# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=181 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 182 --- ## [LGBT activist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-activist/660321)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-activist/660321 "2013-06-07T20:01:41Z")
It would be one thing to heckle the wife of a guy who started an unnecessary war that cost over a trillion dollars and a million lives (and I’m not sure Laura Bush was ever heckled, I’m just assuming). Its an entirely… --- ## [South Carolina takes another shot at nullification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-takes-another-shot-at-nullification/660098)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-takes-another-shot-at-nullification/660098 "2013-06-06T18:58:33Z")
Because it’s always worked so well for them in the past. Obamacare Nullification Bill Forges Ahead in South Carolina --- ## [Oh, FFS, this guy should have gotten life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-ffs-this-guy-should-have-gotten-life/660085)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-ffs-this-guy-should-have-gotten-life/660085 "2013-06-06T16:26:42Z")
Private for-profit prisons are a good thing: “Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentenc… --- ## [Stupid Charleston voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-charleston-voters/657805)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-charleston-voters/657805 "2013-06-06T12:17:40Z")
Hey, first Pit! I pit the moronic voters in Charleston who elected lying, cheating, stealing Mark Sanford into Federal office. It wasn’t even all that close. If I squint really hard I can sorta kinda possibly understa… --- ## [Can we lure Norma and reef shark into the same closet and lock the door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lure-norma-and-reef-shark-into-the-same-closet-and-lock-the-door/660086)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lure-norma-and-reef-shark-into-the-same-closet-and-lock-the-door/660086 "2013-06-06T00:55:44Z")
Honestly, I rarely start Pit threads at all and almost never specifically Pit another poster, but the annoyance of dealing simultaneously in Great Debates with a belligerently ignorant Christian and a belligerently ignor… --- ## ["Learn more"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055 "2013-06-05T23:55:44Z")
This is kind of a weak sauce rant arising from semantics. I am just fed up with “your” ads that have that little link that says “Learn More”. Oh, goody, I get to “learn” about your product/service, how very wonderful. Le… --- ## [Radio/lyrics - argh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-lyrics-argh/660079)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-lyrics-argh/660079 "2013-06-05T17:12:52Z")
So I am driving my 10-year-old to swim practice. Turn on Sirius/XM, channel 52 - “Dance/Electronic” - he likes the heavily synthesized stuff with deep base beat. A song comes on, the screen says “Gareth Emery - Saga”. Th… --- ## [Abortion: Pro-Life Will Win by Demographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-pro-life-will-win-by-demographics/659897)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-pro-life-will-win-by-demographics/659897 "2013-06-04T20:28:39Z")
Having lunch with an ultra-conservative asshole – and dear friend. He said that the pro-life side will win, because pro-lifers have kids, and pro-choicers have abortions. Eventually, the number of people in pro-life fa… --- ## [I get your skewed poll right here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-your-skewed-poll-right-here/659855)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-your-skewed-poll-right-here/659855 "2013-06-04T17:14:33Z")
Exhibit A in why I’m not worried about the future of the GOP, at least not because of demographic changes. Obama lost 2.4 million young voters between 2008 and 2012. If he loses another 2.4 million over the next four … --- ## [Being a butt-calling racist is not conducive for employment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-butt-calling-racist-is-not-conducive-for-employment/659571)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-butt-calling-racist-is-not-conducive-for-employment/659571 "2013-06-04T03:57:38Z")
Angry Papa John’s customer posts delivery man’s racist voicemail online Synoposis: Black dude gives a pizza delivery guy a $5 tip on a $15.26 tab. The delivery guy butt-calls the dude in the middle of a colorful tirade… --- ## [Sam's Club, and their aggressive outside salespeople, can bite my shiny metal ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-and-their-aggressive-outside-salespeople-can-bite-my-shiny-metal-ass/654921)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-and-their-aggressive-outside-salespeople-can-bite-my-shiny-metal-ass/654921 "2013-06-04T00:56:13Z")
