# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=157 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 158 --- ## [Seralini, Would You Please Just Go Away? (Anti-GMO crackpot republishes shit paper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seralini-would-you-please-just-go-away-anti-gmo-crackpot-republishes-shit-paper/691597)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seralini-would-you-please-just-go-away-anti-gmo-crackpot-republishes-shit-paper/691597 "2014-06-28T22:22:18Z")
This paper has been shot, stabbed, hung, drawn, quartered, burned alive, and retracted. It is so obviously fallacious that even someone with barely any understanding of toxicology could look at the raw data and say “h… --- ## [Gun nuts threaten gun store owner for selling gun they don't like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nuts-threaten-gun-store-owner-for-selling-gun-they-dont-like/687584)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 473\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nuts-threaten-gun-store-owner-for-selling-gun-they-dont-like/687584 "2014-06-26T15:42:45Z")
Yep, he was going to sell the wrong kind of gun, the kind your 3 year old can’t shoot his playmate with when you’re in the next room, the kind that can’t be used by thieves if they steal it from you, so they threatened t… --- ## [Lots of tots rot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-tots-rot/690053)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-tots-rot/690053 "2014-06-26T10:28:36Z")
Irish Catholic orphanage hid the bodies of 800 children in unmarked grave. Kids die sometimes, we get that. But, Sisters, if you deal with that as if you had something to hide, people will suspect you had something to… --- ## [I pit the IRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-irs/690805)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-irs/690805 "2014-06-26T04:04:50Z")
THe IRS lost Lerner’s emails? They were on her computer, not an exchange server? This proves that the IRS is not competent to do its basic job and should be disbanded. Companies are required to keep emails backed up for … --- ## [Motherf-ing Spiders! (Probably TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherf-ing-spiders-probably-tmi/691417)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherf-ing-spiders-probably-tmi/691417 "2014-06-26T03:24:16Z")
So this weekend I had the pleasure of going up into the mountains with my lovely wife and my two daughters after we won a 2 night stay in a condo in Breckenridge at a silent auction. It was a nice place, not too spectac… --- ## [RO alert: British tabloids sink to an all-time shit-sucking low](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-alert-british-tabloids-sink-to-an-all-time-shit-sucking-low/587850)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 577\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-alert-british-tabloids-sink-to-an-all-time-shit-sucking-low/587850 "2014-06-24T23:44:51Z")
In March 2002, a 13-year-old girl, Millie Dowler, was abducted and murdered. Wikipedia article. Her body was not found until September. During the time she was missing, friends and relatives left hopeful messages on her… --- ## [You let WHO back into your life? (Religion, not relationships)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-let-who-back-into-your-life-religion-not-relationships/691349)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-let-who-back-into-your-life-religion-not-relationships/691349 "2014-06-24T20:34:58Z")
First things first: I am not a Christian. At most, I might consider myself agnostic with strongly disbelieving tendencies. I do not hassle Christians - I’m willing to live and let live, mainly because I believe they shou… --- ## [It's "He" goddammit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-he-goddammit/24230)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-he-goddammit/24230 "2014-06-24T19:05:01Z")
That’s it. I’m fucking sick of these stupid bastards who can’t understand that you use the word “he” to refer to a gender neutral individual. No, it’s not sexist, you hairy-armpitted tree-humping hippie dipshit. No, yo… --- ## [The New York Times reports that judge Kuntz has ruled against ms. Cheeks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-york-times-reports-that-judge-kuntz-has-ruled-against-ms-cheeks/691422)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-york-times-reports-that-judge-kuntz-has-ruled-against-ms-cheeks/691422 "2014-06-24T18:38:55Z")
Link: Judge Upholds Policy Barring Unvaccinated Students During Illnesses - The New York Times In a legal battle some have dubbed ‘Kuntz vs. Cheeks,’ the judge rules in favor of the city on its vaccination policy. The i… --- ## [Help me to not feel like this young woman is full of it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-not-feel-like-this-young-woman-is-full-of-it/691313)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-not-feel-like-this-young-woman-is-full-of-it/691313 "2014-06-24T17:48:36Z")
OK, “full of it” may not be the right phrase I’m looking for. I think she’s sincere. I don’t think she’s exaggerating her frustration. I don’t think she’s making up anything. But I still can’t help by roll my eyes at… --- ## [Malaysian Muslims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysian-muslims/691431)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysian-muslims/691431 "2014-06-24T15:37:38Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/malaysias-top-court-allah-muslims-only-060945018.html I am so :mad:ing sick of Muslim bullshit. --- ## [Another deadly shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-deadly-shooting/690488)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-deadly-shooting/690488 "2014-06-24T01:21:21Z")
I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m getting quite sick and tired of hearing about mass killings being done in this country and even MORE sick and tired of hearing “2nd Amendment!!” hollered out any time anybody wi… --- ## [Sudanese woman sentenced for apostasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudanese-woman-sentenced-for-apostasy/688530)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudanese-woman-sentenced-for-apostasy/688530 "2014-06-23T20:07:23Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/sudanese-woman-sentenced-death-apostasy-123904046.html …if anyone was still under the delusion that law and justice are the same thing. --- ## [Exxon Tries to rip me off doing a state vehicle inspection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-tries-to-rip-me-off-doing-a-state-vehicle-inspection/206347)
**Author:** [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-tries-to-rip-me-off-doing-a-state-vehicle-inspection/206347 "2014-06-23T19:50:17Z")
In Maryland a car only gets a mechanical safety inspection one time when the used car is registered. The Exxon station told me I needed about $600 to repair 1) A Wheel bearing; 2) Power Steering hose; 3) One of Two Bulb… --- ## [Tony Blair is unbelievable!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-is-unbelievable/690809)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-is-unbelievable/690809 "2014-06-20T17:27:54Z")
