# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=182 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 183 --- ## [To all the lovely readers of CNN.com...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-lovely-readers-of-cnn-com/659232)
**Author:** [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-lovely-readers-of-cnn-com/659232 "2013-05-25T21:20:23Z")
…who have been leaving such eloquent comments on the various stories about the Oklahoma tornadoes, I have but one thing to say: May you all die in a \[STRIKE\]fire\[/STRIKE\] twister. Hard though it may be to believe, the … --- ## [For the love all that's holy, being stupid is NOT an accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-all-thats-holy-being-stupid-is-not-an-accident/659118)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-all-thats-holy-being-stupid-is-not-an-accident/659118 "2013-05-25T18:13:46Z")
This boy died tragically. But it wasn’t an accident. He didn’t slip and fall through the collar. He didn’t slip and fall off the side. Where is the accident? I see stupidity, but being stupid != accident. Why aren… --- ## [SoulXChange sucks these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soulxchange-sucks-these-days/75081)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soulxchange-sucks-these-days/75081 "2013-05-25T06:15:19Z")
Remember when everyone was selling their soul, having fun playing the silly game at http://www.soulxchange.com? They’ve changed it. Mangled it. Someone else took over and now it totally blows. I don’t have time to resea… --- ## [Is this a real conspiracy theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-conspiracy-theory/658730)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-conspiracy-theory/658730 "2013-05-24T23:41:47Z")
I was reading about Pete Santilli, a website host who’s saying that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should be shot. And he’s rambling on about all the things he’s claimed they did. There was the stuff I expected about B… --- ## [Now is Not The Time to Make New Regulations About Tornado Safety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-is-not-the-time-to-make-new-regulations-about-tornado-safety/658918)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-is-not-the-time-to-make-new-regulations-about-tornado-safety/658918 "2013-05-24T02:27:44Z")
I especially hope that the parents of the children killed will not be exploited and trotted out to testify on tornado safety. --- ## [The double standard regarding divorce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standard-regarding-divorce/657893)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standard-regarding-divorce/657893 "2013-05-23T23:44:11Z")
When a man leaves his wife, he’s pond scum, whereas if a woman leaves her husband, she’s strong and heroic and escaping a toxic situation, and pretty much gets confetti thrown at her. :confused: :rolleyes: My issue wit… --- ## [Obama is Evil! EVIL!!! SEND US MONEY!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-evil-evil-send-us-money/658939)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-evil-evil-send-us-money/658939 "2013-05-22T17:33:37Z")
Or so go most of the ultra-right sites I get spam from. It happens because every month I sign up for drawings on various sites for chances to win free firearms and ammo. http://www.weapon-blog.com/gun-giveaway-contests/ … --- ## [An Idiot's Guide to Merging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiots-guide-to-merging/658406)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiots-guide-to-merging/658406 "2013-05-20T22:24:49Z")
So you’re going to merge into traffic. Well here’s a handy guide for just such an occasion. Alternate cars merge from one lane to the other: the first car in the right lane gets to go to the left lane, then the first … --- ## [Pat Robertson says something stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-says-something-stupid/658667)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-says-something-stupid/658667 "2013-05-20T22:12:32Z")
I know. Who would have seen it coming? Earlier this week, a viewer contacted The 700 Club, asking for advice. She said her husband had cheated on her with another woman and she was having difficulty trusting him. Rober… --- ## [Officer Rivieri Builds Bridges Among Baltimore's Youth (R.O.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-rivieri-builds-bridges-among-baltimores-youth-r-o/437552)
**Author:** [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-rivieri-builds-bridges-among-baltimores-youth-r-o/437552 "2013-05-20T15:30:44Z")
Ladies and gentlemen of the Dope, meet Officer Rivieri. Officer Rivieri is a man with two significant problems. The first problem is that he’s an inadequate, abusive, piece of shit bullying pigfucker maggot should-have… --- ## [Jamestown Necrocannibals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamestown-necrocannibals/657290)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamestown-necrocannibals/657290 "2013-05-20T14:18:17Z")
From here: I’ve pitted the eating of other people’s faces, but I never thought I’d temper that with, “but at least the victim was alive.” Yeesh. Sure, the Jamestown settlement was a long time ago, but the evidence has… --- ## [I pit your pathetic and boring pit threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-pathetic-and-boring-pit-threads/658500)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-pathetic-and-boring-pit-threads/658500 "2013-05-18T21:07:47Z")
I pit your weak-written, gag-worthy, soft-hitting, watered-down pit threads, but not just those, I also pit your less-than-lame ones you’ve managed to resurrect from five, eight, ten, twelve years ago, and managed to mak… --- ## [RO: Wealthy Disneyworld Patrons Hiring Disabled "Guides" In Order To Line Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-wealthy-disneyworld-patrons-hiring-disabled-guides-in-order-to-line-skip/658419)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-wealthy-disneyworld-patrons-hiring-disabled-guides-in-order-to-line-skip/658419 "2013-05-17T18:04:42Z")
CNN story here. This is just the word kind of exploitation - both in using money to get around the rules, and in taking advantage of the handicapped. If I were a park visitor and I came across someone using this schtick… --- ## [Yosemite Sam ""Back Off"" mudflaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872 "2013-05-17T16:39:47Z")
Funny what will set you off these days, eh? Is it just me, or do those goddamn Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps make you want to drive as close as you possibly can to the rear bumper of their car? Back Off? BACK OFF!!!… --- ## [Serious question about Habakkuk3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-habakkuk3/658322)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-habakkuk3/658322 "2013-05-17T04:20:48Z")
