# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=168 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 169 --- ## [Martin Bashir, you call that an apology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-bashir-you-call-that-an-apology/674245)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-bashir-you-call-that-an-apology/674245 "2013-12-07T15:17:35Z")
So do I. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/11/18/msnbcs\_bashir\_apologizes\_for\_saying\_someone\_should\_defecate\_on\_sarah\_palin.html I’m no fan of this guy, and he’s said some astoundingly partisan, hateful and s… --- ## [Attention, Vending Machine Filling Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-vending-machine-filling-guy/674794)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-vending-machine-filling-guy/674794 "2013-12-07T10:37:48Z")
To the guy who’s supposed to be making “regularly scheduled” visits to fill our vending machine: You suck at your job. You suck at your job more than anyone has ever lived that has sucked at their job. You are the Chica… --- ## [I Pit the Enablers of the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-enablers-of-the-sdmb/675312)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-enablers-of-the-sdmb/675312 "2013-12-06T22:41:22Z")
Walks outside, sees a bunch of people on my front lawn. “What are you doing?” “There’s a dog turd on your lawn.” “Well, that happens from time to time. Just ignore it and it’ll be gone in a day or two.” “Don’t you w… --- ## [Dayna Morales, the waitress who claims she didn't get tipped because of her homosexuality, exposed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayna-morales-the-waitress-who-claims-she-didnt-get-tipped-because-of-her-homosexuality-exposed/674823)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayna-morales-the-waitress-who-claims-she-didnt-get-tipped-because-of-her-homosexuality-exposed/674823 "2013-12-06T13:01:28Z")
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-jersey-waitress-victim-discrimination-forged-receipt-article-1.1529227 I fucking knew it! There are people out there who will exploit our modern protective instincts towards victi… --- ## [Express Scripts & other money stealing middlemen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-scripts-other-money-stealing-middlemen/670957)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-scripts-other-money-stealing-middlemen/670957 "2013-12-06T04:56:17Z")
I pit Express Scripts, and all the other money stealing middle men PBMs (Pharmacy Benefit Managers). Here You want to know the problem with health care? It is all the freaking middle men skimming money out of the syst… --- ## [press reporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-reporters/675630)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-reporters/675630 "2013-12-06T04:40:31Z")
Hello good people, I pit Television Science programme reviewers. A recent progmme about Sir Stephen Hawking mentioned this in it’s review: ‘Stephen continued with his research and’ in the late 1960s, he helped prove t… --- ## [Stupid Hitler Idea of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561 "2013-12-05T21:25:49Z")
“The latest expose about then Gujarat’s minister of state for home affairs Amit Shah, engaging not one but three agencies for illegal surveillance of a young woman in August 2009 at the behest of his Saheb has revived me… --- ## [I pit the idiots who couldn't get healthcare.gov up and running despite being paid $600 million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-couldnt-get-healthcare-gov-up-and-running-despite-being-paid-600-million/672277)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-couldnt-get-healthcare-gov-up-and-running-despite-being-paid-600-million/672277 "2013-12-05T16:53:48Z")
If you get paid $600 million to set up a fucking website and insurance market over 3 years, I don’t think any excuse is acceptable for poor performance. People have set up perfectly good ecommerce website in their fucki… --- ## [Is the Pope Catholic? Jerome Corsi questions this Pope's Catholicism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209 "2013-12-03T21:50:41Z")
Pope Francis, as an Archbishop in Argentina, made a lot of remarkable efforts to be Christian in the sense of being really nice to everybody – in particular, he cultivated friendships with non-Catholics – Jews, Protestan… --- ## [Backseat Drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backseat-drivers/674378)
**Author:** [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backseat-drivers/674378 "2013-12-03T19:10:05Z")
Just shut the fuck up and let me do my thing! I don’t care if you think there’s enough room before the next car to turn. I’m not comfortable with the speed they’re coming at. No, there is not enough room to change int… --- ## ['No' Means November Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 754\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729 "2020-06-16T10:15:33Z")
But since we like you . . . :wink: --- ## [Facebook knows my passwords to other websites? WTF?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-knows-my-passwords-to-other-websites-wtf/675146)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-knows-my-passwords-to-other-websites-wtf/675146 "2013-12-01T22:37:05Z")
So I just logged on to my FB account and the damn thing is telling me I need to change my password because apparently, it doesn’t like the fact that I use the same password for FB as I do another website. You know, I do… --- ## [Dannel Malloy is an Greedy, Insensitive Individual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041 "2013-12-01T19:11:03Z")
I haven’t been on the SDMB for quite some time now, mainly because I am busy playing League of Legends and am starting Ranked Solo Queue pretty soon. But I just thought I would stop by and say that our governor in CT ha… --- ## [Is actually doing research a lost art now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-actually-doing-research-a-lost-art-now/675058)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-actually-doing-research-a-lost-art-now/675058 "2013-11-30T17:16:11Z")
Damn stupid woman. Just took a boilerplate template and made what she thought were necessary changes. Did you not read the client’s instructions? Did you not look up applicable statutes and rules, regulations etc and th… --- ## [Lying Whore to get a new title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-whore-to-get-a-new-title/578568)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-whore-to-get-a-new-title/578568 "2013-11-28T21:31:10Z")
You may remember the Lying Whore from such scandals as ‘The Duke lacrosse scandal’. Well, it seems that Crystal Mangum can now be referred to as Accused Murderer, along with Child Abuser and Arsonist. Feel good story h… --- ## [Amazon sells book condoning child abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-sells-book-condoning-child-abuse/673806)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-sells-book-condoning-child-abuse/673806 "2013-11-28T19:39:45Z")
