# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=188 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 189 --- ## [Incel: Involuntary Celibacy! (and cray-cray)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incel-involuntary-celibacy-and-cray-cray/651332)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incel-involuntary-celibacy-and-cray-cray/651332 "2013-03-12T13:40:38Z")
So I’m hanging out on an anonymous forum, the purpose of which is to find weird things on the internet to point fingers at so we can laugh, and someone has dug up this turd-nugget. For the Tumblr virgins out there, this… --- ## [The dumbest public official (possibly dumbest person) in the universe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-public-official-possibly-dumbest-person-in-the-universe/651993)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-public-official-possibly-dumbest-person-in-the-universe/651993 "2013-03-11T21:37:32Z")
a Seattle law maker has proposed a bicycle tax on the basis that they are unhealthy and bad for the environment (because the elevated respiration of riders results in increased CO2 output). No, really. longer article h… --- ## [Human Resource People Playing God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-resource-people-playing-god/652227)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-resource-people-playing-god/652227 "2013-03-11T20:10:30Z")
I wanted to get some computer training to update my degree, so I went to the local state employment and federally-sponsored job training center. After going through a couple weeks of telling the story of my life to a gro… --- ## [How much does it cost for Obama to take a leak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-for-obama-to-take-a-leak/652381)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-for-obama-to-take-a-leak/652381 "2013-03-11T20:08:45Z")
I mean, this clown is literally pissing away our hard-earned tax dollars. He’s on the clock, collecting his fat government paycheck, every second he’s at the urinal, draining his community-organizing organ, and most of … --- ## [I want to marry this woman. (Puts Bill O'reilly in his place.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-marry-this-woman-puts-bill-oreilly-in-his-place/652388)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-marry-this-woman-puts-bill-oreilly-in-his-place/652388 "2013-03-11T01:01:15Z")
Seriously, I think I’m in love. :slight\_smile: It’s a little long winded at the beginning, but I promise, it’s worth sticking with it til the end. --- ## [No, bitch, THIS is how you school someone by email.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-bitch-this-is-how-you-school-someone-by-email/652488)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-bitch-this-is-how-you-school-someone-by-email/652488 "2013-03-10T03:26:39Z")
It must be a universal law that Network Operations is staffed by bullies, dickheads, and misanthropists. God forbid someone outside your team actually expect you to do your job and put you through the misery of actually c… --- ## [I Pit People Who Are Having A bad Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-are-having-a-bad-day/652519)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-are-having-a-bad-day/652519 "2013-03-10T02:51:49Z")
Having a bad day? Yes, I know. Life sucks at times. But life is short, too. Gramma, tell 'em where it’s at… --- ## [Why hasn't anyone pitted fries made from potato flour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-anyone-pitted-fries-made-from-potato-flour/652257)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-anyone-pitted-fries-made-from-potato-flour/652257 "2013-03-09T23:47:32Z")
I saw a thread in Cafe Soc and I thought it needed louder words: I weep for this generation. I think they will never enjoy real potato strings and wedges with their burgers. And even if they tried it at home (or in Germa… --- ## [Gavin McInnes Tries To Be the Next Julius Streicher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavin-mcinnes-tries-to-be-the-next-julius-streicher/652249)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavin-mcinnes-tries-to-be-the-next-julius-streicher/652249 "2013-03-08T19:47:18Z")
http://takimag.com/article/tackling\_asian\_privilege\_gavin\_mcinnes/print#axzz2MoB2EzY5 This is one of the most incredibly racist shit I’ve read in a while, reminiscent of old anti-Semitic propaganda denouncing “model min… --- ## [Throw him in solitary for 22 months. Then drop the charges.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-him-in-solitary-for-22-months-then-drop-the-charges/652314)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-him-in-solitary-for-22-months-then-drop-the-charges/652314 "2013-03-08T18:15:11Z")
This is just unconscionable. Summary: Stephen Slevin gets arrested for DUI. He has some mental health problems, so he is put in solitary confinement. He gets virtually no medical care except for sedatives from a nurse… --- ## [CBS is literally interrupting The Price is Right for Obama's budget conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738 "2013-03-08T15:37:33Z")
