# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=15 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 16 --- ## [The Bronze Turd Award appears in Washington DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218 "2024-12-19T13:25:27Z")
Nobody seems to have noted this, so I will Here’s a transcript of the inscription: This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate… --- ## [Face book can take a long walk on a short pier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-book-can-take-a-long-walk-on-a-short-pier/1007345)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-book-can-take-a-long-walk-on-a-short-pier/1007345 "2024-12-19T13:09:00Z")
I ONLY use facebook to look at pictures of my dogs when I board them. The ‘kennel’ has a facebook page where it uploads pictures to their facebook page. So, I look about once a year. And I forgot my fb credentials and t… --- ## [Was I The A$$hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-the-a-hole/1008384)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-the-a-hole/1008384 "2024-12-19T08:39:19Z")
This is about a thread on Facebook. I thought that I was both on the moral side and doing quite well in the argument. Then, the thread was not there anymore. I’m assuming that somebody deleted it. So, this is from memory… --- ## ["Get the government off my back"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-government-off-my-back/1010973)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-government-off-my-back/1010973 "2024-12-19T06:53:28Z")
I have seen this opinion lately from time to time, from individuals. Does anyone (e.g. average Joe) have a specific example of the gov’t as a burden? Is this cross bearing? Can people absorb the government by the peo… --- ## [Shittiest universities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shittiest-universities/1007264)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shittiest-universities/1007264 "2024-12-19T06:37:19Z")
Not the most excruciating of pittings, but… Guess I’ll need some ignorance full-nelsoned outta me here - according to this website… These are the 63 worst colleges in America 2024 - Degreechoices.com …where in the fuck… --- ## [Filmore is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filmore-is-pitted/1007042)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filmore-is-pitted/1007042 "2024-12-19T06:34:53Z")
@filmore is a dumbass of epic proportion. He keeps arguing in the Trump/Harris debate thread that Harris needs to prove to voters she actually worked at McDonalds and isn’t lying so that independent and undecided voters … --- ## [Pitting BorealisCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-borealiscooper/1010149)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-borealiscooper/1010149 "2024-12-19T06:33:44Z")
Today’s Coveted Golden Sealioning Award Goes To … @BorealisCooper! Come on down! Stranger --- ## [Furious At My New Landlords! They Won't Make Repairs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furious-at-my-new-landlords-they-wont-make-repairs/1007493)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furious-at-my-new-landlords-they-wont-make-repairs/1007493 "2024-12-19T06:31:53Z")
I was finally able to move out of my old apartment. It was rodent infested, in a high crime neighborhood, 500 something feet (as opposed to the apartment in Somerton which was almost 800), yet the rent ws more each month… --- ## [The travesty of not running Joe Biden in 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travesty-of-not-running-joe-biden-in-2016/1004617)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travesty-of-not-running-joe-biden-in-2016/1004617 "2024-12-19T06:29:30Z")
So now this saga is over. Joe Biden achieved his lifelong dream which begun in earnest over thirty years ago to become President of the United States. One which he was first on the public record for before anyone outside… --- ## [Fuck you, Joe Manchin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201 "2024-12-19T06:28:16Z")
Fuck you, Joe Manchin! And that is all. --- ## [I pit Elmo and his Tesla heist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elmo-and-his-tesla-heist/1002838)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elmo-and-his-tesla-heist/1002838 "2024-12-19T06:25:42Z")
Ok I don’t have the highest opinion of modern corporations, but even I am pretty floored by this, maybe I’m too naive. Elon Musk just reached in the till at Tesla and pocketed 55 BILLION! I’ve never had a high opinio… --- ## [Ballot drop-boxes are being torched in Oregon and Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-drop-boxes-are-being-torched-in-oregon-and-washington/1009368)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-drop-boxes-are-being-torched-in-oregon-and-washington/1009368 "2024-12-19T06:17:01Z")
That Oregon does all mail-in voting makes this act even more despicable. Does the perp really, seriously think there are no Trump votes in there? (I do see another thread in P&E. I’m leaving it here.) On a happier no… --- ## [Can we now, finally, chew the lying stripper a new one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607 "2024-12-17T21:25:46Z")
All charges in the Duke rape case to be dropped. Those boys were ripped from end to end over this, their names dragged through the mud, castigated by the “Group of 88”, judged guilty in the court of public opinion, and … --- ## [Selling on FB marketplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-fb-marketplace/1006935)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-fb-marketplace/1006935 "2024-12-17T21:23:48Z")
Just a minor rant here - more of a “huh, people are the dumb”. Posting some really cheap stuff on FB, mainly to get rid of it. I expect the usual “is this available?” , followed by no replies ever again when I quickly… --- ## [Good Riddance Warren Jeffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-warren-jeffs/592281)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-warren-jeffs/592281 "2024-12-17T20:46:54Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/us/10brfs-POLYGAMISTLE\_BRF.html?ref=us Arguably some good news. Pedophile pervert and self-proclaimed “prophet” Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for impregnating a 15 y… --- ## [Pitting the Toyota service department. This is where I bought my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-toyota-service-department-this-is-where-i-bought-my-car/1011326)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-toyota-service-department-this-is-where-i-bought-my-car/1011326 "2024-12-17T19:22:04Z")
