# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=4 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [I pit Capital One and Jared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-capital-one-and-jared/1030625)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-capital-one-and-jared/1030625 "2026-06-05T12:01:30Z")
last year I went for debt relief due to high debt. By January, all debts paid off in settlement, USBank and Target promptly reported my settlement to all 3 credit bureaus, but not Capital One or Jared–6 months later they… --- ## [Fireball Whiskey mini-bottles and toothpicks with dental floss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267 "2026-06-04T23:44:39Z")
Why am I starting a Pit thread about these two items? Because it seems I can’t go anywhere without seeing the bottles by the side of the road, and the toothpicks in the parking lot. Doesn’t anyone throw these in the ga… --- ## [Scammers are using AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammers-are-using-ai/1030612)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammers-are-using-ai/1030612 "2026-06-04T14:49:56Z")
(Mods I don’t know if this for the Market Place, I’m just aggravated though about scammers) Scammers are using AI to try to ‘purchase’ something. I have a very nice barely used target air rifle for sale. That, and it’s… --- ## [Transgender for everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-for-everyone/1025523)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-for-everyone/1025523 "2026-06-03T00:42:34Z")
This is one of trump’s buzz phrases. Does anybody know just what the fuck that means? --- ## [The lineup for the Trump-backed America250 Concert is a little sus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lineup-for-the-trump-backed-america250-concert-is-a-little-sus/1030460)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lineup-for-the-trump-backed-america250-concert-is-a-little-sus/1030460 "2026-06-02T22:59:06Z")
So there’s this series of concerts scheduled to take place on the National Mall, ostensibly tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but almost certainly all about Trump. That Trump is all over t… --- ## [What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688 "2026-06-01T04:18:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from Failpril (Monthly Mini-Rants): I am so thoroughly exhausted, down to my bones. A coworker is on leave, overseas, for weeks. In the middle of that, apparently, one of the offices he suppo… --- ## [Trump regime says green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-regime-says-green-card-seekers-must-leave-u-s-to-apply/1030319)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-regime-says-green-card-seekers-must-leave-u-s-to-apply/1030319 "2026-05-29T21:22:41Z")
I figured this news was big enough to warrant its own thread. The Trump regime now says that green card seekers must leave the U.S. to apply, which will affect hundreds of thousands of people and lead to untold numbers … --- ## [The Poetry of Donald Trump: Special Memorial Day Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-memorial-day-edition/1030417)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-memorial-day-edition/1030417 "2026-05-27T18:37:27Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen to honor those who died in service to our nation. Just kidding. He posted about himself and how great he is. I laugh at a… --- ## [The He-Man Woman Hater's Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-woman-haters-club/1025124)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-woman-haters-club/1025124 "2026-05-27T05:34:14Z")
Pete, my brother, just quit with this Department of War nonsense, and give your organization the name you truly want it to have. It continues to amaze me the depths to which supposed strong men will go to avoid having t… --- ## [Purposeful Social Infiltration in Different Circles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purposeful-social-infiltration-in-different-circles/1028275)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purposeful-social-infiltration-in-different-circles/1028275 "2026-05-26T23:36:51Z")
I socialize with groups I don’t identify. The dissonance sure could be too much sometimes. The fun group I attend is a general 12 Step meeting next door to my place. No one suspects I’m a dry and I think I’m a little bad… --- ## [DrDeth is Pitted Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044 "2026-05-25T22:32:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from How to stop an illegal war before it starts: Sure. You’re a comprehensive imbecile who can’t fathom even the essentials what you read or come up with a rational argument based upon estab… --- ## [Oklahoma puts the "God" back in "God damn it, this sucks!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-puts-the-god-back-in-god-damn-it-this-sucks/1003416)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-puts-the-god-back-in-god-damn-it-this-sucks/1003416 "2026-05-25T16:50:10Z")
Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has ordered that Oklahoma will require schools to teach the Bible and have a copy in every classroom. “Schools are instructed to refer to the Bible and the Ten Commandme… --- ## ["Something went wrong, try again later"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-went-wrong-try-again-later/1030238)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-went-wrong-try-again-later/1030238 "2026-05-23T09:40:09Z")
This is a rant about the trend in user interface design to make error messages vague to the point of being unusable. I decided last week that I felt like going to Sonic to eat. If your immediate reaction to that is “wel… --- ## [The amount of rot and corruption in this world is making me despair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amount-of-rot-and-corruption-in-this-world-is-making-me-despair/1029513)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amount-of-rot-and-corruption-in-this-world-is-making-me-despair/1029513 "2026-05-23T03:17:12Z")
I just read a long tweet by Peter Girnus that just makes me feel so hopeless and discouraged that I have to come here and talk about it. He’s a Senior Surveillance Analyst at a Commodities Exchange and he has three moni… --- ## [What about Trump's new social network? I hear crickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 650\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024 "2026-05-20T14:14:05Z")
Man, I wanted it to fail so hard that I awaited the start of “Truth Social” with glee, but now, almost three days after launch, I hear or read nothing about it, not even here on the Dope. Well, I’ve read some news articl… --- ## [Pitting Honeybadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 1164\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2026-05-19T03:22:53Z")
