# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=120 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 121 --- ## [I pit my religious upbringing for the sexual damage it's caused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-religious-upbringing-for-the-sexual-damage-its-caused/643981)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-religious-upbringing-for-the-sexual-damage-its-caused/643981 "2016-06-05T17:54:08Z")
Ready for some TMI? It took me four years of attempting to stick a tampon up my vagina before I could finally do it without excruciating pain. The first time a guy fingered me, it felt so horrible that I asked him to s… --- ## [I hate this trend in web design: banners over the top of the page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-trend-in-web-design-banners-over-the-top-of-the-page/756218)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-trend-in-web-design-banners-over-the-top-of-the-page/756218 "2016-06-05T12:40:26Z")
This is the second installment of my epic 7-part trilogy on web design that began with the thread “Load more comments”. There’s a trend in web design I’m seeing all over the place now and it’s bugging the hell out of me… --- ## [Your company is in business for one reason, yet you failed to deliver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-company-is-in-business-for-one-reason-yet-you-failed-to-deliver/755786)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-company-is-in-business-for-one-reason-yet-you-failed-to-deliver/755786 "2016-06-04T19:52:55Z")
Literally failed to deliver…one of the packages. I was supposed to get three packages today. You have a really good website that updates with each ‘touch’ of a package so I can see that one arrived at the distribution … --- ## [What a horrible day today was!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-horrible-day-today-was/756266)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-horrible-day-today-was/756266 "2016-06-04T17:39:07Z")
I drove up to Windsor, Ontario to drop off the renewal application for my Canadian passport. The reasoning was: my sister had a very hard time finding somebody local who could do a Canadian passport photo; last time FedE… --- ## [Damn it! I \[i\]want\[/i\] to pay my child support!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-i-i-want-i-to-pay-my-child-support/75994)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-i-i-want-i-to-pay-my-child-support/75994 "2016-06-04T04:34:58Z")
OK, my first few post have been lite hearted to say the least but now I really got to bitch! I recently got divorced about four months ago and every since then people have been telling me of ways to scam to get my child … --- ## [Ken Starr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-starr/755785)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-starr/755785 "2016-06-03T22:37:35Z")
So this piece of crap spends $50+ millions of our taxes to investigate a semen stain involving consensual sex, yet basically ignores multiple reports of RAPE on his own campus. Worse, his football coach, Art Briles, gets… --- ## [May Glowers Bring (out) Grim Pills \[May mini-rants thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-glowers-bring-out-grim-pills-may-mini-rants-thread/753578)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-glowers-bring-out-grim-pills-may-mini-rants-thread/753578 "2016-06-02T18:54:43Z")
What am I being a pill about today? Coupla things, both internet related. It’s time to re-up my SDMB subscription, but I’m on my tablet, and unsure if my new debit card info has been entered into my user CP. The er… --- ## [My inconsiderate asshat of an ex-wife...FFS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inconsiderate-asshat-of-an-ex-wife-ffs/755700)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-inconsiderate-asshat-of-an-ex-wife-ffs/755700 "2016-06-02T15:04:08Z")
I am in my second marriage, with a blended family. My wife and I have two biological kids together, and she is a great stepmom to my older two bio children from my first marriage. My wife gets only one week off from wo… --- ## [How has Lepage managed to get away with death threats for so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-lepage-managed-to-get-away-with-death-threats-for-so-long/756194)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-lepage-managed-to-get-away-with-death-threats-for-so-long/756194 "2016-06-02T02:47:27Z")
In 2013, he threatened to blow up the Portland Press Herald. Shortly after the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, he said in a speech to a high school that he wanted to shoot the cartoonist at theBangor Daily News. A f… --- ## ["Load more comments"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/load-more-comments/680179)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/load-more-comments/680179 "2016-06-01T21:36:20Z")
Nowadays its seem like on half the discussion or comment pages on the Internet, it only displays a small number of comments, and then you have to endlessly keep on clicking “load more comments” in order to see the rest. … --- ## [I pit the media for giving Trump all that free advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-media-for-giving-trump-all-that-free-advertising/756173)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-media-for-giving-trump-all-that-free-advertising/756173 "2016-06-01T15:37:18Z")
Always talking about the racist things he said, or absurd plans he had, or giving him over an hour to run a commercial for Trump Steak on a primary night. And people just ate it right up! Pretty much every candidate in… --- ## [Today's Example of the Religion of Peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-example-of-the-religion-of-peace/755929)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-example-of-the-religion-of-peace/755929 "2016-05-31T19:29:22Z")
And todays example of mercy and compassion comes to us from Egypt! --- ## [Sports preempting regular programing, and holy fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-preempting-regular-programing-and-holy-fire/113014)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-preempting-regular-programing-and-holy-fire/113014 "2002-06-13T00:18:13Z")
Let me say, first of all, I don’t have anything against organized sports per se (That’s not entirely accurate, but it will help my argument if I say that :wink: ), I’m not a sports fan, and I never have been. But if tha… --- ## [Is Kwanzaa a joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290)
**Author:** [@bomberswarm2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bomberswarm2)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290 "2016-05-28T22:25:26Z")
As above. --- ## [The unbelievable arrogance of academics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbelievable-arrogance-of-academics/67263)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbelievable-arrogance-of-academics/67263 "2016-05-28T20:57:07Z")
