# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=243 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 244 --- ## [athelas is a habitual plagiarizing git](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athelas-is-a-habitual-plagiarizing-git/587733)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athelas-is-a-habitual-plagiarizing-git/587733 "2011-07-05T12:29:49Z")
It was mid-February 2010 and athelas started a thread called: People’s mate preferences are racist. Do we care? It was a cynically flawed, but detailed argument for the government to regulate romances by race (because th… --- ## [Chen019: A bigger fool that follows other fools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-a-bigger-fool-that-follows-other-fools/585909)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-a-bigger-fool-that-follows-other-fools/585909 "2011-07-05T08:26:45Z")
Our resident fool just can not notice when his mild evil schemes are being hijacked by someone more evil. \[QUOTE=Chen019\] You’re missing the point - I’m talking about environmentalists and the issue of immigration. W… --- ## [It's time for June mini rants. Be the second...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953 "2011-07-04T02:06:16Z")
Grrrrr: This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in 1 seconds. --- ## [How do Utah citizens not die of embarassment from Orrin Hatch, possibly the lyingest congressperson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-utah-citizens-not-die-of-embarassment-from-orrin-hatch-possibly-the-lyingest-congressperson/587460)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-utah-citizens-not-die-of-embarassment-from-orrin-hatch-possibly-the-lyingest-congressperson/587460 "2011-07-03T23:40:39Z")
Here’s Orrin Hatch’s latest great big lie in reaction to Obama’s press conference yesterday, from here: In case you don’t see the lie, from here: Obviously the tax increases Obama is proposing would extend beyond hi… --- ## [Is Omar being a douche? More than just a Little.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-omar-being-a-douche-more-than-just-a-little/587306)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-omar-being-a-douche-more-than-just-a-little/587306 "2011-07-03T23:18:00Z")
In this here thread here a woman posts about suffering a miscarriage, she has no insurance and the bills are arriving, and wonders if the father has any obligation to pay for any of the bills. Most everyone in the threa… --- ## [July Mini Rants- Because You Lazy Bastards Won't Start One!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-because-you-lazy-bastards-wont-start-one/587623)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-because-you-lazy-bastards-wont-start-one/587623 "2011-07-02T19:07:38Z")
Okay, I bitched in the title. It has been raining for days and I have been stuck inside with a cat that I think must have eaten mullet gut for breakfast. Gosh it is whiffy. --- ## [Please take out survey on our service....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-out-survey-on-our-service/587417)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-out-survey-on-our-service/587417 "2011-07-01T23:54:02Z")
Dear modern life - Can I please please PLEASE make a simple purchase without being asked to take an online survey about your service? Everywhere I turn it’s not enough that I’m spending my money to eat in your restaura… --- ## [Fuckhead parents who don't seatbelt their kids!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckhead-parents-who-dont-seatbelt-their-kids/32039)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckhead-parents-who-dont-seatbelt-their-kids/32039 "2011-07-01T23:15:16Z")
How fucking stupid do you have to BE to let your kid run around inside a car with no seatbelt?? I saw one kid, probably 6 or so, on I-Fucking-95 climbing all over the backseat of his family’s car as they zoomed down the … --- ## [What part of "No soliciting" don't you understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-soliciting-dont-you-understand/583402)
**Author:** [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-soliciting-dont-you-understand/583402 "2011-07-01T22:59:39Z")
I have a “no soliciting” sign on my front door and still get pestered to death by salesmen and charities, some of them quite rude. I guess they don’t consider themselves solicitors :mad: --- ## [Budget Near Collapse as GOP Leader Quits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-near-collapse-as-gop-leader-quits/586686)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-near-collapse-as-gop-leader-quits/586686 "2011-07-01T19:09:07Z")
Thank you, New York Times!!! My e-mail from you let me know this THREE times, as a news “ALERT”, as the lead in yesterday’s Afternoon Update, and again this morning as the lead in your Today’s Headlines! Thank you so muc… --- ## [Pat Robertson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson/587086)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson/587086 "2011-07-01T17:37:02Z")