We went to Sam’s Club yesterday (yeah, I know they are part of Wal-Mart, but we have no other wholesale clubs here; don’t have to pay the membership fee as we are on the in-law’s business account; and we use the Sams Clu… --- ## [Most Liberals are Hateful and Nasty Individuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-liberals-are-hateful-and-nasty-individuals/659635)
**Author:** [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-liberals-are-hateful-and-nasty-individuals/659635 "2013-06-03T22:15:48Z")
Why is it that most liberals are so vicious? Just reading about Michelle Bachmann’s retirement announcement and am so sad to see so much vitriol directed her way. Why is it that anyone with conservative values is trashe… --- ## [No, Gawker, man did not "Stage\[\] Kidnapping to Be a Hero, Accidentally Kill\[\] His Hostage."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-gawker-man-did-not-stage-kidnapping-to-be-a-hero-accidentally-kill-his-hostage/659731)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-gawker-man-did-not-stage-kidnapping-to-be-a-hero-accidentally-kill-his-hostage/659731 "2013-06-03T20:20:28Z")
No, Gawker, man did not “Stage\[\] Kidnapping to Be a Hero, Accidentally Kill\[\] His Hostage.” … … He committed first-degree murder. First, this: is not “staging” a kidnapping. At least not in the sense of orchestrating… --- ## [Fuck You, Membership-Required-To-Browse Online Stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-membership-required-to-browse-online-stores/659521)
**Author:** [@hansel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansel)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-membership-required-to-browse-online-stores/659521 "2013-06-03T18:05:02Z")
I see an ad for a steel iPhone case sold by Touch of Modern, and click the link. Oooh, a shiny hipster store full of nice… wtf? You’re requiring me to enter my email address to browse the site? Eat shit. Lick my wet,… --- ## [April Jones murder: Mark Bridger found guilty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-jones-murder-mark-bridger-found-guilty/659699)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-jones-murder-mark-bridger-found-guilty/659699 "2013-06-03T15:00:50Z")
I’m sure all Brit-dopers have been utterly appalled by the abduction and murder of this child. I really cannot put into words the depths of my disgust for this monster. --- ## [Oh fer fuck's sake, NHS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fer-fucks-sake-nhs/660020)
**Author:** [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fer-fucks-sake-nhs/660020 "2013-06-03T12:23:16Z")
So my son had chicken pox, then he had some pretty awful diarrhea. Then his little sister got the same thing three weeks later - first the chicken pox, then the diarrhea. When my little boy (he turned three in January) s… --- ## [June Making you go out of Tune? Rant About it Here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-making-you-go-out-of-tune-rant-about-it-here/659840)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-making-you-go-out-of-tune-rant-about-it-here/659840 "2013-06-02T06:47:08Z")
So it is a little past 12:00 AM here…(EDT Time) Anyways there isn’t much that is bothering me right now, except for how it is like 30 degrees (Celcius) in many of my classrooms. You know, I am always praising about sum… --- ## [Stop complaining about the coffee!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-complaining-about-the-coffee/659497)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-complaining-about-the-coffee/659497 "2013-06-01T22:23:38Z")
Every motherfuckin’ day it is the same thing. It’s too cold Too hot Too thin Too strong Not enough Coffee maker is broken. …every fucking day. Stop whinning all day long. Buy a new maker!! Make your own coffee, ma… --- ## [April showers bring May glowers (rant thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 437\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175 "2013-06-01T14:07:20Z")
Me first\*\* digs\*\*! Bill parked behind me this morning. He’s not happy that my bike takes up his place in the garage and he’s being so passive aggressive about it that I want to bitch slap him. I honestly do think that… --- ## [What the fuck, bank?! Lies I say, LIES!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-lies-i-say-lies/659503)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-lies-i-say-lies/659503 "2013-06-01T03:33:58Z")
My bank is an absolute piece-of-shit. I could complain about many problems I’ve had but I just want to focus on one totally nonsensical, head-scratching contradiction of their policies. I receive a check once a month, … --- ## [You're a goddam cart thief, and they should call the cops on you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-goddam-cart-thief-and-they-should-call-the-cops-on-you/636181)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-goddam-cart-thief-and-they-should-call-the-cops-on-you/636181 "2013-05-30T18:59:34Z")
