# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=178 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 179 --- ## [Are women really this stupid - CBC - CNN et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-really-this-stupid-cbc-cnn-et-al/663688)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-really-this-stupid-cbc-cnn-et-al/663688 "2013-07-19T15:05:06Z")
The feminization of the media seems to be unending. Have you seen the New Day on CNN? On the 1st morning, young Cuomo - who looks like a prospective axe killer - said “We are going to present much more good news and a … --- ## [Fuck you, tree kidnappers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-tree-kidnappers/663854)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-tree-kidnappers/663854 "2013-07-19T07:58:14Z")
I live just outside of a small town, it’s residential but everyone has wooded 2 acre lots. I bought the place a year ago and this spring went on a tree planting campaign to get some more privacy. Things have been hit o… --- ## [I would like to welcome Jesus Christ to the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-welcome-jesus-christ-to-the-sdmb/663472)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-welcome-jesus-christ-to-the-sdmb/663472 "2013-07-19T05:24:49Z")
I guess talking large numbers of wanna-be suiciders into changing their minds just wasn’t enough for lekatt-now he’s curing cancer! --- ## [Smash White Supremacy Fun Run- "Provocateur" Reginald Denny??????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-white-supremacy-fun-run-provocateur-reginald-denny/663901)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-white-supremacy-fun-run-provocateur-reginald-denny/663901 "2013-07-19T04:10:55Z")
So there’s the “Smash White Supremacy Fun Run.” And they’re pissed off about the Zimmerman verdict. And I’m not going to get into the verdict here; there are dozens of threads about that. And these guys and gals want … --- ## [I pit MiguelDetonacciones for thinking we're as stupid as he is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-migueldetonacciones-for-thinking-were-as-stupid-as-he-is/663535)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-migueldetonacciones-for-thinking-were-as-stupid-as-he-is/663535 "2013-07-18T11:13:53Z")
I’ve never explored the Time Cube, but TD, who’s last name translates roughly to ''The 'Splosion" for some reason thinks the SDMB is fertile ground to gain converts for his particular brand of pseudo-intellectual tripe a… --- ## [Public Speaking (controversial)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-controversial/663616)
**Author:** [@rEVOLutionary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rEVOLutionary)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-controversial/663616 "2013-07-18T05:49:12Z")
Well, as the title might imply, I am looking to become an amazing public speaker. I believe that we are intrinsically monistic beings. I want to not only have an a massive physical and mental presence, but I want to be a… --- ## [I pit thunderstorms.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thunderstorms/663793)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thunderstorms/663793 "2013-07-18T03:31:04Z")
UGH! There are few things I hate more than thunderstorms. I don’t like being outside in thunderstorms. It’s fucking dangerous. You could easily get hit by lightning. And I don’t like getting wet, it’s often too windy fo… --- ## [Because I find you attractive and may be tempted by you, you're fired! (OK says State Supreme Court)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-i-find-you-attractive-and-may-be-tempted-by-you-youre-fired-ok-says-state-supreme-court/663357)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-i-find-you-attractive-and-may-be-tempted-by-you-youre-fired-ok-says-state-supreme-court/663357 "2013-07-17T23:22:13Z")
I kid you not. So, because this guy doesn’t trust himself he fired his “attractive” assistant. And, he gets the okay to do so by the courts. Unfuckingbelievable! Next up, I am firing my secretary because she is taller … --- ## [My real, true confession -- By the poster known as Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-true-confession-by-the-poster-known-as-fenris/663711)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-true-confession-by-the-poster-known-as-fenris/663711 "2013-07-17T17:19:50Z")
All these years on the SDMB ah have been livin’ a little ol’ lie! Ah have pretended to be a shorter-than-average, hairy, Jewish, libertarian-conservative man who likes science fiction and cooking. Ah have covered up my … --- ## [No, I'm not anorexic. Where do you get off asking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-anorexic-where-do-you-get-off-asking/186203)