Is he on meth? Because there’s a lot of right wing crazy on the Internet, but holy shit! That combination of total incoherence, heaps of anger, lack of impulse control, and chock full o’ frenetic energy just screams 60 … --- ## [Fu hln](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-hln/658548)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-hln/658548 "2013-05-17T01:25:14Z")
So Im at home enjoying a day off and I run across the Jodi Aria trial. Travis’s sister is making a tearful victim statement to the jury…saying something to the effect ‘…his throat was cut from ear to ear…’ when… in mid … --- ## [Boyo Jim and other prose Nazis: get the fuck over yourselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411 "2013-05-16T17:25:43Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16290424&postcount=33 Plain and simple, this serves as a perfect example of why we drive new people away from the Boards. Who wants to be a member of our forums when we… --- ## ["IRS-Gate" - JUMP ON IT, DOPERS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-gate-jump-on-it-dopers/658230)
**Author:** [@Habakkuk3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habakkuk3)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-gate-jump-on-it-dopers/658230 "2013-05-16T02:18:40Z")
I think this administration has OUT-NIXON’ED NIXON! IRS Targeting political adversaries of the current administration! unbelieveable --- ## [Banner ads with arrow buttons in slideshows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-with-arrow-buttons-in-slideshows/658366)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-with-arrow-buttons-in-slideshows/658366 "2013-05-15T20:58:42Z")
You know, after 17 years on the Internet, I’m pretty good at ignoring banner ads. But there is one kind that infuriates me. And I’m not sure whether I should direct my anger at the advertisers, or at the sites that host … --- ## [Dumbass who sent poisoned letters to the President and Sen. Wicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-who-sent-poisoned-letters-to-the-president-and-sen-wicker/655987)
**Author:** [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-who-sent-poisoned-letters-to-the-president-and-sen-wicker/655987 "2013-05-15T08:37:29Z")
Officials to announce arrest in ricin case - warning, video autoplay because we the mouthbreathing general public are too easily distracted by moving pictures. Dear Dumbass: Poisonings and cowardly threats of violence … --- ## [Why are black people so LOUD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-black-people-so-loud/401625)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-black-people-so-loud/401625 "2013-05-14T21:18:17Z")
Now-necessary disclaimer: please keep this out of the pit by behaving like civilized people. This is a valid question and I seek sociocultural explanations. It’s inarguable that black people are louder than any other ra… --- ## [Corrupt Juvie Court Judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupt-juvie-court-judges/485499)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupt-juvie-court-judges/485499 "2013-05-14T18:58:57Z")
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142654/ These two juvenile court judges are accused of getting kickbacks from private detention facilities for harsh sentences they imposed on their charges. Weirdly, the kicking back priva… --- ## [Why I hate my students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-my-students/24227)
**Author:** [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-my-students/24227 "2013-05-14T06:32:03Z")
Just another day of the fucking idiots that like to call themselves “college students”. I’m not your mother. I don’t give two hoots about your life and why it made you such an asshole. Just do your work and get it to … --- ## [Wow, thanks, Mister IT Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thanks-mister-it-guy/658021)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thanks-mister-it-guy/658021 "2013-05-13T18:59:49Z")
I needed to update a particular login I have in the lab. I use this account to order DNA sequencing, which I haven’t needed in several years. I had to change labs a while ago, so the account is associated with the wron… --- ## [Fuck You Cleveland P.D.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cleveland-p-d/657766)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cleveland-p-d/657766 "2013-05-13T12:07:24Z")
Holy fucking shit! Dear god what the fuck does it take?! Wait, there was more!? What, you don’t even keep fucking records now?? Source of the quotes Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with the Cleveland PD? Years… --- ## [Yet another reason to Pit the NRA - no taggants in gunpowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-pit-the-nra-no-taggants-in-gunpowder/656031)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 551\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-pit-the-nra-no-taggants-in-gunpowder/656031 "2013-05-13T05:18:14Z")
And so it’s impossible to track the gunpowder in the Boston Marathon bombs. Thanks, NRA, for freedom. --- ## [Intelligence is Overrated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-is-overrated/657456)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-is-overrated/657456 "2013-05-12T03:04:51Z")
People are constantly self-righteously bitching about how much they “hate stupid people” and how awful it is for them to have to deal with them. Of course usually the bitcher is at least as stupid as whomever is being bi… --- ## [I pit people who refuse to learn from history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-refuse-to-learn-from-history/657903)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-refuse-to-learn-from-history/657903 "2013-05-12T01:25:16Z")
Over the years, a lot of industries have been seriously disrupted by advances in technology. This provides a learning opportunity for people witnessing these events. Meet California State Senator Leland Yee, who is evi… --- ## [I Pit the (Continuing) Republican attempts to screw labor: overtime edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-continuing-republican-attempts-to-screw-labor-overtime-edition/657774)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-continuing-republican-attempts-to-screw-labor-overtime-edition/657774 "2013-05-11T17:15:45Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/gop-seeks-alternative-overtime-pay-074228556.html So… Apparently, we have the republicans pushing a piece of legislature that’s pro-labor. Huh. Whodathunkit? I mean, they have a fairly extensive t… --- ## [Loathing people who are casual about the health of others...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loathing-people-who-are-casual-about-the-health-of-others/657237)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loathing-people-who-are-casual-about-the-health-of-others/657237 "2013-05-10T17:01:26Z")
And I’m not just talking anti-vaccination folks and their ilk; I’m talking about basic common courtesy, here. This morning, on the way to work, I was waiting at a crosswalk for the light to change. A couple of women we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=183)