To Train Up a Child I’m not about to buy a copy of the book, but from what I glean on the Intertubes, it teaches child rearing and discipline by child abuse, neglect and torture. One child has already been killed thank… --- ## [Political Correctness ruining the US (or at least the holidays?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-ruining-the-us-or-at-least-the-holidays/674371)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-ruining-the-us-or-at-least-the-holidays/674371 "2013-11-28T00:09:20Z")
After seeing Annie-Xmas’ Pit Threadabout being called racist for asking some young black folks to give up their seat made me wonder if being PC has twisted the minds of everyone in the US to look for a way to be a “victi… --- ## [Mother Jones, You Suck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-jones-you-suck/674780)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-jones-you-suck/674780 "2013-11-27T20:11:33Z")
My wife just showed me an invoice, for a subscription renewal to “Mother Jones Magazine”. I never ordered this piece of trash, nor would I read it. Nice try, you lying commies! You are using the same fraudulent tactics… --- ## [My rant in defense of Kitty Werthmann](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-in-defense-of-kitty-werthmann/674727)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-in-defense-of-kitty-werthmann/674727 "2013-11-26T15:16:26Z")
So, I started another thread about Hitler and gun control, and brought up Kitty Werthmann’s account of the Nazi takeover of Austria. Like they always do, people started questioning the reliability of Werthmann because of… --- ## [Can we have some college rants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-some-college-rants/674542)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-some-college-rants/674542 "2013-11-26T10:36:21Z")
Mine are from the perspective of the student. Teachers, TAs, and really anyone else is welcome to join. I’m currently going back to school for a bachelor’s in IS, and mostly I love it - but I do have some complaints. … --- ## [Shut petcetera down!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-petcetera-down/674299)
**Author:** [@hedgies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hedgies)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-petcetera-down/674299 "2013-11-25T23:55:47Z")
\[A name\] is a lying cheating and manipulating scumbag he is the so called owner of petcetera and has been using employees to do his dirty work for a long time and this needs to stop I am speaking on behalf of everyone t… --- ## [Where the hell is sixth gear? Seventh would be nice, too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-is-sixth-gear-seventh-would-be-nice-too/674404)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-is-sixth-gear-seventh-would-be-nice-too/674404 "2013-11-25T22:28:56Z")
My Ford Focus is the base three-door with a 5-speed manual transmission and, it is said, 136 BHP at 6000 RPM. I wouldn’t know since it lacks a tachometer and I generally drive like an old lady. That’s okay. The only c… --- ## [Festivus Interracial Free-For-All Airing Of Greivances: Fuck All The Races!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-interracial-free-for-all-airing-of-greivances-fuck-all-the-races/674544)
**Author:** [@all\_timestamps\_displayed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all_timestamps_displayed)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-interracial-free-for-all-airing-of-greivances-fuck-all-the-races/674544 "2013-11-25T17:16:41Z")
It seems like after all this time, all the races still have problems with each other… And guess what? They’re right! Fuck all the races, I’m tired of this shit, they are all full of shit in unique ways and they all can… --- ## [Slut shaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slut-shaming/674651)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slut-shaming/674651 "2013-11-25T04:25:39Z")
I have the feeling internet has turned out to be a place for merciless slut-shaming. Seriously, you need to have a hate forum where you can leave back sexist and rude comments like pussies that you are because you are no… --- ## [I pit people that just don't listen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-just-dont-listen/674183)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-just-dont-listen/674183 "2013-11-24T19:50:34Z")
If I have to repeat something I told you before once, then fine. Twice, I’ll give you the benefit of doubt. Any more than that, it’s clear to me you’re not listening and I’m going to get perturbed. If you don’t like it, … --- ## [What Would Hitler Do?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-hitler-do/674520)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-hitler-do/674520 "2013-11-24T01:28:21Z")
…with all this attention. Is there some unwritten rule on the SDMB that there must be at least 2 ongoing discussions about Hitler at any one time? Currently there are 3. That fuck gets more press around here than JFK,… --- ## [I Hate The Homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-homeless/468848)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-homeless/468848 "2013-11-23T21:12:24Z")
I know since I’m on the left I’m supposed to think that the homeless are just down on their luck, but I fucking hate them. The bus I took this morning stunk of vomit. Someone shit in our store doorway - during the day - … --- ## [Neckties!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neckties/674353)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neckties/674353 "2013-11-23T15:16:32Z")
Who the fuck ever came up with the idea that we should wear some long, asphyxiation device around the neck just for the privilege of holding a “professional” job? Seriously, what purpose does it serve? Did it ever serve … --- ## [Hey you racist "realists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-racist-realists/674329)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-racist-realists/674329 "2013-11-23T14:57:46Z")
Tell me again how racism doesn’t exist in America any more. You thick fuckers. This video is… wow. Just wow. Fucking incredible. Basically, a film crew gets three people to pretend to steal a bike, and checks the differ… --- ## [Mitch McConnell/Booji Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-booji-boy/674588)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-booji-boy/674588 "2013-11-23T14:42:44Z")
I noticed the visual similarity, and cannot unsee it. I put this in The Pit because it is mean and partisian, and I offer no redeeming lesson or value. Mitch McConnel looks like Booji Boy. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=169)