# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=162 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 163 --- ## [I pit being sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-being-sick/683069)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-being-sick/683069 "2014-03-27T00:58:58Z")
I’m still sick. This crap has being going on for a month. I went in yesterday and they did an x-ray and found something that they want a better look at, so I’m waiting to be scheduled for a CAT scan. Mongo miserable c… --- ## [Can We Have Another Rant About Zero Tolerance Policies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-another-rant-about-zero-tolerance-policies/684183)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-another-rant-about-zero-tolerance-policies/684183 "2014-03-26T14:30:25Z")
Relevant link: http://wavy.com/2014/03/19/student-suspended-for-taking-razor-from-self-harming-classmate/ The story: Sixth grader Adrionna Harris took a razor blade away from a classmate who was cutting himself. Afte… --- ## [Cosmos: A Waste of Spacetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-a-waste-of-spacetime/683324)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-a-waste-of-spacetime/683324 "2014-03-26T01:01:48Z")
I knew I shouldn’t get my hopes up for the remake of Sagan’s extraordinarily great and thoughtful series, but even so, I never expected it to be \*this \*poor! :smack: I’ll repeat what I wrote in another post: What really… --- ## [Sarah Bajc get off the tv...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-bajc-get-off-the-tv/684269)
**Author:** [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-bajc-get-off-the-tv/684269 "2014-03-24T23:44:41Z")
Her boyfriend is/was on flight 370 that has gone missing. Since Day 1 she has appeared on every single news program available to her. Dozens and dozens of interviews, telling everyone her boyfriend will survive, he’s t… --- ## [ALEC's next move: Go local!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alecs-next-move-go-local/684450)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alecs-next-move-go-local/684450 "2014-03-24T22:27:26Z")
You might have heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a somewhat secretive, corporate-funded RW organization that produces model legislation for conservative state legislators to introduce as bills. Sometim… --- ## [You Should Now Be Afraid of the Colour Yellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151 "2014-03-21T05:33:30Z")
Apparently everything that is yellow coloured could be poisoning you and will kill you in your sleep shortly. They may be leaching PCB-11 from their yellow dye. They don’t know how much PCB-11, or what the health risks a… --- ## [R.O. Teen sues parents for ...aw fuck it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810 "2014-03-19T16:36:24Z")
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/nj-teen-sues-parents-for-cash-and-college-tuition-201404488.html Up front, I admit I have no children. If this were my child, however, I would have no fucking children. I would disown … --- ## [What is it about Crossfit that turns otherwise normal people into insane narcissists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-crossfit-that-turns-otherwise-normal-people-into-insane-narcissists/683965)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-crossfit-that-turns-otherwise-normal-people-into-insane-narcissists/683965 "2014-03-19T13:19:44Z")
Super annoying. Every time someone starts Crossfit they have to post a fb update checking in each time they hit the gym. Constant posts of their wods. Constantly talking about their Crossfit workouts every day at work to… --- ## [I Pit You All! You've Spoiled Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-all-youve-spoiled-me/682332)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-all-youve-spoiled-me/682332 "2014-03-19T04:24:13Z")
That’s right – I pit all of you rational, fair-minded, logic-using members of the SDMB. The SDMB was the first message board that I ever belonged to. As such, I got used to the idea of arguing and debating with logic, … --- ## [Attention, ESPN...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-espn/683940)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-espn/683940 "2014-03-19T00:15:54Z")
If the NCAA strips a school of a national or NIT championship, you don’t count it in the school’s total number of such championships won and then mention in the fine print that the title was taken away. The latest case … --- ## [How to have light move faster than C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-have-light-move-faster-than-c/682160)
