# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=13 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 14 --- ## [Why did Warren laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247 "2025-03-07T17:36:39Z")
Warren clapped and laughed at the Pocahantas jab the other night. What was that all about? --- ## [Don't call me bud, bud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-bud-bud/1014792)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-bud-bud/1014792 "2025-03-04T13:18:43Z")
On another forum i noted how attractive a lady in a sfw gif was and asked her name thusly; “whom is this minx?” The fellow who originally posted it replies with “who knows, its a GIF, bud” The lass was immediately ide… --- ## [Rants are Read, Vileness Abrew (February mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747 "2025-03-02T04:29:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants): I’m giving a mini-rant against myself for being stupid. My wife informed me that our daughter needed a set of dry erase markers for school. I coul… --- ## [Asteroid 2024 yr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676 "2025-02-25T23:29:00Z")
It currently has a 1.2% chance of hitting earth in 2032. Not high odds, but still I wish I had any confidence at all that the current world leadership could get together to deal with the risk. --- ## [Donald Trump Doesn't Like Being Criticized (and Here's What He Can Do about That)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-doesnt-like-being-criticized-and-heres-what-he-can-do-about-that/1013142)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-doesnt-like-being-criticized-and-heres-what-he-can-do-about-that/1013142 "2025-02-24T23:36:32Z")
Of course few of us do. But few of us have the option of doing something about it–and facing NO legal consequences. But that’s exactly what the Supreme Court has given Donald. Here’s the thing: Donald’s most-admired me… --- ## [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2025-02-22T21:08:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) - #10006 by eschereal. Previous discussions: NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) --- ## [Fifty Years Overdue: I Pit Plaza House for 'Greatest Hits of the 30s'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-overdue-i-pit-plaza-house-for-greatest-hits-of-the-30s/1014655)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-overdue-i-pit-plaza-house-for-greatest-hits-of-the-30s/1014655 "2025-02-22T18:39:39Z")
When I was 9 or 10 my dad bought a set of “greatest hits” records from a company apparently called Plaza House. Greatest Hits of the 30s, Greatest Hits of the 40s, and a double album Greatest Hits of the 50s/60s. I’ll … --- ## [The Onion-proofing of the President of the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-proofing-of-the-president-of-the-united-states/1014180)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-proofing-of-the-president-of-the-united-states/1014180 "2025-02-21T06:22:07Z")
How the flying fuck can you parody the Prez when he takes Official Action to promote plastic straws?Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws – The White House --- ## ["Emil Bove"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350 "2025-02-20T08:15:48Z")
How long is Stephen Miller going to be allowed to double dip like this? What happens when both characters are scheduled to appear together? I’m sure his staff is by now adept at applying the necrotic makeup and decorativ… --- ## [I pit my "new" Kindle now a brick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-new-kindle-now-a-brick/1013754)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-new-kindle-now-a-brick/1013754 "2025-02-18T13:14:20Z")
It’s a Paperwhite from slightly less than 2 years ago so out of warranty but WTF it is too new to not be working. Luckily - by god I have library books to read - I still have a Kindle Fire I replaced because it doesn’t … --- ## [What Should Be Done About Air Safety? Trump: Reduce the Number Air Traffic Controllers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-done-about-air-safety-trump-reduce-the-number-air-traffic-controllers/1013726)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-done-about-air-safety-trump-reduce-the-number-air-traffic-controllers/1013726 "2025-02-18T05:51:10Z")
Air traffic controllers were emailed by the Trump administration urging them to quit their jobs and take mass “buyouts” just 24 hours after the D.C. plane crash. And I had been thinking this would be a category excl… --- ## [A lesson for oppressed minorities: don't leave your memorials in the hands of any government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesson-for-oppressed-minorities-dont-leave-your-memorials-in-the-hands-of-any-government/1014362)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesson-for-oppressed-minorities-dont-leave-your-memorials-in-the-hands-of-any-government/1014362 "2025-02-16T15:49:16Z")
Now the Stonewall website has removed all reference to Transgender, and is removing Queer. I don’t know what the National Park Service is doing to the physical memorial, but I can only suppose that it will follow suit, o… --- ## [Pitting Uzi's useless claim about the SDMB being an echo chamber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060 "2025-02-15T17:47:33Z")
Sure, mainly lefties here, with (for the most part) concurring viewpoints, but how freaking worthless as fuck is it to whine about this place being an echo chamber when just about every single freaking media outlet, whet… --- ## [How would this headline make you feel: "Trump proposes fixing social security by investing trust fund in $Trump coin?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-headline-make-you-feel-trump-proposes-fixing-social-security-by-investing-trust-fund-in-trump-coin/1013137 "2025-02-14T22:01:19Z")
He already declared he is considering creating a US strategic reserve of bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Where would he get the money for this? Selling bonds? --- ## [Trump's funeral playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-funeral-playlist/1013319)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-funeral-playlist/1013319 "2025-02-13T03:02:09Z")
Love him or hate him, he’s not going to be around forever. What music should be played at his funeral? Thank You Very Much Get Happy The latter is more for the mourners celebrants audience attendees, but Trump undoub… --- ## [Article claims that Elon Musk's Cybertruck far more likely to catch fire than the Ford Pinto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-claims-that-elon-musks-cybertruck-far-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-the-ford-pinto/1014164)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-claims-that-elon-musks-cybertruck-far-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-the-ford-pinto/1014164 "2025-02-12T17:09:38Z")