this is the future why do we still need to interrupt TV for everytime the President speaks. There’s enough channels and the Internet that I don’t need to be inconvenienced and have my whole morning ruined because Obama … --- ## [Hands off (figuratively) my student worker! I pit co-workers that try to monopolize support staff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-off-figuratively-my-student-worker-i-pit-co-workers-that-try-to-monopolize-support-staff/651952)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-off-figuratively-my-student-worker-i-pit-co-workers-that-try-to-monopolize-support-staff/651952 "2013-03-07T21:41:34Z")
I realize it sucks that the university doesn’t allocate enough budget money to offer the library a full range of support staff including numerous paraprofessionals, but the kid was hired specifically to work for me. Tha… --- ## [Double Pit: Pot Smoking Teens and Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-pit-pot-smoking-teens-and-me/652070)
**Author:** [@Chilliwack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilliwack)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-pit-pot-smoking-teens-and-me/652070 "2013-03-07T21:38:07Z")
Yesterday afternoon, I was in my front yard digging out a snow fort for my son to play in. My wife was inside helping him into his snowsuit. Two guys in their late teens walked past my house smoking a joint, stopped br… --- ## [John Rosemond, dear, you will have to stay in your room.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-rosemond-dear-you-will-have-to-stay-in-your-room/651763)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-rosemond-dear-you-will-have-to-stay-in-your-room/651763 "2013-03-07T15:48:36Z")
I spoke with the doctor, and he told me to tell you that you are a bitter old crank who is taking out his resentment against his own parents and stepfather on every kid today, and on every parent of a kid who is foolish … --- ## [Stop wasting my time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-wasting-my-time/652094)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-wasting-my-time/652094 "2013-03-06T20:34:29Z")
…you fucking nitwits. I spent considerable time and effort writing my resume, to say nothing of the 25+ years invested in my career. The least you could do is take a half a minute to read it and figure out I’m not the … --- ## [Lye is not an acid, you Yahoo! hacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lye-is-not-an-acid-you-yahoo-hacks/651583)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lye-is-not-an-acid-you-yahoo-hacks/651583 "2013-03-06T16:52:32Z")
The homepage headline: Acid attack victim gets face transplant. The second line of the article: Carmen Blandin Tarleton’s face was unrecognizable after the lye attack, burned away in the frenzy of an estranged husband’s … --- ## [Curb-side Delivery Trucks, Welcome to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curb-side-delivery-trucks-welcome-to-the-pit/652034)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curb-side-delivery-trucks-welcome-to-the-pit/652034 "2013-03-06T16:05:43Z")
May you roast in hell, where you will do a sloppy job delivering there as well. I’m talking about UPS, FedEx, SysCo, and any other delivery service parking unsafely. Today I saw a UPS truck parked blocking four parked c… --- ## [Piers Morgan: always this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-always-this-bad/651607)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-always-this-bad/651607 "2013-03-05T22:26:55Z")
Channel flipping, I caught Piers Morgan Tonight, where he had a guest (!) from the NRA, and they were talking guns. Holy crap! Morgan wouldn’t let the guy talk! He kept repeating questions, over and over and over. “H… --- ## [Pittin' myself, this just sucks, and I have to be strong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pittin-myself-this-just-sucks-and-i-have-to-be-strong/644101)
**Author:** [@bubba\_jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba_jr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pittin-myself-this-just-sucks-and-i-have-to-be-strong/644101 "2013-03-05T18:34:09Z")
This sucks. 2 years ago my old lady’s Dad died, SUCKED. I was just getting to know him, and then the shit the fan. It was a long drawn out miserable process, he lived 100 yards from us, but the crap happened 100’s of … --- ## [Good riddance Mad-Dog Loguancio.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-mad-dog-loguancio/651903)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-mad-dog-loguancio/651903 "2013-03-05T04:38:47Z")
Long story short, an animal who had been incarcerated before on multiple offences, including rapes so horrific that even the tabloids chose to censor the details, has finally come to meet his maker. After breaching paro… --- ## ["I'm sorry if anyone was offended"...No You Aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-if-anyone-was-offended-no-you-arent/651383)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-if-anyone-was-offended-no-you-arent/651383 "2013-03-04T18:47:22Z")
