214 "2025-03-30T18:35:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Luigi murder case–15,000 documents?: This is an incredibly ignorant statement to make. Under US Constitutional jurisprudence, everyone accused of a felony crime is afforded presumption of… --- ## [I pit having to jump through hoops just to pay my bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-having-to-jump-through-hoops-just-to-pay-my-bills/1015955)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-having-to-jump-through-hoops-just-to-pay-my-bills/1015955 "2025-03-29T11:11:31Z")
I hereby Pit my electric company, house insurance company, auto insurance company, and all and sundry other agencies that make me jump through hoops to pay my bills. I should be able to put my account number Here, my deb… --- ## [I pit America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-america/1009759)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-america/1009759 "2025-03-27T01:50:33Z")
Fuck this country. Fuck the tens of millions of voters who decided to put a fascist in charge of this country. Fuck the billionaires who decided they’d make more money with the fascists in charge. Fuck the non-voters who… --- ## [The Department of Faith is re-instated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-department-of-faith-is-re-instated/1014043)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-department-of-faith-is-re-instated/1014043 "2025-03-23T13:16:10Z")
Distraction or actual, unthinkable idea? This is a video from PBS It appears donald re-enstated it during his first term. Don’t know how I missed that. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me. --- ## [How have you guys not pitted Elon Musk yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047 "2025-03-22T08:44:39Z")
I mean, he called one of the British divers who rescued the Thai kids trapped in a cave a pedophile on Twitter. And then he doubled down on the claim after being called out on it. Just what the fuck is wrong with him? No… --- ## [Trump's disgusting shakedown of Zelensky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940 "2025-03-18T08:42:00Z")
I know. There are other Trump threads. If this feels redundant, shut it down. But there are occasionally moments so over the fucking top that I feel like they deserve their own separate discussion. BBC article with vide… --- ## [Kiss or Slap Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405 "2025-03-17T22:07:29Z")
My Facebook feed is constantly getting short videos of young women (one in particular, but there are several) who ask guys on the street, “Kiss or Slap?” The guys usually say, “Slap,” then she presents her butt like a h… --- ## [JD Vance says that Nazis are discriminated against in Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-says-that-nazis-are-discriminated-against-in-germany/1014356)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-says-that-nazis-are-discriminated-against-in-germany/1014356 "2025-03-16T09:35:12Z")
This jerk makes my blood boil. --- ## [SOTU ~ Your unvarnished responses here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sotu-your-unvarnished-responses-here/1015144)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sotu-your-unvarnished-responses-here/1015144 "2025-03-11T01:08:46Z")
The damn republicans in both houses of congress are scum. Felon47 just slithered in to deliver (yeah, right) the SOTU. And instead of a normal round of applause for their idol, they started doing that rally clap (what is… --- ## [Spineless, gutless, Democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-democrats/1015312)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-democrats/1015312 "2025-03-09T15:51:23Z")
I am so disgusted that 9 Democrats voted to censure Representative Al Green. He did what they all ahould do all. The. Damn. Time. They need to quit hiding behind decorum, and civility. Those things are useless in the pre… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=13)