I thought about putting this in the Musk thread, but I haven’t opened it, abnd it’s got over a thousand entries. So I started this. Stumbled across this this morning: --- ## [I May Need A New Psychiatrist- Long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-need-a-new-psychiatrist-long/1014037)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-need-a-new-psychiatrist-long/1014037 "2025-02-08T23:12:01Z")
I first started with my current psychiatrist ( I will call him Dr R for short) while I was living in my second apartment. It had been a bad year. Dr R asked about my various diagnoses and concluded that Vraylar was not h… --- ## [Legal question (re: taking oath using Bible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-taking-oath-using-bible/1013875)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-taking-oath-using-bible/1013875 "2025-02-06T22:03:30Z")
Is not putting your hand on the Bible when swearing an oath equal to crossing your fingers behind your back? --- ## [How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178 "2025-02-06T18:32:40Z")
Previous thread, which was approaching the mandatory 10,000-post shutdown point: How has Former President Trump pissed you off today? During the campaign and even after being elected, Donald Trump has proved again and a… --- ## [US pauses foreign aid…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pauses-foreign-aid/1013746)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pauses-foreign-aid/1013746 "2025-02-06T13:30:14Z")
COVID cost the global economy $15 trillion.. The foreign aid America supplies to 174 countries gives it local health information, soft power and influence, helps prevent pandemics, benefits American companies, and fulfil… --- ## [EBAY Cheats!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-cheats/1013540)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-cheats/1013540 "2025-02-03T17:25:40Z")
I was dumb. I bought clothing on ebay. A cheap pleather jacket, to use like a raincoat. I order two sizes too big, so it will certainly fit. As too small can happen. I order from a shit that ships from North America. … --- ## [Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421 "2025-02-02T03:27:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Here come rants, blah-blah (December mini-rants): I’ll start off the year with a real mini-rant. I use Google Maps frequently. It does a great job of helping me avoid traffic and gives m… --- ## [It's not a law! (rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-law-rant/1013561)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-law-rant/1013561 "2025-02-01T17:58:27Z")
There was kind of an issue at work today because of the freezing of federal grants. We had people calling to ask if the “new law” would affect their grant. I didn’t say anything but wanted to scream, “It’s not a law!” a… --- ## [Politicising tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicising-tragedy/1013625)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicising-tragedy/1013625 "2025-01-30T20:45:47Z")
For cry eye. These people aren’t named or claimed by relatives, and the idiot playing president is blaming Biden and DEI. A stroke or aneurism would be too good for him. hegseth and vance may as well as fellated him the… --- ## ["It would have never happened..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-have-never-happened/1013331)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-have-never-happened/1013331 "2025-01-26T18:30:29Z")
He was the guest of honor at some kind of rich guy event, and no matter the international crisis mentioned he claimed, “it would never have happened” if he was president so many times that it was downright embarrassing. … --- ## [We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves is…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-wolves-not-werewolves-is/1013355)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-wolves-not-werewolves-is/1013355 "2025-01-25T18:05:26Z")
…a shitposting sealion baiting posters into responding to his disingenuous claims with an ‘Aw, shucks…I didn’t read the sermon but it was definitely inappropriate for a bishop to give a speech on a topics that Republican… --- ## [Keep an eye on the Republicans' reaction to the California fires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-an-eye-on-the-republicans-reaction-to-the-california-fires/1012984)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-an-eye-on-the-republicans-reaction-to-the-california-fires/1012984 "2025-01-25T08:47:15Z")
They have been lecturing California & also lying about California. They’re talking about putting conditions on the federal aid. It’s been a relentless torrential flood of lies, and hatred toward a suffering fellow stat… --- ## [Apparently Facebook wants everyone to follow Donald Trump now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180 "2025-01-23T21:27:28Z")
My cousin just posted that she got a notification on Facebook that Donald Trump changed his profile pic. “Why the fuck am I getting notifications from this rapist?” she wondered out loud to herself. She went to her profi… --- ## [Okay, I'm gonna tell this (TW: childhood abuse)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-gonna-tell-this-tw-childhood-abuse/1012857)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-gonna-tell-this-tw-childhood-abuse/1012857 "2025-01-23T13:41:30Z")
I think I’ve hinted around about this story before, but I’ve never told it on SDMB. I’ve hardly ever told it IRL. But something in another thread brought it to mind. Mainly it’s about a standoff between my parents when I… --- ## [I'm listening to Trump speak about ending the 'weaponization of the justice department'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-trump-speak-about-ending-the-weaponization-of-the-justice-department/1013168)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-trump-speak-about-ending-the-weaponization-of-the-justice-department/1013168 "2025-01-23T01:00:17Z")
Which anyone with a brain knows is a dog whistle for ‘the DOJ will protect republicans when they commit a crime, and make up crimes to prosecute and intimidate opponents of Trump and his cronies’. Fuck this stupid count… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=14)