# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=30 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 31 --- ## [Unpopular Opinions: Oprah Is Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-oprah-is-bad/970098)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-oprah-is-bad/970098 "2022-09-03T21:49:16Z")
I used to think that Oprah Winfrey was doing good things in the world. Not so anymore. She has promoted so many bad things, like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Now she’s shilling for worthless apple cider vinegar supplements. I ha… --- ## [KKK at West Point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-at-west-point/970813)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-at-west-point/970813 "2022-09-02T21:12:45Z")
Doesn’t seem to fit in any existing thread - The plaque was dedicated in 1965 when, in theory, we were maybe starting to move beyond obvious racism? --- ## [I pit US Mail, my Credit Union, and/or MasterCard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-us-mail-my-credit-union-and-or-mastercard/970193)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-us-mail-my-credit-union-and-or-mastercard/970193 "2022-08-26T21:35:10Z")
(This is my first pit post) The chip in my credit card broke, so it made using it a pain (insert 3 times, then swipe), so I ordered a new credit card July 18 (not sure of the exact date) Having seen nothing, I called A… --- ## [Fucking Bekins (moving company)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bekins-moving-company/970172)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bekins-moving-company/970172 "2022-08-26T21:01:32Z")
We moved from Oregon to MN a few months back, and we of course shipped all our stuff out here. Dozens and dozens of boxes of stuff, in fact. In the process of unpacking them, we discovered a broken piece of art glass. Si… --- ## [The person responsible for the sound design on the "Stadium Tour" should be brought up on criminal charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-responsible-for-the-sound-design-on-the-stadium-tour-should-be-brought-up-on-criminal-charges/970201)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-responsible-for-the-sound-design-on-the-stadium-tour-should-be-brought-up-on-criminal-charges/970201 "2022-08-26T08:14:23Z")
On Sunday, my wife and I attended “The Stadium Tour”, a show featuring Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Poison, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue. The show we saw was held at the Alamodome, an indoor stadium in San Antonio. W… --- ## [Another bathroom etiquette memo: Do you have a prehensile rectum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bathroom-etiquette-memo-do-you-have-a-prehensile-rectum/75367)
**Author:** [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bathroom-etiquette-memo-do-you-have-a-prehensile-rectum/75367 "2022-08-26T07:51:08Z")
Look, Fuckwicket,I know you got your problems. I’m aware of the fact that your metabolisim causes you to have to be in the bathroom five seconds after you eat. Or you’re taking exlax with each meal, I don’t know, but wha… --- ## [I pit Martin Hyde (a different Martin Hyde)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-martin-hyde-a-different-martin-hyde/970024)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-martin-hyde-a-different-martin-hyde/970024 "2022-08-26T03:50:41Z")
Just saw this snob in a video online. He was pulled over by a policewoman & started acting like he could go over her head. All the time speaking in this upper-class English accent. Turns out he’s “Martin Hyde”, a GOP pr… --- ## [RNC asking me to 're-confirm' that I'm still registered as a Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-asking-me-to-re-confirm-that-im-still-registered-as-a-republican/969722)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-asking-me-to-re-confirm-that-im-still-registered-as-a-republican/969722 "2022-08-23T19:23:40Z")
Those bastards. It looks VERY official. Had to open it and read it to figure it out. It’s from the Republican National Committee. It says I need to re-confirm my affiliation as a Republican. I’m not registered at all. … --- ## [Placido Domingo linked to Argentinian sex-trafficking ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860 "2022-08-20T14:49:31Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to put this here or in the Pit; mods, feel free to move it if you deem it appropriate later on. This story doesn’t go into much detail, but I did know that he’d had multiple accusations of sexual… --- ## [YouTube monetizes Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258 "2022-08-19T02:49:52Z")
Ann Reardon (How To Cook That) not only does cooking videos, she also debunks Instagram, TikTok, etc. “life hack” and fake craft videos. She recently uploaded a video about the dangers of “fractal burning”. (Disassemb… --- ## [Gratis WiFi at Motels etc with nonstandard (& Mac incompatible) joining routines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratis-wifi-at-motels-etc-with-nonstandard-mac-incompatible-joining-routines/969603)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratis-wifi-at-motels-etc-with-nonstandard-mac-incompatible-joining-routines/969603 "2022-08-18T03:24:38Z")
So I’m at a Quality Inn outside of Baltimore. Came in last night, checked in at the desk, asked about the WiFi password because the blank for it on the key card envelope had not been filled in. “Oh it’s automatic, you … --- ## [I hate commercials that make parents, adults, kids, oh hell anybody look like idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-commercials-that-make-parents-adults-kids-oh-hell-anybody-look-like-idiots/969585)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-commercials-that-make-parents-adults-kids-oh-hell-anybody-look-like-idiots/969585 "2022-08-17T18:19:11Z")
Example 1: A boy is reading/watching LoTR. Mom comes in the room and says something like, ‘Time for bed your PIXIES can wait until tomorrow. Has this woman been living under a rock? Does she pay no attention to her kids … --- ## [PA Supreme Court tosses ALL convictions by Judge who sold kids to private prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-supreme-court-tosses-all-convictions-by-judge-who-sold-kids-to-private-prison/515772)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-supreme-court-tosses-all-convictions-by-judge-who-sold-kids-to-private-prison/515772 "2022-08-17T15:17:58Z")
Story Here. “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing.” (AP via t… --- ## [Student Registration Woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-registration-woes/969028)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-registration-woes/969028 "2022-08-15T11:45:54Z")