In recent years (or just in the neighborhoods where I’ve lived in recent years) it seems to be in fashion to buy your groceries, put them back in the cart, and then push that cart as much as a half-mile down the road to … --- ## [I Pit My Ex-Wife, the Unhygenic Redneck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-ex-wife-the-unhygenic-redneck/659481)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-ex-wife-the-unhygenic-redneck/659481 "2013-05-30T13:21:17Z")
Gee, ex-wife of mine…you have fake teeth of your own. Why? Well, because you drink 35 Pepsis a day and you never brushed them! What did you think was going to happen? And after the extremely painful extractions you went … --- ## [15-Year-Old Chinese Tourist Carves His Name on 3500-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-chinese-tourist-carves-his-name-on-3500-year-old-egyptian-tomb/659463)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-chinese-tourist-carves-his-name-on-3500-year-old-egyptian-tomb/659463 "2013-05-29T22:27:57Z")
Story here. I guess this kid was hoping his stunt would immortalize his name. In a just world, he would be remembered for the rest of his life as “that asshole who defaced an irreplaceable part of human history.” --- ## [Will "BHENGAZI-GATE" screw up Hitlery's chances in 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888)
**Author:** [@Habakkuk3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habakkuk3)\ **Replies:** 617\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888 "2013-05-29T14:47:13Z")
or can that even be talked about? --- ## [Obama does his best to degrade a couple of Marines. Next episode: Wipers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-does-his-best-to-degrade-a-couple-of-marines-next-episode-wipers/658538)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-does-his-best-to-degrade-a-couple-of-marines-next-episode-wipers/658538 "2013-05-29T10:01:05Z")
Being tewwibwy afwaid of getting his hair wet, during a press conference President Obama summoned two Marines to hold umbrellas over himself and the Prime Minister of Turkey. Just looking at the picture makes me want to… --- ## [Hit a cyclist. Brag about it in your tweet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037 "2013-05-28T18:46:37Z")
I really have no words this time. Woman Brags about hitting cyclist, Discovers Police also use Twitter. All aspects of this disgust me, except for the decent and effective police action. In the US the police would be m… --- ## [Is it standatard practice to start your church by writing bad checks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-standatard-practice-to-start-your-church-by-writing-bad-checks/659229)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-standatard-practice-to-start-your-church-by-writing-bad-checks/659229 "2013-05-28T18:18:42Z")
I work at a small privately owned music store. We’ve been burned on checks in the past and by companies that claimed to guarentee checks but then failed to cover them when they bounced. So, we don’t take checks , with th… --- ## [Portland's "no on fluoride" morons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portlands-no-on-fluoride-morons/656532)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portlands-no-on-fluoride-morons/656532 "2013-05-28T17:12:02Z")
Honest to fuck, how are these people not recycled for compost? The argument is: “Keep Portland’s drinking water pure.” Really? You mean that stuff that sits in the uncovered reservoirs up in the hills; uncovered in vi… --- ## [TRIGGER WARNING: Trigger Warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trigger-warning-trigger-warnings/658594)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trigger-warning-trigger-warnings/658594 "2013-05-28T01:41:01Z")
All too often, I’ve been reading lively, thought-provoking content from a forum, blog, or online magazine, only to finally get so fed up with the constant "TRIGGER WARNING!"s that I just stop going there. Despite the fac… --- ## [Bricker, Here Are A Couple Of Bozos Who Are Right Up Your Alley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-here-are-a-couple-of-bozos-who-are-right-up-your-alley/658973)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-here-are-a-couple-of-bozos-who-are-right-up-your-alley/658973 "2013-05-27T21:55:00Z")
Bricker, you know how you always get peeved when posters here at the SDMB say someone should be thrown in jail, and you get all nitpicky about “what statute do you think they broke? what’s your evidence that they violate… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=182)