# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=177 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 178 --- ## [Fuck you Cameron and all you stand for!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cameron-and-all-you-stand-for/664202)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cameron-and-all-you-stand-for/664202 "2013-07-28T17:46:24Z")
Won’t somebody please think of the children! 95% of households in Airstrip One are to have porn blocked by default by their ISPs. Just what exactly ‘pornography’ is who knows. Maybe next time I’m looking up Michaelangel… --- ## [Since when the hell is yelling abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-the-hell-is-yelling-abuse/104101)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-the-hell-is-yelling-abuse/104101 "2013-07-28T17:30:24Z")
There’s this commercial on t.v. (I saw it in the theater before a mivie also). In fact, the commercial begins by seeming like an ad for a new movie. But the commercial is about domestic abuse. It starts off about how “I… --- ## [Your life is just not that important, asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-just-not-that-important-asshole/663881)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-just-not-that-important-asshole/663881 "2013-07-27T17:48:50Z")
This one is about two months overdue. But for legal reasons, I was told I shouldn’t talk about the accident. On May 30th of this year, as I was waiting at a red light, a person who was not even looking in the direction … --- ## [Leftist holds "We're racist&proud" sign to smear pro-Zimmerman group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-holds-were-racist-proud-sign-to-smear-pro-zimmerman-group/664336)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-holds-were-racist-proud-sign-to-smear-pro-zimmerman-group/664336 "2013-07-26T20:33:37Z")
The Houston Chronicle identified her as Renee Vaughan: One woman in the Zimmerman group held a sign that said, “We’re racist & proud.” Austin resident Renee Vaughan echoed the sign’s ugly sentiments by yelling, “We’r… --- ## [What this place reminds me of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-this-place-reminds-me-of/664160)
**Author:** [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-this-place-reminds-me-of/664160 "2013-07-26T20:12:58Z")
Here’s a little parable that this subforum brings to mind: "Five Monkeys were put in a large cage with a flight of steps, on the top of which was a banana. Soon a Monkey saw the banana and began up the steps to get it. … --- ## [Another Example of the Dangerous Idiocy of Alternative Medicine Providers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-example-of-the-dangerous-idiocy-of-alternative-medicine-providers/663473)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-example-of-the-dangerous-idiocy-of-alternative-medicine-providers/663473 "2013-07-26T19:34:26Z")
Following on from this thread, in which some silly foodie idiot deliberately misrepresented a study from Washington University to dupe people into swapping their chemotherapy for goji berries and hope, regardless of what… --- ## [LinusK and his "Tax on Labor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linusk-and-his-tax-on-labor/664459)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linusk-and-his-tax-on-labor/664459 "2013-07-26T00:50:00Z")
In this thread, LinusK has been bloviating about how wrong he thinks it is that rich people can invest money and obtain a return on that investment, without “earning” it. Why the Pit? Because he’s been “Just Asking Que… --- ## [A rant about my godson's mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-about-my-godsons-mother/664059)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-about-my-godsons-mother/664059 "2013-07-25T19:54:28Z")
To the mother of my 19 year old godson: Every time I see that you’ve posted one of these \*“God has given me the greatest gift of all, my wonderful children. I love them more than life itself. I would walk through fire … --- ## [Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick I fucking hate my Android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-on-a-pogo-stick-i-fucking-hate-my-android-phone/664035)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-on-a-pogo-stick-i-fucking-hate-my-android-phone/664035 "2013-07-25T15:09:02Z")
I was never an Apple fanboy, and originally only had an iPhone because my better half had one, then it was because I had an iPad and all my apps were iPhone/iPad apps. But when my iPhone screen cracked a few months ago … --- ## [Pitting the Zimmerman trial circus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-zimmerman-trial-circus/663419)
