# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=37 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 38 --- ## [Pitting the crybabies 😭 on the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-crybabies-on-the-supreme-court/951739)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-crybabies-on-the-supreme-court/951739 "2021-10-16T23:07:21Z")
I don’t want to hear your whining about being criticized by the media or the public. You don’t want to be “intimidated.” Well, with great power comes great responsibility, and you might get criticized - oh no!! Big fu… --- ## [Police advise women: to stay safe, resist arrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-advise-women-to-stay-safe-resist-arrest/951731)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-advise-women-to-stay-safe-resist-arrest/951731 "2021-10-13T22:22:41Z")
About 6 months ago, a woman was murdered by a UK serving police officer. He approached Sara Everard as she was walking home, introduced himself as an off-duty officer, showed a warrant card, arrested her, hand-cuffed he… --- ## [Pence's comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pences-comment/952193)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pences-comment/952193 "2021-10-13T18:23:41Z")
Pence: “I know the media wants to distract from the Biden administration’s failed agenda by focusing on one day in January." And September 11, 2001 was just one day in September. What a prick. --- ## [Bullshit job applic. requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-job-applic-requirements/952100)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-job-applic-requirements/952100 "2021-10-11T16:59:24Z")
Employers, this is why you’re hurtin’ these days! Just applied for a retail, customer service position. (Keep that in mind, folks.) The application returned a request for some “skills assessment” questions. Okay. The… --- ## [Americans seem determined to be stupid, now and in the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-seem-determined-to-be-stupid-now-and-in-the-future/952038)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-seem-determined-to-be-stupid-now-and-in-the-future/952038 "2021-10-08T22:54:23Z")
I don’t know that I can add much to the thread title; this is just sad and stupid. A waste of taxpayer money, and IMO likely by a lot of the same people who bitch and moan loudest about what they perceive as wasteful go… --- ## [I pit used book sharks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-used-book-sharks/951692)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-used-book-sharks/951692 "2021-10-08T11:49:28Z")
They have a scanning accessory that communicates with their iphone to place resale values on books. They hang around in thrift stores and hog anything that fits their anti-literate algorithm. Trying to make a killing it … --- ## [Just When I Thought I was Numb to Child Abuse Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-was-numb-to-child-abuse-stories/952006)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-was-numb-to-child-abuse-stories/952006 "2021-10-07T23:24:51Z")
I usually don’t post about child abuse stories. I find it futile and depressing, and so many stories are so much alike, just the names and circumstances change around. But this, I can’t just shrug and turn away. Britt… --- ## [My stepdaughter pisses me off yet again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-stepdaughter-pisses-me-off-yet-again/951577)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-stepdaughter-pisses-me-off-yet-again/951577 "2021-10-07T00:04:17Z")
I’ve posted about her previously. She’s my wife’s younger daughter and she’s been a PITA to me for over ten years. She’s 31 years old, occasionally employed, took ten years to get her degree in education on my wife’s d… --- ## [Facebook ads for scam products - I hates them, I does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ads-for-scam-products-i-hates-them-i-does/951860)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ads-for-scam-products-i-hates-them-i-does/951860 "2021-10-06T19:27:13Z")
Christmas is coming, and with it suddenly my Facebook feed is filled with “sponsored” posts promoting highly questionable products. A lot of them seem to come from “companies” with names that look like someone just butto… --- ## [Out on the road today, I saw a "MENGELE" license plate on a pickup truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-on-the-road-today-i-saw-a-mengele-license-plate-on-a-pickup-truck/951610)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-on-the-road-today-i-saw-a-mengele-license-plate-on-a-pickup-truck/951610 "2021-10-06T19:14:14Z")
When I got home, I e-mailed the state DOT and reported it. Don’t know if anything will happen (he may have a legitimate reason for it) but it’s worth looking into. In the past, I heard about a plate that said “POONTANG… --- ## ["Apologies to everyone for rehashing this stuff here, but this is a site for fighting ignorance, so I can’t let it lie."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-everyone-for-rehashing-this-stuff-here-but-this-is-a-site-for-fighting-ignorance-so-i-can-t-let-it-lie/951095)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-everyone-for-rehashing-this-stuff-here-but-this-is-a-site-for-fighting-ignorance-so-i-can-t-let-it-lie/951095 "2021-10-02T00:15:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from At what point would you consider dictatorship to be better than democracy?: In order to avoid further derailing the thread of origin, and also placed in the BBQ Pit so that the querying p… --- ## [The September of my Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-september-of-my-rants/949880)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-september-of-my-rants/949880 "2021-10-01T16:41:32Z")
Just a lazy day yesterday, nothing to do except pick up my son at the airport. Well, except: I notice a front tire is a bit low. Sigh! Haul out the old compressor, fill it up. Now I notice I’m low on gas. No ti… --- ## [Why are truckdrivers such assholes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-truckdrivers-such-assholes/950922)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-truckdrivers-such-assholes/950922 "2021-09-30T22:24:45Z")
I just finished a 1200 mile drive, mostly up I-95 and I-81, and kept noticing on two-lane highways (in the same direction) that often two gigantic trucks would be doing 65 or even 60 in a 70 MPH zone side-by-side for mil… --- ## [I choose not to converse with crazy people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-choose-not-to-converse-with-crazy-people/951370)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-choose-not-to-converse-with-crazy-people/951370 "2021-09-29T17:54:48Z")
This cuts back severely on the human contact I have, especially given that I define “crazy” as pretty much any Trump voter or anyone who displays a lot of sympathy or tolerance for any Trump voter. I just decided that i… --- ## [Dark Sponge Knows The Secrets Of Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-sponge-knows-the-secrets-of-judaism/945943)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-sponge-knows-the-secrets-of-judaism/945943 "2021-09-23T19:07:25Z")
