# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=149 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 150 --- ## [RO: LA elementary school teacher charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys & girls ages 7 to 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-la-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-committing-lewd-acts-with-23-boys-girls-ages-7-to-10/611331 "2014-11-24T23:03:40Z")
USA Today: I have no words. --- ## [Fire chief caught refusing to help victims because they're black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-chief-caught-refusing-to-help-victims-because-theyre-black/705177)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-chief-caught-refusing-to-help-victims-because-theyre-black/705177 "2014-11-23T04:37:23Z")
Story here. Thankfully the racist idiot (but I repeat myself) has been exposed. --- ## [Woman taken to the wrong hospital and now owes a gazillion dollars. This shouldn't even be a thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-taken-to-the-wrong-hospital-and-now-owes-a-gazillion-dollars-this-shouldnt-even-be-a-thing/704486)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-taken-to-the-wrong-hospital-and-now-owes-a-gazillion-dollars-this-shouldnt-even-be-a-thing/704486 "2014-11-22T21:31:54Z")
But besides overhauling the whole system, I don’t know how we keep this from happening. The story: http://www.channel3000.com/news/woman-taken-to-wrong-hospital-faces-bankruptcy/29648000. If something like this happen… --- ## [Stoid, Are You Still Confident that You Know a Lot about Diet and Obesity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100 "2014-11-22T03:44:02Z")
I’m posting this to the Pit because it will surely result in a lot of acrimony. A couple years ago, Stoid started a thread in which she had an apparent epiphany about the true causes of obesity. She seemed pretty confi… --- ## [I pit my fellow whiteys who think they are Native American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-fellow-whiteys-who-think-they-are-native-american/698686)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-fellow-whiteys-who-think-they-are-native-american/698686 "2014-11-22T00:39:35Z")
Straight Dope says that one of the main purposes of the pit is “rants about the world,” and so I thought I would use this section of the Dope forums as an outlet to unload on a subject which I feel should be addressed sw… --- ## [For all the haskell fans out there:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-haskell-fans-out-there/705083)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-haskell-fans-out-there/705083 "2014-11-21T19:27:16Z")
let f = (.).(.) One of the tasks for my homework in Informatics 2, which is basically Haskell lab, is to evaluate this statement, and figure out what the function declaration for it is. In other words, f::x-\>y-\>z-\>… Ok… --- ## [Obama to Palestinians: "No short cuts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-palestinians-no-short-cuts/597068)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-palestinians-no-short-cuts/597068 "2014-11-21T15:46:31Z")
Obama, you spineless, whining picture boy. You may be POTUS but only in form. You work from the script. And the script was written before you got elected. You just made sure you’ll follow the script best. What a disgra… --- ## [I pit Microsoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-microsoft/705116)
**Author:** [@Onyerbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onyerbike)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-microsoft/705116 "2014-11-21T00:19:57Z")
As I understand it, USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0 hardware. So why on earth does microsoft make sure that its xbox one controllers (that use a 3.0 slot) cannot be used on the xbox 360 (2.0) or vice versa? When… --- ## [Judge must think "Lolita" is about a slut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-must-think-lolita-is-about-a-slut/704681)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-must-think-lolita-is-about-a-slut/704681 "2014-11-20T20:07:32Z")
Just saw this on CBS’s website.L.A. school district: Girl, 14, mature enough to consent to sex with teacher. Of course, you think that the L.A. district and their lawyers are assholes, blaming the victim, bringing up he… --- ## [GOP / movement conservatives: Bad decisions are a business model](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-movement-conservatives-bad-decisions-are-a-business-model/704819)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-movement-conservatives-bad-decisions-are-a-business-model/704819 "2014-11-20T19:38:53Z")