**Author:** [@BlakeTyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakeTyner)\ **Replies:** 1006\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-zimmerman-trial-circus/663419 "2013-07-25T06:04:15Z")
Here it is, the official Pit thread for the Martin/Zimmerman fiasco. Other threads: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=694366 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648744 http://boards… --- ## [Troppus the liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troppus-the-liar/664151)
**Author:** [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troppus-the-liar/664151 "2013-07-24T04:05:59Z")
I hope all this works. I post from my phone. Since I can’t respond in ATMB and this lying piece of shit is still doing what she does well in the locked thread, I’ll do so here. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showt… --- ## [For the Fale Anglo-Saxon Monarchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-fale-anglo-saxon-monarchy/664319)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-fale-anglo-saxon-monarchy/664319 "2013-07-24T01:35:24Z")
TAM 2013 APOSTASY \*\*Various links deleted. RickJay Moderator\*\* --- ## [George Zimmerman's BAAAAA-AAACK!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmermans-baaaaa-aaack/664218)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmermans-baaaaa-aaack/664218 "2013-07-23T22:47:10Z")
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/07/george-zimmerman-saves-car-crash-victim-in-sanford-police-say-91701.html I’m glad the people are okay, but I just don’t want to hear about this loser. --- ## [Prince, you are the KING of the goat-felchers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-you-are-the-king-of-the-goat-felchers/664050)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-you-are-the-king-of-the-goat-felchers/664050 "2013-07-23T19:54:29Z")
I posted this in another thread: As some may know, I have a (very) small business shooting concerts. I bring a backpack full of equipment to a venue, and do a one-man video shoot from seven different angles (I joke that… --- ## [A religious argument I mishandled in Great Debates: Better handled here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-religious-argument-i-mishandled-in-great-debates-better-handled-here/663984)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-religious-argument-i-mishandled-in-great-debates-better-handled-here/663984 "2013-07-23T16:31:19Z")
The following is a reply to a testy remark I made in a thread concerning evolution, Christianity, and science in general in Great Debates: \*Comparing a poster directly to a three-year-old and then posting metaphorical c… --- ## [Idealistic arrogance... a product of hot weather and no school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idealistic-arrogance-a-product-of-hot-weather-and-no-school/663679)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idealistic-arrogance-a-product-of-hot-weather-and-no-school/663679 "2013-07-23T09:37:58Z")
Dunno what it is with the influx of square-jawed, steely-eyed idealists this week, but I think if I read one more unprocessed Randian, Marxist, Libertarian or anarchist transcription of How The World Should Be written by… --- ## [Whiny eBay sellers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiny-ebay-sellers/663716)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiny-ebay-sellers/663716 "2013-07-22T18:14:07Z")
I buy a lot of things from eBay. The vast majority of the time, I get exactly what was advertised, quickly and at a good price. Recently I needed a particular type of electronic adapter. I found it, ordered it and waited… --- ## [Fictionalized medical bills and provider proliferation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictionalized-medical-bills-and-provider-proliferation/660633)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictionalized-medical-bills-and-provider-proliferation/660633 "2013-07-22T17:17:47Z")
So a few years back, I needed a nebulizer. Went with an in-network DME provider. The unit I wanted went for about 200 dollars retail. The DME provider collected 20% of their in-network fee (of about 150 dollars). Then su… --- ## [Orwell SUCKS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orwell-sucks/445504 "2013-07-22T15:19:50Z")
I used to think George Orwell (Animal, 1984) was a genius. The further I get reading his stuff though, the more I come to think that his skill was absolute genius in the service of bitter obstinate obnoxious assininity. … --- ## [Hyper-Libertarians Say the Darndest Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-libertarians-say-the-darndest-things/664032)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-libertarians-say-the-darndest-things/664032 "2013-07-22T15:12:41Z")
