# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=135 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 136 --- ## [MSNBC drops Sharpton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-drops-sharpton/729052)
**Author:** [@Bimmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimmer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-drops-sharpton/729052 "2015-08-28T00:23:00Z")
That’s right. Sharpton has been given a new show to air at 8:00 AM on Sunday mornings . The race whore is gone from prime time. I see a problem though. How many of the ‘base’ will be awake at that time on Sunday mornin… --- ## [10,000 government email addresses in Ashley Madison list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000-government-email-addresses-in-ashley-madison-list/728340)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000-government-email-addresses-in-ashley-madison-list/728340 "2015-08-27T16:50:53Z")
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/19/ashley-madison-hack-identities-of-33-million-aspiring-adulterers-released-online.html The headline says government officials but that’s misleading since they’re just .go… --- ## [Florida and guns. They just don't get it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371 "2015-08-27T03:15:00Z")
Let’s approve a shooting range with on-site alcohol sales, because nothing goes better with \[del\]beer\[/del\] vodka than a 9 mm. \*Owner Ron Perkinson told commissioners he plans to turn a vacant building near Interstate 9… --- ## [Devices that don't use a standard USB charger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devices-that-dont-use-a-standard-usb-charger/728639)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devices-that-dont-use-a-standard-usb-charger/728639 "2015-08-26T12:00:54Z")
I just got a Samsung S5 and it has this weird special plug for charging! I never even thought to ask about that. I just assumed it would be the usual USB charger. In the past I could always borrow a charger if I didn’t h… --- ## [Minor technology rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-technology-rants/728745)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-technology-rants/728745 "2015-08-24T21:36:59Z")
Any app on a phone or tablet that displays video needs a way to skip forward and back other than trying to drag a little cursor along a bar. If I’m watching something that is hours long and I want to skip forward or back… --- ## [Approve their mortgage already!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approve-their-mortgage-already/728104)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approve-their-mortgage-already/728104 "2015-08-24T15:23:36Z")
We are under contract to sell our home. Buyers pushed to close as soon as we could possibly arrange, which date turns out to be tomorrow. As of this minute, their lender still has not approved their mortgage, nor given o… --- ## [Donna Tartt, you cold and heartless BITCH. (SPOILERS for The Little Friend)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-tartt-you-cold-and-heartless-bitch-spoilers-for-the-little-friend/172441)
**Author:** [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-tartt-you-cold-and-heartless-bitch-spoilers-for-the-little-friend/172441 "2015-08-22T23:37:31Z")
You venomous, unfeeling whore. You scat eating eel lover. How fucking DARE you end a book like that? I waited for you Donna. I waited almost TEN YEARS for you to give me a gift. I panted, I drooled, I read The Secre… --- ## [We're all going to the Gulag Archipeligo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292 "2015-08-22T01:07:34Z")
The American people were duped by a socialist who fantasized about rape and doesn’t own a comb or an Armani suit. Now he will confiscate all their houses, boats and their daughters and send everyone else to the Gulag. :… --- ## [No, the Left is not anti-Semitic (Good grief!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-left-is-not-anti-semitic-good-grief/726847)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 572\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-left-is-not-anti-semitic-good-grief/726847 "2015-08-21T03:10:01Z")
Haberdash and\*\* Terr\*\* have been pushing this one lately. It’s annoying. Oyyyyy. I know that there’s a lot of anti-Israeli stuff in the present international communist movement, but that’s rooted in Israel’s ties to A… --- ## [Pitting broadcast networks making only the 5 most recent episodes available online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-broadcast-networks-making-only-the-5-most-recent-episodes-available-online/727895)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-broadcast-networks-making-only-the-5-most-recent-episodes-available-online/727895 "2015-08-20T16:50:34Z")
So. Current TV shows show up on Netflix. They catch my eye, and I end up watching the season’s episodes over the course of several days. And I find myself hooked on a show. Problem: Season 1 of a show doesn’t make its w… --- ## [The Omnibus Pit Thread Omnibus Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-pit-thread-omnibus-pit-thread/728135)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-pit-thread-omnibus-pit-thread/728135 "2015-08-19T22:33:11Z")
Okay; here it is! Mind you, I think the Omnibus threads serve a good purpose, since I don’t think we need a new thread every fucking time some fucking Republican says something fucking stupid or every time a cop shoot… --- ## [Shit on the floor, shit on the toilet seat, shit on the walls, it's like a real shitstorm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-on-the-floor-shit-on-the-toilet-seat-shit-on-the-walls-its-like-a-real-shitstorm/722952)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-on-the-floor-shit-on-the-toilet-seat-shit-on-the-walls-its-like-a-real-shitstorm/722952 "2015-08-19T21:42:50Z")
I work in a place where supposedly everyone is supposedly old enough to have been toilet trained years ago, so how the fuck does someone manage to shit everywhere but inside the toilet? Fucking animals think it is someo… --- ## [Celebrity Adulation Makes Me Sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-adulation-makes-me-sick/207625)
**Author:** [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-adulation-makes-me-sick/207625 "2015-08-19T14:01:29Z")
\[rant\] The way people fawn over celebrities is embarassing. I’ve never understood why people care so much about J-lo and Ben or the Hilton sisters. I’m amazed that people are so emotionally invested in people they hav… --- ## [Threads I refuse to signify with a response](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-signify-with-a-response/727930)
**Author:** [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-signify-with-a-response/727930 "2015-08-19T06:31:17Z")
This thread deserves it, but I refuse to signify it with a response because I suck at signifying. “Your thread’s so stupid, it…um…” See? I suck at signifying so bad that I…um… --- ## [Threads I refuse to dignify with a response.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848 "2015-08-16T15:56:34Z")
