# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=238 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 239 --- ## [Why does every damn social meeting have to involve the whole fucking family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-damn-social-meeting-have-to-involve-the-whole-fucking-family/592236)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-damn-social-meeting-have-to-involve-the-whole-fucking-family/592236 "2011-08-23T20:37:10Z")
I’m fucking sick and tired of my guy friends – some of whom I have known for 30 years or more – having to include their wives/girlfriends/children in any kind of social occasion. Dudes, there hasn’t been one day in the … --- ## [Insane Clown Posse vs. the RNC.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-clown-posse-vs-the-rnc/593281)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-clown-posse-vs-the-rnc/593281 "2011-08-23T13:53:15Z")
I’ll sent this to the Pit before it gets sent there although it might be a GQ, GB or an Election thread. My question: Should Insane Clown Posse http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/ sue the Republican National Commi… --- ## [Free Shit!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-shit/593708)
**Author:** [@Rekd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rekd)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-shit/593708 "2011-08-23T02:06:09Z")
The folks who are getting Free Shit, Don’t like the folks who are paying for the Free Shit, Because the folks who are paying for the Free Shit, Can no longer afford to pay for both the Free Shit and their own Shit. A… --- ## [Dufus Fraud Pimpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dufus-fraud-pimpster/593570)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dufus-fraud-pimpster/593570 "2011-08-22T13:30:27Z")
I just want it to be known that I am declaring this person, Pimpster, a fraud. All his claims, of education and employment, are vague at best and easily figured out as carbon copies of bits and pieces of info taken from… --- ## [Pissed off? Tired of all the passionless losers on this MB? This one's for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-tired-of-all-the-passionless-losers-on-this-mb-this-ones-for-you/501624)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-tired-of-all-the-passionless-losers-on-this-mb-this-ones-for-you/501624 "2011-08-21T22:28:21Z")
I, for one am pissed off at all the pathetic little cumstains that are wasting my time whining about their stupid, mundane, trivial, inconsequential lives! This pantystain here, for example, wasted a good 30 seconds of m… --- ## [I Pit all the MPSIMS tards who are currently drowning the Pit in boring crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-mpsims-tards-who-are-currently-drowning-the-pit-in-boring-crap/501614)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-mpsims-tards-who-are-currently-drowning-the-pit-in-boring-crap/501614 "2011-08-21T22:26:35Z")
The Pit used to be my favorite forum on the SDMB. A place where people could argue about issues they disagreed about or simply vent their frustrations about posters that were driving them up a wall. Now it’s MPSIMS for… --- ## [Sablicious is quite the scaredy cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sablicious-is-quite-the-scaredy-cat/587363)
**Author:** [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sablicious-is-quite-the-scaredy-cat/587363 "2011-08-21T21:46:25Z")
So Sablicious caught my attention with this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13959922#post13959922 in which he advocates that the United States should invade North Korea for humanitarian purpo… --- ## [NYC to 9-11 First Responders: stay away from our 9-11 celebrations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-to-9-11-first-responders-stay-away-from-our-9-11-celebrations/593548)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-to-9-11-first-responders-stay-away-from-our-9-11-celebrations/593548 "2011-08-21T18:42:41Z")
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-16/us/new.york.911.memorial\_1\_john-feal-responders-ground-zero?\_s=PM:US I know that it’s considered poor form to just post a link and be done. But really. I just can’t think of anything… --- ## [Schadenfreudelicious: Mabus finally arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreudelicious-mabus-finally-arrested/593417)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreudelicious-mabus-finally-arrested/593417 "2011-08-21T03:27:11Z")
So it seems that an as-yet-unnamed individual (most likely legendary Internet nutjob and Nostradamist wacko Dennis Markuze, alias Dave Mabus, Atheists Wars, TheWarsofAtheism, etc) has finally been arrested, as a result o… --- ## [Is 'John of God' a Healer or a Charlatan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-of-god-a-healer-or-a-charlatan/289491)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-of-god-a-healer-or-a-charlatan/289491 "2011-08-20T05:14:28Z")
My first guess is, charlatan. On second thought…still charlatan. Haven’t we seen this kind of shit before? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Primetime/story?id=482292 This will air Thursday, Feb. 10, at 10PM ET, on ABC P… --- ## [Fuck you, public toilet lid down-putter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062 "2011-08-20T01:12:03Z")
Why the living FUCK do you do this? I’m no germaphobe, but certainly do not want my hands unnecessarily touching surfaces which just had contact with some stranger’s bare buttocks and were just inches from their spewing… --- ## [Yeah, that makes sense. Unless you actually read it! (this is not a political post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855 "2011-08-19T21:57:57Z")
I’m all about letting people pasting their brilliant or idiot beliefs on bumpers or buttons, but sometimes I wonder if they actually gave it any thought before slapping it permanently on… Today’s head scratcher? “Thank … --- ## [Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix/592650)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix/592650 "2011-08-19T21:54:40Z")
I pit Netflix! Their selection of movies is so limited! And, why do they list movies that are “not available”??? I mean, what’s the point? As for raising their DVDs by mail rates? Fine! They sure know how to win fr… --- ## [100% Polyester Shirts-Work of the Devil!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-polyester-shirts-work-of-the-devil/592593)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-polyester-shirts-work-of-the-devil/592593 "2011-08-19T20:00:46Z")
