# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=40 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 41 --- ## [I Pit SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-smartaleq/944308)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-smartaleq/944308 "2021-06-15T16:54:05Z")
A Modest Proposal for SmartAleq: Go Fuck Yourself No, that’s too harsh. Go get some fucking therapy, you anger-addicted asswipe. What sort of mediocre loser spends 20 years getting so worked up about a goddamned message… --- ## [I want to offer a contrarian take on this story: BLAME THE WOMAN MOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offer-a-contrarian-take-on-this-story-blame-the-woman-mom/942686)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offer-a-contrarian-take-on-this-story-blame-the-woman-mom/942686 "2021-06-14T04:35:49Z")
Though, I pushed for a ban on The Daily Mail… because they’re click-bait garbage. However, they’re perfectly suited to bring stories such as this: Heartbreaking words of boy killed in car booster seat after mother gave … --- ## [ZOMBIE ffs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-ffs/943973)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-ffs/943973 "2021-06-11T14:59:33Z")
How has a thread about Brain fever! gotten raised from the dead multiple times and no one has made a zombie joke! --- ## [Targets Unite! A Pittee Party (heh)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targets-unite-a-pittee-party-heh/943793)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targets-unite-a-pittee-party-heh/943793 "2021-06-10T19:34:53Z")
Have you ever been Pit? Ever watched a Pit thread? After a while, target Pit threads all look the same. It almost seems like characters in a play. Not everyone takes the same part, but in a drawn out Pit thread, the … --- ## [For God’s sake, let me explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995 "2021-06-10T13:30:10Z")
When I was growing up, I tolerated All kinds of abuse from people and suffered psychological problems by the age of 18 because of it. Then when I went off to college as a freshman, I gained 100 pounds off of antidepress… --- ## [I pit the McKinley High School football coaches of Canton, Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mckinley-high-school-football-coaches-of-canton-ohio/943507)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mckinley-high-school-football-coaches-of-canton-ohio/943507 "2021-06-05T04:30:52Z")
McKinley High School is known for the number of players who have gone on to play in the NFL. One of their current players, who is being touted as an NFL prospect, is Jewish. The coaches took it upon themselves to order… --- ## [Proof of alien life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-alien-life/942105)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-alien-life/942105 "2021-06-05T01:26:16Z")
This is a picture I took of some mysterious drawings that appeared on my neighbors’ walkway. To me this is incontrovertible proof that alien life has visited earth. Of course if you don’t agree it’s up to you prove me w… --- ## [A hearty "fuck you" to irresponsible pet owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-irresponsible-pet-owners/848010)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-irresponsible-pet-owners/848010 "2021-06-04T20:44:59Z")
The person 2 doors down is rarely (never?) at home, and decided to get cheap home security by installing a large shepherd/rottweiler mix in his back yard. As time has worn on, the dog is getting understandably bored. He’… --- ## [MAY we have a new Mini-Rant thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217 "2021-06-02T19:20:31Z")
I don’t have a rant right now, but it’s time to start the new thread. --- ## [Bustin' Out All Over: JUNE Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bustin-out-all-over-june-mini-rants/943428)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bustin-out-all-over-june-mini-rants/943428 "2021-06-02T07:16:38Z")
Hey, it’s the 2nd, and people are still posting in May! Get with it! --- ## [Butthead Matt Gaetz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235 "2021-06-01T13:49:13Z")
A thread to keep track of the twisted travails and trials that make up the life of Butthead Matt Gaetz; I’ll get things started with this: Sure… that all seems likely. :roll\_eyes: ETA: Here’s WFLA’s 3:35 video pie… --- ## [Florida agents raid home of fired public health agent who refused to manipulate COVID data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523 "2021-06-01T04:51:23Z")
Rebekah Jones was fired for refusing to manipulate COVID data, so she built a database out of her home. A search warrant was issued, and her house was raided at gunpoint and her equipment seized, like she was distributi… --- ## [Sarah Palin takes no responsibility for the Tucson shootings? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-takes-no-responsibility-for-the-tucson-shootings-really/567104)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 630\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-takes-no-responsibility-for-the-tucson-shootings-really/567104 "2011-02-09T00:13:56Z")
If she doesn’t, then why did she take down the “crosshairs” map of the United States of America that put a shooting victim in the crosshairs? Just a coincidence huh? Just weird zany timing huh? Nothing to be read into i… --- ## [Pitting Republican Andrew Bouchard, primary opponent of Liz Cheney, for being a creep. Pitting some other people as well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-republican-andrew-bouchard-primary-opponent-of-liz-cheney-for-being-a-creep-pitting-some-other-people-as-well/942649)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-republican-andrew-bouchard-primary-opponent-of-liz-cheney-for-being-a-creep-pitting-some-other-people-as-well/942649 "2021-05-26T05:14:43Z")
This newspaper article spells it out bluntly: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/554730-cheney-primary-challenger-impregnated-14-year-old-when-he-was-18 Title, in case the link preview isn’t working: Cheney primary … --- ## [Soon you will see my pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-you-will-see-my-pain/942730)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-you-will-see-my-pain/942730 "2021-05-24T18:39:28Z")
Soon you will see my pain. --- ## [Why isn't this prosecutor in jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-this-prosecutor-in-jail/942235)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-this-prosecutor-in-jail/942235 "2021-05-24T01:09:56Z")
