# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=31 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 32 --- ## [Pit thread for Martin\_Hyde {He has been BANNED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 1284\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045 "2022-07-19T15:33:02Z")
Over in P&E right now, Martin is schooling us all on how we REALLY don’t care about solving gun violence, we are just caught up in the national frenzy. The rest of the time, we ignore it. I wonder why there is a big co… --- ## [Automated assistants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-assistants/968064)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-assistants/968064 "2022-07-19T10:56:04Z")
Companies do everything they can to keep you from talking or texting to a real person, and the automated assistants literally (and I’m using that word literally) are never able to handle whatever my problem is, and it ca… --- ## [I hate the Woodward Dream Cruise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-woodward-dream-cruise/415744)
**Author:** [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-woodward-dream-cruise/415744 "2022-07-18T18:35:39Z")
I love living in Royal Oak. There are three great grocery stores within biking distance of my house, lots of great places to eat, an awesome movie theater, and people walking their dogs always stop and let you pet them. … --- ## [Elon Musk's father, 76, announces 2nd child WITH HIS STEPDAUGHTER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musks-father-76-announces-2nd-child-with-his-stepdaughter/967974)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musks-father-76-announces-2nd-child-with-his-stepdaughter/967974 "2022-07-18T17:38:30Z")
He said, “Our only purpose on earth is to reproduce.” No wonder his son is so strange, family-wise. AND HIS STEPDAUGHTER! That’s just beyond weird. https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musks-76-old-dad-203015062.html --- ## [I Pit ILMVI for Complaining Incessantly About Acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142 "2022-07-12T02:28:31Z")
ILMVI, please, for the love of DOYC, stop derailing threads to gripe about acronyms (or, for that matter, legalese you don’t understand). I have gotten so sick of you disrupting threads over your pet peeve that I have h… --- ## [How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 9677\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640 "2022-07-08T17:10:59Z")
During the campaign and even after being elected, Donald Trump has proved again and again that he’s not going to change from being the same arrogant, corrupt, bullying, bigoted, misogynistic, unfiltered braggart with zer… --- ## [Florida is Officially Fucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-officially-fucked/921781)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-officially-fucked/921781 "2022-07-07T18:21:09Z")
Avoid Florida like the plague: --- ## [100 members of white supremacist group The Patriot Front march through Boston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-members-of-white-supremacist-group-the-patriot-front-march-through-boston/967353)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-members-of-white-supremacist-group-the-patriot-front-march-through-boston/967353 "2022-07-06T17:55:25Z")
This is technically breaking news, but this pisses me off and I want to use the F word. Fuck you fucking fuckers. You are not welcome in Boston or anywhere. --- ## [Catholic Bishops can suck my ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-bishops-can-suck-my-ass/944594)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-bishops-can-suck-my-ass/944594 "2022-07-03T16:50:24Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/catholic-bishops-back-document-that-could-lead-to-limits-of-communion-for-biden/ar-AALbAMb?ocid=Peregrine&li=BBnb7Kz U.S. Catholic bishops on Friday voted to back a measure that … --- ## [Use of ambiguous letters in security codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-ambiguous-letters-in-security-codes/966773)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-ambiguous-letters-in-security-codes/966773 "2022-07-02T14:40:34Z")
Fuck Login.gov and their goddamn alphanumeric 2-factor security codes. You give me a fucking code full of Bs and Vs and zeros and Os and then you lock me out for putting in the wrong code too many times?!?!?! FUCK YOU. … --- ## [I see the bad June a-risin' (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477 "2022-07-01T04:10:13Z")
I had to work in one of my more distant offices today. (I do IT support for state government, and I have a few field offices that I’m responsible for.) I was determined to be out before noon today because I wanted to a… --- ## [I need to make a bad taste "joke" about the recent Roe/Wade issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-make-a-bad-taste-joke-about-the-recent-roe-wade-issue/966815)
**Author:** [@Rejutka\_Lupex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rejutka_Lupex)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-make-a-bad-taste-joke-about-the-recent-roe-wade-issue/966815 "2022-06-30T02:34:44Z")
Another victory for the pro-birth part of the death cult of evil. Yay. Since abortions are now going to be illegal, and contraception is next, with sexual education in school being frowned upon anyway, I guess “post-nat… --- ## [Missouri Senate Candidate supports shooting RINOs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-senate-candidate-supports-shooting-rinos/966519)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-senate-candidate-supports-shooting-rinos/966519 "2022-06-27T20:04:07Z")
https://twitter.com/EricGreitens/status/1538876823978713089 LITERALLY wanting to shoot people who don’t support Trump. Tell me again how both parties are TOTALLY the same. Tell me again how the Republican party is TOTA… --- ## [Is there an answer to the out-of-context talking-point in an online debate that "there's been more Covid deaths under Biden"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-answer-to-the-out-of-context-talking-point-in-an-online-debate-that-theres-been-more-covid-deaths-under-biden/966723)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-answer-to-the-out-of-context-talking-point-in-an-online-debate-that-theres-been-more-covid-deaths-under-biden/966723 "2022-06-26T11:47:11Z")
I’m beat down and tired. I don’t care if you wanna shift this thread to a better subforum (I don’t have the energy to dress it up as a worthy Pit opening thread, so I won’t even pretend that it belongs there). But if the… --- ## [Dry erase markers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers/966041)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers/966041 "2022-06-24T23:01:30Z")
