# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=25 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2023-05-19T03:19:48Z")
On the theory that some enablers of Trump, and Trump himself, may be experiencing some events and occurrences that might, quite understandably, elicit a Nelson Muntz-‘haha’ or two… …as for example, the compilations of T… --- ## [Suburban Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Half a Mile Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburban-mom-handcuffed-jailed-for-making-8-year-old-son-walk-half-a-mile-home/975046)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburban-mom-handcuffed-jailed-for-making-8-year-old-son-walk-half-a-mile-home/975046 "2023-05-15T22:03:39Z")
This sounds totally crazy to me. I walked half a mile alone to school from first grade to high school almost every day. --- ## [My Fellow Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-republicans/983959)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-republicans/983959 "2023-05-13T20:10:16Z")
My Fellow Republicans, Just between us, we must acknowledge that our day as a viable political party has come and gone. Our core values have been thoroughly discredited. And that’s leaving aside the values that we don’… --- ## [Just passing along the rant I just received (Ranting about bad customers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715 "2023-05-13T13:29:29Z")
Just got off the phone with a good friend. She’s a nice woman, truly. A life-long devout Catholic, the mother of four children, the grandmother to six children (and at least one more due to pop any day.) The soul of k… --- ## [If there really any point to mass shooting threads in MPSIMS anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-really-any-point-to-mass-shooting-threads-in-mpsims-anymore/982460)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-really-any-point-to-mass-shooting-threads-in-mpsims-anymore/982460 "2023-05-10T00:09:16Z")
I went to MPSIMS to see if there was a thread about the shooting in Louisville this morning and there wasn’t yet. I thought about starting one but what is the point? These things really have become the norm. Nothing is g… --- ## [Damn phone scammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-phone-scammers/983668)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-phone-scammers/983668 "2023-05-08T16:56:24Z")
My phone number has been cloned. People are being phoned by somebody using my goddamn number. I don’t mind the confused old people who call me back, but the “comedian” is so creepy, & so-damn-unfunny, that it bugs me. --- ## [Nick Adams: is he for real or just a very spirited satirist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-adams-is-he-for-real-or-just-a-very-spirited-satirist/983456)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-adams-is-he-for-real-or-just-a-very-spirited-satirist/983456 "2023-05-07T22:21:10Z")
Nick Adams, (born Nicholas Adamopolous in Australia) seems to like sucking Trump’s dick to the point that Trump’s weenie is maybe half-way down Nick’s throat. I mean, size matters yes? But anyway, this bloke is soooo fa… --- ## [Aeschines, Statistician Extraordinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-statistician-extraordinaire/983380)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-statistician-extraordinaire/983380 "2023-05-07T21:51:41Z")
Well, given that you are wrong (FiveThirtyEight projections never had anything near a 95% projection for Clinton, and certainly not past November 2016 when it gave Trump a over 30% probabilty) I’m sure you’ll retract th… --- ## [I pit society's complacent attitude towards Covid (tested positive a couple of days ago)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-societys-complacent-attitude-towards-covid-tested-positive-a-couple-of-days-ago/982933)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-societys-complacent-attitude-towards-covid-tested-positive-a-couple-of-days-ago/982933 "2023-05-07T21:28:32Z")
First, full disclosure - though my wife and I have been as diligent as possible wrt vaxxes and boosters, and almost as much regarding masks, I’ve been a bit complacent at work, where almost nobody wears masks. Having sai… --- ## [Well dang. If you didn't think Scott Adams was a piece of shit before, just look at him now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277 "2023-05-05T01:18:34Z")
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has been a bit of a shitbird over the past few years. You can Google the deets, but mostly spouting anti-vax, pro-Trump, Satanic conspiracies in the Democratic party, etc. He’s got a You… --- ## [It's Raining Rants (Hallelujah) - April mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-rants-hallelujah-april-mini-rants/981982)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-rants-hallelujah-april-mini-rants/981982 "2023-05-01T19:50:55Z")
I wet the (floor under the) bed last night. Not sure if it was me or the pup (probably me) but when I went for a drink this morning, the travel mug, with the lid, was lying on it’s side…empty & there’s a big wet spot un… --- ## [John Rosemond retires!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-rosemond-retires/983360)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-rosemond-retires/983360 "2023-05-01T14:21:55Z")
This clown. Self-proclaimed child-raising expert. And he’s only semi-retiring. But from here on in, he’ll only be preaching to the converted. So I can do a guilt-free happy dance without his having to die! “My trusted … --- ## [Exxon and Chevron are swimming in cash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-and-chevron-are-swimming-in-cash/983381)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-and-chevron-are-swimming-in-cash/983381 "2023-05-01T03:32:20Z")
Come on, now. Even if you do not believe these companies have been major contributors to AGW, or just pollution in general, working hard (behind the scenes) to push back on green-ish energy and BEV adoption, surely thi… --- ## [The Supreme Court Nominee: Brett Kavanaugh shares certain tastes with Trump.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459 "2023-04-30T17:39:45Z")
The current nominee for Supreme Court office, Brett Kavanaugh, has been accused of sexual assault. No surprise- he has been so clear in his belief that he is allowed to control women and their bodies - see his desire to … --- ## [The things we are doing with AI are beginning to frighten me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-are-doing-with-ai-are-beginning-to-frighten-me/983286)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-are-doing-with-ai-are-beginning-to-frighten-me/983286 "2023-04-28T21:39:51Z")
