# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=125 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 126 --- ## [Has ANYONE Ever Gotten Out of Midas With a $79.95 Brake Job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-gotten-out-of-midas-with-a-79-95-brake-job/512594)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-gotten-out-of-midas-with-a-79-95-brake-job/512594 "2016-02-22T20:15:12Z")
I am always suspicious of car repair chains-the advertise absurdly low prices, yet everybody I know (who has gone to them) winds up paying 4-5X the advertised price. They always seem to charge for every pary ($15.00 for … --- ## [LAPD as judge, jury, and executioner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787 "2016-02-22T05:28:36Z")
LAPD officers are understandably jumpy and angry about Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop who has gone on a recept rampage. I told my wife yesterday that they will probably kill him on sight, whether or not he presented an … --- ## [The worst smear tactic used by the left and the right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-smear-tactic-used-by-the-left-and-the-right/745759)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-smear-tactic-used-by-the-left-and-the-right/745759 "2016-02-21T08:59:31Z")
I’ve noticed this pop up quite a bit on talk radio and also liberal commentators on tv and youtube. I never had a clear encapsulation of what I was witnessing until I read a retweet by Sam Harris of a passage in Hitchen… --- ## [EMP Device, Target: Loud Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emp-device-target-loud-neighbor/151668)
**Author:** [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emp-device-target-loud-neighbor/151668 "2016-02-17T16:39:26Z")
I am not a rich man, but if it were somehow possible for me to acquire an EMP device to render my neighbors stereo system inoperable I’d scrimp and save. I’d give almost anything to be able to point the EMP gun at the p… --- ## [Gofundme mooches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-mooches/745668)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-mooches/745668 "2016-02-14T10:10:59Z")
My husband has cancer, and it’s an unusual variety. We’re trying to raise some funds via a gofundme page in order to afford treatment as the costs have drained our savings down to the last nickel, and there are so many p… --- ## [Could Someone explain Joe Namath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-joe-namath/220265)
**Author:** [@NotMrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotMrKnowItAll)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-joe-namath/220265 "2016-02-14T10:09:35Z")
I was watching the Patriots/Jets game this evening. It’s still on. They had Joe Namath on the side line talking to a pretty ESPN sideline commentatator, whose name escapes me. Anyway, he spoke in a very drunk-like fash… --- ## [People who do business with deceptive telemarketers or deceptive junk mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-business-with-deceptive-telemarketers-or-deceptive-junk-mail/745664)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-business-with-deceptive-telemarketers-or-deceptive-junk-mail/745664 "2016-02-14T05:51:50Z")
So what’s the plan here. Trick me into opening your junk mail by pretending you are sending me mail from the government and then hitting me with a mediocre refinancing offer? Do they really think I’m going to want to d… --- ## [Microsoft's One Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsofts-one-drive/745963)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsofts-one-drive/745963 "2016-02-13T18:51:51Z")
So, I tried to upgrade to Office 365 2016, which included a new version of One Drive. One Drive promptly started throwing up errors, saying it couldn’t authenticate because the server was using the wrong version. So, I… --- ## [Mount St. Mary’s Univ. President: Students Not Cuddly Bunnies. You Just Have to Drown the Bunnies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-st-mary-s-univ-president-students-not-cuddly-bunnies-you-just-have-to-drown-the-bunnies/745681)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mount-st-mary-s-univ-president-students-not-cuddly-bunnies-you-just-have-to-drown-the-bunnies/745681 "2016-02-12T23:07:51Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/09/the-controversy-at-mount-st-marys-goes-national-after-professors-are-fired/ Well at least these professors weren’t getting fired for disputing esoteric poin… --- ## [Maine Governor: These Traffickers (D-Money, Shifty...) Impregnate Young White Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-governor-these-traffickers-d-money-shifty-impregnate-young-white-girls/742481)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-governor-these-traffickers-d-money-shifty-impregnate-young-white-girls/742481 "2016-02-12T21:58:05Z")
