# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=36 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [New Rule about Thread Titles when Pitting Other Posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-about-thread-titles-when-pitting-other-posters/944549)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-about-thread-titles-when-pitting-other-posters/944549 "2021-06-20T19:13:58Z")
Discourse has a feature where if you put a link to another thread into a post, it creates a back-link in the linked thread. Which has caused a minor issue with the Pit forum when someone Pits another poster, and the thr… --- ## [Candidate Says She Prayed and Her Neighbor Got Murdered Like That's a Good Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-says-she-prayed-and-her-neighbor-got-murdered-like-thats-a-good-thing/954155)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-says-she-prayed-and-her-neighbor-got-murdered-like-thats-a-good-thing/954155 "2021-11-14T17:52:34Z")
I don’t know if this would be better in Politics & Elections, but it’s just so outrageous I just thought it was better suited here. Mods, move this if you wish. Here’s a link about Rachel Hamm who is running for Secret… --- ## [Belarus: I pit the lack of outrage over over this outrage!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belarus-i-pit-the-lack-of-outrage-over-over-this-outrage/942859)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belarus-i-pit-the-lack-of-outrage-over-over-this-outrage/942859 "2021-11-12T23:06:08Z")
A rogue state forces an international flight to divert to Minsk so they can arrest a journalist. This is atrocious yet the only mention I can find on the SD is a small mention in The Great Ongoing General Aviation Thread … --- ## [Post CF and on-going Trump outrages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 730\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746 "2021-11-12T20:52:02Z")
Now that the c-fuck is well and truly over, we still need a place to hurl invective at the loser former president, since, like a case of herpes, he is never going away. I propose this thread to take over where the the ea… --- ## [Noted Fucktard Dennis Prager equates Nazis with COVID restrictions, Twitter "Censorship"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-fucktard-dennis-prager-equates-nazis-with-covid-restrictions-twitter-censorship/929769)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-fucktard-dennis-prager-equates-nazis-with-covid-restrictions-twitter-censorship/929769 "2021-11-12T00:23:57Z")
Can these fuckers get any more depraved? https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2021/01/05/i-now-better-understand-the-good-german-n2582563? --- ## [Professor Francis Boyle deserves credit for his findings re: Covid 19!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-francis-boyle-deserves-credit-for-his-findings-re-covid-19/953794)
**Author:** [@Itsokaytohategoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itsokaytohategoogle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-francis-boyle-deserves-credit-for-his-findings-re-covid-19/953794 "2021-11-09T17:15:34Z")
Boyle is widely involved in many issues all over the world. He found evidence showing a link between the Wuhan Lab and the Univ. of North Carolina BSL-3 lab, and was ignored. He called his evidence “the smoking gun”. Th… --- ## [Musk, figure out how to pay your own damn taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-figure-out-how-to-pay-your-own-damn-taxes/953935)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-figure-out-how-to-pay-your-own-damn-taxes/953935 "2021-11-09T14:48:12Z")
Hey dummy shithead scum bucket, the rest of us have figured this shit out a long time ago, and even lots of us have money set aside automatically to ensure we have the money when tax day arrives. For those who need help… --- ## [HMS\_Irruncible, I have a suggestion for where you can place your concern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-i-have-a-suggestion-for-where-you-can-place-your-concern/926299)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-i-have-a-suggestion-for-where-you-can-place-your-concern/926299 "2021-11-08T09:50:29Z")
This was originally written as a response to go into ATMB, but with @What\_Exit’s mod note, I chose to place it here instead. Had I started here, I may have tried being a bit less diplomatic, so here’s a “fuck” just to ev… --- ## [THE TRUTH ABOUT PUBG (the mobile game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-pubg-the-mobile-game/953789)
**Author:** [@Itsokaytohategoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itsokaytohategoogle)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-pubg-the-mobile-game/953789 "2021-11-06T02:22:28Z")
The truth is that it’s not what it appears to be. It’s not a game where you are playing against 99 other players who represent gamers from all around the world. Maybe sometimes there are real people you’re playing again… --- ## [Handclap for America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handclap-for-america/953673)
**Author:** [@GWF\_Hefel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GWF_Hefel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handclap-for-america/953673 "2021-11-05T15:50:31Z")
From the New York Times: GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In a stark rebuke of the torture carried out by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11 attacks, seven senior military officers who heard graphic descriptions last week of the bruta… --- ## [Let's help pick Facebook's new name!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-help-pick-facebooks-new-name/952955)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-help-pick-facebooks-new-name/952955 "2021-11-05T02:51:15Z")
Any suggestions? For a name, I mean… :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [All Tricks, No Treats (October Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693 "2021-11-04T20:04:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from The September of my Rants: It’s still September 30 where I live but on the west side of the Pacific Ocean it’s October 1 so I guess this counts. I live in the Pacific Northwest and especi… --- ## [I pit singing Christians not wearing masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467 "2021-11-04T18:49:36Z")
I am now in a house where FOX is on a lot. I am never in the room but sometimes I hear things from another room. Today one of Tucker’s lead stories was about some Christians who were cited, and a couple of them ar… --- ## [I pit CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-castletonsnob1/953124)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-castletonsnob1/953124 "2021-11-02T00:22:11Z")
How come it’s okay to paint all Southerners with the same awful brush? What the fuck is your problem? --- ## [UK radio "journalist" makes an ass of himself and then doubles down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-radio-journalist-makes-an-ass-of-himself-and-then-doubles-down/953251)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-radio-journalist-makes-an-ass-of-himself-and-then-doubles-down/953251 "2021-11-01T12:09:53Z")