If AI ever actually becomes sentient and turns against humanity-- this is where it starts. --- ## [No lie is too stupid or outrageous (Trump on abortion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-lie-is-too-stupid-or-outrageous-trump-on-abortion/983183)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-lie-is-too-stupid-or-outrageous-trump-on-abortion/983183 "2023-04-27T19:29:06Z")
Talking about PAB making the assertion that abortion lovers are so enthusiastic that babies are born, and then murdered. It’s just one more deranged thing this asshole says that would sink any other candidate for any off… --- ## [When is an attempted coup not an attempted coup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991 "2023-04-24T04:28:49Z")
Uhhh. Hey guys, I’m not like you know very right-wing or Trumpist or anything, but uhhh… you know I think we have to be careful with our language concerning the J6 riot. I mean, look, this was just a riot that got a litt… --- ## [A pitting for Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791 "2023-04-22T16:52:21Z")
For his performance in the Why don’t liberals and Democrats fully embrace atheism? thread, starting here: I’m not going to quote any more than that, there’s too much to quote and you can go over there and read it. His … --- ## [Paul Was In Saudi is Pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-was-in-saudi-is-pitted/952796)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-was-in-saudi-is-pitted/952796 "2021-10-19T23:14:11Z")
Paul wasn’t really on my radar until he left Saudi Arabia. Then, his behavior changed and became so outrageous I figured he was either actively trying to be banned or somebody had gotten ahold of his password and was usi… --- ## [Becoming a Musician or: How I Learned to Hate Computers (rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-musician-or-how-i-learned-to-hate-computers-rant/979581)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-musician-or-how-i-learned-to-hate-computers-rant/979581 "2023-04-18T15:36:08Z")
I’m working on some java code. The code insists that a driver is missing. So I copy in a new version of the driver but I forgot to remove the other old one. It complains “Sorry, but there’s now two suitable drivers and I… --- ## [Trying to Rent a Freaking Car from Airport to Dad's Home in the Sticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-rent-a-freaking-car-from-airport-to-dads-home-in-the-sticks/981044)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-rent-a-freaking-car-from-airport-to-dads-home-in-the-sticks/981044 "2023-04-18T00:41:23Z")
My Dad, who definitely qualifies as Officially Old, got hit with unexpected health issues (something that tends to happen more often once one is Officially Old) — nothing lethal or from which recovery is not expected, fo… --- ## [Scholastic Books wanted writer to remove the word “Racism” from her book’s intro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholastic-books-wanted-writer-to-remove-the-word-racism-from-her-book-s-intro/982778)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholastic-books-wanted-writer-to-remove-the-word-racism-from-her-book-s-intro/982778 "2023-04-17T11:48:50Z")
The full story and their apology is here. Maybe they were hoping to sell a bunch in Florida-allegedly they were concerned teachers might fear reprisals for using it, which is terrible on its own. --- ## [Could you pass a history test in DeSantis' Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675 "2023-04-14T23:03:28Z")
—\>NOTE: THIS IS FROM THE ONION\<— It’s a slideshow. I don’t think Dopers are going to do very well-- too well-informed uppity. Here are the first few: Q: What does the term “segregation” mean? A: Doing what’s righ… --- ## [Pitting Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-dodgy-dude/982264)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-dodgy-dude/982264 "2023-04-12T14:53:42Z")
I know we’re not supposed to accuse other posters of being trolls, but what else do you you call someone who starts threads with quasi-provocative OPs and then never responds to any of the replies? Someone like @Dodgy\_D… --- ## [Two Factor Aggravation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-factor-aggravation/982253)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-factor-aggravation/982253 "2023-04-07T15:07:28Z")
Finish second cup of coffee. Check the clock. Time to join the workforce. Pick up cellphone. Screen is black, even though it’s perpetually plugged into its charger. Cellphones just do that; they aren’t designed to e… --- ## [In other hush money news (Trump accused of covering up illegitimate child)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-hush-money-news-trump-accused-of-covering-up-illegitimate-child/982267)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-hush-money-news-trump-accused-of-covering-up-illegitimate-child/982267 "2023-04-06T21:28:15Z")
PAB’s lovechild with his housekeeper pays him to keep her parentage a secret. --- ## [Fuck Dog Parks and the Assholes Who Refuse to Control Their Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dog-parks-and-the-assholes-who-refuse-to-control-their-dogs/982171)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dog-parks-and-the-assholes-who-refuse-to-control-their-dogs/982171 "2023-04-06T13:19:54Z")
Just a rant. A vulgar rant because society says I’m not supposed to visit violence on people who don’t give a shit when their pet visits violence on others. Backstory: I have a wonderful pit mix named Vaya. My brothe… --- ## [Trump's comments after his arraignment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038 "2023-04-05T19:46:38Z")
Trump says he will deliver remarks after his arraignment. We should have a contest, where the person who is closest to the Trump rambling disconnected word salad wins. --- ## [MA legislators propose letting prisoners donate organs in exchange for reduced sentences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ma-legislators-propose-letting-prisoners-donate-organs-in-exchange-for-reduced-sentences/979136)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ma-legislators-propose-letting-prisoners-donate-organs-in-exchange-for-reduced-sentences/979136 "2023-04-02T18:06:59Z")
This one goes out to everyone who’s ever called me paranoid for believing that organ donation could be weaponized against the poor. I’m absolutely horrified that anyone would even propose something this monstrously un… --- ## [March of the Rantoneers (March mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-rantoneers-march-mini-rants/980582)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-rantoneers-march-mini-rants/980582 "2023-04-01T20:17:47Z")
Yep, yet another day has gone by with students who are 100% Pavlovian. By that, I mean that no matter what the assignment is, no matter how important it is to them to get it done, the second they get connected to the Int… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=26)