# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=121 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 122 --- ## [On the Topic of Transgenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-transgenders/753980)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-transgenders/753980 "2016-05-12T15:20:00Z")
What do you think of the trans issue? My view: if you have a y-chromosome, you’re a male. If you don’t, you’re a female. PERIOD. Gender and sex are the same. Bruce Jenner is a man, as is Bradley Manning. Chastity Bono i… --- ## [Woman at Walmart lectures a father using Food Stamps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-at-walmart-lectures-a-father-using-food-stamps/753820)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-at-walmart-lectures-a-father-using-food-stamps/753820 "2016-05-12T13:38:35Z")
Fuck this nasty woman. She has no idea what this father’s story is. I get government help and it weighs on me quite a bit, but there’s really not much that I can do about it now. This man says he has a job, and if it’… --- ## [Yet another bimbo "wellness" blogger found to be a fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331 "2016-05-11T12:19:15Z")
I have been a food blogger for well more than a decade. I write about food. I don’t dispense medical advice because I am not a medical professional. As a matter of fact, I don’t make a living from blogging, although most… --- ## [I am a man who uses womens deodorant and am proud of it so FUCK OFF!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-man-who-uses-womens-deodorant-and-am-proud-of-it-so-fuck-off/121845)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-man-who-uses-womens-deodorant-and-am-proud-of-it-so-fuck-off/121845 "2016-05-10T19:47:21Z")
This is a very weak rant, but I have had it up to my fresh fragrance pits with the fucking macho friends I have. When I go to the gym and work out I, like most people, feel dirty and nasty afterwards. So we go into the l… --- ## [We thought we'd killed the demon but the MFer won't stay dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-thought-wed-killed-the-demon-but-the-mfer-wont-stay-dead/754451)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-thought-wed-killed-the-demon-but-the-mfer-wont-stay-dead/754451 "2016-05-10T17:17:07Z")
NOT DONE YET! CRUZ MOUNTS DELEGATE FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP Why doesn’t Cruz simply go away already? What a child. --- ## [Mossback Fonseca](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mossback-fonseca/754356)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mossback-fonseca/754356 "2016-05-09T05:01:22Z")
Okay, this is really a question, but I thought I would ask it here, so that lots of cussing and vitriol might be spilled. \[QUOTE=“\[Raw Story: Panama Papers release upcoming\] (The Panama Papers are about to be released … --- ## [WGU is a shill for Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wgu-is-a-shill-for-cisco/754055)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wgu-is-a-shill-for-cisco/754055 "2016-05-09T00:05:03Z")
I am studying network security at WGU. Some of my courses focus exclusively on Cisco, and nobody ever even mentions the other manufacturers. My textbooks read like advertisements for Cisco. College is not about forcin… --- ## [Failed incentives in the work place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-incentives-in-the-work-place/753909)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-incentives-in-the-work-place/753909 "2016-05-08T20:42:46Z")
No matter how hard you work, or how good of a job you do, you can be laid off with no notice at many companies. On the other hand, if you aren’t doing very well, or do something wrong, there is usually a warning process… --- ## [What the hell happened to Journalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-journalism/753908)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-journalism/753908 "2016-05-08T08:55:31Z")
I have been bitching about this for a while. Now its time for a pit thread. This may mean nothing to you, but I think it is big problem. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/two-florida-men-remembered-after-death… --- ## [Hector St Clare - racist much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hector-st-clare-racist-much/754048)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hector-st-clare-racist-much/754048 "2016-05-08T06:35:28Z")
Was going to leave this at “All righty, then”, but really, you had to double down… Jesus, that’s such a fucking racist thing to say outright, I almost took it for parody. Almost. Wait, the way you were trumpeting rati… --- ## [Fuck Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple/753774)
**Author:** [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple/753774 "2016-05-07T02:38:14Z")
I updated my iPhone’s music app, and poof!, all my music is gone. Okay, not GONE gone, it’s just sitting somewhere quietly on iTunes. All I have to do is download it. Again. Listen, fuckers. I live in a 3rd world cou… --- ## [To the bastard who cloned my debit card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-bastard-who-cloned-my-debit-card/753459)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-bastard-who-cloned-my-debit-card/753459 "2016-05-06T03:23:35Z")
Dear Scumsucker, I see you withdrew some cash in Amsterdam. May the flames of a thousand suns burn in your crotch from the new and creative disease you acquire from your visit to the Red Light District with my money. M… --- ## [Fuck You, iTunes !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-itunes/694854)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-itunes/694854 "2016-05-05T23:16:17Z")
Had no choice. Could NOT import photos from family trip from MacBook Pro into iPad without updating iPad. Lost all music. Now, it’s still on my MacBook. I just tried to import it. Since most of it is stuff I bought deca… --- ## [Supreme Courts Mandates and Lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-courts-mandates-and-lies/753813)
**Author:** [@tony424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tony424)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-courts-mandates-and-lies/753813 "2016-05-05T22:37:58Z")
According to a news media; Judge’s are saying that in some states school are not fully funded and has caused some schools to short fall of the State constitution’s guarantee of thorough and efficient Education. Interesti… --- ## [Shit like this makes me want to disband the military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-like-this-makes-me-want-to-disband-the-military/753492)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-like-this-makes-me-want-to-disband-the-military/753492 "2016-05-05T15:49:21Z")
