# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=14 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 15 --- ## [Here come rants, blah-blah (December mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 535\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012 "2025-01-21T11:36:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Oh No, please no … NOvember rants: I’m starting with the miniest of mini-rants… Literally as I am starting this thread I stepped into some water in front of my kitchen sink and I’m wearin… --- ## [Sir "Poodle" Keir Starmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-poodle-keir-starmer/1013187)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-poodle-keir-starmer/1013187 "2025-01-21T02:07:51Z")
So he was dubbed a knight for being a good prosecutor and not just “born on third base and thinks he hit a triple” (or however that baseball idiom translates to British) like Trump and Musk. I dunno who first called Blai… --- ## [On abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abortion/1008925)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abortion/1008925 "2025-01-21T00:28:56Z")
Not sure if this thread belongs in P&E, IMHO or the Pit, so mods: feel free to move the thread to wherever it belongs. I live in Northern Europe and have followed the US abortion debate with quite some interest. I’ve be… --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2025-01-20T19:23:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) - #10006 by JohnT. Previous discussions: A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfr… --- ## [Fuck Trump and his followers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749 "2025-01-20T16:03:37Z")
Fuck all you supposed “fence sitters” who were capable of ignoring the nasty and illegal crap he has done and has promised to do…but had no problem finding nits to pick to make it look like both sides were equally bad i… --- ## ["Drip...drip...drip"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-drip-drip/1013042)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-drip-drip/1013042 "2025-01-17T17:56:30Z")
Lack of water pressure is one of trump’s major grievances, but I don’t think he ever specified which of his properties was afflicted. Rather than fix the problem, he cries about it for years, at his fucking rallies, and … --- ## [The slovening of medical terminology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slovening-of-medical-terminology/1012923)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slovening-of-medical-terminology/1012923 "2025-01-15T17:00:51Z")
Now, I realize most English speakers are only semi-literate at best. Yet, I manage to get stabby when people throw around terms like narcissist, autistic, or ADHD out of laziness. Narcissists are not merely stubborn, or … --- ## [I pit dark ass bourgeoisie neighborhoods!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dark-ass-bourgeoisie-neighborhoods/1012829)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dark-ass-bourgeoisie-neighborhoods/1012829 "2025-01-15T16:00:06Z")
You would think after spending a shit ton of money on a house, the bougie folks would use at least a fraction of their wealth to prevent their visitors from busting their asses in the dark! Go to just about any upper cl… --- ## [Screw Greg Abbott {Texas Governor}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 832\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141 "2025-01-14T17:42:37Z")
So the governor here in Texas just announced that he’s rescinding all his executive orders for mask mandates, capacity restrictions, or pretty much everything else related to COVID-19, and is also preventing any enforcem… --- ## [Dear Americans. Get real diplomats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-americans-get-real-diplomats/1010989)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-americans-get-real-diplomats/1010989 "2025-01-14T16:04:49Z")
Wtf is up with your ambassadors? You just sell the job to highest bidder? For real? --- ## [They're back! - the door-to-door salesmen from hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back-the-door-to-door-salesmen-from-hell/147402)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back-the-door-to-door-salesmen-from-hell/147402 "2025-01-12T16:10:58Z")
Well, not actually from hell; that’s just what the estate agents call it ‘North Hell’ they often say, but really it’s not even a suburb and the climate is quite different. Anyway, they’re back! - the door-to-door salesm… --- ## [Blam Canada!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blam-canada/1012757)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blam-canada/1012757 "2025-01-11T05:53:24Z")
Offers of immediate surrender from Quebec --- ## [Driving in California—Jeep Version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-california-jeep-version/1012669)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-california-jeep-version/1012669 "2025-01-07T17:51:01Z")
Right, @Seanette? --- ## [SenorBeef And The Streisand Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senorbeef-and-the-streisand-effect/1011866)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senorbeef-and-the-streisand-effect/1011866 "2025-01-02T17:30:51Z")
Well, that isn’t quite the right term. The Streissand Effect. However, as always I wanted a title I could link to in other forums. I saw this thead Kamala should run for president again in 2028 . I didn’t read it. I am … --- ## [F them seed oils!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-them-seed-oils/1007323)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-them-seed-oils/1007323 "2024-12-30T15:46:32Z")
They are in almost every got damn thing! I can’t order anything out in restaurants without my food swimming in them. Take something healthy like broccoli. Order them in just about any restaurant and it is loaded with som… --- ## [The future of politics and what to expect in 2028](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-politics-and-what-to-expect-in-2028/1012226)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-politics-and-what-to-expect-in-2028/1012226 "2024-12-28T03:09:53Z")
