# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 149 --- ## [CNN and Clickbait - Clickbait in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-clickbait-clickbait-in-general/703921)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-clickbait-clickbait-in-general/703921 "2014-12-17T21:25:40Z")
WTF is it with CNN and goddamn clickbait? Not that CNN is the most prestigious media outlet but, REALLY? “Blah, blah, blah and THEN…this!” “The World’s Catchiest Song is…” “The best investment I ever made…” People must c… --- ## [The smug English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-english/706399)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-english/706399 "2014-12-17T12:56:38Z")
For months a couple of years ago, two English workers at my office constantly made jokes about how stupid America was regarding healthcare. This went on for many days and finally I popped a cork and suggested that if En… --- ## [Hulu, I love you, but dammit...don't give me interactive commercials.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-i-love-you-but-dammit-dont-give-me-interactive-commercials/706456)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-i-love-you-but-dammit-dont-give-me-interactive-commercials/706456 "2014-12-17T09:51:07Z")
Small rant, probably nothing much to get upset over (and I’m not upset, it’s just annoying), but yesterday, I’m watching a show on Hulu. Two or three commercials are about life insurance. Okay, I don’t mind. I don’t real… --- ## [Defence of torture and torturers, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defence-of-torture-and-torturers-really/707016)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defence-of-torture-and-torturers-really/707016 "2014-12-15T10:21:20Z")
What the fuck is happening in this thread? We have posters in 2014 defending torture and torturers, a practice every civilised country in the world finds unacceptable to the extent that it’s one of the few things, along… --- ## [It's not the money, it's the principle! No, it's the money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-the-money-its-the-principle-no-its-the-money/706866)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-the-money-its-the-principle-no-its-the-money/706866 "2014-12-15T07:02:28Z")
Harvard Business School Professor Ben Edelman, of its Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit, shows how negotiations workwhen his once-favorite Chinese takeout joint overcharges. The e-mail chain is priceless. But h… --- ## [The worst type of quack - distracting from a proven cure, taking $$, and killing kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-type-of-quack-distracting-from-a-proven-cure-taking-and-killing-kids/704536)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-type-of-quack-distracting-from-a-proven-cure-taking-and-killing-kids/704536 "2014-12-13T17:57:59Z")
We’ve had a few threads in the last year or so in GQ discussing the real victories in ‘The War on Cancer’. It may have been me who noted that one of the first wins was against a childhood leukemia - Acute Lymphoblastic L… --- ## [I pit Bricker for admitting he plans to make posts that are "clearly and utterly unreasonable"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-bricker-for-admitting-he-plans-to-make-posts-that-are-clearly-and-utterly-unreasonable/706080)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-bricker-for-admitting-he-plans-to-make-posts-that-are-clearly-and-utterly-unreasonable/706080 "2014-12-12T15:34:35Z")
I like Bricker. He contributes to a lot of threads, IMO. I know some people don’t like him, and I disagree with him on many things, but I generally like him as a poster. He (usually) spends effort to be factually corr… --- ## [I Pit your analogy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-analogy/705537)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-analogy/705537 "2014-12-12T15:14:28Z")
Your analogy is nothing like mine. Plus this is supposed to be discussed somewhere else and I can’t find it. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, which means fire would be a quick way to find it, but it would … --- ## [Schools are now going to use temp service substitute teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-are-now-going-to-use-temp-service-substitute-teachers/706744)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-are-now-going-to-use-temp-service-substitute-teachers/706744 "2014-12-12T14:44:56Z")
Its a growing trend among schools now to outsource their subs to temp service agencies and our district has announced they will start next year. They say it has to do with the new Obamacare policies. What this means for… --- ## [I pit all the phucking phonies who post shit and then "apologize" for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-phucking-phonies-who-post-shit-and-then-apologize-for-it/706095)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-phucking-phonies-who-post-shit-and-then-apologize-for-it/706095 "2014-12-11T02:31:07Z")
