# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=21 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 22 --- ## [Extra, Extra (day of) Rants all about it (Feb mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943 "2024-03-02T22:51:50Z")
We get an extra day’s worth of mini rants this month! . . Fri night I got home around 12:30am, went to bed about 1am. Sat morning, the alarm went off at 5:30am in order to get up on time to make it to my race. Only … --- ## [Any Michael Rapaport fans? Can you explain this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488 "2024-02-29T11:49:11Z")
He seems to have gone over the edge. Sorry about it not starting at the beginning :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: --- ## [Parents selling photos of young girls on Instagram. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-selling-photos-of-young-girls-on-instagram-wtf/997988)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-selling-photos-of-young-girls-on-instagram-wtf/997988 "2024-02-28T16:51:59Z")
A NYT piece about parents (primarily mothers) selling photos of their young pre-teen daughters to pedophiles at $10 a pop. They apparently see nothing wrong with this practice. I’m not talking about girls in sun dresses … --- ## [Misogyny and pop culture: don't yuck my yum! (Spoilers for the movie Poor Things)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-pop-culture-dont-yuck-my-yum-spoilers-for-the-movie-poor-things/997107)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-pop-culture-dont-yuck-my-yum-spoilers-for-the-movie-poor-things/997107 "2024-02-28T11:10:55Z")
I continue to be pissed off about an interaction hours later, so what better choice then drop it to the pit. tl;dr version: @DSeid and @Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom each take up aspects of the all-too-common position that if you th… --- ## [Pitting my car dealership (I didn't even buy it from them!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-car-dealership-i-didnt-even-buy-it-from-them/997486)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-car-dealership-i-didnt-even-buy-it-from-them/997486 "2024-02-23T19:17:03Z")
When it comes to basic maintenance, I typically take my car to a chain garage like Canadian Tire. Oil change, or swapping/storing seasonal tires, going to them is fine by me. If I need something repaired on my car that’s… --- ## [I pit Express Script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-express-script/997844)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-express-script/997844 "2024-02-23T01:39:15Z")
So, we recently changed insurance, and with it, we also changed the company that pays for and mails out drugs. So instead of Caremark, i once again have to deal with Express Script. I had hoped that in the 8 years I’ve b… --- ## [What the fuck is wrong with Tucker Carlson (this time)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433 "2024-02-22T23:25:18Z")
Motherfucker is now going on air doubting the safetly and efficacy of the vaccine. Has he forgotten Trump developed it all by himself? --- ## [Is sheep shagger a racial slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sheep-shagger-a-racial-slur/986146)
**Author:** [@JHuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHuff)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sheep-shagger-a-racial-slur/986146 "2024-02-18T18:09:27Z")
I know hate speech isnt allowed, and I dont intend to break the spirit of that rule here. But I do have a serious academic inquiry. If Ive gone too far, please excuse me and remove the thead. When does an insult about… --- ## [American Exceptionalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-exceptionalism/992173)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-exceptionalism/992173 "2024-02-15T19:40:46Z")
America is a great country, and right now, with its economy far outperforming its peers since the Obama term, we’re arguably as close to American hegemony as we’ve been since the baby boom. But “American Exceptionalism”… --- ## [New Year’s Rant Solutions (January mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-s-rant-solutions-january-mini-rants/995437)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 537\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-s-rant-solutions-january-mini-rants/995437 "2024-02-15T15:58:39Z")
You’d think my city is under attack. Nothing but explosions for hours. And fireworks are illegal here. The good thing is that they don’t scare my dog. They piss her off and she barks at them, like “Shut the fuck up a… --- ## [If Someone With Medical Issues Says "Don't Cook for Me" Don't Cook For Them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-with-medical-issues-says-dont-cook-for-me-dont-cook-for-them/832141)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-with-medical-issues-says-dont-cook-for-me-dont-cook-for-them/832141 "2024-02-15T04:25:59Z")
While in real life I often bite my tongue/grit my teeth over this, I have got to let it out. Awhile back I did my new downstairs neighbor a favor. I told her there was no need to repay me. She insists. She insists by … --- ## [How tired are you of being rational, fair, and even handed, especially in Politics and News?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you-of-being-rational-fair-and-even-handed-especially-in-politics-and-news/997366)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you-of-being-rational-fair-and-even-handed-especially-in-politics-and-news/997366 "2024-02-12T21:36:23Z")
I was going to put this in IMHO, as it’s more than JUST politics and elections, but the more I thought about it, the more it felt Rant-y, and knew it would likely produce the same sort of emotional disgust in others as i… --- ## [Trump and farts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-farts/990690)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-farts/990690 "2024-02-11T10:35:00Z")
(Not sure where this goes–seems a little ranty for Politics and Elections) Once I figured out thanks to a thread in Factual Questions right here that the word “trump” really does mean “fart” at least in the north of Eng… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with Ψ? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-see-rules-in-op/993795)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-see-rules-in-op/993795 "2024-02-09T16:10:27Z")
Since we’re coming to the end of the Roman alphabet, I thought we should move on to Greek. When we’re done with that, maybe Cyrillic or Arabic? Same rules as all the other similar threads. --- ## [Fuck you Danielle Smith - you heartless, ignorant, self serving asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-danielle-smith-you-heartless-ignorant-self-serving-asshole/997050)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-danielle-smith-you-heartless-ignorant-self-serving-asshole/997050 "2024-02-09T05:04:15Z")