So. Message comes up on dash board that the car needs service. Ok. I make an appointment. This is a 100 mile one way drive for me. Simple shit. Change the oil, replace the back up camera that no longer functions. They … --- ## [I Pit the Obsession With Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-obsession-with-trump/1011136)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-obsession-with-trump/1011136 "2024-12-17T14:13:46Z")
Ever since the election, it seems like every other thread – even threads that aren’t directly about the guy – have devolved into back-and-forth venting about him, and whether or not the country will be heading directly i… --- ## [I pit the privacy injunction in the Prince Andrew "H6" spy scandal and the lack of coverage it's getting overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-privacy-injunction-in-the-prince-andrew-h6-spy-scandal-and-the-lack-of-coverage-its-getting-overseas/1011696)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-privacy-injunction-in-the-prince-andrew-h6-spy-scandal-and-the-lack-of-coverage-its-getting-overseas/1011696 "2024-12-17T01:57:47Z")
So those of you outside the UK may not of heard of this scandal. King Charles disgraced brother prince Andrew has been caught gong into business with a Chinese businessman who was later denied entry to the UK for being a… --- ## [Oh No, please no ... NOvember rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569 "2024-12-17T01:16:09Z")
It’s after 6pm on Nov 1st (well here in SC anyway) and I don’t see a new thread, so here ya go! My only rant is that I want it to be like November 10th so I can stop the anxiety cycle I’m in. --- ## [Pitting Traitorous Black Male Trump Supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-traitorous-black-male-trump-supporters/1009929)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-traitorous-black-male-trump-supporters/1009929 "2024-12-10T04:41:28Z")
Trump and his MAGA army hate minority groups, and that includes YOU idiots named in the thread title. They want to get rid of federally funded pre-kindergarten, which strongly aids the poorer minority parents in getting… --- ## [DJTJ and the rubbing of the gums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djtj-and-the-rubbing-of-the-gums/1010956)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djtj-and-the-rubbing-of-the-gums/1010956 "2024-11-30T04:25:05Z")
AFA this incident goes, I’m most curious as to how DJTJ handles his stash in his pocket. What kind of container was it, and how do you pull out a dose without losing some on your clothes? I’m sure he’s had a lot of pract… --- ## [I hate Subway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-subway/1010083)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-subway/1010083 "2024-11-29T18:21:37Z")
Not the food, I love it, but their hypocritical taunting, advertising free 6 inch sandwich for Veteran’s Day, knowing full well no franchise is going to honor it. Just stop. As for franchisee, why not get a customer in t… --- ## [Let's give Trump's potential Cabinet the Willies (Willy Wonka, that is)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-give-trumps-potential-cabinet-the-willies-willy-wonka-that-is/1010709)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-give-trumps-potential-cabinet-the-willies-willy-wonka-that-is/1010709 "2024-11-25T20:19:18Z")
I thought I could start out with a little ditty from Miles Vorkosigan from Bluesky (with his enthusiastic permission, of course): \*Oompa Loompa Doopitty Dout Flailing, exhausted, Gaetz has pulled out Oompa Loompa Doop… --- ## [State Superintendent orders students to listen to hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-superintendent-orders-students-to-listen-to-hate-speech/1010296)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-superintendent-orders-students-to-listen-to-hate-speech/1010296 "2024-11-22T17:30:13Z")
https://kfor.com/news/local/walters-orders-public-schools-show-students-video-of-him-speaking-politically-charged-opinions-praying-for-donald-trump/ Oklahoma State Superintendent Walters has demanded all students to joi… --- ## [Listen up, motherfuckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831 "2024-11-21T15:52:56Z")
In case you haven’t seen it, we’ve removed the restricted word list from the Pit. You are now officially free drop f-bombs at any target, in whatever configuration you desire. Keep in mind, this only applies to the “ba… --- ## [Awful yet predictable consequences of anti-abortion legislation omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-yet-predictable-consequences-of-anti-abortion-legislation-omnibus-thread/969787)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-yet-predictable-consequences-of-anti-abortion-legislation-omnibus-thread/969787 "2024-11-21T14:16:15Z")
@Buck\_Godot came up with this idea after I posted this thread. So here we go. And I put it in the Pit on purpose. Let the F words fly. --- ## [Matt Gaetz is a Metalunan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-is-a-metalunan/1010413)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-is-a-metalunan/1010413 "2024-11-20T15:54:35Z")
Matt Gaetz has that anomalously high forehead. I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures of him ever since Trump said he wanted him as AG, and I can’t help thinking he looks like one of the Metalunans from the 1950s film This I… --- ## [14\_New\_Vertix\_Gereration scam (Whatsapp)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197 "2024-11-17T07:39:06Z")
For godsakes. Whatsap spammers have me on their list, somehow. My typical resolution is to be extremely abusive and insulting to these people, which normally gets me banned and so no longer get spam. Which from my poi… --- ## [I'll keep my Trump-voting cousin, if you don't mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-keep-my-trump-voting-cousin-if-you-dont-mind/1010183)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-keep-my-trump-voting-cousin-if-you-dont-mind/1010183 "2024-11-16T03:15:18Z")
Background: I’m adopted, and because both my birth mother and birth father had tons of offspring, I have about a zillion bio-relatives. Loooooonnnnggg story short, I am slightly in touch with a few of them, and it’s fine… --- ## [Pitting conservative Christians (followup to "How can I stay safe as a nonbinary person...")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-conservative-christians-followup-to-how-can-i-stay-safe-as-a-nonbinary-person/1010071)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-conservative-christians-followup-to-how-can-i-stay-safe-as-a-nonbinary-person/1010071 "2024-11-15T13:17:01Z")
This is a follow-up to this thread I made the other day, where I was scared about me and my friends’ safety: How can I stay safe as a nonbinary person, now that Trump has won(?)? Just to be clear, I know I’m not exactly … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=16)