Paywalled Washington Post article available here, but the gist of it is that former Dallas prosecutor Richard Jackson has been disbarred after it being clearly established that he withheld a ton of exculpatory evidence f… --- ## [Our community does not offer FREE PARKING to firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, teachers, corrections officers, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-community-does-not-offer-free-parking-to-firefighters-emts-paramedics-teachers-corrections-officers-etc/942498)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-community-does-not-offer-free-parking-to-firefighters-emts-paramedics-teachers-corrections-officers-etc/942498 "2021-05-23T15:04:48Z")
So what do they do? They steal it. All these governmental employees have a system worked out where they STEAL parking in a corrupt scheme. Here’s how it works: they display a placard or a vest or something anything to… --- ## [Is israel committing war crimes as this opinion/article suggests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israel-committing-war-crimes-as-this-opinion-article-suggests/942183)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israel-committing-war-crimes-as-this-opinion-article-suggests/942183 "2021-05-22T03:02:31Z")
Ok I’m putting this here in the pit as I know this has been an emotional subject for as long as I’m alive (in fact I think Israel took over the west bank a year or two before I was born ) Now I know there’s a lot of pe… --- ## [Land line being spam-bombed by Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-line-being-spam-bombed-by-republicans/942085)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-line-being-spam-bombed-by-republicans/942085 "2021-05-20T21:18:40Z")
Three times yesterday, and if you don’t answer they leave voicemail using that man’s voice. Also, they are either calling from a wide variety of phones and locations, or the calling numbers are being spoofed. My strateg… --- ## ["Let's lose with Joe!" what the 2020 campaign slogan should be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-lose-with-joe-what-the-2020-campaign-slogan-should-be/851820)
**Author:** [@RealFDRdem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealFDRdem)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-lose-with-joe-what-the-2020-campaign-slogan-should-be/851820 "2021-05-19T23:13:55Z")
Hey everyone new poster here. I honestly think this is the campaign slogan the DNC should run with. Maybe add “at least he isn’t the other guy”. How in the world people were convinced that a bumbling mediocrity like J… --- ## [The Republican Civil War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-civil-war/942015)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-civil-war/942015 "2021-05-19T00:03:16Z")
Yesterday I posted this article in the “Shadenfreude” thread and made a quip about a Repub “Uncivil War”: It really is a battle for “the heart and soul of the Republican party” as cliched and corny as the phrase may b… --- ## [Riemann's posts in 'The Quarantine Zone'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riemanns-posts-in-the-quarantine-zone/941965)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riemanns-posts-in-the-quarantine-zone/941965 "2021-05-16T19:13:45Z")
Yes, and as I pointed out, you reported those statements incorrectly when you said: That kind of imagination is expected in ‘Great Debates’, but it has no place in ‘The Quarantine Zone’, where people are expected to r… --- ## [I pit Apple. MotherFuckingAppleID, forcing a password change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-apple-motherfuckingappleid-forcing-a-password-change/939657)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-apple-motherfuckingappleid-forcing-a-password-change/939657 "2021-05-16T03:53:56Z")
I usually stay out of the pit. Not today. I need to rant a little. I pit Apple. MotherFuckingAppleID. I just went to log in to my Apple ID. I enter user name and my standard password. uName and pwStd (password-standard,… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. TRump -- July 28 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-july-28-2020-edition/916713)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-july-28-2020-edition/916713 "2021-05-13T21:03:01Z")
I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci. You know, it’s sort of interesting — we’ve listened to Dr. Fauci. I haven’t always agreed with him, and it’s, I think, pretty standard. That’s okay. He did not want us… --- ## [Most ridiculous use of "cancel culture" ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-use-of-cancel-culture-ever/941778)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-use-of-cancel-culture-ever/941778 "2021-05-12T23:25:46Z")
I didn’t want to resurrect the whole 900 post thread on this BS right-wing buzzword, but I note that “cancel culture” has now been invoked to protest against the “cancellation” of a racehorse due to the horse expressing … --- ## [Fuck Alberta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alberta/933564)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alberta/933564 "2021-05-12T21:35:29Z")
Canada’s answer to Texas (y’know - oil, beef, that shit) has always been on the radar for leaning politically too far to the right for this dude’s liking, but yesterday cemented matters for me with the lockdown protests … --- ## [Can we get a round of 'Fuck Yous' for Wayne LaPierre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-round-of-fuck-yous-for-wayne-lapierre/939499)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-round-of-fuck-yous-for-wayne-lapierre/939499 "2021-05-12T16:56:20Z")
Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association, which is ostensibly an organization promoting the rights of gun owners but is actually an organization to funnel Russian money to Republicans, is violently op… --- ## [Sexual Harassment/Assault/Workplace Bullying omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573 "2021-05-12T15:54:04Z")
An omnibus thread may not be necessary, but in case folks want to keep track of the public figures who are accused of these kinds of wrong behavior, they can be noted here. I am putting this in the Pit so as not to limit… --- ## [Two pets down is too many](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pets-down-is-too-many/941341)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pets-down-is-too-many/941341 "2021-05-12T00:29:34Z")
This has been a rough week for my husband and me. Our cat had to be put to sleep last Saturday (4/24) because of aggressive bone cancer. Then on Thursday I learned that my beloved Mikey Dog was in Stage 4 renal failure. … --- ## [Time to start criticizing Jill Biden's wardrobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484 "2021-05-06T17:24:25Z")
Let me just say that if I EVER in my life had or could have legs like that I would totally wear that outfit. Who cares if she’s 69. She looks amazing! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=41)