I cannot understand why people are allowed to sell these shirts-they do not breath at all. I tried wearing one once (it was about 85 F out)-I felt like I was being grilled alive! They do not allow your body to cool. Th… --- ## [Birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse? Are we going to do pedicures & manicures as well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-breast-pumps-counseling-for-abuse-are-we-going-to-do-pedicures-manicures-as-well/591972)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 444\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-breast-pumps-counseling-for-abuse-are-we-going-to-do-pedicures-manicures-as-well/591972 "2011-08-19T15:09:24Z")
You know, let me just start by saying that this type of shit enrages me more than anything else being spewed as part of the bullshit political rhetoric today. I can over look OBAMA IS A TERRORISTS!!!1111!!! with a minor … --- ## [Janet Jackson is an ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-jackson-is-an-ass/592988)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-jackson-is-an-ass/592988 "2011-08-19T13:41:33Z")
In case you’ve been living under a rock the past few days, a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. 5 dead and many injured. Maroon 5 and Train were scheduled to perform at the fair this year. They were abl… --- ## [If you want to store your shit at -80 C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-store-your-shit-at-80-c/593050)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-store-your-shit-at-80-c/593050 "2011-08-19T13:32:25Z")
Don’t put it in a baggie. All very cold freezers get snow, ice, and foggy. If you ever want to find your shit again, put it in something large enough to locate in a snowdrift. No microcentrifuge tubes outside of a cont… --- ## [Necromancers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836 "2011-08-19T09:02:33Z")
This isn’t True Blood. Stop reviving dead threads. Thanks. --- ## [The internet DOES NOT WORK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-does-not-work/592401)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-does-not-work/592401 "2011-08-18T23:30:18Z")
Foursquare NEVER KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE. I can be sitting at a pizza place and Foursquare says “YOU ARE 273 FEET AWAY FROM THE PIZZA PLACE.” Foursquare’s ONE SINGLE PURPOSE is to KNOW WHERE YOU ARE and it DOESN’T EVER DO TH… --- ## [Boycott American Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-american-women/592937)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-american-women/592937 "2011-08-18T21:11:02Z")
BOYCOTT AMERICAN WOMEN Why American men should boycott American women I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce yo… --- ## [Mitt Romney and medical marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-and-medical-marijuana/593072)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-and-medical-marijuana/593072 "2011-08-18T15:00:02Z")
From 2007: Gov. Mitt Romney meets a medical marijuana patient--Oct. 6 - YouTube Essentially, a cancer patient tells him that medical marijuana is the only thing that helps him manage pain. Synthetic marijuana (marinol)… --- ## [OMG a Black Moron!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-black-moron/592929)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-black-moron/592929 "2011-08-18T09:58:50Z")
Here’s his latest:He argues that municipalities could do what the EPA does and do it much better. Like municipalities don’t have a motivation to bend the laws for local corporations that might not be in the country’s, o… --- ## [Taxing the "rich"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxing-the-rich/590209)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 575\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxing-the-rich/590209 "2011-08-18T01:37:21Z")
This isn’t a generic thread about taxing people with a high income. This is a pitting of the fact that no one can say the word rich anymore without putting it in quotes. As if there were no rich people, or that the idea … --- ## [Applying for a job at ASDA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-a-job-at-asda/592469)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-a-job-at-asda/592469 "2011-08-17T16:23:07Z")
or, another day on the Work Programme. The Work Programme doesn’t involve work, rather it is a scheme run by the government, or rather by contractors for the government, allegedly aimed at getting people into jobs. I’ve… --- ## [Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe/592848)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe/592848 "2011-08-17T14:49:31Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14142405&posted=1#post14142405 Post number 10. Joes, since can’t grow a pair and man up. I started a pit thread for you. So, you can tell me (and everyone else) what… --- ## [You, sir. Yes, you! Are a partisan asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sir-yes-you-are-a-partisan-asshole/591780)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sir-yes-you-are-a-partisan-asshole/591780 "2011-08-17T12:01:55Z")
Hello everyone. I find myself frustrated at the moment. What frustration, you say? Frustrated with partisan assholery. Frustrated with people who only listen to their side of the argument. Frustrated with people who… --- ## [Inner Stickler, expletive pronoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-stickler-expletive-pronoun/592537)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-stickler-expletive-pronoun/592537 "2011-08-17T00:33:34Z")
That is all. I wasn’t allowed to say in any other thread. Enough already. --- ## [Repressive treatment of rioters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repressive-treatment-of-rioters/592492)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repressive-treatment-of-rioters/592492 "2011-08-16T14:39:55Z")
“I’d smash you if you took your uniform off”.: sixteen weeks inside. Stealing three quids worth of bottled water? Six months in jail, and for a student so it’ll damage his prospects in the long term as it will interrupt… --- ## [Lust4Life, you seem to have an issue with me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life-you-seem-to-have-an-issue-with-me/592713)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life-you-seem-to-have-an-issue-with-me/592713 "2011-08-16T13:39:01Z")
So over in the London Riot thread, Lust4Life makes the following statement: Well gosh. Such venom. Such anger. All over a thread from 2+ years ago. That’s really something. We must have had quite the heated exchan… --- ## [Ignorance of Labor Economics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-of-labor-economics/591993)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-of-labor-economics/591993 "2011-08-16T12:56:22Z")
This is just a complaint; it doesn’t fit in any of the other forums. Why do people believe low-paying jobs are hard to fill? Why the angst over how the lettuce will get picked, how the drywall will get hung, how the flo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=239)