**Author:** [@mythoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mythoughts)\ **Replies:** 801\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-have-light-move-faster-than-c/682160 "2014-03-17T22:34:13Z")
Ok, I have an argument for how light must exceed C from a time dilated frame. And the time dilation in this is all general relativity, and the way time slows in a gravity field, and that this also applies to G-force (in… --- ## [September rants - sorry, no cute name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 548\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706 "2014-03-17T00:03:09Z")
What can I say, it’s not even 5am… Apparently, my video club puts up links to new videos before actually uploading them to their servers. I want my third season of Misfits, damnit! --- ## [WTF is up with the ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-the-ultra-orthodox-jews-in-israel/683584)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-the-ultra-orthodox-jews-in-israel/683584 "2014-03-16T19:59:50Z")
So they are now subject to the same burdens of citizenship as everyone else (including garden variety orthodox jews) and they threaten rebellion and violence: “They warned that the possibility exists that the arrest o… --- ## [I pit Fox News' Andrew Napolitano for his really stupid statement on the Civil War and slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fox-news-andrew-napolitano-for-his-really-stupid-statement-on-the-civil-war-and-slavery/682251)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fox-news-andrew-napolitano-for-his-really-stupid-statement-on-the-civil-war-and-slavery/682251 "2014-03-16T17:01:19Z")
The Daily Show did a nice job of destroying the argument, but this load of bullshit revisionism gets repeated so often I think it deserves a pitting. Napolitano says this: As noted by the Daily Show, this is all extre… --- ## [Fighting Global Warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-global-warming/683757)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-global-warming/683757 "2014-03-16T00:25:50Z")
04-15-10, 11:56 PM Iceland launched an assault on Global Warming, pumping tons of ash, smoke, fluoride and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. While many fear Eyjafjallajokull, mainly because they can’t pronounce it, J… --- ## [some assholes beat one of my coworkers to death last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-assholes-beat-one-of-my-coworkers-to-death-last-night/91102)
**Author:** [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-assholes-beat-one-of-my-coworkers-to-death-last-night/91102 "2014-03-15T19:22:18Z")
I suppose I should first start off with an obligatory link, since it’s too painful to type out the particulars myself. For the surfing-impaired, the gist is that a coworker of mine, the sports editor at the newspaper i w… --- ## [I hate Chinese people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-chinese-people/683642)
**Author:** [@Yumm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-chinese-people/683642 "2014-03-15T16:06:08Z")
And the worst thing is … people think I am Chinese. I am actually not… My grandmother is Japanese and I am originally from South Korea. I am not being racist but I HATE CHINESE CULTURE AND PEOPLE. They are rude, smell… --- ## [Are you allowed to make predictions for a Pit thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-allowed-to-make-predictions-for-a-pit-thread/683401)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-allowed-to-make-predictions-for-a-pit-thread/683401 "2014-03-14T22:55:28Z")
I will be surprised if Honesty does not start a thread here shortly complaining about the responses to his current debate and his defense of his reparations proposal. I was going to say something ugly about it, but I so… --- ## [Yes, let's teach the controversy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lets-teach-the-controversy/678261)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lets-teach-the-controversy/678261 "2014-03-14T21:45:26Z")
I think education would cure a lot of our ills. If 4 out of 5 dentists say you should avoid sugary gum and chew the sugar free kind if you’re going to chew it at all, and the 1 remaining dentist disagrees, who do we tru… --- ## [Apple: Please stop "improving" iPads and operating systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-please-stop-improving-ipads-and-operating-systems/682796)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-please-stop-improving-ipads-and-operating-systems/682796 "2014-03-12T16:39:41Z")
This is a companion thread to my earlier one about Yahoo Mail. Today I traded up from an iPad 2 to a 4, and got the new IOS. My first reaction has been to hurl it against a wall. I realize it’s necessary to plug securit… --- ## [Today I started a war with a neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-started-a-war-with-a-neighbor/682823)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-started-a-war-with-a-neighbor/682823 "2014-03-12T02:14:08Z")