Pat Robertson, I mean really what else is there to say? Doesn’t grandpa have minders to keep him from wandering in front of the TV cameras? Is he refusing his medication? Here he is claiming God will destroy America bec… --- ## [Worst Principal Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-principal-ever/587148)
**Author:** [@Tibagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibagirl)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-principal-ever/587148 "2011-07-01T15:46:34Z")
I’m a teacher, a good one and have been for 23 years. I teach art to high school kids in a struggling district. For the most part, the kids are awesome, with a few knuckleheads to make life interesting and then the very … --- ## [Attn: Fat People. Quit Your Fucking Whining!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-fat-people-quit-your-fucking-whining/577725)
**Author:** [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-fat-people-quit-your-fucking-whining/577725 "2011-07-01T03:38:28Z")
Stuck in a cubicle farm, wasting my life. Got these 5 women on my team. I’m the only guy. They’re lovely people. Always pleasant, always quick with a smile. We get on. But 3 of them are really overweight, and one … --- ## [Bike Thievery in CHICAGO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-thievery-in-chicago/586909)
**Author:** [@BBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BBee)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-thievery-in-chicago/586909 "2011-06-30T22:37:16Z")
I’ve had it with the heartless bike thieves and their trade network. My bike was nothing special. It was customized to suit me and I loved it. When some bastard stole it yesterday, I filed the report and instead of fe… --- ## [A challenge to any Christian: before condemning me to hell, go get waterboarded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-challenge-to-any-christian-before-condemning-me-to-hell-go-get-waterboarded/582935)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-challenge-to-any-christian-before-condemning-me-to-hell-go-get-waterboarded/582935 "2011-06-30T00:30:24Z")
This is a public challenge to any evangelical christian who believes all those who believe differently should go to hell, or who believe that anyone deserves to go to hell. The challenge is as such: go experience torture… --- ## [Hey, Ibn Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ibn-warraq/587023)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ibn-warraq/587023 "2011-06-29T22:05:07Z")
Just to take this conversation out of GD, I had Finn on my ignore list because his style of argument (which is very similar to yours, once again i am not saying you are a sock, I’m just saying that you use the same sort… --- ## [Evil Craigslist scams targeting apartment hunters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-craigslist-scams-targeting-apartment-hunters/580858)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-craigslist-scams-targeting-apartment-hunters/580858 "2011-06-29T11:40:46Z")
I’m looking for an apartment. There are a lot of listings on Craigslist in my price range. However, most of them are scams. One dickhead had me fill out a whole application, which I emailed back to him, and received t… --- ## [God is HP stuff junk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-hp-stuff-junk/586451)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-hp-stuff-junk/586451 "2011-06-29T11:13:37Z")
Leo Laporte said it a couple of weeks ago, and I say it now. HP stuff is junk. Laptop: Hard drive fails just weeks out of warranty. Replaced at my expense. Fan is now failing, making grinding noises. Now the optical dri… --- ## [Man robs bank for $1 just so he can get health care in jail !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-robs-bank-for-1-just-so-he-can-get-health-care-in-jail/586412)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-robs-bank-for-1-just-so-he-can-get-health-care-in-jail/586412 "2011-06-28T23:08:17Z")
Beautiful. I can’t get angry at this guy for what he did, but I’m putting this in the pit because I’m angry at the health care system that made him desperate enough to do this. This is why we need Universal Healthcare.… --- ## [Ben Stein's new movie Expelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-steins-new-movie-expelled/442482)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-steins-new-movie-expelled/442482 "2011-06-28T22:54:02Z")
OK I obviously have not seen it yet. Expelled So I will not critique the move itself. But I have seen. The Super Trailer and This is what I am pitting The Darwin Daze Sock Hop You will have to click on if from the l… --- ## [Morons and god: dissecting 20 "arguments" for god and any argument for any specific god](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-and-god-dissecting-20-arguments-for-god-and-any-argument-for-any-specific-god/582915)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-and-god-dissecting-20-arguments-for-god-and-any-argument-for-any-specific-god/582915 "2011-06-28T14:39:20Z")