Well, we all know New York is Sin City, but I was sort of surprised about Connecticut. --- ## [Rant against unit of measure nazis, check your ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-unit-of-measure-nazis-check-your-ignorance/745080)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-against-unit-of-measure-nazis-check-your-ignorance/745080 "2016-02-12T09:58:40Z")
This is not a pitting of dopers, as they tend to be kinder but the unit of measure nazis are just as frustrating as the prescriptive grammar nazis in general. This is absolutely pervasive throughout both the general pub… --- ## [Attention white people: ITS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Think.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-white-people-its-black-history-month-think/745036)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 478\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-white-people-its-black-history-month-think/745036 "2016-02-11T20:36:21Z")
For some reason, some white people forget the significance of February 1st more than they figure out it is April Fool’s Day after they realize news their dog died was a cruel prank: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/article5… --- ## [Fuck You, Martin Shkreli, you worthless, scheming sack of shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-martin-shkreli-you-worthless-scheming-sack-of-shit/740738)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-martin-shkreli-you-worthless-scheming-sack-of-shit/740738 "2016-02-10T22:44:55Z")
Yeah you, ya fucking peckerhead. Here’s hoping you get a 20 year sentence and get royally gang-butt-fucked (including eyes/ears/nose and throat) by Bubba and company,you worthless, scheming sack of shit. --- ## [Narendra Modi, you asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narendra-modi-you-asshole/745110)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narendra-modi-you-asshole/745110 "2016-02-10T06:47:04Z")
The Prime minister of India is a worthless dick Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won the 2014 general elections in India in a landslide victory. The BJP … aligned with the extre… --- ## ["'Your son has killed two kafirs. I slit their throats with a dagger'"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-son-has-killed-two-kafirs-i-slit-their-throats-with-a-dagger/745035)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-son-has-killed-two-kafirs-i-slit-their-throats-with-a-dagger/745035 "2016-02-08T15:27:14Z")
Below is the last conversation between a Pakistani terrorist who was killed in latest terror attack in India and his mother : Just wanted to show the mindset of cancerous Islamic terrorism and the face of true Islam. … --- ## [Fuck You Roosh Valizadeh, right up the old Wazoo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-roosh-valizadeh-right-up-the-old-wazoo/745082)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-roosh-valizadeh-right-up-the-old-wazoo/745082 "2016-02-07T20:49:16Z")
Yeah you Roosh, and that worthless sack of shit Martin Shkreli. Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat. --- ## [Flint Lead poisoning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flint-lead-poisoning/745097)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flint-lead-poisoning/745097 "2016-02-06T06:41:31Z")
This is disgraceful. Is there a convincing argument that Rick Snyder and his appointees are not to blame for this avoidable tragedy? My biggest concern is that, like the economic meltdown of 2008, no one will serve s… --- ## [Fuck you Richard H. Anderson, CEO of Delta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-richard-h-anderson-ceo-of-delta/714877)
**Author:** [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-richard-h-anderson-ceo-of-delta/714877 "2016-02-04T19:56:31Z")
Yesterday the wife had a curious thing happen while attempting to book a Delta flight online. She picked her dates, entered all her information, entered her credit card info, and clicked to confirm— and got a pop-up sayi… --- ## [A Hearty Fuck You to the 3 Percenters, Oath Keepers, and Other Assorted Loonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-the-3-percenters-oath-keepers-and-other-assorted-loonies/744881)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-the-3-percenters-oath-keepers-and-other-assorted-loonies/744881 "2016-02-03T12:55:04Z")
The tin foil hat buffoonery from these nut jobs is getting closer to home for me and I feel compelled to post here, where I enjoy a level of anonymity that my social network platforms do not. I have friends and family f… --- ## [Pedo the wonder troll finds the SDMB.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633 "2016-02-03T02:16:13Z")
Henry Miller is one sick son-of-a-bitch. Sexual activity doesn’t require any form of competency. You don’t need sophistication or understanding of anything in order to have an orgasm. Tell me what’s immoral about using… --- ## [End of Days -- Civilization Collapse due to Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-days-civilization-collapse-due-to-snow/744532)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-days-civilization-collapse-due-to-snow/744532 "2016-02-02T20:04:11Z")
