# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=154 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 155 --- ## [Some People will never mind their OWN business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-will-never-mind-their-own-business/697008)
**Author:** [@la\_fille\_intellectuelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/la_fille_intellectuelle)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-will-never-mind-their-own-business/697008 "2014-09-02T16:13:25Z")
To put it simply the majority of the population will never mind their own business because Jesus Christ won’t let them. Personally I don’t believe in a living God or any other deity that controls & sways all mindsets,fo… --- ## [!@#$Cancer sucks!%^&\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-sucks/696496)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-sucks/696496 "2014-09-02T15:45:33Z")
Last Friday I learned that one of my two remaining aunts has cancer. It’s in her liver and stomach, so I’m assuming it will spread even more. Goddam, fuck, shit! I shouldn’t be cussing like that but it’s like drugs, i… --- ## [A-gust of fresh mini rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582 "2014-09-02T15:37:06Z")
Spent the past couple of days scrubbing the house, and went to bed last night with an empty laundry basket, empty dishwasher, mopped floors, etc. Seriously, everything clean and put away (except for the two boxes by the … --- ## [Ticked off with people bashing the USA's WW2 contributions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticked-off-with-people-bashing-the-usas-ww2-contributions/695777)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticked-off-with-people-bashing-the-usas-ww2-contributions/695777 "2014-09-01T18:39:30Z")
People say we came in at the very end of the war and stole the glory from the Soviet Union. This is not true. I’ve done my history. The USA came into the war in 1941, the very middle of the conflict. The war didn’t end u… --- ## [Dougie\_monty is an immoral cultist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 451\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993 "2014-09-01T15:00:44Z")
From a thread about Jehovah’s Witnesses (because of course it is), talking about the victims of shunning and the reasons for it: “Drinkers”? Um, what? First of all, there’s absolutely fuck-all wrong with casual alcoh… --- ## [Shodan crosses the line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-crosses-the-line/696803)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-crosses-the-line/696803 "2014-09-01T07:31:51Z")
Not for the first time, I’m sure. But this has got to be the most blatantly intellectually dishonest OP I’ve seen for a long time even from him. Anybody who clicks the link can see the falsity of the premise and debunk… --- ## [tomndebb is a genocide denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-a-genocide-denier/696561)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-a-genocide-denier/696561 "2014-08-30T06:38:17Z")
. Dear The Second Stone, I don’t start Pit threads. Hell, I don’t often start threads of any sort. But hey, I figure I’ll hook you up with a place to complain without all the passive-aggressive bullshit. I’m a helpe… --- ## [BrainGlutton, enough already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-enough-already/696532)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-enough-already/696532 "2014-08-28T00:13:35Z")
I can’t count the number of times BrainGlutton has posted articles with no thought whatsoever. He posts either a link to the article or, more annoying, 3-4 paragraphs of the article in a quote box; he adds NOTHING of his… --- ## [Thank you for protecting us...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-protecting-us/690479)
**Author:** [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-protecting-us/690479 "2014-08-27T16:42:35Z")
Last week a presumably deranged/stupid/confused/criminal/lunatic/pick your adjective individual decided to go police hunting in a city nearby. He unfortunately had some success. Three RCMP officers are dead and two are… --- ## [I'm all for Lhougerig's disease awareness, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-for-lhougerigs-disease-awareness-but/696398)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-for-lhougerigs-disease-awareness-but/696398 "2014-08-27T09:39:49Z")
…man, I’m getting sick of the ice bucket challenge. :mad: --- ## [IS it just me, or are the Pro-Russian rebels in the Ukraine starting to act a bit dickish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-pro-russian-rebels-in-the-ukraine-starting-to-act-a-bit-dickish/696585)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-pro-russian-rebels-in-the-ukraine-starting-to-act-a-bit-dickish/696585 "2014-08-26T20:58:14Z")
I’m sure this was never going to be a fun war, but thus far I had not heard of any Balkan-esque ethnic cleansings or the like. I admit I have not been paying huge amounts of attention. Yes, a passenger jet was shot dow… --- ## [Fuck You Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pandora/652466)
**Author:** [@USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USPS)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pandora/652466 "2014-08-25T21:12:04Z")
Dicks:eek: --- ## [Ants in Genitals disses the ALS Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-genitals-disses-the-als-challenge/696114)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-genitals-disses-the-als-challenge/696114 "2014-08-23T04:08:24Z")
Ken Ham, the lead piglet rapist at Answers in Genesis and the Creationist “Museum” has posted a screed against the ALS Challenge for research. Written by one of the creation “science” researchers, “Dr.” Georgia Purdom, … --- ## [Orthodox Shitheads Defy Law In Order To Endanger Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-shitheads-defy-law-in-order-to-endanger-children/633606)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-shitheads-defy-law-in-order-to-endanger-children/633606 "2014-08-21T23:16:43Z")
Just gotta kiss them baby dicks, I suppose: I really have nothing to say to that. The law doesn’t ban the penis-to-mouth contact, it just requires that the mohels warn the parents that their child might die or become b… --- ## [ISIS--you're going down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-youre-going-down/695073)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-youre-going-down/695073 "2014-08-21T16:33:41Z")
