# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=239 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 240 --- ## [They're very bad people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-very-bad-people/592594)
**Author:** [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-very-bad-people/592594 "2011-08-15T21:05:12Z")
They don’t merely hate us – they have contempt for our very existence. We are being victimized by them. They want to destroy our way of life, and it’s not just that – they want to destroy it forever. Any hopes we have,… --- ## [No-one pitted the fuckers burning London down yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-pitted-the-fuckers-burning-london-down-yet/591998)
**Author:** [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-pitted-the-fuckers-burning-london-down-yet/591998 "2011-08-15T20:06:39Z")
It seems not. BBC Link to what’s going on here. A simple message to everyone involved - fuck you, you bunch of fucking cunts. Yes, there may have reason for a vigil and a peaceful protest on behalf of the man shot by … --- ## [PayPal thinks I'm a security risk; freezes account.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-thinks-im-a-security-risk-freezes-account/585835)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-thinks-im-a-security-risk-freezes-account/585835 "2011-08-15T07:04:46Z")
No shit! You know what’s also frustrating and inconvenient? A link that that says “Learn how to remove this limitation” but the linked page doesn’t say a fucking thing about how to remove the limitation! Now I get a “pe… --- ## [I pit the jackasses in Oslo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-jackasses-in-oslo/590038)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-jackasses-in-oslo/590038 "2011-08-14T02:36:28Z")
I am very glad that my norwegian buddy who just spend one of the more horrifying afternoons of his life is safe. I am seriously pissed off that he had to go through the explosion at such short quarters. They can go die i… --- ## [Jack, you goddam pig!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-you-goddam-pig/592380)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-you-goddam-pig/592380 "2011-08-13T05:15:13Z")
I work on the 12th floor of an office building. I’m on my way down in the elevator for lunch today. We stop on 10 and a big bunch of people get on. Suddenly we are crowded like sardines, with the usual jokes. The doo… --- ## [Fucking Saudis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-saudis/590963)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-saudis/590963 "2011-08-13T02:13:40Z")
Why do we pretend that Saudi Arabia isn’t the worst country in the world? Sure, there are some poor countries in Africa and Asia that are pretty bad, but they don’t have the resources that Saudi Arabia does. There really… --- ## [The use of the word "vay-cay"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207)
**Author:** [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207 "2011-08-12T22:08:56Z")
At risk of sounding like the old woman on the porch (“Get off my lawn, you god damn kids!!”), it irritates me to no end to hear people shorten “vacation” to “vay-cay”. I don’t know what it is about that particular abbre… --- ## [I Pit People Who Drive Like Maniacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-drive-like-maniacs/592102)
**Author:** [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-drive-like-maniacs/592102 "2011-08-12T22:06:27Z")
Seriously, I’m not sure what has been going on lately, but there have been a lot of people who have been driving like maniacs. I often wonder how these people ever got a license in the first place. I am constantly seei… --- ## [Fuck the Baby Boomers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-baby-boomers/589212)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-baby-boomers/589212 "2011-08-12T18:49:52Z")
In case anyone accuses this of being a joke pitting, I promise you that it is not. I became motivated to write this after I read an article about recent breakthroughs in the science of aging and how it could lead to some… --- ## [To my (now) previous employer:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-now-previous-employer/592329)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-now-previous-employer/592329 "2011-08-12T15:31:58Z")
You \*\*SHIT \*\*eating, \*\*PISS \*\*drinking bunch of FUCKing CUNTs! The loser trying to buy the place is a COCKSUCKER, my so-called “supervisor” is a MOTHERFUCKER, and the idiotic moron who threw me under the bus today doesn… --- ## [Let's get the Pit nice and warm for RaleighRally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-the-pit-nice-and-warm-for-raleighrally/589468)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-the-pit-nice-and-warm-for-raleighrally/589468 "2011-08-11T22:17:03Z")
Because that cranky, intellectually dishonest racist is headed here soon enough. --- ## [What kind of society....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-society/591443)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-society/591443 "2011-08-11T18:36:41Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Imprisons currently more people than any other country in history?\[/li\] \[li\]Accounts for 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the worlds prisoners?\[/li\] \[li\]Currently imprisons 1% of its entire population?\[… --- ## [My mother told you I was too brilliant for words.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-told-you-i-was-too-brilliant-for-words/592162)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-told-you-i-was-too-brilliant-for-words/592162 "2011-08-10T23:10:25Z")
Perfectly idiotic, but she’s a mom. It’s her job to be unrealistically positive. Your mother told you that you should not accept a full ride to Northwestern in Chemistry because you would miss the Andy Hardy wonderfuln… --- ## [Stop acting like both parties are at fault; that rhetoric is getting OLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-acting-like-both-parties-are-at-fault-that-rhetoric-is-getting-old/591895)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-acting-like-both-parties-are-at-fault-that-rhetoric-is-getting-old/591895 "2011-08-10T18:32:40Z")
Ugh, I am so sick of hearing shit like this: “You realize that party-bashing the Republicans makes you no better than those who party-bash the Democrats, right?” “Hey, everyone is responsible here. It couldn’t have jus… --- ## [I could smack, strangle, and lecture you for 3 hrs, but you still won't get it, will you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720 "2011-08-10T16:05:18Z")
I’ve got so many things that need to be said, I hardly know where to begin. Had you said ONE more insulting thing to me today, not only would I have ripped into you with a vengeance, I would have been incredibly tempted… --- ## [My ignorant sister massive BITCH!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ignorant-sister-massive-bitch/591833)