The presenters at UK talkRadio appear to hold “all PR is good PR” as a sacred truth. First Mike Graham gets twitter famous for a day for trying to gotcha environmental activist Cameron Ford for being a carpenter: MG: … --- ## [Joe Arpaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio/642398)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio/642398 "2021-10-31T04:46:37Z")
My sister in law posted this today: This was our exchange: I think I am going to start having to seriously make an effort to ignore people on FB. --- ## [TL;DW (Too Long Didn't Watch; I Hate, Hate, Hate Videos Replacing Text)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170 "2021-10-29T20:49:27Z")
I despise watching a video when text would do. News sites are really bad for this, CNN being the worst. I will automatically skip any story or commentary that’s video instead of text because, let’s be honest, video is … --- ## [Just split the country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-split-the-country/953108)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-split-the-country/953108 "2021-10-29T17:54:48Z")
I think it’s time to split the country due to irreconcilable differences. The red states and blue states are so fundamentally different, there’s no way to compromise. When a country can’t even agree to wear masks during … --- ## [Fuck you, FlyLady!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-flylady/387966)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-flylady/387966 "2021-10-28T23:16:49Z")
And fuck me for needing you! So, I’m a filthy person. I’m one of those people who can every so often mount a cleaning campaign, but who is incapable of cultivating clean habits and ends up right back at the start befor… --- ## [Tickets 😡 (customer service kind)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickets-customer-service-kind/953000)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickets-customer-service-kind/953000 "2021-10-28T06:31:22Z")
This is more of a work rant. I’m so TIRED of service tickets that I kind of just want to die. OMG. Does ANYONE else HATE them as much as I do? Why on earth does a business or organization fucking set up a customer ser… --- ## [Every time I "buy 'Merikun," I get fucking burned. I buy Japanese, Korean, or German from now on (whenever possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898 "2021-10-27T10:22:21Z")
Mindless rant coming… So, after owning a Toyota, I remember buying a Saturn because it was supposedly a “newer, different” kind of American manufacturer that actually cared about quality. That piece of shit lasted about… --- ## [America's great economic "boom" exposed for what it was: the great American fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772 "2021-10-26T15:18:12Z")
So who were the real winners of America’s longest economic expansion? It probably wasn’t you, lol. It sure as hell wasn’t the average ‘gig’ worker, server, or fulfillment center worker, lol. But bring on the tax cut? lol… --- ## [Casinos in Ontario are still open, holy crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casinos-in-ontario-are-still-open-holy-crap/849407)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casinos-in-ontario-are-still-open-holy-crap/849407 "2020-05-03T16:06:12Z")
Amidst all the COVID-19 closings, Ontario’s casinos remain cheerily open for business. I am a poker player. I love playing live poker in casinos and I’m reasonably good at it, but I wouldn’t come within a mile of a cas… --- ## [Woman raped on crowded Philadelphia train car; bystanders film it without intervening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-raped-on-crowded-philadelphia-train-car-bystanders-film-it-without-intervening/952794)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-raped-on-crowded-philadelphia-train-car-bystanders-film-it-without-intervening/952794 "2021-10-24T19:51:42Z")
I heard on NPR earlier today that the suspect had her clothes already torn off when they boarded the train! I’m sure hoping that nobody intervened because they feared collaborators. This story makes me wonder if he’s… --- ## [My ex was so dumb they thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-was-so-dumb-they-thought/928047)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-was-so-dumb-they-thought/928047 "2021-10-24T00:51:20Z")
That i was lying about graduating from Syracuse University because my Diploma hanging on the wall read: Universitas Syracusana After living in this State thier entire life and having a Drivers Licence in said State for … --- ## [A Pit thread for Asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944 "2021-10-22T19:17:13Z")
When he isn’t being our own Dennis The Peasant, he’s spouting shit like this: Seriously, dude, where do you get off with shit like this? Go stick your head in a pig. --- ## [Superman's new motto revealed - 'Truth, Justice and A Better Tomorrow.' RWNJ feelings super-hurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-new-motto-revealed-truth-justice-and-a-better-tomorrow-rwnj-feelings-super-hurt/952686)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-new-motto-revealed-truth-justice-and-a-better-tomorrow-rwnj-feelings-super-hurt/952686 "2021-10-20T15:46:43Z")
The title is from a piece in The Daily Kos I recall the first time I saw one of the original Fleischer Superman cartoons from the 1940s, and the introduction announced that Superman stood for “Truth, Justice”, but it d… --- ## [In which RFK Jr. completely loses it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rfk-jr-completely-loses-it/947440)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rfk-jr-completely-loses-it/947440 "2021-10-19T15:32:37Z")
There’s been plenty of evidence RFK Jr. was heading for the brink, what with episodes like his comparing vaccination to the Holocaust and then hobnobbing with pro-QAnon extremists in Germany (a group that, ironically, in… --- ## [Florida Principal says he "can't say the Holocaust was real"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-principal-says-he-cant-say-the-holocaust-was-real/836709)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-principal-says-he-cant-say-the-holocaust-was-real/836709 "2021-10-19T14:33:12Z")
This is seriously fucked up. I think the principal is claimed that he doesn’t want to say this, but is forced to by policies. Which are seriously fucked up, if that’s true. Just when you’ve digested that, you get the s… --- ## [Yes, idiot drivers again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-idiot-drivers-again/952644)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-idiot-drivers-again/952644 "2021-10-19T02:10:29Z")
I’m a mountain driver. And I drive to Denver about 3 times a month. This is 100 miles each way. I drive 2 lane mountain highways. I go the speed limit because they are reasonable for the roads I use. I have the correct … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=37)