If you are on trial, you don’t get to unilaterally declare yourself not guilty. This is not acceptable! First you bomb a hospital full of innocent civilians, then you say to the UN “It’s doesn’t matter because we did… --- ## [Thank you Hulu plus, for making me start to dislike Tina Fey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-hulu-plus-for-making-me-start-to-dislike-tina-fey/753815)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-hulu-plus-for-making-me-start-to-dislike-tina-fey/753815 "2016-05-05T01:25:17Z")
I have nothing against Tina Fey, I actually enjoy some of her work. But hulu plus shows the same god damn commercial constantly where Fey tries too hard to be charming. After watching it at least 20 times I am really sta… --- ## [You are not living in the crime capital of the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-living-in-the-crime-capital-of-the-world/753449)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-living-in-the-crime-capital-of-the-world/753449 "2016-05-03T16:15:37Z")
To my neighbor with the rabidly over-sensitive car alarm: You must be new to the area, because it’s only been happening for a few weeks. I’ll bet you’re paying a ridiculously high rent because this area has suddenly be… --- ## [A scummy child-molesting Republican. What a shock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scummy-child-molesting-republican-what-a-shock/751738)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scummy-child-molesting-republican-what-a-shock/751738 "2016-05-02T15:09:44Z")
Yet another family values Republican. J. Dennis Hastert, a little known low-level Republican of little renown, has not been formally charged with molesting 14 year old boys - because of statutes of limitation, apparent… --- ## [April showers may bring glowers (Mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-may-bring-glowers-mini-rants/750817)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-may-bring-glowers-mini-rants/750817 "2016-05-02T14:58:37Z")
I’m tired of waiting for a clever person to title the new mini rant thread. I have an ear infection. It’s yucky. Even worse? Apparently, in my fevered state Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning? I went on a letter wri… --- ## [The Bundys are their coterie don't give a shit about the land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-their-coterie-dont-give-a-shit-about-the-land/753552)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-their-coterie-dont-give-a-shit-about-the-land/753552 "2016-05-01T14:16:37Z")
Not only are they destroying sensitive land, they’re vandalizing ancient petroglyphs. --- ## [I don't believe ISIS is Islamic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-isis-is-islamic/737967)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-isis-is-islamic/737967 "2016-05-01T06:37:06Z")
Habakkuk 1:3 Habakkuk 1:4 Habakkuk 1:9 Habakkuk 1:10 Habakkuk 1:11 I think the last describes ISIS. As long as their military might accomplishes something, they feel special. It is their god. They are brutal mu… --- ## [sweat209 is thick as two short planks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409 "2016-04-30T03:25:09Z")
Just deleted a reply to Dunning-Kruger poster child, sweat209, in the below linked thread, and created a new more satisfying one here. No, you’re finding it hard to change your views because you are extremely stupid an… --- ## [What is wrong with these women around me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-women-around-me/753131)
**Author:** [@phreak9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreak9)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-women-around-me/753131 "2016-04-29T13:25:31Z")
I am in my mid 30’s and this is what I see from women around my age. Half dont work!! HALF!!! -3 are on disability or welfare and 2 of them are clearly faking it or embellishing it as they seem to have no problems or s… --- ## [I pit Amazon Product Feedback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-amazon-product-feedback/753183)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-amazon-product-feedback/753183 "2016-04-29T06:55:12Z")
It’s not enough that I answer yes/no questions or rate things on a numerical scale. No – they insist that I write a narrative to explain what was good or bad about my experience. I’ll tell you what was bad – having to … --- ## [Dr. Phil doesn't really care about kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-doesnt-really-care-about-kids/752241)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-doesnt-really-care-about-kids/752241 "2016-04-28T17:27:05Z")
I caught the latest episode of Dr. Phil today and I’m outraged at what a scummy fuck he is when it comes to the welfare of kids. Though he’s a television personality and of course shilling for his show, I thought he was … --- ## [FinnAgain is a bigger fuckwipe than I thought! Shmendrick sucks too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnagain-is-a-bigger-fuckwipe-than-i-thought-shmendrick-sucks-too/752800)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnagain-is-a-bigger-fuckwipe-than-i-thought-shmendrick-sucks-too/752800 "2016-04-27T01:52:58Z")
In re: this thread- handsomeharry is an idiot - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board I just stumbled upon it tonight. Or, if I had stumbled upon it earlier, I didn’t give it much attention. Just found this thread… --- ## [The Great Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-outage/752846)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-outage/752846 "2016-04-27T01:47:53Z")
Might as well start this one. Boy, that outage sure sucked. --- ## [Okay conservatives and war hawks, you can pay for the military by yourselves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-conservatives-and-war-hawks-you-can-pay-for-the-military-by-yourselves/752994)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-conservatives-and-war-hawks-you-can-pay-for-the-military-by-yourselves/752994 "2016-04-25T23:12:56Z")
I am sick of hearing the argument of “Why should taxpayers spend money on that, when you can work hard and pay for it yourself” about healthcare and education reform from people who want our government to spend even more… --- ## [Super lame pitting, but eat shit Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-lame-pitting-but-eat-shit-tapatalk/752702)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-lame-pitting-but-eat-shit-tapatalk/752702 "2016-04-25T16:34:32Z")
I don’t give a fuck how anyone posts to this messageboard. I also don’t blame any posters for this, as they are clearly not doing it themselves. Whatever the fuck Tapatalk is, I now despise it on principle for infecting… --- ## [The worst of the worst (SDMB version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-sdmb-version/752693)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-sdmb-version/752693 "2016-04-24T21:29:22Z")
I may receive some flak for posting this but I’ve wanted to do it for some time now. There are a handful (maybe more) of regular posters here who consistently demonstrate profound idiocy. Many post in ways difficult to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=122)