# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=22 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 23 --- ## [Thanks for Nothin'! November Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-nothin-november-mini-rants/992417)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 607\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-nothin-november-mini-rants/992417 "2023-12-02T20:57:07Z")
Let’s kick off this thread with a good old fashioned Amazon rant. Why do I have to click through four goddamn menus just to see my transactions? The landing page for past orders requires two clicks just to see what price… --- ## [I pit chrisjourney's hate "comedy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chrisjourneys-hate-comedy/993934)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chrisjourneys-hate-comedy/993934 "2023-12-01T17:19:11Z")
In this (now closed) thread, chrisjourney posted a video of himself doing stand-up comedy with a laugh track. As he had requested feedback, I gave him a list of pointers and wished him well. Then I saw this one, in whi… --- ## [Three Palestinians shot in Burlington, Vermont](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-palestinians-shot-in-burlington-vermont/993766)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-palestinians-shot-in-burlington-vermont/993766 "2023-12-01T12:38:09Z")
Heard this on the radio this morning. It’s not known what the motivation for the crime was, but reports were that no words were exchanged, so it looks as if the three men were shot simply because they were wearing kuffiy… --- ## [The Lie of Black Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lie-of-black-friday/993077)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lie-of-black-friday/993077 "2023-11-28T23:24:22Z")
Just bought something that is a “Black Friday” deal. It was an excellent deal - I haven’t seen the price beaten anywhere. But it’s two weeks before it’s actually Black Friday… and this was the last one in stock. And sin… --- ## [When you were a child, was it your dream to grow up, own an egg company and someday rip off all of your consumers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529 "2023-11-27T17:45:53Z")
Or does that only happen as you get older and more cynical? I’m just asking. I mean WHO FUCKING DOES THIS? Well, The Decision Makers at Cal-Maine and Rose Acre Farms did. A federal jury in Illinois has found two lar… --- ## ["In God We Trust" required in all Louisiana Classrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052 "2023-11-25T15:01:39Z")
This really pisses me off. How would I explain this to my kids? You go to school to learn, but you must do so under a poster embracing a false myth. --- ## [Good News, Everybody! My Package Was Stolen! It May Be The Last Straw! (LONG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everybody-my-package-was-stolen-it-may-be-the-last-straw-long/993467)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everybody-my-package-was-stolen-it-may-be-the-last-straw-long/993467 "2023-11-24T12:08:38Z")
I moved into my own apartment over twenty years ago. At first, there was a 24 hour Kwik E Mart, a large grocery store and the grocery store had a branch of my bank in it. Then, a few years later the bank branch closed. T… --- ## [Former Obama administration official turns out to be a raging asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-obama-administration-official-turns-out-to-be-a-raging-asshole/993531)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-obama-administration-official-turns-out-to-be-a-raging-asshole/993531 "2023-11-23T09:33:12Z")
You’d expect high-level US government officials to embody the worldview of the administration under which they serve, but apparently that’s not always the case. Stuart Seldowitz, who worked in the Obama administration, … --- ## [NBC News did a story tonight about opiate kids in junior high and even elementary schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-news-did-a-story-tonight-about-opiate-kids-in-junior-high-and-even-elementary-schools/993045)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-news-did-a-story-tonight-about-opiate-kids-in-junior-high-and-even-elementary-schools/993045 "2023-11-22T21:34:53Z")
I can’t find a link yet, but like I said in the header, NBC News did a big story tonight about a school district in Ohio that is doing training sessions for parents and students about how to use Narcan (naloxone, an opia… --- ## [Anonymous abused woman. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-abused-woman-what-to-do/993438)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-abused-woman-what-to-do/993438 "2023-11-21T23:15:33Z")
I went down to my local bar this afternoon, and got into conversation with two very drunk people. They were strangers until today, but had bonded (since lunch time) over the fact that the guy had been left at the altar (… --- ## [I pit NCAA.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ncaa-com/993493)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ncaa-com/993493 "2023-11-21T19:33:01Z")
You would think the NCAA would be accurate when it came to things like listing college football records, but I just noticed that, on the NCAA.com website, both 5-6 Colorado State and 3-8 San Diego State are listed with 4… --- ## [Hotel California Redux - Another 1979-like Right Wing Shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-california-redux-another-1979-like-right-wing-shift/991674)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-california-redux-another-1979-like-right-wing-shift/991674 "2023-11-17T16:49:11Z")
As the Eagles said, we haven’t had the spirit here since 1979, when the U.S. lurched from the liberalism of the New Deal and Kennedy eras, to Jimmy Carter, towards Ronald Reagan’s landslide election. Several storm flags … --- ## [Sam Stone believes Trump's tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1535\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633 "2023-11-11T16:09:14Z")
The ridiculous “declassify” thread was closed, so @Sam\_Stone wasn’t able to come back and apologize for his tragic yet hilarious gullibility in accepting Trump’s tweets at face value. Care to do so here, Sam? Why on Ea… --- ## [Omnibus Horrible Parents in the News Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-horrible-parents-in-the-news-thread/992483)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-horrible-parents-in-the-news-thread/992483 "2023-11-08T06:45:40Z")