So, there are two of us trying to get 900 kids registered for the August 17th first day of school. We opened up registration for the new school year on June 1st but, of course, many have waited until the critical junctu… --- ## [Now in the pit: Someone tried to shoot up an FBI office in Cincy {2022-08-11}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504 "2022-08-12T21:31:50Z")
Story here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/11/us/fbi-cincinnati-shooting-news I’ll see if I can find some other sources. Apparently, the shooter is dressed in body armor. He tried to get past security at the FB… --- ## [Cracker Barrel adds Impossible Sausage to their menu, conservatives lose their minds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101 "2022-08-11T13:32:29Z")
Cracker Barrel has decided to add Impossible Sausage to their menu. Conservatives are not happy. How dare they provide options to people!!! :grin: “Don’t you ever try to push that crap in my direction. Stick to the ba… --- ## [Gmail's "notifications"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmails-notifications/963556)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmails-notifications/963556 "2022-08-09T18:49:52Z")
So I want to contact someone whose website says “click on name to get email address” instead of just listing the fucking email address. First mistake Then I get a popup telling me to choose an email. I hit “Gmail.” Seco… --- ## [The New Age/Wellness movement and its overlap with conspiracy theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-age-wellness-movement-and-its-overlap-with-conspiracy-theories/958752)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-age-wellness-movement-and-its-overlap-with-conspiracy-theories/958752 "2022-08-07T04:10:44Z")
A trend that has been noticeable over the course of the pandemic surrounding the issue of conspiracy theories and misinformation regarding the vaccine and covid itself is that a lot of those peddling this stuff are not t… --- ## [Doesn't Matt Gaetz HIMSELF look kinda like a Thumb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519 "2022-08-05T01:04:00Z")
--- ## [What is wrong with people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001 "2022-08-04T19:02:58Z")
Long, sorry. So I get to work and say hello to my boss and I can immediately tell something is wrong. As it turns out his father is in the hospital with cancer, but has now contacted Covid and it is bad. The doctors exp… --- ## [MAY we have a new Mini-Rants thread now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rants-thread-now/963800)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rants-thread-now/963800 "2022-08-03T13:35:38Z")
I know life isn’t going all perfectly smoothly for all of us. It is 2022, after all. My grumble of the moment: noisy cats waking me up way earlier than I needed to be awake. --- ## [Hypocrites regarding guns abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrites-regarding-guns-abortion/968547)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrites-regarding-guns-abortion/968547 "2022-08-02T22:19:10Z")
I cannot gut politicians that claim they are 100 percent “Pro-life” and A rated second amendment. Ugh! Hypocrites everyone of them. --- ## [July mini-rants. Who is this Julius Caesar guy anyway? Why does HE deserve a month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249 "2022-08-01T23:45:52Z")
Co-workers are clearing their desks in preparation for the long weekend - and I happen to be next in line for these processes. So I’m getting flooded with work. Some “rush” jobs. My company’s management also makes it … --- ## [In the name of fuck website designers, WTF is wrong with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687 "2022-08-01T04:13:49Z")
Why the fuck do web pages have to be counterintuitive about these two basic things? If I go to a business’s website (for a local place) what do I ultimately want and need to know? That’s right - where you are and when y… --- ## [Pitting Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958 "2022-07-31T18:14:18Z")
Now normally you’re just an annoying fucking waste of skin dropping contactless turds into otherwise interesting threads or dumbass OPs that float to the bottom of the page. Your Elton John OP is another thing entirely.… --- ## [I Want My Old Insurance! Let Me Opt Out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-old-insurance-let-me-opt-out/968670)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-old-insurance-let-me-opt-out/968670 "2022-07-30T12:13:51Z")
I mentioned this briefly in the July Mini Rant thread. A few months ago, I started a new full-time job. They insisted I take the company-offered insurance. I said I was happy with Medicare/Medicaid. I called and sent doc… --- ## [The completely smug density of right wingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-completely-smug-density-of-right-wingers/967122)
**Author:** [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-completely-smug-density-of-right-wingers/967122 "2022-07-30T12:09:24Z")
You know what I’m talking about. The ones who yell “Fuck your feelings” while having the emotional regulation of a toddler. The ones who bemoan “Cancel Culture” but do the same to companies for ads they disagree with. Or… --- ## [The Fucked-Up US Health Care System, Case #725,867,992 (Moderately Long & Rambling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228 "2022-07-26T07:33:27Z")
A word to the fore: the following is a rant, not a request for information (if it were the latter, I would have put it elsewhere). Should anyone have any suggestions after reading it, I certainly wouldn’t reject them; bu… --- ## [I pit my conspiracy-theorist landlord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-conspiracy-theorist-landlord/947611)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-conspiracy-theorist-landlord/947611 "2022-07-22T04:16:50Z")
I love him to death, I really do. He and his family have been very good to us for about 10 years. But my landlord is a major conspiracy-theorist. It was cute (albeit stupid) when it was stuff like “ancient aliens”, bu… --- ## [Pitting Biden and Anyone Else Not Supporting Immediate Expansion of the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-biden-and-anyone-else-not-supporting-immediate-expansion-of-the-supreme-court/967532)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-biden-and-anyone-else-not-supporting-immediate-expansion-of-the-supreme-court/967532 "2022-07-22T02:37:17Z")
The Supreme Court, in the last week, has declared war on America. They must be stopped. A simple majority vote of both houses of Congress can add four, or six, or twelve, new Supreme Court justices and restore a Court … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=31)