Why can’t folks just apologize?? I am so sick of these non-apology apologies that amount to basically, “I did nothing wrong, I meant nothing, but you are kind of an overly sensitive wuss.” Own your contrition and crimin… --- ## [Another rotten RCC egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rotten-rcc-egg/651339)
**Author:** [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rotten-rcc-egg/651339 "2013-03-04T09:39:40Z")
Cardinal O’Brien resigns Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, is stepping down as the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh. From the original article. Women, children and now other … --- ## [If I hear one more glib 'this is how we fix the deficit/economy' bromide . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hear-one-more-glib-this-is-how-we-fix-the-deficit-economy-bromide/651837)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hear-one-more-glib-this-is-how-we-fix-the-deficit-economy-bromide/651837 "2013-03-03T06:11:16Z")
I can’t say that I’m actually pissed about this. Mood stabilizers are wonderful drugs if you’re the sort of person such that the combination of a bad day and a strong breeze are all it takes to push you over the edge. An… --- ## [I pit Progress Kentucky for racist tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-progress-kentucky-for-racist-tweet/651467)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-progress-kentucky-for-racist-tweet/651467 "2013-03-03T02:34:50Z")
It’s always depressing when you see a liberal or progressive person or group you generally agree with engage in racism. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/26/1642141/racist-super-pac/ Thinkprogress is reporting o… --- ## [I pit those who rush to get in the train car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-rush-to-get-in-the-train-car/651468)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-rush-to-get-in-the-train-car/651468 "2013-03-01T13:30:46Z")
Why you should wait for people inside to get out: When all of you get in the car without letting people inside to get out, you increase the density of people in the carriage and therefore you make it difficult for peop… --- ## [February Bitching- Please Start here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-bitching-please-start-here/649028)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-bitching-please-start-here/649028 "2013-03-01T04:49:28Z")
Okay. I’ll kick it off. On Wednesday, a procedure at the Ophthalmologist. The gunk he was to remove did not have the consistency of mucus. It had set like cement. So, instead of being curetted out, it was cut out. Now… --- ## [Fucking Dog Walkers and their Fucking Bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dog-walkers-and-their-fucking-bags/650712)
**Author:** [@SweetiePotato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetiePotato)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dog-walkers-and-their-fucking-bags/650712 "2013-02-28T20:29:59Z")
I can’t keep this inside any longer. I don’t have one, but I love dogs. I understand the love for dogs. I understand poop. I even understand pet poop-- I scoop it out of the litter box twice a day. I understand walking… --- ## [Fuck YOU, Daddy..Maybe you should have loved me more...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-daddy-maybe-you-should-have-loved-me-more/650896)
**Author:** [@Nobody\_sMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_sMama)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-daddy-maybe-you-should-have-loved-me-more/650896 "2013-02-28T05:33:24Z")
Oh my God. I just went off on my father and I am at once sad, glad that I said what I did and sad that he made me say what I did. My dad (and I have LOVED him so much for my whole life) has become a ignorant racist as… --- ## [Filling your car with gas while it's still running - Pet peeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filling-your-car-with-gas-while-its-still-running-pet-peeve/647917)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filling-your-car-with-gas-while-its-still-running-pet-peeve/647917 "2013-02-28T04:26:55Z")
I know it’s cold, but please turn off your car when you fill up. If you are worried that your car won’t start again, then get that fixed. You are only out of the car for 5 minutes, the heater will blow again, I promise… --- ## [Do NOT Feed The Troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 527\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838 "2013-02-27T21:36:35Z")
I almost did it again, but I wasn’t logged in. That stopped me. Whew, that was close. I offer this thread as a place for Dopers to say whatever the rules allow them, and to do it in a place that won’t feed a troll. Kin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=189)