# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=140 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 141 --- ## [Left Turn-Signal Laggers Draw My Ire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-turn-signal-laggers-draw-my-ire/718534)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-turn-signal-laggers-draw-my-ire/718534 "2015-05-01T19:19:56Z")
I very much dislike drivers in front of me stopped at left turn signals who are slow to proceed into the forward turn after the light turns green. Many of these drivers take quite a long time to proceed forward, even whe… --- ## [White people getting killed by police under questionable circumstances - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733 "2015-05-01T00:48:40Z")
We keep hearing about all these black people getting killed by police under debatable circumstances. There must be similar incidents happening where the victims are white, right? Assuming there are, that’s what this th… --- ## [When will white, christian moderates speak up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-white-christian-moderates-speak-up/715895)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-white-christian-moderates-speak-up/715895 "2015-04-30T23:03:21Z")
The head of the Robertson clan opened his word hole again. When will moderate Christians speak up and denounce this kind of rhetoric as the dangerous violence inciting speech that it is? By staying silent, you are givin… --- ## [Red hot pit: Animal communicators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127 "2015-04-30T18:10:35Z")
When I started working in animal rescue, I got introduced to a group of people who call themselves animal communicators. These are people who claim to be able to talk to animals. Not verbally like Dr. Doolittle, which … --- ## [I hope your baby burns her eyes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551 "2015-04-30T10:21:33Z")
Ok, not really, but… Tonight I was at a bbq. There was an open bottle of tobasco sauce on the table. A toddler came up and grabbed it. I was the only adult in the vicinity. I tried to gently coax her to give me the … --- ## [My Official Response To The Haters (re: Hillary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-response-to-the-haters-re-hillary/717947)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-response-to-the-haters-re-hillary/717947 "2015-04-29T17:52:38Z")
The first thing that I’ll say is that it’s no insignificant possibility that I actually vote for Hillary Clinton. I would vote for her over Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, possibly Rand Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Sara… --- ## [Pjen, please stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-please-stop/718637)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-please-stop/718637 "2015-04-29T16:33:28Z")
The referendum is over, its was another Culloden, the Union won. It was interesting back in September, but come on. This is literally the only thing you talk about. And it would be actually semi enjoyable if you had some… --- ## [Huh? :🔁: Huh? ::repeat again:: Huh? Fuck you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-repeat-huh-repeat-again-huh-fuck-you/268163)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-repeat-huh-repeat-again-huh-fuck-you/268163 "2015-04-28T19:38:29Z")
What the fuck is it with you people? You have to answer everything with a “huh?” Why must you force me to repeat everything I say? Is this some kind of game? I start to say something and you automatically interject a “h… --- ## [April is going well....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-is-going-well/717717)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-is-going-well/717717 "2015-04-28T15:43:05Z")
On Easter, I attempted suicide, was taken to SF General Hospital Psych Ward\*, where I was held for 5 days & approximately 90 minutes. While there, my chronic, recurring yeast infection decided to bloom in fill force, th… --- ## [I am so sick of loud motorcycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886 "2015-04-27T03:35:36Z")
The wannabe tough guys on their ridiculously loud motorcycles are once again besieging the normally peaceful roads of NH. Every year in April, the mouth breathing cunts take to the streets on their louder than fuck ass-… --- ## [Damit don't have unprotected sex if you know you have Herpes!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-dont-have-unprotected-sex-if-you-know-you-have-herpes/306520)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damit-dont-have-unprotected-sex-if-you-know-you-have-herpes/306520 "2015-04-26T04:45:03Z")
So I am talking to a friend of mine today (happens to be female, but that is really unimportant) and she makes mention of the fact that she is having a bad outbreak of herpes. I am surprised, as I didn’t know she had he… --- ## [Massive measles outbreak - thank you, Andrew Fucking Wakefield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-measles-outbreak-thank-you-andrew-fucking-wakefield/656119)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 1108\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-measles-outbreak-thank-you-andrew-fucking-wakefield/656119 "2015-04-26T03:41:06Z")
Yup, it’s happened again. After enough credulous goobers decided that vaccination was a bad thing, herd immunity has fallen enough for another measles outbreak to occur, this time in South Wales, and it’s a big one. Th… --- ## [Message for Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-for-robert163/718353)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-for-robert163/718353 "2015-04-24T15:42:06Z")
You are a lying sack of shit. You were a jackass last year in \[and your latest crock of shit is \[url=Have a hard time respecting the moderately religious - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board\]this thread\](\]this t… --- ## [The whole internet pits Dr. Oz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-internet-pits-dr-oz/704454)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-internet-pits-dr-oz/704454 "2015-04-24T12:25:47Z")
“Dr” Oz the quackpot, just like a few other too full of themselves celebs, thought it would be a good idea to invite questions on Twitter. The internet did not disappoint: How does that taste “Dr” Oz? This is wha… --- ## [12 reasons Why I Definitely f#cking Hate Church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-reasons-why-i-definitely-f-cking-hate-church/718074)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-reasons-why-i-definitely-f-cking-hate-church/718074 "2015-04-24T03:10:23Z")
Wasting hours of my mortal life every sunday morning. Getting less sleep when I could have slept in. 3. Growing up as a kid I use to sit in the middle between my mom and my older brother. Every sunday, It was my … --- ## [Shut the fuck up, Ricky Gervais.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-ricky-gervais/717851)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-ricky-gervais/717851 "2015-04-23T09:17:11Z")