Elizabeth Lauten is the latest one. It just burns my bacon that these people think nothing of posting any abusive thought that pops into their little pea brains, and then think that “apologizing” makes everything OK. Ri… --- ## [How can people be so dumb and KNOWING they are dumb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-people-be-so-dumb-and-knowing-they-are-dumb/706600)
**Author:** [@Knowledgable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowledgable)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-people-be-so-dumb-and-knowing-they-are-dumb/706600 "2014-12-10T23:29:08Z")
OK now this is pretty pathetic because we as a kind are pretty retarded but saying Israel should go pre-1967 borders is just making me lmao and rage. if arabs wanna start fights (and yes 1967 was “initiated” by israel b… --- ## [Pirate Bay and associated assholes----suck it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-bay-and-associated-assholes-suck-it/633605)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 453\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-bay-and-associated-assholes-suck-it/633605 "2014-12-10T22:11:34Z")
Got one of the fuckers. More to come, we can only hope. The world doesn’t owe you a living. --- ## [Torture? Meh, who gives a crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-meh-who-gives-a-crap/706800)
**Author:** [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-meh-who-gives-a-crap/706800 "2014-12-10T17:10:52Z")
How about those thousands of people who burned to death or were forced to jump from the twin towers? THAT’s torture. These murderous Muslim ragheads made their beds, they can lie in 'em and rot. --- ## [Mayor Of NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-of-nyc/706610)
**Author:** [@Cyberdish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberdish)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-of-nyc/706610 "2014-12-10T15:15:37Z")
I was so pissed at the mayor this morning. I know EXACTLY how Eric Garner was killed. How do I know this? Because I was a witness. The majority of people who have seen the video agree that he died as a result of the chok… --- ## [Four Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-paws/706644)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-paws/706644 "2014-12-09T04:38:14Z")
I was handed a bottle of Four Paws Brewers Yeast tablets as a suggested supplement to feed my cat. The usual claimed benefits one might expect, shiny coat, pest control, the like. And a little ribbon thing at the bottom … --- ## ["Nothing but bush"? I think you're talking about what's between your ears, Tony Abbott.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-but-bush-i-think-youre-talking-about-whats-between-your-ears-tony-abbott/704639)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-but-bush-i-think-youre-talking-about-whats-between-your-ears-tony-abbott/704639 "2014-12-09T00:51:54Z")
Disclosure: i am, for the most part, strongly opposed to the politics of the ruling conservative coalition government in Australia. That said, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is a fucking doofus, even by Liberal/National Par… --- ## [I pit those who think stereotype/generalize foreign languages in a negative way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-stereotype-generalize-foreign-languages-in-a-negative-way/705469)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-stereotype-generalize-foreign-languages-in-a-negative-way/705469 "2014-12-07T21:55:48Z")
Have you ever heard someone say German is a Nazi language? How about “Arabic is a terrorist language” or “Afrikaans is racist?” Well, languages cannot be evil. Only people and policies and behaviors can be evil. Besides… --- ## [I pit my commuter railroad, Metro North](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-commuter-railroad-metro-north/706025)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-commuter-railroad-metro-north/706025 "2014-12-07T21:43:22Z")
After a rash of pretty serious fatal incidents over the last year or so, Metro North has some issues. I get it. My comfort is not their priority. However, it’s unreasonable to think I should pay over $300 for a monthly t… --- ## [Just fucking obey the cops and the law.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fucking-obey-the-cops-and-the-law/705848)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 631\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fucking-obey-the-cops-and-the-law/705848 "2014-12-06T04:25:27Z")
The tragedy of the two recent “suicide by cop”(de facto) episodes have resulted in a nationwide examination of how cops respond to criminal behavior. This seems to be way more of a problem in the US than say in Canada. … --- ## [Are headphones extinct, or is it courtesy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-headphones-extinct-or-is-it-courtesy/705734)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-headphones-extinct-or-is-it-courtesy/705734 "2014-12-04T20:48:20Z")
