# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=41 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Repubs have formed an openly racist caucus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207 "2021-04-22T21:00:15Z")
Jesus fucking christ! I guess I’ll never stop being surprised how low these fuckers will go. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548731-pro-trump-lawmakers-form-caucus-to-promote-anglo-saxon-political-traditions Words … --- ## [Trump is wasting taxpayer money sending superfluous letters to take credit for the stimulus payments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-wasting-taxpayer-money-sending-superfluous-letters-to-take-credit-for-the-stimulus-payments/853012)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-wasting-taxpayer-money-sending-superfluous-letters-to-take-credit-for-the-stimulus-payments/853012 "2021-05-04T01:59:30Z")
We already got the direct deposit weeks ago, but we still got this letter today: https://twitter.com/slackerinc/status/1256426160768135169?s=21 --- ## [What happens to the QAnon movement now-- do they mutate & move the goalposts, or die out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211 "2021-05-02T22:48:02Z")
Democrats and Hollywood Liberals are satan-worshipping, child-eating pedophiles! trump is the savior appointed to round them all up! The storm is coming! Trust the plan! I’m guessing it will partly die out, partly mutat… --- ## [Mini-Rants for April Fools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants-for-april-fools/939176)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants-for-april-fools/939176 "2021-05-01T13:10:53Z")
Ok, I posted this in the Mini-Rants then realized it’s not March any more. So, I’ll be That Guy, continuing a rant… This is so fucked up. Come ON, guys, step up. I was raised in a typical 50s/60s home where girls wer… --- ## [Oklahoma governor says he wanted rape/incest exception in abortion ban. Didn't get it, but HE SIGNED IT ANYWAY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-governor-says-he-wanted-rape-incest-exception-in-abortion-ban-didnt-get-it-but-he-signed-it-anyway/940824)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-governor-says-he-wanted-rape-incest-exception-in-abortion-ban-didnt-get-it-but-he-signed-it-anyway/940824 "2021-05-01T01:52:43Z")
Oklahoma governor signs near-total abortion ban into law - CNNPolitics Oklahoma’s governor, Kevin Stitt, has signed a near-total abortion ban for the state, forbidding abortion except in cases necessary to save the life… --- ## [It’s a win for Amazon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-win-for-amazon/939684)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-win-for-amazon/939684 "2021-04-28T20:26:00Z")
I’m quite happy that the attempt at union organization at Amazon was crushed in the recent ballot. No Amazon Union: Alabama Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing : NPR Progressives really need to drop the ‘Amazon … --- ## [I'm a bit annoyed about "cultural appropiation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-bit-annoyed-about-cultural-appropiation/940479)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-bit-annoyed-about-cultural-appropiation/940479 "2021-04-27T16:09:37Z")
First off, the entire concept is a touch problematic, it posits that one culture is superior than the other, which is bullshit, and I truly think some of us well meaning American white people are guilty of “the white man… --- ## [Hey Jetstar (budget domestic airline in Aus). FUCK YOU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012 "2021-04-22T01:27:08Z")
So my bestie is having her 60th birthday a few thousand km south of me in Sept. I booked myself a ticket through Jetstar, it’s cheap and it’s only a 3 hour flight all good \*\* I’ve flown with them heaps of times both dome… --- ## [A laughable post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404 "2021-04-27T04:19:47Z")
It’s generally frowned upon to laugh at posters in the other forums, right? So I’ll do it here instead: :rofl: --- ## [I pit douchebags who insist on spewing their political agenda on Linked In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-douchebags-who-insist-on-spewing-their-political-agenda-on-linked-in/940592)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-douchebags-who-insist-on-spewing-their-political-agenda-on-linked-in/940592 "2021-04-26T16:31:26Z")
So tonight I came across a Linked In post by Mark Cuban praising a black owned business (his own words) that he invested in via Shark Tank and since his investment the business is blowing it out of the water. Were their… --- ## [Can you please turn off the goddam tapatalk crap?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547 "2021-04-25T22:46:17Z")
Jeebus, that annoying “Sent from my iPhone with tapatalk” is the “Regards, Shodan” of this place. I grit my teeth every time I see it. A cursory look says it can be turned off in the app settings. Could you guys try? Pl… --- ## ["These white supremacists make some good points." -The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-white-supremacists-make-some-good-points-the-other-waldo-pepper/940307)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-white-supremacists-make-some-good-points-the-other-waldo-pepper/940307 "2021-04-23T16:07:45Z")
Everyone: That leaked America First Caucus document is super fucking racist. @The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper: He goes on to make at least 70 posts over the course of the weekend defending this racist screed. This includes mo… --- ## [Octopus has a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062)
**Author:** [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062 "2021-04-20T17:25:17Z")
It’s on the top of his head. --- ## [House votes 415-2 on bill to reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program. Guess which two voted nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154 "2021-04-19T16:56:32Z")
You’ll probably only need one guess each: What possible reason would those two fuckwits have for voting against it, I wonder? This Rawstory article has collected some choice twitter comments which slam them and basical… --- ## [Why are Christian Bookstores Allowed to Ban Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 953\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271 "2021-04-18T16:52:10Z")
There are about 1800 Christian bookstores in the U.S. If you are unfamiliar with them, they specialize in inspirational and instructional books extolling Christianity, for all ages and reading levels, along with the usua… --- ## [Hey, yeah you, read this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yeah-you-read-this/939888)