So, a woman named Rebecca Francis shot and killed a giraffe. She then posed for a picture beside the body. This picture somehow found its way to full-time comedian and part-time judgemental dickhead Ricky Gervais who r… --- ## [Fukushima still melting down, still a nuclear disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-still-melting-down-still-a-nuclear-disaster/670282)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-still-melting-down-still-a-nuclear-disaster/670282 "2015-04-23T01:37:26Z")
A goodly portion of Japan in Fukushima prefecture is still a nuclear meltdown disaster area. They are talking about growing vegetables 60 miles away and how some leaking water is 6700 times over the supposedly safe li… --- ## [Ferguson, MO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-mo/695354)
**Author:** [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Replies:** 3859\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-mo/695354 "2015-04-23T01:17:29Z")
Man oh man, I just don’t know what to say. This shit has me more internally divided than I could have imagined. I’m not even sure who I’m pitting. There is no question that some members of the community acted like ass… --- ## [Xarelto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xarelto/718026)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xarelto/718026 "2015-04-22T22:24:36Z")
Am I the only person who would never in a million years suggest to my doctor that maybe I am at risk for a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis? What in the world do these medical companies gain by asking u… --- ## [Shirley MacLaine explains the Holocaust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-maclaine-explains-the-holocaust/712539)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirley-maclaine-explains-the-holocaust/712539 "2015-04-22T11:42:50Z")
Link In other words, they had it coming. Honestly I don’t know why I’m bothering to pit this profoundly stupid cunt. What kind of heinous crime did she commit in an earlier existence in order to be born this dumb? I s… --- ## [So a woman on Facebook said there should be no female Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-woman-on-facebook-said-there-should-be-no-female-presidents/718035)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-woman-on-facebook-said-there-should-be-no-female-presidents/718035 "2015-04-20T20:34:42Z")
Um, yeah, is there a reason that CNN should cover this story? If I run outside my house and yell the “Kill the Jews!” and a news van is going by, will that make CNN too? They say it’s a “CEO” in order to make the story… --- ## [ISIS needs to be destroyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-needs-to-be-destroyed/712801)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-needs-to-be-destroyed/712801 "2015-04-20T19:36:48Z")
This is just a rant. I have no political motives nor anything to debate. I have watched every execution video in full that they have put out, including the latest where they beheaded 21 Coptic Christians on a beach. You… --- ## [Robert Kennedy, Jr. - Dolt or Moron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638 "2015-04-20T15:40:26Z")
How refreshing - a drug-abusing, formerly disbarred conspiracy believer is advising on the health of our children. (Cite.) The tree of a great American political dynasty produces yet another nut. Regards, Shodan --- ## [Google Voice Plugin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-plugin/718064)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-plugin/718064 "2015-04-20T05:52:06Z")
So, my google voice plugin stopped working today. Gmail says “Please download the voice plugin to make a call”. Huh, I use this all the time to make calls to the USA. But sure, click install. Same thing. Reboot. Same th… --- ## [Fuck you, bladder infection. Get the fuck out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bladder-infection-get-the-fuck-out/294784)
**Author:** [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bladder-infection-get-the-fuck-out/294784 "2015-04-20T02:13:06Z")
This will probably be TMI to some people. I don’t really give a fuck, though, because I need to rant. No one near me is awake, and even if no one reads this thread I have the satisfaction of bitching to my heart’s conte… --- ## [Medical ranting Megathread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ranting-megathread/717478)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ranting-megathread/717478 "2015-04-18T22:20:12Z")
…I know I’m not the only one. So feel free to share your beefs with doctors, insurance, mystery aches and pains here. :slight\_smile: I’ve been wanting to do this for quite a while. Warning: LONG! I’ve been in relati… --- ## [Go in, stow your stuff, and sit the fuck down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-in-stow-your-stuff-and-sit-the-fuck-down/715395)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-in-stow-your-stuff-and-sit-the-fuck-down/715395 "2015-04-17T20:49:24Z")
Some time ago someone wrote a very good post on how to fly commercial for first timers. Unfortunately I can’t reference it because either the search function or my computer isn’t cooperating. However, I wish to emphasiz… --- ## [Stringbean is an odious, racist, sexist, intellectually dishonest crank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stringbean-is-an-odious-racist-sexist-intellectually-dishonest-crank/717775)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stringbean-is-an-odious-racist-sexist-intellectually-dishonest-crank/717775 "2015-04-17T15:13:34Z")
Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy for POTUS, using a video showing Americans of all races and sexes living their lives. Including gay and lesbian couples. Rather boringly innocuous, yes? She’s just pitching her … --- ## [Duncan, OK school teacher handing out bibles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duncan-ok-school-teacher-handing-out-bibles/717116)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duncan-ok-school-teacher-handing-out-bibles/717116 "2015-04-17T00:00:12Z")
This town is apparently now trying to run this woman out of town for daring to challenge the teachers actions. Massive numbers of threats via Facebook, Twitter, etc. National news has not seemed to pick this up yet, … --- ## [You keep being wrong jezzaOZ. How 'bout acknowledging this fact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-being-wrong-jezzaoz-how-bout-acknowledging-this-fact/717329)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-being-wrong-jezzaoz-how-bout-acknowledging-this-fact/717329 "2015-04-16T06:31:15Z")
Being wrong is not a major offence here, to my knowledge. If it is, I’ve been guilty several times. Consistently being wrong is, but this post is not about that, or even about my impression about where between never wron… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=141)