# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=230 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 231 --- ## [Wtf they took my sour patch kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-they-took-my-sour-patch-kids/603047)
**Author:** [@biglazerfish1675](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biglazerfish1675)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-they-took-my-sour-patch-kids/603047 "2011-11-16T03:25:41Z")
The school took sour patch kids out of the vending machine. What the hell else will i eat that is sour then sweet --- ## [Unhelpful websites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhelpful-websites/602940)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhelpful-websites/602940 "2011-11-15T21:17:18Z")
This is partly to rant and partly to ask a genuine question… Anyone know what the ‘sos’ in the “/sos” boot.ini switch actually stands for? I have found eleventy billion articles on the internet that tell me what it doe… --- ## [I Pit the administration of Live Oak High School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-administration-of-live-oak-high-school/538521)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-administration-of-live-oak-high-school/538521 "2011-11-15T18:54:14Z")
I have no problem with a bit of national pride in the country one hails from as long as it’s not taken to fanatical zeal. However, this story just left me completely bewildered: Now, I have respect for Mexicans and th… --- ## [GLAAD. Holy shit. Enough already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaad-holy-shit-enough-already/602364)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaad-holy-shit-enough-already/602364 "2011-11-15T16:55:39Z")
In the latest celebrity verbal fuck-up Brett Ratner used the word fag in an insulting and bigoted way. Great. He’s an asshole. But this trend of all celebs reporting to the minority interest group of which they offe… --- ## [Floater, WTH is WRONG with you??!?!?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floater-wth-is-wrong-with-you/602638)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floater-wth-is-wrong-with-you/602638 "2011-11-15T06:04:08Z")
SRLY?!! That was the worst threadshit I’ve ever seen! I have NEVER pitted another poster. That was a cruel, unspeakable thing you did. Unconsionable. I don’t even have the words. Wanna know more? Check here or here. … --- ## [Ann Coulter on Herman Cain: "Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536 "2011-11-15T05:09:57Z")
I’m not even pitting her for her ridiculous views on politics (not that she doesn’t deserve it). I’m pitting her for the stupid “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks” line. Does she even have a clue how th… --- ## [Fucking Anarchists!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-anarchists/601861)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-anarchists/601861 "2011-11-15T00:49:44Z")
Almost all the pointless violence being perpetrated in the name of the “Occupy” movement is being perpetrated by fucking anarchists. Fuck those guys. Generally the Occupy movement is non-violent, but these assholes have… --- ## [Zone Alarm has jumped the shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-alarm-has-jumped-the-shark/602765)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-alarm-has-jumped-the-shark/602765 "2011-11-14T21:06:40Z")
“We’re sorry you didn’t pay attention while installing the upgrade.” For some fucking reason, I wasn’t expecting you to turn into fucking Adobe or Java, and sneak in a fucking checklist. Beyond that, I have turned off y… --- ## [I pit Nik Ritchie, the noble "Librarian"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nik-ritchie-the-noble-librarian/602506)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nik-ritchie-the-noble-librarian/602506 "2011-11-14T20:56:45Z")
I know there are far worse people out there (I live in PA, so we’re getting to know one of them). But this guy just pisses me off to no end. He basically builds a site that lets you torpedo someone without challenge and … --- ## [Don't know how to feel about this cop's question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-how-to-feel-about-this-cops-question/601263)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-how-to-feel-about-this-cops-question/601263 "2011-11-14T15:03:06Z")
I was at Meijer last night and I had finished putting the last of the groceries away in my car and only pulled my wheelchair in and started it up maybe 20 seconds before I see a police car “light me up” directly behind … --- ## [Clean your reeking coats, you stinking morons!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-your-reeking-coats-you-stinking-morons/602823)
**Author:** [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-your-reeking-coats-you-stinking-morons/602823 "2011-11-14T13:01:28Z")
The last two times I’ve gone out to lunch, a 40-something man has taken off his jacket at the next table, and the miasma of corrosive death has wafted–nay, gusted–out at me. Both times I’ve nearly hurled, and I held my g… --- ## [RO: Spreading Disease via the mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-spreading-disease-via-the-mail/601917)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-spreading-disease-via-the-mail/601917 "2011-11-14T01:26:08Z")
http://www.kpho.com/story/15896021/cbs-5-investigates-mail-order-diseases " Doctors and medical experts are concerned about a new trend taking place on Facebook. Parents are trading live viruses through the mail in orde… --- ## [Cops: We shold be above the law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-we-shold-be-above-the-law/602314)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-we-shold-be-above-the-law/602314 "2011-11-13T18:01:50Z")
This is not one “bad apple” or “rogue,” this is the entire NYPD union lining up to officially state that prosecuting cops for breaking the law is ipso facto unacceptable: Can anyone keep defending cops when this is ho… --- ## [Apparently Netanyahu is a liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-netanyahu-is-a-liar/602390)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-netanyahu-is-a-liar/602390 "2011-11-13T13:08:34Z")
Here’s a fun little story. Long and short: Open microphone at G20 Sarkozy (some French dude) says to Obama about Benji: “I can’t stand him. He’s a liar” Obama affirms the sentiment of general disdain for the guy. Ou… --- ## [Dear Lynn "Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child" Bodoni:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lynn-spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child-bodoni/601752)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lynn-spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child-bodoni/601752 "2011-11-13T01:37:22Z")
I haven’t commented in the Aransas Cty (TX) judge beats daughter for downloading from the Internet (2004 incident) thread because pretty much anything I can think to say about that terrible situation has been said at lea… --- ## [...And a huge fuck you, Michigan Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-huge-fuck-you-michigan-republicans/602002)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-huge-fuck-you-michigan-republicans/602002 "2011-11-12T18:50:34Z")