There’s always going to be a problem getting “conservative” politicians in the USA to do the smart or socially responsible thing. I don’t know what the ratio is of principled true believers to corrupt pols to principled… --- ## [The superignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-superignorant/704885)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-superignorant/704885 "2014-11-19T17:16:53Z")
I really like this board. People ask questions, they get answers. Some times I think the questions are stupid, but they still deserve polite answers and this board will supply them. And if they’re not so polite your frie… --- ## [Julien Blanc's secret to attracting women: sexually assault them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julien-blancs-secret-to-attracting-women-sexually-assault-them/703937)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julien-blancs-secret-to-attracting-women-sexually-assault-them/703937 "2014-11-19T16:18:35Z")
No, really. Picking up chicks is easy. Just grab their heads and shove them onto your dick. I pretty much assumed the headline of this article was being hyperbolic, but now that I’ve seen the video (shot in Japan) it’s … --- ## [So Are College Football Students Above the Law--Or Just at Florida State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-college-football-students-above-the-law-or-just-at-florida-state/704641)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-college-football-students-above-the-law-or-just-at-florida-state/704641 "2014-11-18T13:43:04Z")
We had a discussion of Jameis Winston at Florida State: The New York Times reports another case–about a hit-and-run accident: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/for-an-fsu-football-player-a-hit-and… --- ## [An open letter to Mercedes drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-mercedes-drivers/98045)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-mercedes-drivers/98045 "2014-11-16T23:35:05Z")
Dear Mercedes drivers, You see that little stick by the steering wheel? That’s an indicator. Using it gives other drivers an indication of where you’re going to go next. It stops us from having to brake really heavily. … --- ## [Revenge porn (something something) faces arrest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-porn-something-something-faces-arrest/704451)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-porn-something-something-faces-arrest/704451 "2014-11-15T19:27:55Z")
So, flipping through BBC news videos this morning, this is what catches my eye: “Revenge porn (something something) faces arrest!” Cool! Always nice to hear a good story of justice being served to a well-deserving ars… --- ## [I Pit the Concert for Valor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-concert-for-valor/704396)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-concert-for-valor/704396 "2014-11-13T18:30:27Z")
Is Valor hurting for money? Is Valor research underfunded? Is Valor being discriminated against? I dunno why for sure, but HBO’s “Concert for Valor” strikes me as an incredibly crass exercise in marketing manipulation… --- ## [I pit Home Depot's continuing move to E-Z-D-I-Y](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-home-depots-continuing-move-to-e-z-d-i-y/704449)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-home-depots-continuing-move-to-e-z-d-i-y/704449 "2014-11-13T15:37:46Z")
I’ve probably bitched about this before, but every time I get bitten by it I am enraged anew. It’s no secret that every day Home Depot (and Lowe’s) opens its doors there will be one fewer professional option and at leas… --- ## [Shoshana Roberts, a street walker (10 hours,) films herself being "harassed."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoshana-roberts-a-street-walker-10-hours-films-herself-being-harassed/702930)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 739\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoshana-roberts-a-street-walker-10-hours-films-herself-being-harassed/702930 "2014-11-13T03:29:38Z")
Along the way she is complimented and greeted by many men (some 27 by my account, not nearly the 100 claimed.) Some of them even express their own insecurities, one gentleman asked, “do you think I’m ugly? I’m ugly rig… --- ## [Putin: "The Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact was okay . . . the UK and the US caused WWII"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-the-molotov-ribbentrop-pact-was-okay-the-uk-and-the-us-caused-wwii/704008)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-the-molotov-ribbentrop-pact-was-okay-the-uk-and-the-us-caused-wwii/704008 "2014-11-13T03:03:39Z")
The mind boggles. The apogee of revisionism. I am putting this is in the pit because I can’t be the only one (I hope) who wants to call Putin an asshole. Mr. Putin, sir, you are an asshole. Your attempt to retrospecti… --- ## [Anony-pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anony-pit/704468)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anony-pit/704468 "2014-11-12T22:52:32Z")