So, according to you here, I can finally hang out in mixed company having learned the way to comport myself after generations of being, well, too black. It only took a president and some athletes to show me how to act mo… --- ## [I never wanted to smack the free press as much as I just wanted to.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-wanted-to-smack-the-free-press-as-much-as-i-just-wanted-to/317696)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-wanted-to-smack-the-free-press-as-much-as-i-just-wanted-to/317696 "2026-05-17T14:06:16Z")
There was a horrific double murder-- a child and his mother were stabbed, the kid almost decapitated. A 15 year old survived her beating to call 911. No this isn’t another one of those “let’s lynch the animal!” type thr… --- ## [A message from Bobby \[Kennedy\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-bobby-kennedy/1030094)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-bobby-kennedy/1030094 "2026-05-15T16:43:49Z")
I got an email from something called “Strategical Thinking”. It was in support of RFK Jr’s treatment for tinnitus and lists times when Bobby was right about things. I didn’t look into any of this shit of course, but I re… --- ## [I pit the Bank of America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bank-of-america/1028098)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bank-of-america/1028098 "2026-05-15T05:41:12Z")
Since I visited my son in Redmond, WA regularly, I opened a bank account in a small local bank that had a branch in the supermarket he shopped at. When I started to get a small social security payments, I had them depos… --- ## [The most unbelievable allegation in history: "Trump's crypto project swindled me"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unbelievable-allegation-in-history-trumps-crypto-project-swindled-me/1029872)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unbelievable-allegation-in-history-trumps-crypto-project-swindled-me/1029872 "2026-05-14T19:22:59Z")
Wow, really!?! I mean what’s the world world coming to. We are expected to believe a cryptocurrency project from billionaire POTUS and all round honest guy Donald J Trump actually swindled someone? https://www.economist… --- ## [Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in Florida hospital \[Now in the BBQ Pit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768 "2026-05-13T16:48:19Z")
Gift link from the NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/nyregion/rudy-giuliani-hospital-critical-condition.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.f1A.rmUp.RFORpOi2MTJy&smid=nytcore-android-share The article reminds us of the … --- ## [Sucks I will vote for the nazi tattoo guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucks-i-will-vote-for-the-nazi-tattoo-guy/1029705)
**Author:** [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucks-i-will-vote-for-the-nazi-tattoo-guy/1029705 "2026-05-13T13:52:53Z")
Maine voter here. Platner will be on the ballot and I will vote for him. He may be another Fetterman or worse but my hope is that he has at some point had a “Come to Jesus moment” and will be a progressive in the Senate.… --- ## [Man dies from "splenectomy" where they removed his LIVER instead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842 "2026-05-09T22:11:30Z")
This is insane! They were away from home, and he had abdominal pain and a doctor recommended that he have a semi-urgent splenectomy - and they removed his LIVER instead! How could that even happen, unless the man had a… --- ## [I pit "the shooting was staged" conspiracy theorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570 "2026-05-09T16:59:41Z")
There are an alarming number of people on my friends list on Facebook who believe that this latest shooting against the Trump administration at the dinner was staged/faked. What’s more, a lot of it is coming from my own … --- ## [The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 734\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210 "2026-05-07T18:28:32Z")
They aren’t endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time since 1980. Are they chickenshit about a potential Trump administration clamping down on media he doesn’t like? Yeah, probably. Fascism, pre-approved b… --- ## [Karma is a bitch, especially when it's a bull's horn up your ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-is-a-bitch-especially-when-its-a-bulls-horn-up-your-ass/1029470)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-is-a-bitch-especially-when-its-a-bulls-horn-up-your-ass/1029470 "2026-05-07T01:21:20Z")
So a Spanish bullfighter tragically lost his fight and got his sphincter and more of his abdomen ruptured by the poor creature fighting for its life in a senseless and cruel tradition. I can’t tell how much schadenfreude… --- ## [Failpril (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failpril-monthly-mini-rants/1028931)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failpril-monthly-mini-rants/1028931 "2026-05-06T07:59:13Z")
I did not see an April one started it yet, so here goes mine, which starts in March… …when I discovered the evening before I am set to travel that we have an issue with an overflowing drain in the basement that is con… --- ## [Why NOT to Marry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-to-marry/1027859)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-to-marry/1027859 "2026-05-01T23:11:13Z")
You can’t know why NOT to marry until it’s too late. Let me try to summarize: Once the honeymoon phase wears off, both you and your spouse’s real personalities come out. The person you’d die for becomes a drag and/or a … --- ## [Fuck the Sackler family, and fuck the DOJ for letting them skate without jail time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sackler-family-and-fuck-the-doj-for-letting-them-skate-without-jail-time/923596)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sackler-family-and-fuck-the-doj-for-letting-them-skate-without-jail-time/923596 "2026-05-01T21:08:09Z")
Profiteers off of human misery and manufacturer of the opiod crises, the Sackler family owned Purdue Pharma has reached a global settlement with the DOJ over criminal charges that they aided and abetted the unnecessary … --- ## [Donald Trump, Jesus, and a doctor walk into a bar …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-jesus-and-a-doctor-walk-into-a-bar/1029347)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-jesus-and-a-doctor-walk-into-a-bar/1029347 "2026-05-01T07:38:58Z")
Donald Trump, Jesus, and a doctor walk into a bar … Desi Lydic started this joke on the Daily Show but didn’t finish. I think it’s too good a setup to waste. 100 internet points to whoever makes the funniest version! … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=5)