Come on down every republican in Michigan! http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/michigan\_republicans\_give\_anti-bullying\_bill\_a\_mor.php?ref=fpa Basically, from what I hear, the problem with this bill is th… --- ## ['Tis the season for family bitchings...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-for-family-bitchings/602564)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-for-family-bitchings/602564 "2011-11-12T01:34:46Z")
Normally I love my in-laws. They are generally pretty wonderful people and are overall very generous but I swear to all that is holy in the universe that if they keep this shit up I will take my husband and the baby and… --- ## [Alex Manley "Men with prostate cancer are privileged"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-manley-men-with-prostate-cancer-are-privileged/602462)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-manley-men-with-prostate-cancer-are-privileged/602462 "2011-11-12T00:40:01Z")
Here’s his wonderful piece of work. Perhaps, Alex one day may become “privileged” enough to experience prostate cancer. I don’t know if he’s is just plain off his rocker or was aiming for fame. Either way, I hope he ha… --- ## [Debating with Scientific Illiterates...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debating-with-scientific-illiterates/601567)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debating-with-scientific-illiterates/601567 "2011-11-11T19:54:31Z")
So recently on a different forum, I was having a debate on Near-Death Experiences and the soul. It was going pretty well until I started bringing up some of the science behind it; the underlying neuroscience and psycholo… --- ## [Hey, guy passing out fetus dolls at a Halloween event, come on down to the pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guy-passing-out-fetus-dolls-at-a-halloween-event-come-on-down-to-the-pit/602279)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guy-passing-out-fetus-dolls-at-a-halloween-event-come-on-down-to-the-pit/602279 "2011-11-11T18:48:24Z")
Shit like this just blows me away. My favorite part, is that he “can’t understand why some people are upset with what he did”. :smack::mad: --- ## [See, now this is a crowd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-now-this-is-a-crowd/602481)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-now-this-is-a-crowd/602481 "2011-11-11T18:24:53Z")
Hundreds of students gathered in front of Joe Paterno’s house Tuesday evening, cheering and chanting Paterno’s name and eventually drawing the Nittany Lions head coach out of his house to offer his thanks for the suppo… --- ## [Soldier Convicted of Killing Afghan Civilians For Sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-convicted-of-killing-afghan-civilians-for-sport/602572)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-convicted-of-killing-afghan-civilians-for-sport/602572 "2011-11-11T17:13:04Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/us/calvin-gibbs-convicted-of-killing-civilians-in-afghanistan.html?\_r=1&hp Absolutely disgusting, this bloodthirsty maniac degrades and disgraces our military-he is fit for the Einsatzg… --- ## [The Bullshit term "job creators"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bullshit-term-job-creators/596788)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bullshit-term-job-creators/596788 "2011-11-10T07:11:04Z")
Yeah, that’s right. I said Bullshit, with a capital “B.” I’ve noticed that Eric Cantor and Rick Perry, as well as a number of other right wing politicians, are especially fond of using this term, which should tell you j… --- ## [Sweet jesus, I am an ass today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-jesus-i-am-an-ass-today/602344)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-jesus-i-am-an-ass-today/602344 "2011-11-10T06:48:22Z")
I totally brainfried and lost track of the day, and didn’t get out to vote. :smack: Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck :frowning: --- ## [Petty theivery and the character of society.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-theivery-and-the-character-of-society/602346)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-theivery-and-the-character-of-society/602346 "2011-11-10T04:50:58Z")
I’ve been in retail a long time and I’m still annoyed and pissed off at times when I see the petty thievery that goes on. I keep telling myself it’s a small % of people that do it, but I’ve also seen bad behavior become … --- ## ["Family values" group honors deadbeat dad congresscritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-values-group-honors-deadbeat-dad-congresscritter/602079)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-values-group-honors-deadbeat-dad-congresscritter/602079 "2011-11-10T00:33:16Z")
I must say, I’m shocked, shocked that a conservative family values group would act in a hypocritical fashion. Oh, and by the way, isn’t the Family Research Council the organization George “Rent Boy” Rekers helped found… --- ## [I Pit Tea Party Nation for Sabotaging America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tea-party-nation-for-sabotaging-america/601364)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tea-party-nation-for-sabotaging-america/601364 "2011-11-09T23:33:25Z")
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/10/20/348168/tea-party-group-businesses-hurt-obama/ Yep. New low, guys. “Let’s make everything worse so that a president we disagree with (mostly because we’re too stupid to under… --- ## [Skald the Rhymer, your fixation with rape is somewhat disturbing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-your-fixation-with-rape-is-somewhat-disturbing/567549)
**Author:** [@AqualungBats5th](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AqualungBats5th)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-your-fixation-with-rape-is-somewhat-disturbing/567549 "2011-11-09T23:25:29Z")
As well all know, Skald has somewhat of a habit of posting long winded hypotheticals here. I’m not here to call out those in particular (though, frankly they are convoluted and stupid. So hopefully someone will at anot… --- ## [What the fuck happened to Q101? (Chicago)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-happened-to-q101-chicago/589639)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-happened-to-q101-chicago/589639 "2011-11-09T20:44:34Z")
I don’t usually listen to radio, but lately I have been turning it on on my way to work. I turned on Q101 this morning and they were playing OLDIES? What the fuck happened to Q101? It’s some easy-listening bullshit now! … --- ## [Commercials before online videos are out of control and other things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-before-online-videos-are-out-of-control-and-other-things/594219)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-before-online-videos-are-out-of-control-and-other-things/594219 "2011-11-09T13:56:08Z")
What’s with all of the forced commercials before online videos now? It used to be that you would be forced to watch a 10s commercial every 4-5 videos on sites like CNN or IGN but now if you want to watch a 1:15 video on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=231)