Obviously, as a Jew I disagree with some major points of Christianity. Among other things, I don’t believe that any part of the Old Testament is a prophecy referring to Jesus Christ. Dark Sponge went still further, posti… --- ## [I'll say it: I am NOT hoping for a full recovery from any (Politician or media person) anti vax or masker that gets covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-say-it-i-am-not-hoping-for-a-full-recovery-from-any-politician-or-media-person-anti-vax-or-masker-that-gets-covid/949040)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-say-it-i-am-not-hoping-for-a-full-recovery-from-any-politician-or-media-person-anti-vax-or-masker-that-gets-covid/949040 "2021-09-22T21:38:04Z")
I know the PC thing to say is “I hope that such and such politician or such and such media person, who is anti vax, anti mask, recovers fully from their Covid” Well fuck that, I don’t. Blood is on their hands and if the… --- ## [The “Justice for J6” Rally in DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-justice-for-j6-rally-in-dc/950857)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-justice-for-j6-rally-in-dc/950857 "2021-09-20T14:12:59Z")
I figured we might as well have a thread for it eh. In case, ya know, there’s anything to talk about. --- ## [Lost all respect for my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-all-respect-for-my-wife/950399)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-all-respect-for-my-wife/950399 "2021-09-18T20:55:08Z")
She’s never held a job longer than 2 years because she always claims her supervisors hate her. She quit her most recent job 2 years ago and hasn’t lifted a finger since. The promise was, “I can focus on finding a new job… --- ## ["School vandalism challenge" hits TikTok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-vandalism-challenge-hits-tiktok/950781)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-vandalism-challenge-hits-tiktok/950781 "2021-09-18T15:19:20Z")
Here’s the most recent story I could find about it. However, it’s apparently going on all over the place. Yeah, it’s a really good idea to commit a crime and post it on social media. I understand the teenage brain, … --- ## [Is this the beginning of the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end/947060)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 430\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end/947060 "2021-09-17T20:01:36Z")
Having been a regular/semi-regular poster here for over 2 decades, I’ve seen distinct trends in the personality and culture of this little community. It’s ebbed and flowed. Have you perused the ATMB forum lately? Ther… --- ## [Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 4937\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2021-09-16T16:26:19Z")
Previous trolling thread over the 10k post limit, and I didn’t see another (yet). I respectfully submit this shitshow of a post… …with pool in fine figure. --- ## [Texas Governor Abbott has the secret to stopping all rape and has decided to let it continue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309 "2021-09-16T16:21:37Z")
In defending the Texas abortion law against the charge that it makes no exception for rape or incest (which is probably also rape, because no one is thinking about consenting adults when they mention the incest exception… --- ## [Fuck 9/11 Observances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-9-11-observances/950510)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-9-11-observances/950510 "2021-09-16T12:49:09Z")
Really. Fuck them. We’re in the midst of a rolling tragedy that has dwarfed what happened on 9/11/2001. The pandemic has killed hundreds of times more Americans than the 9/11 terrorists did - with some help, of course, … --- ## ["Christian" publishers are crooks, sky is blue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905 "2021-09-14T22:38:58Z")
I’m putting this in The Pit because it would probably end up here anyway. Christian vanity press Tate has folded after the founders and owners are charged with embezzlement, and still manage to wrap themselves with self-… --- ## [May all the kidnapped children roast in hell!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-all-the-kidnapped-children-roast-in-hell/949673)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-all-the-kidnapped-children-roast-in-hell/949673 "2021-09-09T14:43:07Z")
I just got woken from a sound sleep on a Saturday morning at 8 AM by an ear-piercing noise from my TV set, accompanied by a stertorous announcement about an amber alert for a county on the other coast of Florida from me.… --- ## [Living while black in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611)
**Author:** [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Replies:** 1916\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611 "2021-09-07T05:05:16Z")
This is an omnibus thread to cover the injustices that black people and other minorities experience in this country. Here are a sampling of this month’s grab-bag. I will add more as time permits. On May 31st, a Sherel… --- ## [Covid testing rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-testing-rant/949903)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-testing-rant/949903 "2021-09-03T08:03:04Z")
OK, so to not give too much info, I had symptoms of either food poisoning or a stomach bug, and I thought “hey this probably isn’t covid but just to play it safe I’ll check what the CDC recommends.” So I spend WAY too mu… --- ## [August Can't Take It Anymore: August Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-cant-take-it-anymore-august-mini-rants/947770)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-cant-take-it-anymore-august-mini-rants/947770 "2021-09-01T16:51:01Z")
We have a two-story house, and rent the bottom floor. We have had superlative tenants, in a good way, for many years. But yesterday, it blew up completely, due to actions I had taken. The sad thing is my actions have bee… --- ## [Anti Maskers are fucking cowards herded like fucking sheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-maskers-are-fucking-cowards-herded-like-fucking-sheep/949728)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-maskers-are-fucking-cowards-herded-like-fucking-sheep/949728 "2021-09-01T02:08:46Z")
Many Anti- Covid Vaxers are also in this category too, but I will cut them a bit more leeway and at least hear their reasoning. And no this is not an all in all, like people without a mouth or nose don’t really need a m… --- ## [I'm not racist, you are, for bringing it up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-racist-you-are-for-bringing-it-up/925986)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-racist-you-are-for-bringing-it-up/925986 "2021-08-31T15:30:21Z")
This is just the latest version of this vomit-inducing argument I’ve seen on the boards (and elsewhere). It generally works like this: Person A does or says something with racially charged implications. Person B p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=38)