**Author:** [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yeah-you-read-this/939888 "2021-04-17T05:34:12Z")
Hey, you are the shit and don’t ever give up hope, I know this doesn’t belong here most likely idk there’s no rules in the pit right but I hope before it gets deleted or moved you get a chance to read this You are fucki… --- ## [Jerry Falwell is a cuck and was blackmailed into supporting Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898 "2021-04-17T02:12:12Z")
Not that he’s not a giant piece of shit that fits right in anyway. I hope this destroys him and Liberty U. --- ## [Amazon and Union-Busting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-and-union-busting/933501)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-and-union-busting/933501 "2021-04-10T23:22:43Z")
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are currently voting on whether or not to be represented by a union. Amazon is shamelessly trying to rig the election, in ways both small – Amazon has even gotten the local author… --- ## [Another Republican caught with his pants down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-republican-caught-with-his-pants-down/939637)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-republican-caught-with-his-pants-down/939637 "2021-04-09T00:58:05Z")
The best lines -“Let me say unequivocally that these baseless allegations are entirely false" - Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. Roll tape. “It’s clear that I had an inappropriate relationship with her, and i… --- ## [Eenerms is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenerms-is-pitted/928299)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenerms-is-pitted/928299 "2021-04-07T23:50:29Z")
I don’t know if you’ve noticed @eenerms propensity to drop the latest ONAN talking points, that he doesn’t even understand, into threads drive by style, but that’s not what this is about. He really, really wants there t… --- ## [Ticketmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticketmaster/343520)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticketmaster/343520 "2006-02-11T23:06:26Z")
So Dream Theater is coming to town in a month or so. Being a fairly big fan of DT I went to buy tickets. From Ticketmaster. Online. Bad idea. I entered my CC data and order the tickets. The page comes back and said tha… --- ## [Lets all March forth and rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-march-forth-and-rant/934080)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-march-forth-and-rant/934080 "2021-04-01T18:47:32Z")
I will start with the part about me being a noob and having to step up and start the rant thread again! You all are slackers!!! We have been planning on going to the Saguaro National Park tomorrow for weeks. As we were … --- ## [Here's how to get your company boycotted .....brag how you helped kill a min wage increase (among other things)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-how-to-get-your-company-boycotted-brag-how-you-helped-kill-a-min-wage-increase-among-other-things/938898)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-how-to-get-your-company-boycotted-brag-how-you-helped-kill-a-min-wage-increase-among-other-things/938898 "2021-03-29T13:04:22Z")
wow ive heard of some assholes but this fool takes the cake … i hope he gets hung out to dry and maybe replaced by someone decent https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/this-fast-food-giant-bragged-about-killing-dollar15-… --- ## [An open letter to the makers of Xbox One and console video game developers of the same ilk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-makers-of-xbox-one-and-console-video-game-developers-of-the-same-ilk/938903)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-makers-of-xbox-one-and-console-video-game-developers-of-the-same-ilk/938903 "2021-03-29T02:48:58Z")
After almost a year off, all I wanted to do tonight was casually play 30-60 minutes of a 6 year Xbox One old game. I even downloaded your fucking update while I went out for dinner so I could play the game. I’m SORRY I … --- ## [Miles Walker, the owner of A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, GA, is a fucking asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-walker-the-owner-of-a-ok-walker-autoworks-in-peachtree-city-ga-is-a-fucking-asshole/938669)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-walker-the-owner-of-a-ok-walker-autoworks-in-peachtree-city-ga-is-a-fucking-asshole/938669 "2021-03-27T01:09:08Z")
He’s a coward as well. Good on Mr. Flaten and Miss Oxley for their attitude. I hope that everyone in this story gets what they deserve in the end. --- ## [Dominion official in hiding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-official-in-hiding/938804)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-official-in-hiding/938804 "2021-03-26T23:04:55Z")
This is not the country I grew up in. What kind of threats? At first they were coming to my email and general email boxes at Dominion. And a tremendous amount of online threat activity. People posting: “Hang him.” “… --- ## [Oh, my fucking gawd does insomnia suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378 "2021-03-26T06:21:50Z")
Tried going to bed early tonight, on zolpidem. Slept from 9pm to about midnight. Last night, didn’t take any extra meds, and didn’t fall asleep until 5am. Have managed to binge-watch Xena: Warrior Princess, which I hadn… --- ## [How is joke formed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-joke-formed/938438)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-joke-formed/938438 "2021-03-24T14:16:37Z")
I consumed a piece of media that had a part in it that, from context, I surmised was intended to be funny. I didn’t laugh, so explain to me, a real human being, how is humor formed? --- ## [Will Anti-vaccers take the Covid-19 vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anti-vaccers-take-the-covid-19-vaccine/920605)
**Author:** [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anti-vaccers-take-the-covid-19-vaccine/920605 "2021-03-24T13:11:28Z")
I’m just making an unfounded assumption, but I think many Trumpers are Anti-vaccers (kind of goes along with being antimask in my opinion). And I think His Orangeness will try to push the thought that a vaccine is right… --- ## [Biden to open overflow facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-open-overflow-facility/932226)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-open-overflow-facility/932226 "2021-03-23T22:20:07Z")
What a great guy, he is not a monster like Trump, putting kids in cages. Amazing how he had acceptable housing built in such a short time. Can’t wait to see the new facilities that are so much better than the ones Trump… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=42)