“Help gun nuts describe their views” --- ## [I hate this one damn book.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-one-damn-book/727799)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-one-damn-book/727799 "2015-08-15T19:23:16Z")
It’s title is Babel-17. The author is Delany. I’ve never read it. But I hate it. Time after time, somebody sees my listing for this title on Amazon. And, confidently, I go to my storage boxes. My sorted & organized s… --- ## [Help gun nuts describe their views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gun-nuts-describe-their-views/726873)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-gun-nuts-describe-their-views/726873 "2015-08-15T16:56:10Z")
Lumpy started a thread to understand the difference between rational-thinking Americans and crazed gun nuts, and was suprised to learn that the rational thinkers support the right of self-defense. Perhaps you think the… --- ## [Ferguson 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-2015/727504)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-2015/727504 "2015-08-15T07:08:05Z")
I just read at VICE that a State of Emergency™ has been declared for Ferguson and that there have been arrests. Yesterday the cops shot an 18 year old, though his father says that the police story of the incident is, an… --- ## [A chilling new type of Denialist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilling-new-type-of-denialist/688093)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilling-new-type-of-denialist/688093 "2015-08-15T05:06:27Z")
Fuckheads. Premium Fuckheads \*A sign at the entrance of a new playground for Sandy Hook victim Grace McDonnell was stolen in Mystic Tuesday. After the sign was taken, police said someone called the McDonnell family and … --- ## [Faith Healers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-healers/727221)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-healers/727221 "2015-08-15T01:40:55Z")
Permit me to quote from another thread to get this started: I just this week had to break off relationship with an old friend. I’d know her for years, and we were pretty good pals. She got religion, and I’m a atheist… --- ## [I pit the soon-to-be-named racist lady from Danville, VA (Lowe's delivery story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-soon-to-be-named-racist-lady-from-danville-va-lowes-delivery-story/727458)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-soon-to-be-named-racist-lady-from-danville-va-lowes-delivery-story/727458 "2015-08-15T01:36:56Z")
Story here. Also here. And here. This is basically blowing up all over the internet right now. The basics: Marcus Bradley has worked at Lowe’s in Danville, VA for 11 years. He was on his way to make a delivery when… --- ## [The Omnibus Trump Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543 "2015-08-14T02:13:21Z")
Trump says something Pittable nearly every day, but I don’t want the first page of the forum all cluttered, so really this is a public service. Yesterday, he said this about John McCain (CNN): AFAIK, this is the first… --- ## [I Pit the North Carolina General Assembly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-north-carolina-general-assembly/658272)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-north-carolina-general-assembly/658272 "2015-08-13T21:51:10Z")
First there was this ban on municipal internet. Then a ban on the use of climate science by the coastal commission. Now they are writing a bill to ban automobile sales which are direct from the manufacturer. This mea… --- ## [& make sure you don't write that password down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-sure-you-dont-write-that-password-down/716410)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-sure-you-dont-write-that-password-down/716410 "2015-08-13T19:09:37Z")
My password expired today; I needed to set a new one. Below are the guidelines I got in the reset screen: \[ul\] \[li\]Number of characters check have exactly 8 characters \[/li\]\[li\]Mixed case check have upper and lower ca… --- ## [A collection of observations while being temporarily handicapped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-of-observations-while-being-temporarily-handicapped/725712)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-of-observations-while-being-temporarily-handicapped/725712 "2015-08-12T19:21:02Z")
I broke my ankle in the beginning of June. Spectacularly. Surgery, titanium plates, screws, and NO WALKING FOR 3 MONTHS. I use a knee scooter, and I have a handicap tag for my car until December. (Yeah, I’m talented,… --- ## [I'm a denier denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-denier-denier/727272)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-denier-denier/727272 "2015-08-12T14:33:16Z")
I deny that any sentient being who is capable of speech and wiping their own arse can deny that major, unquestionable historical events happened at all. I deny that Holocaust deniers exist - no one with the ability to s… --- ## [Man prevents lifeguard from saving daughter...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-prevents-lifeguard-from-saving-daughter/727481)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-prevents-lifeguard-from-saving-daughter/727481 "2015-08-12T01:30:24Z")
Have you guys seen this yet? Not sure if true but: “Man prevents lifeguard from saving daughter, because being touched by a strange man would dishonour her” --- ## [Software to Develop Software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-develop-software/727125)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-develop-software/727125 "2015-08-11T04:52:09Z")
This will be a bit of a niche pitting. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, move along. I’m working on a project. I’ve build a rig in which I can mount an Etch-A-Sketch with the knobs connected by gears to two … --- ## [Medical inflation is kicking back up again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-inflation-is-kicking-back-up-again/727112)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-inflation-is-kicking-back-up-again/727112 "2015-08-10T23:27:40Z")
Which sucks, from about 2008-2014 it was rising by modest amounts of 2-4% a year. How in gods name is this sustainable, especially when you factor in stagnating wage growth and the lack of jobs? I don’t see this cou… --- ## [No, Snopes in NOT a left-wing extremist website supported by George Soros!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-snopes-in-not-a-left-wing-extremist-website-supported-by-george-soros/727217)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-snopes-in-not-a-left-wing-extremist-website-supported-by-george-soros/727217 "2015-08-10T01:56:29Z")
I’m in a conversation with someone who is adamant that Snopes is politically biased and owned by George Soros. Obviously it’s nonsense but the claim seems to be all over the web on right-wing sites. Sometimes they say he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=136)