This thread is for news stories of the worst parents ever. Like the Party Mom of Los Gatos. A Los Gatos woman alleged to have hosted parties in which she pressured underage girls to have sex with drunken boys she help… --- ## [Hell o' Weenies (October Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-o-weenies-october-mini-rants/990948)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 608\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-o-weenies-october-mini-rants/990948 "2023-11-05T02:31:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Time To Dismember (Rants of September): About thirty minutes ago, I opened my freezer and checked the icemaker. There were some ice cubes in the back of the freezer, just outside the bin … --- ## [Conspiracy Theorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists/990788)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists/990788 "2023-11-04T12:11:20Z")
I had a bad day yesterday. First my sister said that she is supporting RFK Jr, then a person I have recently have become friends with told me he “has questions” about 9/11: specifically that the Pentagon may have been hi… --- ## [Ron DeSantis - The Pit Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601 "2023-11-04T01:47:20Z")
There are threads in Politics and Elections but now that he’s declared, here’s his own pitfall. --- ## [Scammer lied about having cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammer-lied-about-having-cancer/978972)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammer-lied-about-having-cancer/978972 "2023-10-29T15:26:43Z")
I know this happens all the time, but a local 19-year-old woman claimed that she had acute lymphoblastic leukemia AND pancreatic cancer, and actually scammed people out of more than $40,000. This channel just broadcas… --- ## [Walken and Thing Fish fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-and-thing-fish-fight/992046)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-and-thing-fish-fight/992046 "2023-10-26T07:40:18Z")
Where is yours? I could do with a chuckle. --- ## [Any Congresspeople genuinely give you the creeps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641 "2023-10-24T21:29:35Z")
None of them give me the creeps quite like Clay Higgins, R-La. There’s something about the intensity of his belligerence and MAGAtude combined with his smooth talking that sends shivers up my spine. --- ## [I pit the NFL broadcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-nfl-broadcasts/991486)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-nfl-broadcasts/991486 "2023-10-19T20:05:06Z")
Specifically, the Chiefs-Broncos game tonight. I didn’t tune in to see Taylor Swift on my screen every time Travis Kelce did something even remotely remarkable. I tuned in to watch football. Needless to say, I’m not w… --- ## [Reply to Babale re: Hamas and Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-babale-re-hamas-and-israel/991469)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-babale-re-hamas-and-israel/991469 "2023-10-17T15:07:19Z")
I never once supported what Hamas did. You ascribed that to me, because you’re a piece of shit. I just pointed out that a lot of Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israel - over 21 times as many than have Israeli… --- ## [I am no longer smart enough to throw stuff away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-longer-smart-enough-to-throw-stuff-away/991026)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-longer-smart-enough-to-throw-stuff-away/991026 "2023-10-12T01:26:30Z")
I am no longer smart enough to throw stuff away. When I was a youngling, there was a trash can. You put basically everything you no longer wanted into it. Then the world got smarter. Now you had a trash can AND a recy… --- ## [Can I be the only person stunned at just how badly President Joe Biden is doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851)
**Author:** [@CHealy7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CHealy7)\ **Replies:** 1112\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851 "2023-10-10T17:09:05Z")
Well? --- ## [Ballot stuffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-stuffing/991017)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-stuffing/991017 "2023-10-09T17:49:40Z")
Remember when the 20 Mules guy and Rudy were presenting videos they claimed were evidence of ballot stuffing? Given that trump’s supporters are known for being a bit more fanatical than Joe’s, shouldn’t the question have… --- ## [Used car dealers-still pretty much scum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-dealers-still-pretty-much-scum/991031)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-dealers-still-pretty-much-scum/991031 "2023-10-05T04:11:26Z")
So Roomie needs a car to tool around in and sees a couple good deals on Cars Dot Com. She asks me to go along with her to the dealership to guide her, and I tell her I would do it under one condition-If I say “goodbye” … --- ## [Diet Coke is worse than vaccines! It really causes autism!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-is-worse-than-vaccines-it-really-causes-autism/990792)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-is-worse-than-vaccines-it-really-causes-autism/990792 "2023-10-02T18:21:37Z")
Well, the causation I claim may be just correlation, and only for males and not for females (but males are more affected by autism than females, so it fits, does it not?). Anyway, that is the article: What are your tho… --- ## [Curt Schilling is still an asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-is-still-an-asshole/990836)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-is-still-an-asshole/990836 "2023-10-02T16:44:30Z")
Curt Schilling revealed, without their permission, that Tim Wakefield and Wakefield’s wife both suffer from cancer. Schilling revealed that Wakefield has brain cancer, and his wife has pancreatic cancer. Both wished to k… --- ## [Son of Walter Reed (RO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-walter-reed-ro/447370)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-walter-reed-ro/447370 "2023-10-01T19:19:20Z")
In case you missed it, this is currently breaking news. A few days ago a dad posted a video showing the poor conditions of the barracks his son returned to upon getting back from Afghanistan. In truth, I have seen worse… --- ## [Auguries of Sweltering (monthly mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auguries-of-sweltering-monthly-mini-rants/987909)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auguries-of-sweltering-monthly-mini-rants/987909 "2023-09-29T17:01:15Z")
Hi all - Starting the new month off right here. It’s before sunrise on August 1st down here in South Florida. It’s 80F/27C already and the dewpoint is 77, which makes the relative humidity 91%. And there’s rain & light… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=23)