OK, so I live in Northern Virginia…specifically, Fairfax County – a densely populated (#36 on this list), highly-educated (McLean, #5 on this list, is in the county), wealthy (#3 or 4 on this list, depending on whether y… --- ## [What's the Deal with Headlights on/Taillights off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-headlights-on-taillights-off/343450)
**Author:** [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-headlights-on-taillights-off/343450 "2016-02-01T23:05:55Z")
I drive a lot. And thought I was noticing lately that people don’t put their headlights on when it’s foggy, raining, or just plain getting dark out. Sometimes, when you go to pass, you discover the headlights ARE on! … --- ## [Happy Fucking New Year , Ya Bunch Of Turds. Let's hear your gripe for 2016.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fucking-new-year-ya-bunch-of-turds-lets-hear-your-gripe-for-2016/741891)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fucking-new-year-ya-bunch-of-turds-lets-hear-your-gripe-for-2016/741891 "2016-02-01T13:00:32Z")
C’mon, place your 2016 gripe here. --- ## [Chris Christie: Thank you so much for doing your job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-thank-you-so-much-for-doing-your-job/743971)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-thank-you-so-much-for-doing-your-job/743971 "2016-01-30T18:51:36Z")
So after gleefully announcing that he would be staying to continue his stump for POTUS because he wasn’t needed in New Jersey, Big Loud Asshole (BLA) was shamed into coming back and doing the freakin’ job we pay him to d… --- ## [Comcast - who runs their customer service dept and why is he still employed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-who-runs-their-customer-service-dept-and-why-is-he-still-employed/744296)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-who-runs-their-customer-service-dept-and-why-is-he-still-employed/744296 "2016-01-29T20:02:33Z")
Do they not get it or is a matter of they just don’t care? We contacted customer service in mid-December with a request to disconnect our service and physically remove the wire from our house. The house is going to be e… --- ## [I pit be pseudoscience in commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-be-pseudoscience-in-commercials/744170)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-be-pseudoscience-in-commercials/744170 "2016-01-27T11:52:37Z")
Two recent examples: #1) Commercial for a cleaning product that explains that oil and water don’t mix so oily dirt accumulates but it works by making “water wetter” so it can mix with the oil to remove the dirt. Bonus p… --- ## [Comcast - who runs their customer service dept and why is he still employed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-who-runs-their-customer-service-dept-and-why-is-he-still-employed/744294)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-who-runs-their-customer-service-dept-and-why-is-he-still-employed/744294 "2016-01-26T21:09:48Z")
Do they not get it or is a matter of they just don’t care? We contacted customer service in mid-December with a request to disconnect our service and physically remove the wire from our house. The house is going to be e… --- ## [Humira commercials are getting on my nerves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humira-commercials-are-getting-on-my-nerves/722177)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humira-commercials-are-getting-on-my-nerves/722177 "2016-01-26T18:09:43Z")
You can consider this a mini-Pit, not a triple-dog-dare Pit, but I’m really getting bugged by Humira commercials. They pronounce the name of the drug, without exception, as Hyu-MEH-ra. OK fine, but if you wanted to prono… --- ## [Just Pitting a random asshole I encountered yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-pitting-a-random-asshole-i-encountered-yesterday/743823)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-pitting-a-random-asshole-i-encountered-yesterday/743823 "2016-01-26T16:48:44Z")
So, dude, when you enter a revolving door, and give it a big ol’ shove because you’re in such a hurry, do you: a) Not realize that you’re smacking anybody who’s already in the revolving door in the ass, or b) Not care? … --- ## [Who's stupider? Wheaton college or the woman who wants to stay there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupider-wheaton-college-or-the-woman-who-wants-to-stay-there/742369)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupider-wheaton-college-or-the-woman-who-wants-to-stay-there/742369 "2016-01-26T15:02:42Z")
Hard to understand why someone would fight to stay at Wheaton College. Their argument is beyond ludicrous - that Muslims’ god is different from Christians’ god. It’s similar to little kids fighting over who’s stronger … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=126)