# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=218 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 219 --- ## [Pitting Laziness, Procrastination, & Corner-Cutting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-laziness-procrastination-corner-cutting/617410)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-laziness-procrastination-corner-cutting/617410 "2012-04-04T05:13:42Z")
In my haste to pack and move, I seem to have busted permanently my bike trainer. It still works, but doesn’t hold in a position that allows for resistance. I know this is because I didn’t focus, move slow, and plan ahead… --- ## [Fuck these webcam interviews that don't include audio, and do include writing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-these-webcam-interviews-that-dont-include-audio-and-do-include-writing/617650)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-these-webcam-interviews-that-dont-include-audio-and-do-include-writing/617650 "2012-04-03T13:08:03Z")
A few months ago, I started a thread about a webcam interview that required me to have the phone in front of my face. Today, it happened again. I’ve got a webcam on my laptop; I’ve got a microphone on my laptop; I’ve go… --- ## [Pitting people (Spike Lee in particular) who tweeted the wrong address as belonging to G. Zimmerman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-people-spike-lee-in-particular-who-tweeted-the-wrong-address-as-belonging-to-g-zimmerman/617031)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-people-spike-lee-in-particular-who-tweeted-the-wrong-address-as-belonging-to-g-zimmerman/617031 "2012-04-03T12:22:41Z")
Elderly couple abandons their home after address is posted on Twitter as that of George Zimmerman http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-27/news/os-trayvon-martin-wrong-zimmerman-20120327\_1\_tweets-heart-condition-t… --- ## [I pit April Fools Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470 "2012-04-03T07:04:59Z")
There are people whose idea of an April Fools Day prank is to offer good news and then snatch it away. That is not funny. That is you being a shithead. If you want to play goodnatured practical jokes, fine, whatever. But… --- ## [On which Ale wishes web designers to pull their collective heads out of their rectum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-ale-wishes-web-designers-to-pull-their-collective-heads-out-of-their-rectum/617500)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-ale-wishes-web-designers-to-pull-their-collective-heads-out-of-their-rectum/617500 "2012-04-02T23:07:33Z")
That’s it, I’m up to here with this crap. Today I go to check my Vimeo page and noticed that I’ve been upgraded to the new design which, following what appears to be today’s trends, uses only the center of the screen an… --- ## [Are you Team Trayvon or Team Zimmerman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-team-trayvon-or-team-zimmerman/616881)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 991\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-team-trayvon-or-team-zimmerman/616881 "2012-04-02T23:05:00Z")
C’mon now, no time for rational thinking. You need to take a side and take it now! What’s it gonna be? Team Trayvon? That poor innocent boy with the bag of goodies and the juice box minding his own business when he wa… --- ## [Beware the mini-Rants of March (4th or otherwise)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 406\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431 "2012-04-02T20:05:27Z")
What can I say, I just like taking advantage of being ahead of most of you guys. Is it compulsory to start with a minirant? The closest thing I have is that apparently the short-distance rail system doesn’t understand F… --- ## [I hate my fucking iPad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-fucking-ipad/616831)
**Author:** [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-fucking-ipad/616831 "2012-04-02T19:42:04Z")
I’m currently laid up in bed ill, and I’m relying on my iPad for entertainment, and I’ve realised something about Apple’s revolutionary wonder product: It’s buggy as fuck and doesn’t work. Here’s a brief rundown of the… --- ## [I cornhole April Fool's Day web jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cornhole-april-fools-day-web-jokes/617546)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cornhole-april-fools-day-web-jokes/617546 "2012-04-02T16:04:55Z")
(That would be the right equivalent term, right?) This stuff was cute back in 2000 when it wasn’t expected, but we’ve gotten to the point where every website does it, every year, and you can see it coming a mile off. It… --- ## [Chen019, you are a liar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-you-are-a-liar/615246)
**Author:** [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-you-are-a-liar/615246 "2012-04-02T11:46:46Z")
Chen019, you are a liar. Yes, yes. We all know he is a racist and ignorant and a weasely litttle shit. But what has me moderately pissed off at the moment is his habit of deliberately and blatantly lying about what is w… --- ## [Fuck Daylight Savings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-daylight-savings/615441)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-daylight-savings/615441 "2012-04-02T02:26:19Z")
It is stupid. --- ## ["The Corn Hole"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443 "2012-04-01T23:45:52Z")
It’s funnier as a verb. --- ## [Way to go Texas! (An Atheist rant.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-texas-an-atheist-rant/616988)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-texas-an-atheist-rant/616988 "2012-04-01T19:55:00Z")
Yesterday, I’m watching my local news. One of the stories covered is about an Atheist group here in Dallas. They started an ad campaign with a local theater promoting family with out god. Today, I’m watching the news an… --- ## [I pit slow assholes who take up the whole damn sidewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-slow-assholes-who-take-up-the-whole-damn-sidewalk/617198)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-slow-assholes-who-take-up-the-whole-damn-sidewalk/617198 "2012-04-01T19:08:38Z")
You assramming cockpacks. Are you somehow incapable of walking faster than .000holyshit002 MPH? Do you really have to take up the entire bloody walkway? It’s even worse when these mouthbreathing fucks get all ancy and s… --- ## [Yakuza final post game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yakuza-final-post-game/617229)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yakuza-final-post-game/617229 "2012-04-01T08:03:41Z")
I think it could be a fun exercise to see who can make the closest guess for the exact date Yakuza’s last post on the SDMB will be. If you are unfamiliar with Yakuza’s posting history, he’s the guy who has the 13 year p… --- ## [Its A Shame I Got So Many Haters On This Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-i-got-so-many-haters-on-this-site/617396)