I mean, just look at the gall of the man, penning this essay on his website. W is more smart than he is. --- ## [Fuck you guy who gives me responsibilities but no powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-guy-who-gives-me-responsibilities-but-no-powers/690990)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-guy-who-gives-me-responsibilities-but-no-powers/690990 "2014-06-20T14:57:07Z")
This guy I work with at work–he’s actually one of the best people here at “actually getting things done,” and he’s latched on to me as someone who can also get things done. To a great extent, I am. But he has this habit… --- ## [Treating retail employees like dirt as a proxy for the corporation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treating-retail-employees-like-dirt-as-a-proxy-for-the-corporation/689845)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treating-retail-employees-like-dirt-as-a-proxy-for-the-corporation/689845 "2014-06-19T20:04:50Z")
I have, at times, been known to treat retail and customer service employees of scummy “Corporate America” type companies rather rudely, treating the person as the physical embodiment of the company’s attitude toward the … --- ## [The Gay White Racialist Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gay-white-racialist-network/217652)
**Author:** [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gay-white-racialist-network/217652 "2003-12-09T07:50:15Z")
I would have thought that being the subject of hatred for something you can’t control would make you less likely to hate people for something they can’t control, but then I ran across the Gay White Racialist Network. I … --- ## [The National Report makes the world a worse place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-report-makes-the-world-a-worse-place/691005)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-report-makes-the-world-a-worse-place/691005 "2014-06-18T22:18:01Z")
I check out Snopes daily to keep up on the latest scams and urban legends. At least several times a week there is one based on an article from the National Report. Having seen this site popping up almost every day there,… --- ## [Can Dr. Oz sink any lower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dr-oz-sink-any-lower/688433)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dr-oz-sink-any-lower/688433 "2014-06-18T17:44:16Z")
Hard to imagine. Yesterday, his TV show hosted a guy who’s probably the worst medical quackery promoter in the history of the Internet, Mike Adams of naturalnews.com - fawningly referring to him as a “whistleblower” and… --- ## [Dumbass Drug Addicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-drug-addicts/690147)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-drug-addicts/690147 "2014-06-17T21:40:40Z")
So my niece got involved with a guy we will call Ted. They were in a relationship for a few years. Ted, as it turns out, was an addict. As many addicts do, he hid it well for a while but as time went on he started in wit… --- ## [Why do I bother updating software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-bother-updating-software/690769)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-bother-updating-software/690769 "2014-06-17T18:56:13Z")
I regret it every time. Nearly without exception, updating any program or app I use results in problems. A Windows update once caused my desktop computer to cease making any sound. I now create a system restore point b… --- ## [Fuck you, Disney! (Star-Wars-related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091 "2014-06-17T17:48:39Z")
Disney fucks 40 years worth of Star Wars readers This is probably something that only I care a goddamn jot about, but whatever. Why do the readers always get fucked? “We’re going to ignore 40 years of story so we don’t … --- ## [US Measles Cases Hit Twenty Year High](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-measles-cases-hit-twenty-year-high/689610)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-measles-cases-hit-twenty-year-high/689610 "2014-06-16T16:22:02Z")
The CDC made a special announcement today to point this out. Thanks a lot, you dumb fuck anti-vaxxers. Damn it. --- ## [Fuck this guy (Santa Barbara shooter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this-guy-santa-barbara-shooter/689182)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this-guy-santa-barbara-shooter/689182 "2014-06-15T22:06:25Z")
Santa Barbara shooter video I’m all for compassion and understanding. But I don’t have any for him. Fuck him and his smarmy face. And fuck all the guys who are taking inspiration from this. --- ## ["Classify the Men's Rights Movement as a terrorist group"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classify-the-mens-rights-movement-as-a-terrorist-group/689395)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classify-the-mens-rights-movement-as-a-terrorist-group/689395 "2014-06-14T07:38:41Z")
And the presently 2,243 people supporting that position. The story being put about by some feminists, and some people on this very board, is that the most recent gun-toting psycho was motivated by being a member of the … --- ## [I pit Gov. Scott Walker for mandating the unnecessary inserting of objects into women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-gov-scott-walker-for-mandating-the-unnecessary-inserting-of-objects-into-women/662746)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1716\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-gov-scott-walker-for-mandating-the-unnecessary-inserting-of-objects-into-women/662746 "2014-06-14T01:14:54Z")
I know the Republican party believes in freedom, but I guess the freedom to make medical choices without having something inserted into you unnecessarily is just a step too far. --- ## [She's calling from INSIDE THE HOUSE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502)
**Author:** [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502 "2014-06-14T01:12:53Z")
Goddamn motherstumpers! The phone just rang, and the caller-ID display showed something odd – the phone was calling itself! The number displayed was \*my \*number, and the name was \*my \*name. What? Was the phone experien… --- ## [Noah's Ark - Factually correct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noahs-ark-factually-correct/689018)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noahs-ark-factually-correct/689018 "2014-06-13T22:12:22Z")
I submit that the story of Noah’s Ark is historically factual and here’s why: While driving in a rural area the other day my radio lost the signal of my normal station. I hit the seek button and came upon a a Christian … --- ## [35 people more wrong than me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555 "2014-06-13T05:39:12Z")
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