So classylady posted this in the thread with the obscenely stupid title (The day Kirk Cameron out-sciences Stephen Hawking is the day that Rick Santorum stops being a bigoted douchefag), and I felt something of a need … --- ## ["Small government" conservative goes after NBC for altering the Pledge of Allegiance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-conservative-goes-after-nbc-for-altering-the-pledge-of-allegiance/586483)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-conservative-goes-after-nbc-for-altering-the-pledge-of-allegiance/586483 "2011-06-28T13:53:41Z")
Senator Dan Coats of Indiana isn’t too happy about the network omitting the words “Under God” in one of its broadcasts and is now demanding that NBC provide a “full written account of its decision-making process in this … --- ## [Screw you, McCormick sea salt grinder marketers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mccormick-sea-salt-grinder-marketers/586360)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mccormick-sea-salt-grinder-marketers/586360 "2011-06-26T21:41:04Z")
Yah, I love your product. Sea salt ground freshly ground onto my food, the finer bits dissolving, the larger chucks hanging around to give up their salty goodness over time. It wasn’t good enough for you to make a nice… --- ## [I pit people who can't tell the difference between fact and opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-tell-the-difference-between-fact-and-opinion/586543)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-tell-the-difference-between-fact-and-opinion/586543 "2011-06-26T18:31:27Z")
All right, let’s get this clear. “The sky I am looking at right now is blue” is a statement of fact. It is either true or false, and is objectively so. “I think blue is the nicest-looking color” is an opinion. It canno… --- ## [I Pit CNN (The Commune News Network) for their recent choice "topics"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-the-commune-news-network-for-their-recent-choice-topics/586788)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-the-commune-news-network-for-their-recent-choice-topics/586788 "2011-06-26T04:56:19Z")
I have no idea what just happened to CNN but is a bad thing. Ted Turner must be getting some hard dementia. Check out these two very recent stories: Does 4-H Desensitize Kids to Killing?. If you aren’t familiar with … --- ## [Real veterans: Is this guy for real, or a poser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-veterans-is-this-guy-for-real-or-a-poser/586658)
**Author:** [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-veterans-is-this-guy-for-real-or-a-poser/586658 "2011-06-26T04:44:36Z")
RADTENN, in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610713&page=2 When skepticism was expressed at the long list of rambo-esque super-duper military skills he claims to have, his response was… --- ## [Ubuntu for your 90 year old mother! Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubuntu-for-your-90-year-old-mother-really/586637)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubuntu-for-your-90-year-old-mother-really/586637 "2011-06-26T04:21:22Z")
My mother just told me she found out why her 90 year old friend stopped emailing. She can’t find anyone to help her with the PC her (out of state) son set up for her. All the PC repair places she has called will only c… --- ## [I hate my sister. She's such a bitch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-sister-shes-such-a-bitch/178451)
**Author:** [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-sister-shes-such-a-bitch/178451 "2011-06-25T20:00:11Z")
About a year ago, her husband lost his job. They were worried they would lose their house. My mom and two brothers agreed to move in and help with the house payment. Sounds cool. I’m figuring they pay about half the mon… --- ## [Asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole/586672)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole/586672 "2011-06-24T23:02:11Z")
I was perusing (lurking) the Boards when I ventured into this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612466 I only got to post #16 when my head exploded and I actually got so angry that I wanted t… --- ## [I'm glad Ryan Dunn is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-ryan-dunn-is-dead/586203)
**Author:** [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-ryan-dunn-is-dead/586203 "2011-06-24T02:37:30Z")
Link So he is seen drinking hours before the crash and was likely speeding. Fuck him. I’m glad that waste of oxygen is dead. His little fucking joyride could have got a lot more people hurt than actually were. Now if on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=244)