Just my opinion, but figured I’d start it here so I can cuss. Youse guys are fucking losers. You have had success because you went into a soft target(Syria), had success, and now onto Iraq. You’ve had obscene success … --- ## [Another botched execution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-botched-execution/693930)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-botched-execution/693930 "2014-08-21T00:19:54Z")
I’ve been mugged. Not once or twice but about four times including once at gunpoint. I’ve had my bike stolen. My car was broken into three times. My husband’s best friend was murdered the summer after they graduated fro… --- ## [Hey ABC- screw "Resurrection"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-abc-screw-resurrection/683329)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-abc-screw-resurrection/683329 "2014-08-20T21:30:17Z")
You know, we were actually going to give your new show a chance, but you fucking blew it you marketing weasels. We were enjoying Once Upon a Time, but you saw fit to distract us from a show we really like with a fucking … --- ## [The fools who attacked & looted a Liberian Ebola quarantine center.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fools-who-attacked-looted-a-liberian-ebola-quarantine-center/695764)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fools-who-attacked-looted-a-liberian-ebola-quarantine-center/695764 "2014-08-19T18:20:11Z")
It’s reported that some of the people who did this were upset that infected patients were being brought there from other areas. So apparently their remedy for that was to release those patients into the city and carry… --- ## [7777777 and .999... == 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7777777-and-999-1/693964)
**Author:** [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7777777-and-999-1/693964 "2014-08-17T21:52:51Z")
Regarding this infernal, interminable thread. Contrary, perhaps, to the title, this is not a pitting of Mr. 7777777, as mere forces of nature are without reason, wholly idiotic and innocent, and therefore above reproac… --- ## [so lets take a break from the race discussion in ferguson and talk about this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732)
**Author:** [@Jay4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay4)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732 "2014-08-17T21:40:56Z")
do you think this should be acceptable --- ## [I mega-it 'hit and run emo troll' posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mega-it-hit-and-run-emo-troll-posts/695710)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mega-it-hit-and-run-emo-troll-posts/695710 "2014-08-17T19:52:54Z")
That’s “mega-pit.” Sheesh. And another new user has signed on, dumped out two inflammatory, stupid, vaguely emo posts and logged out in a matter of five minutes. I am so sick of these “I threw up all over my GF’s mothe… --- ## [I pit the new rolleyes smiley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-rolleyes-smiley/695415)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-rolleyes-smiley/695415 "2014-08-15T21:00:16Z")
Exhibit A: :rolleyes: What a retarded piece of shit! Can all of you see that travesty of an emoticon? If I suffered from autism, I might use that smiley in good faith for its intended purpose. Since that isn’t the cas… --- ## [18,000 Palestinians are starving. Will Europe explode in protest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-000-palestinians-are-starving-will-europe-explode-in-protest/695094)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-000-palestinians-are-starving-will-europe-explode-in-protest/695094 "2014-08-15T13:35:38Z")
The desperate residents of a besieged district of Damascus are expected to run out of food on Sunday, leaving 18,000 people facing starvation and leading relief agencies to declare the crisis “unprecedented in living m… --- ## [Some very non-Pitting questions for Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-non-pitting-questions-for-bricker/695375)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-non-pitting-questions-for-bricker/695375 "2014-08-15T12:40:52Z")
Bricker, as you’ve surely noticed, my new sig \[quotes you\] (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17629474&postcount=139) as follows: “I’m convinced that applying your concept of morality to our country wo… --- ## [Worst Father in History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365 "2014-08-15T03:53:48Z")
Man posts photo of his seven-year-old holding a severed head to instagram Jesus fucking Christ, I’ve seen insane terrorists, but this is a whole new level. --- ## [I pit roofers who poop in my yard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-roofers-who-poop-in-my-yard/695138)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-roofers-who-poop-in-my-yard/695138 "2014-08-15T02:53:36Z")
I pit roofers who poop in my yard. I’ve had a bear poop on my stoop, and I’ve had a dog poop on my lawn, but I’ve never had a roofer poop in my yard, that is until I returned home today to find the roofer’s gift, includ… --- ## [Dear Mark Simmonds - Fuck Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mark-simmonds-fuck-off/695370)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mark-simmonds-fuck-off/695370 "2014-08-15T01:27:39Z")
In the UK, Tory MP Mark Simmonds resigned this week, saying his income was not enough to pay for a suitable London family homeIn the UK. Brief details here and here. This entitled wanker gets absolutely no sympathy from… --- ## [Let's name some SDMB posting 'moves'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104 "2014-08-14T22:53:20Z")
Let’s get snarky! What I mean by posting ‘moves’: in this thread, I suggested that the posting ‘move’ of “making an assertion, and upon being challenged on this assertion, immediately backing off with no defense and mak… --- ## [Mom's "Apology" To Friends Without Kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moms-apology-to-friends-without-kids/689487)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 449\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moms-apology-to-friends-without-kids/689487 "2014-08-14T18:11:46Z")
Elle the Mommy-Blogger does a video “apology” to her “friends” for why she makes absolutely no time for them. No, it’s okay, we get it - kids are the only important thing in the entire world, and moms are the only import… --- ## [Anal Jihad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-jihad/693612)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-jihad/693612 "2014-08-14T17:30:48Z")
More at the link. I’m not sure what I’m pitting, to be honest. I don’t mind homosexuality, so it’s not actually the Anal Jihad I’m pitting. Maybe the term “Anal Jihad”? No, that’s amazing. Maybe the opposition to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=155)