**Author:** [@Yakuza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yakuza)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-i-got-so-many-haters-on-this-site/617396 "2012-04-01T06:45:12Z")
Some people on this site hating on me so bad that they done made a topic about me and how they wish I get kicked off this site. Oh well, I guess that means I’m doing something right. Keep on hating, good people wil still… --- ## [Don't EVER forget your card in the ATM (especially if it's to a bank of which you aren't a member)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ever-forget-your-card-in-the-atm-especially-if-its-to-a-bank-of-which-you-arent-a-member/616704)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ever-forget-your-card-in-the-atm-especially-if-its-to-a-bank-of-which-you-arent-a-member/616704 "2012-03-31T21:05:02Z")
Well I learned a hard banking lesson the day before yesterday. I frequently use an ATM that is part of a bank that is right near my home; a bank that I do not belong to as a member. It’s just convenient because it’s so… --- ## [Sorry, I don’t believe you that my toothpaste will kill me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-don-t-believe-you-that-my-toothpaste-will-kill-me/617181)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-don-t-believe-you-that-my-toothpaste-will-kill-me/617181 "2012-03-31T15:53:25Z")
(This is my first Pit thread, I appologize if it’s too light for some.) Yesterday, as a favor for a friend, my wife went to some kind of cosmetic product party. This vendor’s big selling point is that they use safe, al… --- ## [Slot Machines - WTF? Seriously, WTF???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machines-wtf-seriously-wtf/616435)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machines-wtf-seriously-wtf/616435 "2012-03-31T03:52:48Z")
Last night, for our anniversary, my wife and I went to a casino for the first time in ages. I’ve never been too crazy about slot machines, I prefer the interactiveness of table games over the mindless plunk-pull, plunk-p… --- ## [Curse you, damn DMV!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-damn-dmv/616712)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-damn-dmv/616712 "2012-03-30T18:51:20Z")
Yes, friends, it’s a Department of Motor Vehicles rant. Except this state calls it something else, but it’s same goddamn DMV it always is. I finally got a driver’s license, and I’d like to say FUCK YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!… --- ## [Slacktivists and gross cancer baby pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slacktivists-and-gross-cancer-baby-pictures/617129)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slacktivists-and-gross-cancer-baby-pictures/617129 "2012-03-30T15:39:14Z")
Once again, one of my Facebook friends has been tricked into posting a gross picture of a dying baby because they believe that clicking “like” or “share” on this horrible picture will somehow magically make money appear. … --- ## [Hey,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/617095)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/617095 "2012-03-29T02:35:03Z")
Fuckface. --- ## [If someone in another forum provided you with a hyperlink to this thread, they think you're an:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-in-another-forum-provided-you-with-a-hyperlink-to-this-thread-they-think-youre-an/617074)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-in-another-forum-provided-you-with-a-hyperlink-to-this-thread-they-think-youre-an/617074 "2012-03-29T02:32:32Z")
Ass. --- ## [Anyone else getting tired of Una's delusions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-tired-of-unas-delusions/616716)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-tired-of-unas-delusions/616716 "2012-03-28T18:53:46Z")
Let me preface by saying that I tremendously respect Una’s knowledge about things related to power generation. But I really tire of her imagining offenses against her. Here’s the latest. If pointing out threadshitting c… --- ## [Childhood is false imprisonment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-is-false-imprisonment/616924)
**Author:** [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-is-false-imprisonment/616924 "2012-03-28T16:31:10Z")
When a person is young, they believe anything, respect anything (and anyone), obey anyone, etc. because they don’t know better. And the worst part is, there are million of adults out there who take advantage of this. Fo… --- ## [Frankku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankku/616736)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankku/616736 "2012-03-28T01:19:39Z")
My ode to dear Frank He’s my new forum stalker 16k tough guy “Have fun while it lasts” He seems to want me to go Life of the party Middle school fun fun He’s like a hall monitor “I said, ‘NO HORSEPLAY!’” --- ## [Text Messaging DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messaging-doesnt-work-that-way/616684)
**Author:** [@FirstLoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FirstLoser)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messaging-doesnt-work-that-way/616684 "2012-03-27T20:54:45Z")
I must preface this by stating that we have the cheapest, most basic Verizon cell phone plan…with the cheapest, most basic phones you can get. Other plans/phones may work differently. Me via text: I need to know where… --- ## [The Toulouse shooter, now that we know who he is . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423 "2012-03-27T17:04:56Z")
(one Mohammed Merah, 23, born in Toulouse, and currently in a house there surrounded by police as of 25 minutes ago according to CNN) Is Hereby Pitted. :confused: . . . Jews and . . .North Africans . . . but Merah’s b… --- ## ["One Nation Under Socialism" painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-nation-under-socialism-painting/616514)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-nation-under-socialism-painting/616514 "2012-03-27T15:59:52Z")
Check out this awesome painting of Obama setting fire to the Constitution: Somehow, though, I feel it’s missing something. It would have been improved if the artist had made Obama’s eyesockets hollow with blood stream… --- ## [The World is Your Douchecanoe (First Pit, Mostly Lame and Whiny)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-your-douchecanoe-first-pit-mostly-lame-and-whiny/616819)
**Author:** [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-your-douchecanoe-first-pit-mostly-lame-and-whiny/616819 "2012-03-27T04:27:23Z")
I should be writing my graduate thesis so I can be done with school in six weeks, but that seems lame and boring compared to my real favorite activity: Complaining! Preface: I have an extremely common last name and a f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=219)