**Author:** [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-anorexic-where-do-you-get-off-asking/186203 "2013-07-17T13:31:33Z")
All right, so I’m skinny. It’s not my fault I have a high metabolism, I’m always hungry and get the shakes if I go without food for more than a few hours. I’m actually within the weight range for my height, though just b… --- ## [Texas Senate: Guns okay. Feminine hygiene not okay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405 "2013-07-16T19:49:02Z")
My brains have just exploded all over my home office… --- ## [If a sock had toes, how many should a paraquad sock have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-sock-had-toes-how-many-should-a-paraquad-sock-have/663645)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-sock-had-toes-how-many-should-a-paraquad-sock-have/663645 "2013-07-16T19:29:18Z")
I’d like to start by saying that having my own set of neuro/psychiatric problems, I have only the deepest respect for people who seize life with the sort of predatory tenacity I can only dream of and do so in spite of se… --- ## [Looks like umkay is back, so we may as well get this thread started...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 420\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570 "2013-07-16T18:43:22Z")
Since it may be difficult for many of us to post the way we’d like in this threadstarted by our newest spunky paralyzed friend jaymac1, I thought I’d get this started now to give us all a place to voice our feelings on t… --- ## [How can you all be so horrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575)
**Author:** [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575 "2013-07-16T15:12:33Z")
I’m fucking sickened with the way you’re all treating me when I’ve just come onto the forums. OK I’ve been reading the forums for a lot longer than I said (about 18 months) so I know about Umkay already but I did nae say… --- ## [California is just too happy this weekend (because Prop 8 is Dead Dead Dead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-is-just-too-happy-this-weekend-because-prop-8-is-dead-dead-dead/662243)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-is-just-too-happy-this-weekend-because-prop-8-is-dead-dead-dead/662243 "2013-07-16T00:01:37Z")
Or at least, so think the nice people at the Alliance Defending Freedom (sic). I mean look at the pictures at the top of that page. Those people are just too happy. We have to stop that, now! Those meanies on the 9th C… --- ## [If you check isn't in the bank it may be because....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-check-isnt-in-the-bank-it-may-be-because/663314)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-check-isnt-in-the-bank-it-may-be-because/663314 "2013-07-15T22:01:48Z")
Because the FUCKING BANK HASN’T EVEN OPENED YET! I run payroll for a small southern city. Payroll is processed on Wednesday and direct deposited Thursday. It is due to employee by 2:00 on Friday. We give employees their… --- ## [A one-act play chronicling my dog walk last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-act-play-chronicling-my-dog-walk-last-night/663130)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-act-play-chronicling-my-dog-walk-last-night/663130 "2013-07-14T03:20:47Z")
\[JUSTIN BAILEY, MRS. BAILEY, and their DOG are approaching THE VACANT HOUSE\] JUSTIN BAILEY: I know it’s after midnight, but I think our dog likes taking walks in the middle of the night. MRS. BAILEY: Yes, it’s so hot d… --- ## [The Asshole Motherfucking Murderous Criminal Hawthorne Cops Who Killed the Rottweiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-motherfucking-murderous-criminal-hawthorne-cops-who-killed-the-rottweiler/662419)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-motherfucking-murderous-criminal-hawthorne-cops-who-killed-the-rottweiler/662419 "2013-07-12T21:57:46Z")
HOLY FUCKING HELL FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU… OH my GOD… It was bad enough that you were arresting that man for what appears to be “videotaping cops while black”, as best I can figure it. That was completely out of line… --- ## [Justice is done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-is-done/655693)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-is-done/655693 "2013-07-12T20:25:30Z")
Local SWAT Team Leader punched a guy in the head (video in link, watch left side) and then ran away like the cowardly bitch he is. Victim was on life support for 40 days and underwent 3 brain surgeries. “Clifford fac… --- ## [Pacific Rim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-rim/663241)
**Author:** [@Ab3K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ab3K)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-rim/663241 "2013-07-12T18:16:17Z")
:dubious:Pacific Rim IMAX 3D $18.00:dubious: :eek:REAL 3D $11.50:eek: Yeah it looks like a pretty cool movie and I’m planning to go watch it with a couple friends. But ummm $18 bucks for an IMAX 3D ticket really ?!?WTF… --- ## [Paula Deen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deen/662049)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 453\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deen/662049 "2013-07-12T16:46:25Z")
