# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=165 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 166 --- ## [Over here, Shayna.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-here-shayna/679906)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-here-shayna/679906 "2014-01-30T02:08:28Z")
In your post # 938 in this thread on Pit Bulls, you said: Now, you and other Dopers decided to turn my remarks into a personal attack. Fascinating, but not relevant. You unilaterally have decided that God ( which is ho… --- ## [I pit militants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445 "2014-01-29T06:37:41Z")
Militants suck. Militant bicyclists block motor vehicle traffic. Militant islamists kill everyone around them. And now, militant breast owners are insisting on punishing Victoria’s Secret for…what? Here’s what happen… --- ## [Racism: what is it that you fail to understand???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-what-is-it-that-you-fail-to-understand/674395)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-what-is-it-that-you-fail-to-understand/674395 "2014-01-28T16:13:55Z")
\*This is really a question, but it is not suitable for GQ. If I put it in GD, it will get ugly really fast, this is where it will end up, so it might as well start here. And, well, the issue irks me (and others), the fre… --- ## [Fuck you, window-opener-freaks (and other unreasonable rants).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-window-opener-freaks-and-other-unreasonable-rants/679334)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-window-opener-freaks-and-other-unreasonable-rants/679334 "2014-01-28T06:40:35Z")
No, it is not hot. It is freezing. You know that thing outside? It’s called winter. It’s cold. It is freezing, fucking cold. The temperature in here is FREEZING. I can’t feel my fingers. Fuck you and your imaginary heat,… --- ## [I pit "service" as a verb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-service-as-a-verb/679072)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-service-as-a-verb/679072 "2014-01-26T18:08:51Z")
Excuse me, subway system operators and the like, but “service” is a noun, not a verb. A train does not “service” a station, it’s “serves.” And you also don’t seem to know that using “service” as a verb has strong sexual … --- ## [Gun Grabbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers/669014)
**Author:** [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_nice_guy_with_an_opinion)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers/669014 "2014-01-26T05:36:04Z")
All of the slogans tugging on emotions. All of the shootings in gun free zones that go on until the shooters takes himself out, or is shot by someone finally arriving(with a gun) after maximum damage. Fuck you, gun gra… --- ## ["Atheist/Agnostic" as a religious category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-agnostic-as-a-religious-category/679399)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-agnostic-as-a-religious-category/679399 "2014-01-25T21:16:24Z")
Sometimes when they categorize religions (in charts, on forms, et cetera) they include “Atheist/Agnostic” or “Agnostic/Atheist”. This threatens to explode my head. I pit them for this. I see it like these categories: “… --- ## [You torture a 4 year old child to death? You bet I'm going to pit you, bitch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-torture-a-4-year-old-child-to-death-you-bet-im-going-to-pit-you-bitch/679092)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-torture-a-4-year-old-child-to-death-you-bet-im-going-to-pit-you-bitch/679092 "2014-01-25T17:15:40Z")
Here is the Google page with links to the story of Myls Dobson, a year old tortured to death by his father’s girlfriend, who was watching him while the father, who had custody, was in prison. I am not going to print any … --- ## [I pit this violent sexual predator state trooper and the prosecutor who won't prosecute him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531 "2014-01-25T03:25:43Z")
This is from, appropriately enough, the Sandusky Register. The article also states that, 5 years before, Vitte has spanked a girlfriend’s 5 year old son until his buttocks bled and then head-butted the boys mother whe… --- ## [They are killing stem cell research for insane reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-killing-stem-cell-research-for-insane-reasons/679336)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-killing-stem-cell-research-for-insane-reasons/679336 "2014-01-24T17:08:00Z")
A biotech company doing incredibly vital medical work at its most crucial stage, a NEW treatment that could save HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS from blindness and ruined lives, just got hit with a huge fine. I don’t care what they… --- ## [Could my state gov't get any more stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-my-state-govt-get-any-more-stupid/645900)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-my-state-govt-get-any-more-stupid/645900 "2014-01-23T22:19:44Z")
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-01-02/activists-agree-sperm-donor-case-opportunity-change The above link is to an article in the Topeka Capital-Journal about a case that has now been reported all over the world. A straig… --- ## [Pit Etiquette, and relationships in other threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-etiquette-and-relationships-in-other-threads/679117)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-etiquette-and-relationships-in-other-threads/679117 "2014-01-22T20:43:18Z")
This is technically an IMHO question, but since it relates directly to the Pit, I think it may belong here. Mods can move it, but I think it should be here, because harsh language may occur. The question: if I’ve pitt… --- ## [Could you please spell my fucking name right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556 "2014-01-22T05:23:33Z")
OK, it’s bad enough that IRL I’ve seen my name spelled four different ways, regardless of the fact that I spell it the simplest way. (And, I might add, my professional phone manner at work, combined with the fact that pe… --- ## [Republicans are taking away my unemployment for my own good.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-taking-away-my-unemployment-for-my-own-good/675823)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 490\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-taking-away-my-unemployment-for-my-own-good/675823 "2014-01-20T23:54:08Z")
Rand Paul has said that extending unemployment beyond Dec. 28 is a “disservice” to the unemployed. But here’s the thing, Randy ol’ buddy: Even after Dec. 28, I’ll still be long-term unemployed, but now I won’t have any… --- ## [Maricopa GOP shortsighted, idiotic, insane, censures John McCain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maricopa-gop-shortsighted-idiotic-insane-censures-john-mccain/678626)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maricopa-gop-shortsighted-idiotic-insane-censures-john-mccain/678626 "2014-01-19T16:21:35Z")