Backstory: About 18 months ago I was out walking my dogs when a woman who lives in the same neighborhood asked me if I pick up after my dogs. I was pleasant and assured her that I do. She said “Well I guess I’ll take … --- ## [ITT: FXMastermind presents his evidence that climategate was scientifically meaningful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-fxmastermind-presents-his-evidence-that-climategate-was-scientifically-meaningful/679981)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-fxmastermind-presents-his-evidence-that-climategate-was-scientifically-meaningful/679981 "2014-03-12T00:55:57Z")
By which I mean that it unearthed evidence of academic fraud, conspiracy to ignore legitimate research, conspiracy to falsify results, or anything which would present doubt that the CRU is anything less than an upstandin… --- ## [I Pit my dad for unironically pointing out that he retired at 50, and that at 36, I've never worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-dad-for-unironically-pointing-out-that-he-retired-at-50-and-that-at-36-ive-never-worked/682738)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-dad-for-unironically-pointing-out-that-he-retired-at-50-and-that-at-36-ive-never-worked/682738 "2014-03-11T13:46:34Z")
If he weren’t such a selfish jackass, with a wife who needed him, I would’ve finished college, and maybe even grad school, 10 years ago! But you got what you wanted, so there’s that. --- ## [Stupid fucking predatory mechanic assholes\* (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409)
**Author:** [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409 "2014-03-11T00:31:02Z")
I’m leaving UVH (animal hospital, I buy my cats’ food there) to go to the Tempe Petsmart when I notice my car is doing something odd. At first I thought it was the clutch because when I started out in first, it didn’t s… --- ## [Comcast Bastards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-bastards/681248)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-bastards/681248 "2014-03-10T14:30:21Z")
They’re coming for my cable, internet, and phone. Please, please, for the love of all that is holy, let Congress nix this deal. Or whoever is responsible for approving these things. I like TimeWarner. I do not want to … --- ## [Obama tells Putin: 'you violated international law'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-tells-putin-you-violated-international-law/682646)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-tells-putin-you-violated-international-law/682646 "2014-03-09T22:27:10Z")
Seeing how the US invaded Iraq, has used torture, is engaged in mass espionage, etc. (while at the same time refuses to prosecute financial crimes that collapsed the economy) all of which is illegal domestically and inte… --- ## [A weak pit: Singers/Groups touring 30-40 years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weak-pit-singers-groups-touring-30-40-years-later/682366)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weak-pit-singers-groups-touring-30-40-years-later/682366 "2014-03-08T16:07:37Z")
That the artists make money in these concert tours, there’s no doubt. Die hard fans past 50 will pay anything to watch them. Even young -uns watch them and come out impressed. Me, I’m too depressed at the deterioration i… --- ## [OMG just shut the fuck up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-just-shut-the-fuck-up/683137)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-just-shut-the-fuck-up/683137 "2014-03-08T08:16:24Z")
Can anyone ever just shut the fuck up? EVER??? I live in a large apartment complex. Oddly, despite the fairly-flimsy construction, I rarely have problems with noise from other tenants. It’s the goddamn strip mall that sh… --- ## [Gay fatigue - bigot idiot fatigue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-fatigue-bigot-idiot-fatigue/682346)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-fatigue-bigot-idiot-fatigue/682346 "2014-03-07T01:10:23Z")
The Arizona nonsense is just that: nasty foolish gays vs. intractable stupid bigots. You might think the usual gay response to a florist refusing to sell flowers would be Yeah, no, we will take our business elsewhere. O… --- ## [Some tips for those who are about to go on an airplane flight for the first time ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-tips-for-those-who-are-about-to-go-on-an-airplane-flight-for-the-first-time-ever/676462)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-tips-for-those-who-are-about-to-go-on-an-airplane-flight-for-the-first-time-ever/676462 "2014-03-06T16:47:42Z")
Here’s an abbreviated list of tips for those who have apparently never seen the inside of airport before and would like a primer on how to behave, what to do, and most importantly, what not to do. (While these tips may b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=163)