Kicking down on the most vulnerable. Premier of Alberta. Forced out conservative leader Jason Kenney last year as he wasn’t cruel and anti science enough for the new breed of MAGA wanna be Western Canadian ‘conservativ… --- ## [PA Man Beheads Govt. Emp. Father, Posts Video Online, Calls For "Revolution" Against Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894 "2024-02-04T00:55:42Z")
Story here. (Yes, I know the Mail isn’t the best source, but this is breaking within the last hour and there aren’t many articles about it yet.) I suppose it was only a matter of time before Trump and his legion of… --- ## [Few things are more annoying than someone who's less sick than you acting like they're more sick than you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-things-are-more-annoying-than-someone-whos-less-sick-than-you-acting-like-theyre-more-sick-than-you/996085)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-things-are-more-annoying-than-someone-whos-less-sick-than-you-acting-like-theyre-more-sick-than-you/996085 "2024-02-01T22:49:11Z")
Actually in this case it’s “less sick than I was a couple of days ago,” but the point stands. I had a 102 degree fever, complete shutdown of both nostrils, wet hacking cough so bad that it made me throw up, throat that … --- ## [Febyourweary (February Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/febyourweary-february-mini-rants/996975)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/febyourweary-february-mini-rants/996975 "2024-02-01T17:05:16Z")
I guess I have to start another one, you slacker fucks. The local newspaper decided to cancel us. Turns out, instead of telling us we were in arrears on payments (our card was compromised), they let the debt climb up to… --- ## [Things you find pretentious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-pretentious/581232)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 490\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-pretentious/581232 "2024-01-23T18:50:01Z")
According to some posters, speaking French is pretentious. That got me thinking. What do Dopers find pretentious? I’ll make my list: Dancers (Not people who like to boogie, people have taken a class or two and think th… --- ## [Republican governors of IA and NE opt out of summer food programs for children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-governors-of-ia-and-ne-opt-out-of-summer-food-programs-for-children/995147)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-governors-of-ia-and-ne-opt-out-of-summer-food-programs-for-children/995147 "2024-01-16T14:48:41Z")
As an Iowa resident, this is yet another one of Kim Reynolds’ hare-brained ideas. So much for being pro-life, folks. --- ## [I pit airport duty free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-airport-duty-free/994838)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-airport-duty-free/994838 "2024-01-15T00:56:24Z")
I just flew out of BKK ( Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand) for like the 6th time, and I hate hate hate their duty free areas. Scenario: arrive at curb, wander to airline drop bag areas, which are always mobbed. Most airli… --- ## [More utter stupidity from the NY Times (Fellating Uri Geller)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-utter-stupidity-from-the-ny-times-fellating-uri-geller/986797)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-utter-stupidity-from-the-ny-times-fellating-uri-geller/986797 "2024-01-07T21:35:37Z")
This just crossed my news feed. What the heck is going on here? Does this guy have any critical reasoning skills at all? No I really don’t think there is an end to any “grudge.” Uri Geller is a charlatan, a con man, … --- ## [Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2024-01-05T16:14:51Z")
Starting off with this guy. # Washington barber defies coronavirus restrictions, tells customers to have ‘a shot of whiskey’ instead of wearing mask “I haven’t done anything wrong, nobody has gotten sick, and I’m not … --- ## [The Miselucidation of Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miselucidation-of-whack-a-mole/995332)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miselucidation-of-whack-a-mole/995332 "2024-01-05T01:51:56Z")
As continued from the Request: don’t put ChatGPT or other AI-generated content in non-AI threads: No, because the answer you gave was wrong. Not just subtly wrong, but blatantly, egregiously, obviously wrong by inspec… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Fly Paper Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fly-paper-edition/991708)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fly-paper-edition/991708 "2023-12-31T18:24:24Z")
You knew this was coming, right? Trump speaking in Iowa on October 16, 2023. He was distracted by some flies, which prompted this digression: I didn’t know you had flies here in Iowa I hate flies Now I’ll get in trou… --- ## [Accelerationism and the "four turnings": absolute horseshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accelerationism-and-the-four-turnings-absolute-horseshit/994644)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accelerationism-and-the-four-turnings-absolute-horseshit/994644 "2023-12-22T01:33:13Z")
Just saw this on Nebula.tv (actually a rare example a really interesting video that is a available in Nebula only and not YouTube): Why Some Billionaires Are Actively Trying To Destroy The World | Nebula It’s about acc… --- ## [Colorado CNA hired as sole employee of assisted living facility!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848 "2023-12-20T05:13:09Z")
After SIX YEARS of being on duty 24/7/365, she sued and was awarded $850,000. One wonders how and why anything like this was allowed to happen, although I suspect her skin color and foreign surname (there are some Ayos … --- ## [Leave it with me (a common british phrase)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811 "2023-12-20T04:05:52Z")
I’m a US Citizen - have lived a year in the (good) Melbourne in Australia, nigh 'round Dublin for about two and just last week have been in the UK for seven years. I’m from Long Island, New York yet since I was 16 avoid… --- ## [Prince Harry on 60 Minutes — what’s his story? Good guy? Spoiled brat? What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-on-60-minutes-what-s-his-story-good-guy-spoiled-brat-what/977908)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-on-60-minutes-what-s-his-story-good-guy-spoiled-brat-what/977908 "2023-12-16T01:58:22Z")
I’ve got 60 Minutes on right now but am not really paying attention. It’s on in the background while I’m working on something else. I’ll watch it again later when I can pay attention. My question is more about Harry and… --- ## [Henry Kissinger Has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-kissinger-has-died/993884)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-kissinger-has-died/993884 "2023-12-04T17:26:02Z")
From what little I knew of him, I’m not a fan, but I will leave the longer eulogy to others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=22)