Even though there are several mixed feelings and beliefs on the current presidential situation, I’m wondering what politics will look like after the 2028 election and beyond? Because at this point, nothing surprises me … --- ## [Why America was founded (Elon Musk rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-america-was-founded-elon-musk-rant/1011917)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-america-was-founded-elon-musk-rant/1011917 "2024-12-25T04:47:02Z")
America declared independence and fought a war because a rich, unelected, foreign man (King George III) told Americans what to do for his own benefit. Now history is repeating itself … Elon Musk “Any member of the Hous… --- ## [Elon Musk learns art of political ratfucking, funding ads that impersonate the Harris Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-learns-art-of-political-ratfucking-funding-ads-that-impersonate-the-harris-campaign/1008982)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-learns-art-of-political-ratfucking-funding-ads-that-impersonate-the-harris-campaign/1008982 "2024-12-25T04:22:22Z")
MSBC notes that a Trump super-Pac runs ostensibly pro-Harris ads bragging about her solidarity with Israel, microtargeted at Michigan Muslims. The same organization attacks Harris in Pennsylvania for her insufficient sup… --- ## [Fuck ecaptcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ecaptcha/1005764)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ecaptcha/1005764 "2024-12-23T06:55:50Z")
Fucking bullshit. I see it and I want to to scream. My goddamned ID and password should be enough. But noooooooo. Click all the boxes that have a motorcycle. Do it again. Do it again. And again. Now click all that traffi… --- ## [PayPal's login security is a joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypals-login-security-is-a-joke/1011892)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypals-login-security-is-a-joke/1011892 "2024-12-21T00:25:57Z")
This is jut something really, really dumb. If you log in from an unfamiliar location, it will offer to send a code to your phone, among other things. But the very screen that does that allows you to add a new phone numb… --- ## [Fascism, hope(lessness) and Trump's America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascism-hope-lessness-and-trumps-america/1011150)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascism-hope-lessness-and-trumps-america/1011150 "2024-12-20T21:37:37Z")
Hoping I have the purpose of this thread right, but as I said in this thread, I find the extended back and forth today (December 2) there darkly amusing, given the two posters involved, the meat of their current discussi… --- ## [What distinguishes a pogrom from a race riot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-distinguishes-a-pogrom-from-a-race-riot/1010460)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-distinguishes-a-pogrom-from-a-race-riot/1010460 "2024-12-20T16:55:34Z")
Posting in the pit because this topic is somewhat political, but i prefer the more open discussion style of the pit to the narrower, more focused style of p&e. I feel like the word “pogrom” had been used a lot on this b… --- ## [WAY more than you wanted to know about Rudy Giuliani](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-rudy-giuliani/984095)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-rudy-giuliani/984095 "2024-12-20T16:53:23Z")
I was going to start this in P&E but frankly there’s zero chance it wouldn’t end up in the Pit anyway, as you will see. Also: Trigger Warning as the linked document gives details of sexual assault. Short version: Forme… --- ## [I pit the "infinite" monkeys study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573 "2024-12-20T14:37:18Z")
Ok it take a LOT to irritate me at this exact point in history that is not related to a certain orange felonious fascist. But this managed it: I can only assume the authors of this paper are just trolling. Of course a … --- ## [Fuck Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235 "2024-12-20T07:30:18Z")
I should feel ashamed of being angry and contemptuous of people who eagerly build homes on beaches and then lose everything in the inevitable flooding, but I do not. Guess what, assholes. Global climate change is going … --- ## [Token chinese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635 "2024-12-20T02:50:37Z")
Today, the chinese have taken over Hollywood. Any chinese produced movie MUST have at least one chinese actor (good or bad). The chinese market is too big to deny. Is Hollywood taken over by stronger forces, or what say … --- ## [Pitting crappy action movies and killing families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710 "2024-12-19T18:04:47Z")
So I’m poking around on Prime and Netflix for something to watch, and I somehow ended up on the “action” section. None of them starred people I’d heard of, and almost all were about someone taking revenge for “his wife a… --- ## [A school shooting just happened in Madison, Wisconsin \[Dec 16, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721 "2024-12-19T16:26:09Z")
However none of the victims were CEOs of powerful companies, so the media will forget all about this by tomorrow. --- ## [Mohela (Student Loan Servicing Folks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999 "2024-12-19T14:57:49Z")
a) I wake up and in my web browser I pick my saved URL to Mohela, to obtain my current balance, and the link doesn’t work. It’s a link that worked previously. So… b) I type “Mohela student loan” (without quotation marks… --- ## [Ow! My Spine! (Already Have Dr's Appointment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755 "2024-12-19T14:18:17Z")
About a month and a half ago, I woke with great pain in my lower back, all through my pelvis and my hips. I wasn’t sure at the time if I ad simply slept in a bad position, injured myself in my sleep, or both. As time wen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=15)