I just want to pit the whole TPLF, with a special nod to MJL for being obstinate and clueless, and the entire supporting structure for being willfully ignorant and stubborn, and the generic resource chosen to accomplish … --- ## [Dear environmental activists: why do you look up to Vandana Shiva?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-environmental-activists-why-do-you-look-up-to-vandana-shiva/704179)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-environmental-activists-why-do-you-look-up-to-vandana-shiva/704179 "2014-11-12T20:08:07Z")
Is it because of her historical denialism? \[QUOTE=The Green Revolution in the Punjab\] The Green Revolution has been a failure. \[/QUOTE\] After all, it’s not like it was predicted in the 60s that millions in India woul… --- ## [Am I an asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole/699411)
**Author:** [@bubba\_jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba_jr)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole/699411 "2014-11-11T04:04:53Z")
FUCK… Its the pit, I can say that… I am so pissed. Text… Her: "Don't panic, am fine, but I'm at the ER, company nurse sent me to ER." I was on the road… Driving… Her "Tried calling, going for MRI and Nitroglyceryn… --- ## [Kansas, O Kansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-o-kansas/703712)
**Author:** [@Megaera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megaera)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-o-kansas/703712 "2014-11-08T09:37:14Z")
Unlurking again to say I hereby pit the state of Kansas because I live here and frankly it’s embarrassing. It looks like Brownback and Pat Roberts might win, along with Huelskamp, and that means something - it means the … --- ## [NY Post's Clinton headline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-posts-clinton-headline/700021)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-posts-clinton-headline/700021 "2014-11-08T01:40:09Z")
Okay, I know that the NY Post is a partisan tabloid rag unfit for use even as toilet paper, but come on, \[QUOTE=NYPost\] PARTY POOPER Another liberal crybaby for Dem Clintons \[/QUOTE\] Really? The kid is a day old, yo… --- ## ["Oracle America Inc" (juckeck.exe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-america-inc-juckeck-exe/633816)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-america-inc-juckeck-exe/633816 "2014-11-07T13:40:13Z")
My son’s laptop had a recurring notification purporting to be a Java update from “Oracle America Inc.” DUH!!! Not Oracle Corp, not Sun Microsystems. They ought to get their ass sued by the real Oracle for distributing… --- ## [Stupid Alumni "Directory" Campaigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-alumni-directory-campaigns/703806)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-alumni-directory-campaigns/703806 "2014-11-07T02:04:07Z")
In the last couple of months, I’ve been inundated (well, if three counts as an inundation) with groups wanting to create an alumni directory. So I get cards in the mail and emails with “Please call this number and confir… --- ## [WTF is the stupid outrage over "Oriental" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-stupid-outrage-over-oriental-about/702163)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-stupid-outrage-over-oriental-about/702163 "2014-11-06T19:01:48Z")
May I start a thread in BBQ Pit instead? First, Wikipedia offers an even weaker claim than Colibri: Dictionaries are divided, but some allow the word: \[QUOTE=dictionary.reference.com/browse/oriental\] (usually init… --- ## [Career websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-websites/703608)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-websites/703608 "2014-11-06T15:47:50Z")
I think this was mentioned, but it need to vent… Dear Taleo, is it really necessary for you to require a defense depArtment strength password for me to apply on your inconsistent website? What purpose does the extraction… --- ## [Scott won](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-won/703719)
**Author:** [@InfiniteJest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfiniteJest)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-won/703719 "2014-11-06T15:10:40Z")
Crist lost. --- ## [Customers at the USPS. You're too stupid to be an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-at-the-usps-youre-too-stupid-to-be-an-idiot/680787)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-at-the-usps-youre-too-stupid-to-be-an-idiot/680787 "2014-11-06T02:58:56Z")
I’m not talking about the ones in line. This is about the people using to stamp/shipping machine. And it’s EVERY time. Jesus Fucking H Goddamn Christ on a Popsicle Stick people. I swear to God that if two or more peop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=150)