Seems like just about everywhere I go, people are watching/listening to videos or music on phones or laptops, with the volume cranked up so that everyone within at least 20 feet has to listen to it too. Aside from the IM… --- ## ["Blackish" .. Oh.... REALLY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-oh-really/705873)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-oh-really/705873 "2014-12-04T18:30:35Z")
No idea if this belongs in Café Society or here. Move as seen fit. We watched “Blackish” this week. There were many mediocre things about the show. They are interchangeable with every other sitcom of the last 5 years. T… --- ## [Is college worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-college-worth-it/705536)
**Author:** [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-college-worth-it/705536 "2014-12-04T08:19:38Z")
Let’s take the debts out of the equation. Is getting a college education worthless nowadays? Even from people who graduated and found a job, I hear a lot of negativity. This sums up most fo what I hear. Basically all I… --- ## [Another reason to hate Fort Lauderdale, you'll get arrested for feeding the homeless.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-reason-to-hate-fort-lauderdale-youll-get-arrested-for-feeding-the-homeless/703794)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-reason-to-hate-fort-lauderdale-youll-get-arrested-for-feeding-the-homeless/703794 "2014-12-04T04:50:47Z")
Abbott and two pastors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were charged for feeding the homeless in public on Sunday, the city’s first crackdowns under a new ordinance banning public food sharing,… Abbott is 90. Now he faces … --- ## [opinions and why I don't have one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-and-why-i-dont-have-one/706072)
**Author:** [@BeetleJuice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeetleJuice)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-and-why-i-dont-have-one/706072 "2014-12-02T18:48:39Z")
Seems like the second an opinion is expressed there are five people telling me how wrong I am. Two are in my head, but still. So, at a rather young age I stopped forming opinions and started creating different worlds in … --- ## [Novembrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novembrants/703304)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novembrants/703304 "2014-12-01T14:12:46Z")
November ranting! I pit myself for not coming up with a more clever title, and stealing the title idea from a “Decembrants” thread posted earlier. At least, that’s where I think I got the title. --- ## [Bl--dy Google Imperialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bl-dy-google-imperialism/704940)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bl-dy-google-imperialism/704940 "2014-12-01T03:15:49Z")
Used to be that a web site told the semantic value of elements, like “headline” or “bold”, it was up to you how you choose to display that. But no, Google wants you to use Chrome, their own browser, and outcast are you … --- ## [Anita Sarkeesian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anita-sarkeesian/704982)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anita-sarkeesian/704982 "2014-11-29T00:48:46Z")
Yes. There’s no doubt sexism in the gaming industry. Yes, there are more men game developers than women. Yes. We’ve talked about this in the GameGate thread. I’m sorry that I’m a little late with this, but I want to… --- ## [Will right-wing demagogues STFU already about "black-on-black" violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-right-wing-demagogues-stfu-already-about-black-on-black-violence/705584)
**Author:** [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-right-wing-demagogues-stfu-already-about-black-on-black-violence/705584 "2014-11-26T21:10:33Z")
Rudy “Did someone say 9/11?” Giuliani is the latest cranky voice on the right railing against the lack of outrage in the black community over black-on-black homicide. Instead, black people reserve all their ire for the v… --- ## [Idiot assistant principal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-assistant-principal/705085)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-assistant-principal/705085 "2014-11-25T15:38:42Z")
Amy Strickland is an assistant principal at a high school in Norfolk, Virginia. She has a personal twitter account. Back in June she tweeted a picture of seven couples going to the prom. The couples were all interracial… --- ## [F\*ck With Scammer - Need Answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-with-scammer-need-answer-fast/704090)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-with-scammer-need-answer-fast/704090 "2014-11-25T04:28:03Z")
I am on the phone with one of those scammers from “Windows”. I am stalling him with the idea that I need to turn on my PC. Help me fuck with him! All suggestions welcome! Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=149)