Am I the only one who doesn’t believe Paula Deen? I used that word once, but I had slavery themed parties?!!! The part that infuriates me is when Ms Deen says that women of her age of the south just grew up with that w… --- ## [Lac Magentic Train Disaster (inferno in a Canadian town)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lac-magentic-train-disaster-inferno-in-a-canadian-town/663179)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lac-magentic-train-disaster-inferno-in-a-canadian-town/663179 "2013-07-12T16:16:06Z")
I know it’s an easy target but I can stay silent no longer. As I assume anyone reading this thread knows, over the weekend, a train carrying huge quantities of flammable liquid “spontaneously” began to roll towards the … --- ## [Brave or stupid? Same-same.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-or-stupid-same-same/662940)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-or-stupid-same-same/662940 "2013-07-11T18:42:58Z")
From an FB post by someone I know Really? You think the “Greek Island dwellers” have never heard of Jesus Christ? A country that’s generally listed as 97% Christian? Evangelicals make me alternate between :dubious: an… --- ## [Euphemisms I hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612 "2013-07-11T08:27:36Z")
Euphemisms are a way of making something tolerable by giving it a name that masks what it IS. Obese =/= “curvy” I realize that these days, 10 is considered a plus size, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Sizes and… --- ## [Alternaverse GOP slogans- If they were honest...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternaverse-gop-slogans-if-they-were-honest/661939)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternaverse-gop-slogans-if-they-were-honest/661939 "2013-07-10T21:15:32Z")
Let’s invent satirical GOP slogans! “GOP: Why not accept second class citizenship on the basis of sex or race considerations from our archaic, debunked worldview today?” “GOP: Because the separation of Church and State… --- ## [For my first pit thread, I pit Dick Durbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-my-first-pit-thread-i-pit-dick-durbin/663026)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-my-first-pit-thread-i-pit-dick-durbin/663026 "2013-07-10T14:49:11Z")
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/20978789-452/sen-dick-durbin-its-time-to-say-whos-a-real-reporter.html Freedom of the press applies to every American. Durbin would limit freedom of the press to the media as an i… --- ## [Recreational Outrage Time: Texas Jailers Run A Rape Camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189 "2013-07-10T04:00:17Z")
Apparently, a county jail in Live Oak County, Texas, was a rape camp, where female inmates were repeatedly harassed, fondled, raped and forced to perform sex acts on each other for the amusement of jailers. A lawsuit by … --- ## [Curious Man totally owned by colander!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-man-totally-owned-by-colander/662067)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-man-totally-owned-by-colander/662067 "2013-07-09T16:38:22Z")
The thread was closed, but shitstain Curious Man, who sooo wants some of that Caucasian pussy was totally owned by colander here.. The thread was closed, but good on colander. --- ## [Australian Football League engages in blatant racism to select Australian representative side](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-football-league-engages-in-blatant-racism-to-select-australian-representative-side/662514)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-football-league-engages-in-blatant-racism-to-select-australian-representative-side/662514 "2013-07-09T15:56:27Z")
From here: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-03/indigenous-stars-for-tests This is blatant racism. If you want to be someone who lives, eats, sleeps and breathes racial equality in the world, then you have to oppose … --- ## [Wanetta Gibson Courageously Comes Forward; Admits Her Rape Accusation Was False (Not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanetta-gibson-courageously-comes-forward-admits-her-rape-accusation-was-false-not/624446)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanetta-gibson-courageously-comes-forward-admits-her-rape-accusation-was-false-not/624446 "2013-07-08T18:51:45Z")
So Brian Banks, an up and coming football star, was accused of raping Wanetta Gibson. She said that he took her into a school stairwell and forced sex on her. She was such a compelling witness that despite the lack of D… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=179)