No, really. This is a thing that happened. My feelings are mixed. On one hand, I’m disappointed and shocked (as usual… maybe I should stop being shocked by this) that the republican party would do something so idiotic,… --- ## [I pit the Bible and the Christian God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bible-and-the-christian-god/676314)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bible-and-the-christian-god/676314 "2014-01-19T12:33:48Z")
Why Christianity is bullshit: -It says it was good to follow Hitler. (Follow all the rulers and laws of the land) -It judges you as immoral for not helping the same needy person that their bullshit God passed by as wel… --- ## [Oklahoma? More like Oklahomo, bitches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827 "2014-01-19T08:22:23Z")
\*A federal judge has struck down Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban, ruling that it violates the U.S. Constitution. \*(USA Today) Having this happen in arguably the reddest state in the nation makes me almost as happy as when i… --- ## [IF you're sending an email about being hacked..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sending-an-email-about-being-hacked/678255)
**Author:** [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sending-an-email-about-being-hacked/678255 "2014-01-19T05:37:20Z")
It is an incredibly \*\*stupid \*\*thing to include links in the email that do not lead to the actual web page the link shows. When the text is http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editpassword, but the status… --- ## [parkega3, is there something wrong with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkega3-is-there-something-wrong-with-you/675466)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkega3-is-there-something-wrong-with-you/675466 "2014-01-18T00:52:02Z")
So, one day I see this in the “Good jokes you’ve heard recently” thread: Okay, you hate cats. I get it. I guess not everyone likes the same things I do. Really, it’s just one cat-related joke - and it’s not too mean fo… --- ## [Trying to find a place to live around my town with dogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-place-to-live-around-my-town-with-dogs/678169)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-place-to-live-around-my-town-with-dogs/678169 "2014-01-17T18:33:58Z")
I know that pets can cause damage and I respect the landlords that don’t allow pets, but it kills me that some of those landlords are slumlords that have no problem renting out crapholes to a half-dozen college students … --- ## [A Hearty Fuck You, Kanye West.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-kanye-west/675829)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-kanye-west/675829 "2014-01-17T05:10:51Z")
Just, you know, because. -grin- I admit here I got suckered and didn’t search deeper. A spoof news story looked real enough. Huffington Post discusses. --- ## [I pit HP as a bunch of lying toner thieves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hp-as-a-bunch-of-lying-toner-thieves/678114)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hp-as-a-bunch-of-lying-toner-thieves/678114 "2014-01-17T02:59:36Z")
I bought a new HP color laser printer (HP M451DN). It came with “starter” toner cartridges, good for 1,400 pages (supposedly). I had a big print job, with 1/2 page color, so I knew I wasn’t going to get that many pages o… --- ## [Terr: an asshole again. No surprise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terr-an-asshole-again-no-surprise/677340)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terr-an-asshole-again-no-surprise/677340 "2014-01-16T06:57:57Z")
In this post in the thread over A&E, and in earlier posts in the same thread, such as the one where he imitates hyena-throated laughter, Terr gives away the right wing’s true colors: purest hatred. This nasty, jeering,… --- ## [Same problems in Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-problems-in-australia/678246)
**Author:** [@FosterFoskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FosterFoskin)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-problems-in-australia/678246 "2014-01-16T03:49:34Z")
Like the US, we are faced with so many political problems that most people have thrown their hands up in the air and decided to ignore everything. But we can’t afford to do that. Islam has declared war on us. Our govern… --- ## [The Legacy of Ariel Sharon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-ariel-sharon/678530)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-ariel-sharon/678530 "2014-01-15T21:06:29Z")
As recently announced Ariel Sharon has died: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17005398 However it is not appropriate to flame someone in a RIP thread, so I thought I would start another one in the P… --- ## [Boy Scouts board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-board/834)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-board/834 "2014-01-15T17:13:52Z")
In the “rules…” thread, Jeff asked if I “had to” use profanity when I asked if it was allowed. Come on! That rather pissed me off. If we have to behave like June Cleaver, I doubt I’ll spent much/any time here. I’m not as… --- ## [Clenching your buttocks during a Terry stop? Prepare for your anal probing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255 "2014-01-15T16:39:17Z")
A (then) 63 year old New Mexico man was stopped by Albuquerque police. During the stop, the police claim that the man appeared to be clenching his butt. A drug dog apparently was used on the vehicle and supposedly hit.… --- ## [Fed up with Teacher Hate and Disrespect in this Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-up-with-teacher-hate-and-disrespect-in-this-country/594653)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 428\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-up-with-teacher-hate-and-disrespect-in-this-country/594653 "2014-01-14T15:29:43Z")
Ok, so I’m pretty new to the SD forums, so I hope I am putting this in the right place. If not, my apologies. I would really like to know how people get off hating and disrespecting teachers so much. If you are someone … --- ## [I pit the legal community of Steubenville Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016 "2014-01-13T15:05:32Z")
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/03/anonymous-takes-on-rape-culture-leaks-video-of-steubenville-jocks-mocking-rape-victim-video-nsfw/ Now Anonymous has become involved. They’ve posted a video of the perps bragging … --- ## [Hey, Melissa Harris-Parry - you're wrong, you're stupid, you're ugly (on the inside).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-melissa-harris-parry-youre-wrong-youre-stupid-youre-ugly-on-the-inside/677607)
**Author:** [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-melissa-harris-parry-youre-wrong-youre-stupid-youre-ugly-on-the-inside/677607 "2014-01-13T14:38:47Z")
So yeah, this happened. Right wing blogger Caleb Howe pretty much nails it with his commentary: It’s funny because - wait for it - frank racism is okay when you’re Progressives, especially, black Progressives! A Ro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=166)