**Author:** [@fk\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fk_this)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ignorant-sister-massive-bitch/591833 "2011-08-10T16:04:28Z")
Im the middle child in my family out of three. Okay I admit that we aren’t the best or near perfect family. We’d have our occasional disagreements and arguements but somehow it stills works out fine. IGNORANT My older… --- ## [I pit the entire republican party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-entire-republican-party/591782)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-entire-republican-party/591782 "2011-08-10T04:48:34Z")
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011\_08/a\_timeline\_of\_events031362.php# Am I missing anything here? The republican party consistently drives the country into a deeper and deeper ditch (the two times si… --- ## [Hey antivaxers, suck on this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-antivaxers-suck-on-this/590290)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-antivaxers-suck-on-this/590290 "2011-08-10T00:21:27Z")
Deaths from chickenpox have plummeted since the vaccine became available. People WERE dying from these childhood diseases that you pooh-pooh and say are trivial. They’re not now, thanks to vaccines. Shut the fuck up a… --- ## [Craigslist retired nut jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-retired-nut-jobs/589663)
**Author:** [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-retired-nut-jobs/589663 "2011-08-09T22:33:22Z")
Is this some kind of new phenomena? I’ve sold several thousand bucks worth of stuff lately on craigslist. It’s mostly been an easy pleasant experience, you give me cash I give you stuff. But lately we have been getting t… --- ## [Fuck S&P. You made a $2 trillion mistake and it's full CYA.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-s-p-you-made-a-2-trillion-mistake-and-its-full-cya/591806)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-s-p-you-made-a-2-trillion-mistake-and-its-full-cya/591806 "2011-08-09T18:41:38Z")
A $2 trillion mistake and its, “Well, that’s not really what we were talking about.” Fuck you! And then fuck you from the other side! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/business/a-rush-to-assess-standard-and-poors-downg… --- ## [I pit Sony Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sony-pictures/581484)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sony-pictures/581484 "2011-08-09T15:11:47Z")
I’ve been waiting for The Illusionist to be released for home viewing (the 2010 one not the 2007 one). It was released this week. But I am pitting the releasing company, Sony Pictures. What possible justification is the… --- ## [Re: Der Trihs in the GWB 9/11 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-der-trihs-in-the-gwb-9-11-thread/591370)
**Author:** [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-der-trihs-in-the-gwb-9-11-thread/591370 "2011-08-09T15:03:31Z")
Since I wanted to stop hijacking this thread re: Bush’s reaction on 9/11, as there’s still dialog ongoing that is germane to the OP. I don’t pit other Dopers as a rule, but I had to put this out there. In this thread, N… --- ## [Conservative persecution complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-persecution-complex/590620)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-persecution-complex/590620 "2011-08-09T14:51:52Z")
The conservative victimization games have reached a new low this week in the wake of the attacks in Norway, as evidenced by, among other things, the ramblings of a couple of posters on this board who shall go unnamed. A… --- ## [Toddlers and Tiaras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddlers-and-tiaras/591416)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddlers-and-tiaras/591416 "2011-08-09T08:04:55Z")
I know this has come up before, but I just came across this show again while channel skipping. What the fuck is up with these parents? “Yes, because I was a wannabe beauty queen in high school I decided to dress my thre… --- ## [Obama's Debt: Unpaid in full](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-debt-unpaid-in-full/591322)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-debt-unpaid-in-full/591322 "2011-08-09T05:43:23Z")
Just one week ago, President Barack Obama asked for 15 minutes of our time to talk about the debt ceiling “crisis.” I put that word in quotes because this crisis is entirely man-made. Unlike the earthquakes in Haiti or t… --- ## [Parents of students at Atlanta's West Manor Elementary School, a word...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-students-at-atlantas-west-manor-elementary-school-a-word/591468)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-students-at-atlantas-west-manor-elementary-school-a-word/591468 "2011-08-08T12:27:29Z")
Look jackasses, I’ll make this brief. If you’d like your kids to grow up as good, productive people, you might want them to think cheating is, what’s the right word—WRONG! So when a bunch of school administrators are cau… --- ## [Frumpy girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frumpy-girlfriend/590057)
**Author:** [@ImNotPaulAvery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImNotPaulAvery)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frumpy-girlfriend/590057 "2011-08-08T07:07:05Z")
This is the most annoying damn thing in the world. I’ve finally found a girl that I can connect with emotionally and spiritually but she acts and dresses like Roseanne. She just doesn’t want to put forth the effort. I… --- ## [Not all brown people are illegal immigrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-brown-people-are-illegal-immigrants/591479)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-brown-people-are-illegal-immigrants/591479 "2011-08-08T02:44:04Z")
I got mod-slapped in This thread, told to take it to the pit. In short the OP in the thread above used Hispanic as a stand-in for illegal immigrant. Going on to explain that this was intended as a shorthand explanation … --- ## [God bless Tennessee congressman, Joe Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-tennessee-congressman-joe-armstrong/591465)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-tennessee-congressman-joe-armstrong/591465 "2011-08-07T18:12:02Z")
Without the work of this vigilant civil servant the bookstore at the University of Tennessee would still be selling dangerous propagandist contraband called Obama DisappointMINTS. Without his good work, some college stud… --- ## [Oh, You've Apologized? That Makes It ALL Better. \[RO\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988 "2011-08-07T03:29:04Z")
Well, actually it doesn’t - since it seems your apology, Hyatt, isn’t actually linked to any action to correct the problem. It just looks like something that your PR department released after legal told them that you we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=240)