They suck. Our offices at work have dry erase boards. Every time I grab a marker, it’s dry. Or nearly dry. We buy new ones. They work for a very short time. And then they’re dry. Yes, I am conscientious about keeping t… --- ## [The current state of streaming is... not great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-state-of-streaming-is-not-great/965782)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-state-of-streaming-is-not-great/965782 "2022-06-15T22:18:42Z")
I don’t do any streaming, having given up my Netflix account some years ago. When I do see TV it’s in hotels when I’m working. But last week I was away helping a friend recover from a surgery, and they had several stream… --- ## [Kratom and Delta 8 bans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kratom-and-delta-8-bans/963637)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kratom-and-delta-8-bans/963637 "2022-06-10T01:22:39Z")
I live in Virginia and commute to Tennessee frequently. I’ve managed to stop drinking thanks to the substances in the title. Now it seems big pharma, etc. is weaseling into VA and TN to get the republicnt governments to … --- ## [I Pit the Mother of the Texas school shooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mother-of-the-texas-school-shooter/965691)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mother-of-the-texas-school-shooter/965691 "2022-06-09T05:07:14Z")
Most pathetic “apology” ever! “He had his reasons for doing what he did” and “Please don’t judge him”. Fuck you, cunt! Fuck you with a flaming hot cactus! Why don’t you just spit on the graves of those children. … --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Fruit Assault Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fruit-assault-edition/963673)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fruit-assault-edition/963673 "2022-06-07T16:00:03Z")
Trump Deposition New York, NY October 18, 2021 Lawyer: “Knock the crap out of them, would you?” That was your statement?’ Oh, yeah It was very dangerous We were threatened Lawyer: With what? They were going to th… --- ## [Presenting: The Most Vile Person Running for Office in the United States Today (R-Michigan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697 "2022-06-06T18:48:21Z")
So some fucknut Republican named RJ Regan just won a GOP special primary election for a state house seat in Michigan. While on a Facebook Live chat with Michigan Republicans this week, he was walking viewers through how … --- ## [Facebook is the worst. Thinking about getting rid of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-the-worst-thinking-about-getting-rid-of-it/962354)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-the-worst-thinking-about-getting-rid-of-it/962354 "2022-05-25T11:20:52Z")
I’ve been reported countless times. Last one was for saying: “Yeah. Most men suck.” Yet, whenever I report someone, they get off saying some vile shit. I’ve also been repeated for being sarcastic, and meaning the opposit… --- ## [Off to Ukraine, as Nancy Pelosi finds a way for us to lose the midterms even harder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-to-ukraine-as-nancy-pelosi-finds-a-way-for-us-to-lose-the-midterms-even-harder/963856)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-to-ukraine-as-nancy-pelosi-finds-a-way-for-us-to-lose-the-midterms-even-harder/963856 "2022-05-21T00:15:53Z")
As a committed Democrat I want so hard to be able to root for Nancy Pelosi; in fact I usually do. From my perspective she’s been a competent House Speaker, and since she’s from my home state I feel that I’m normally on … --- ## [Maybe The Romans Were On The Right Path?(certain people suck and I'm dumb)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-romans-were-on-the-right-path-certain-people-suck-and-im-dumb/964523)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-romans-were-on-the-right-path-certain-people-suck-and-im-dumb/964523 "2022-05-20T04:43:23Z")
I’m not saying the Romans are said to have used methods I’d condone in dealing with christians, but maybe in my fantasies they were correct in their attitude? Had a meeting with HR today (not a good thing 3 weeks into a… --- ## [This bullshit is getting fucking old!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bullshit-is-getting-fucking-old/964641)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bullshit-is-getting-fucking-old/964641 "2022-05-19T05:03:30Z")
Alright you motherfuckers, this shit is getting old. We need to get rid of those faggot ass lobbyists that are working for big pharma to kill our buzz! Well, let’s get to raising hell at those congress critters that wo… --- ## [Another White Male Perpetrates a Another Mass Shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-white-male-perpetrates-a-another-mass-shooting/938463)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-white-male-perpetrates-a-another-mass-shooting/938463 "2022-05-15T00:22:37Z")
This time in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado This is after the Asian Spa shootings last week When I started this topic Discourse “helpfully” listed another of similar topics and for once they actually were similar r… --- ## [Why I hate people, volume LXII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-people-volume-lxii/964283)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-people-volume-lxii/964283 "2022-05-14T15:28:30Z")
My sister died recently after a very difficult and relatively brief encounter with cancer. A friend of hers, who I do not know, posted a very appropriate and warm message about her death on social media. In it, he menti… --- ## [US Capitol under siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 1003\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830 "2022-05-11T19:16:46Z")
This probably should have its own thread. --- ## [What do you call a person who trolls a troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158 "2022-05-10T14:12:41Z")
Troll squared. I’ll show myself out… --- ## [Northern\_Piper's Avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447 "2022-05-08T00:23:51Z")
I pit Northern\_Piper’s avatar. I have seen Northern\_Piper claim that it is supposed to be some sort of bizarre, foreign musical instrument. This is clearly a delusion. It is obvious that the avatar represents a mosqui… --- ## [Does anyone else hate Andy Serkis as much as I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213 "2022-05-04T11:19:41Z")
Physical turn the screen off revulsion. If i were a billionaire I’d pay him whatever he asked to just kick the shit out of him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=32)