I just posted this response into another thread. My rant will begin after but am pasting it here since it has some background: ================== I went to grad school. I taught at a college for 5 years. I now work in … --- ## [GlowingDarkness, you are a vile, hateful, turd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glowingdarkness-you-are-a-vile-hateful-turd/755870)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glowingdarkness-you-are-a-vile-hateful-turd/755870 "2016-05-28T07:31:01Z")
I saw this thread about United Flight 93 and said, “OK, just another 9/11 conspiracy nutter.” But then you shat on the memory of the victims of the attacks with these two pieces of garbage: GlowingDorkness, you are a … --- ## [The latest in abortion insanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-abortion-insanity/754590)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-abortion-insanity/754590 "2016-05-26T21:47:41Z")
This one really has to be seen to be believed. A new abortion-related law has been passed in Utah: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-abortion-20160510-20160509-snap-story.html \[QUOTE=Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los A… --- ## [Work: What I HATE about training women.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936 "2016-05-26T13:09:28Z")
I could have sworn I’ve bitched about this before, but I couldn’t find the thread so I’ll just start a new one. I’m currently training an attractive lady at work. She herself, is a nice intelligent lady. I have no issue… --- ## ["software developers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-developers/755351)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-developers/755351 "2016-05-25T20:08:28Z")
A story popped up on Ars recently about a vulnerability in an image compression tool. A thing that takes uploads and reduces them from, whatever, you upload a 20megapixel RAW file and it squeezes it to, like, a few hundr… --- ## [Fuck the Italian EMT who stole James Gandolfinis watch as he lay dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481 "2016-05-24T20:24:43Z")
A quick fuck you to the Italian EMT who stole James Gandolfinis Rolex as he lay dying in a hotel room in Rome. Hope someone whacks him. Ironic that the guys last name is Bevelaqua. :smiley: --- ## [Fuck Facebook's so called "one day" suspensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-facebooks-so-called-one-day-suspensions/755474)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-facebooks-so-called-one-day-suspensions/755474 "2016-05-24T15:35:01Z")
Due to garden variety chickenshit, Facebook suspended me for “one day” Saturday, notifying me that forbidden content had been removed and asking me to certify other content as permitted. OK, great. But when it came time… --- ## [Friggin insurance company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friggin-insurance-company/753442)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friggin-insurance-company/753442 "2016-05-23T23:30:12Z")
Got a call from our agent yesterday warning us to expect a notice from our insurance company (rhymes with Great Harm) informing us that they would be cancelling our homeowner’s insurance policy. Our offense? We had the… --- ## [What's the big deal about Oxycontin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939 "2016-05-22T18:08:13Z")
According to what I’m reading and watching from the media, Oxycontin is the biggest thing in addictive drugs since the invention of alcohol. Prescriptions have multiplied exponentially. It’s being stolen and resold und… --- ## [Tribeca Film Festival to screen Wakefield anti-vac film.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribeca-film-festival-to-screen-wakefield-anti-vac-film/749890)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribeca-film-festival-to-screen-wakefield-anti-vac-film/749890 "2016-05-22T15:43:42Z")
https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/vaxxed-from-coverup-to-catastrophe-2016 The trailer: https://player.vimeo.com/video/159566038 This shit just won’t go away. How many more unnecessarily sick, damaged, or dead childr… --- ## [Getting your license renewed, aka the seventh circle of Hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-license-renewed-aka-the-seventh-circle-of-hell/754974)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-license-renewed-aka-the-seventh-circle-of-hell/754974 "2016-05-19T18:17:39Z")
:mad: Been here an hour. Finally got a token. No 419. The counter is on 271. Do I want a license that badly. Never realized what mass of humanity. Thank God I have 4g internet, otherwise I would kill myself. ETA: The… --- ## [WTF is wrong with garbage truck drivers when emptying dumpsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-wrong-with-garbage-truck-drivers-when-emptying-dumpsters/755040)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-wrong-with-garbage-truck-drivers-when-emptying-dumpsters/755040 "2016-05-18T21:45:47Z")
Garbage truck drivers emptying dumpsters, that is. Neither I, nor my coworkers, can figure out why in hell they can’t set the dumpster back down in its original position. I have watched garbage trucks empty dumpsters ma… --- ## [It's time (again) to officially Pit Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County prison program.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-again-to-officially-pit-joe-arpaio-and-the-maricopa-county-prison-program/606329)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-again-to-officially-pit-joe-arpaio-and-the-maricopa-county-prison-program/606329 "2016-05-17T11:51:42Z")
Apparently the feds, after a lengthy investigation, have finally realized what many have known for years: \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_ARIZONA\_SHERIFF\_CIVIL\_RIGHTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAUL… --- ## [Satisfying Salsas!\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfying-salsas/754511)
**Author:** [@txst16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txst16)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfying-salsas/754511 "2016-05-13T20:46:44Z")
My mother taught me Spanish basics when I was very young. Right around the first grade. I took an interest studying it from about 6th grade up through my junior year of high school. Myself and another kid in our grade we… --- ## [I sometimes wonder which party has the dumbest and most vulgar fools within it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-wonder-which-party-has-the-dumbest-and-most-vulgar-fools-within-it/754657)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-wonder-which-party-has-the-dumbest-and-most-vulgar-fools-within-it/754657 "2016-05-13T15:22:20Z")
And then I read a story with comments like this to tilt the scales. Check out those comments. YOU WIN republicans, you are the most vulgar, death celebrating cretins around. --- ## [I pit the Pizza Hut in Franklin, VA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pizza-hut-in-franklin-va/754334)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pizza-hut-in-franklin-va/754334 "2016-05-12T16:41:49Z")
If you’re ever passing through Franklin, Virginia, don’t bother going to the Pizza Hut there. They have terrible customer service, and the half-pepperoni-and-mushroom, half-Veggie Lover’s stuffed crust pizza forced both… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=121)