My intent here is not to Pit, but to show appreciation for hyper-libertarians. I do enjoy Stephen Colbert’s brand of right-wing thought and I’ll bet many of the hyper-libertarians at SDMB are whooshing deliberately, hop… --- ## [Stupid Doper idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-doper-idea-of-the-day/663973)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-doper-idea-of-the-day/663973 "2013-07-22T04:18:36Z")
Like the SRiotD and the SLiotD, here’s a place to nominate Dopers who say something in a thread that rises high enough on the Stupid-O-Tron to point and laugh, but not necessarhigh enough to warrant an individual pitting… --- ## [Would you be uncomfortable sharing meat space with troglodyte homophobes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073 "2013-07-22T03:27:27Z")
I don’t know what it is, but I just can’t stand the idea of having to exist around troglodyte homophobes. I mean, I might sit next to one on the BART and not even know it. Ew! They should have their own ways to get to wo… --- ## [I pitt "The Pitt"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-the-pitt/663800)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-the-pitt/663800 "2013-07-21T21:51:15Z")
For the, “I want to rant but I have no intestinal.fortitude crowd.” What happened to… " FUCK YOU, YOU GODDAM MUTHER FUCKING IGNORANT FUCKING SHIT STAIN YOUR MOMMA SHIT OUT LIKE A FASTFOOD HAPPYMEAL!!!" I miss those da… --- ## [A "Watch and Sniff" Honey Boo Boo? Are you F'n kidding me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-watch-and-sniff-honey-boo-boo-are-you-fn-kidding-me/663759)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-watch-and-sniff-honey-boo-boo-are-you-fn-kidding-me/663759 "2013-07-21T18:59:27Z")
Ya know, I’m usually first in line when somebody comes on this board shaking their fist “TV just ain’t what it used to be dagnabbit!” But even this promo makes me go WTF?! I feel violated just for having watched the pro… --- ## [NPR's Jackie Lyden, what do you require by way of fuck-you money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-jackie-lyden-what-do-you-require-by-way-of-fuck-you-money/489453)
**Author:** [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-jackie-lyden-what-do-you-require-by-way-of-fuck-you-money/489453 "2013-07-21T00:42:33Z")
Because on many a Saturday and Sunday late afternoon I find myself wishing that you’d variously (according to my mood): a) find another job, preferably one that doesn’t involve much speaking; b) otherwise be replaced as… --- ## [Sick and tired of bicyclists ignoring traffic law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-and-tired-of-bicyclists-ignoring-traffic-law/663413)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-and-tired-of-bicyclists-ignoring-traffic-law/663413 "2013-07-20T21:43:24Z")
Bicyclists are required to OBEY TRAFFIC LAW, just like cars. They are legally required to stop at stop signs and red lights. But they do NOT do it here. Literally 90% of them (and I have been keeping track) sail through … --- ## [Guantanamo force feeding is a nasty business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanamo-force-feeding-is-a-nasty-business/663629)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanamo-force-feeding-is-a-nasty-business/663629 "2013-07-20T20:37:14Z")
Close the place already. Link is to a disturbing 3 minute video on Dailymotion that has a volunteer undergo the procedure. The full procedure takes two hours. This is the poster’s comment: Twice a day for months? … --- ## [I Pit The Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pit/663548)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pit/663548 "2013-07-20T20:34:32Z")
I know rules have changed and we all have to play nice with each other and thus The Pit would inevitably get watered down. Such is life. But what the fuck is wrong with this place? People come and bitch about ABC or D a… --- ## [Motherfucking Windows you bastard piece of fuckety fuck!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-windows-you-bastard-piece-of-fuckety-fuck/599513)
**Author:** [@Pann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pann)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-windows-you-bastard-piece-of-fuckety-fuck/599513 "2013-07-20T03:26:14Z")
:mad::mad::mad: Project due tomorrow in an 8 am class. Working diligently trying to get everything done. Two computers, one running a compiler and one with a Word document. All of a sudden they both start shutting do… --- ## [Move Over, Time Cube: Phoenix Tears Has Arrived](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-time-cube-phoenix-tears-has-arrived/663972)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-time-cube-phoenix-tears-has-arrived/663972 "2013-07-20T02:18:57Z")
A short summary of my interaction with a pro-weed advocate on another forum: Me: Cannabis has many positive health effects. This is nothing new. The case is, however, vastly overstated by many aiming to legalize it. By … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=178)