# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=42 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 43 --- ## [Poser Wiccans piss me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452)
**Author:** [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452 "2021-03-22T06:44:28Z")
As I said in the Jack Chick thread, this is something that pisses me off vastly. People who read one book and put a pentagram around their neck, then BAM! Instant Witch. Never mind that you haven’t been in the forest for… --- ## [Hickock 45 I am so disappointed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickock-45-i-am-so-disappointed/938270)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickock-45-i-am-so-disappointed/938270 "2021-03-22T04:53:38Z")
Hickok 45 has been a long time YouTube channel devoted to shooting and gun knowledge. I have been watching his vids for years and appreciated because he stayed on the info and didn’t focus on politics. He did support th… --- ## [My rant space for my daughter's hospitalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-space-for-my-daughters-hospitalization/923992)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-space-for-my-daughters-hospitalization/923992 "2021-03-21T22:02:08Z")
Keeping this in the Pit so I can freak out if necessary, though things are on the upswing! --- ## [Aung San Suu Kyi is looking like such a disappointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aung-san-suu-kyi-is-looking-like-such-a-disappointment/801839)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aung-san-suu-kyi-is-looking-like-such-a-disappointment/801839 "2021-03-21T04:12:17Z")
Is this the natural order of things when reformers take over from a dictatorship? They become the new bad guy? I have read books about Iraq, multiple stories of people celebrating in the streets when Saddam took over in… --- ## [Like (a test)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-test/937958)
**Author:** [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-test/937958 "2021-03-16T23:24:12Z")
just testing Joey P idea --- ## [CNN is no longer journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-no-longer-journalism/937366)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-no-longer-journalism/937366 "2021-03-15T21:58:04Z")
CNN is pathetically biased and drenched with elitist movie-star ideology and hypocrisy. Especially the Cuomo brothers show. What a joke and an insult to journalism. --- ## [Were you surprised by the backlash from Kaepernick, other athletes kneeling vs. the public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146 "2021-03-15T03:43:30Z")
Ever since 2016, in the midst of the still controversial Trump vs. Clinton presidential race, when NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat down and later down the season kneeled during the American national anthem in his pr… --- ## [MortSahlFan: Come on down, you twat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483 "2021-03-12T06:07:38Z")
I submit the following exchange from P&E: Fuck you. Fuck your bros. Fuck your cult leader, Bernie. Stay home and play with yourselves. Nobody else will. I have no use or patience for childish fucking cunts like yo… --- ## [When the Hell is this Fuckin' Interview Going to be Over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-is-this-fuckin-interview-going-to-be-over/937417)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-is-this-fuckin-interview-going-to-be-over/937417 "2021-03-11T16:26:36Z")
If I hear one more mention of the Og-damned interview I’m going to puke. It’s not enough that it is a tedious who the fuck cares non-event. Oh no, we have to hear about it for seemingly months beforehand, pre-analysed,… --- ## [Has any figure in human history 'failed forward' as much as trump has?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-figure-in-human-history-failed-forward-as-much-as-trump-has/934039)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-figure-in-human-history-failed-forward-as-much-as-trump-has/934039 "2021-03-10T21:06:20Z")
I racked my brain and could not think of anybody even close. trump, as we all know, failed often and spectacularly as a businessman, piling up a string of bankruptcies. Even bankrupting casinos somehow, which are design… --- ## ["Wisconsin Hunters Kill Over 200 Wolves in Less Than 3 Days"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-hunters-kill-over-200-wolves-in-less-than-3-days/934207)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-hunters-kill-over-200-wolves-in-less-than-3-days/934207 "2021-03-10T16:18:44Z")
I’m sure anyone interested can find this at a non-paywalled source. I don’t feel like quoting paragraphs from it. :rage: --- ## [The shortest of rants for the shortest of months (mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shortest-of-rants-for-the-shortest-of-months-mini-rants/932146)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shortest-of-rants-for-the-shortest-of-months-mini-rants/932146 "2021-03-10T12:27:54Z")
People, I suck at thread titles. So damn you for making me start this! Also, it’s 3 days into the month. My CPAP is improving. It is no longer trying to kill me, just make me miserable. That’s progress, right? --- ## [The Ghostship in Oakland, California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghostship-in-oakland-california/773782)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghostship-in-oakland-california/773782 "2021-03-09T19:34:48Z")
I’m surprised I couldn’t find a thread about this. Last night, a warehouse that hosted an artists’ collective caught fire; 9 are confirmed dead and about 25 are missing, but some reports are saying the death toll may be… --- ## [Dear CNN And All Other Non-Deplorable News Sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740 "2021-03-09T05:07:04Z")
Will you please keep DumbDonald’s fucking photo OFF your front page? NOBODY that reads CNN\* wants to see that smarmy fuck ever again. That goes for all other mainstream media sites, too. That is all. \*Does not include… --- ## [F Former Sec'y of Transportation, Elaine Chao](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-former-secy-of-transportation-elaine-chao/937177)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-former-secy-of-transportation-elaine-chao/937177 "2021-03-06T21:54:01Z")
Former Labor Secretary under Bush 43, former Transportation Secretary under the Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon, wife of Mitch McConnell – arguably, no stranger to politics – has been implicated in ethics violations by an IG re… --- ## [Pitting my future sister-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-future-sister-in-law/931059)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-future-sister-in-law/931059 "2021-03-06T06:32:45Z")
A few months back, I took some money out of my retirement account that I had earmarked for a few things: buying a new car, and taking a vacation with my fiancée (and possibly eloping while we were there). I work nights,… --- ## [Couldn't of/couldn't have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-of-couldnt-have/918156)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-of-couldnt-have/918156 "2021-03-05T03:54:03Z")
The contraction of “could not have” is “couldn’t have.” Not “couldn’t of”. Sorry for a short rant but fuck I hate this. --- ## [F'ing lying sacks of manure from ADT just rang my doorbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fing-lying-sacks-of-manure-from-adt-just-rang-my-doorbell/933752)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fing-lying-sacks-of-manure-from-adt-just-rang-my-doorbell/933752 "2021-03-02T17:32:41Z")
Shitbags, “are you the homeowner?” Me already suspicious, “What is this about?” “We’re from ADT, they told you at the closing we’d be coming.” Me instantly angry, “No, you are not welcome and this is unsolicited.” “A… --- ## [My Volkswagen is a piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-volkswagen-is-a-piece-of-shit/175532)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-volkswagen-is-a-piece-of-shit/175532 "2021-03-02T00:48:31Z")
After reading consumer reports, I thought, hey, I’ll get a Volkswagen! They’re really safe, they’ve got great engines and they’re supposed to be indestructable. They’re also damn cool looking. Well, that was in 1999. … --- ## [I pit "normal" "good" Republicans for pretending that you're not enabling traitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828 "2021-03-01T16:35:40Z")
You know who you are: you voted for Trump because you were afraid the libs were gonna take your tax cuts, or because you were stupid enough to buy into the idea that Democrats were going to shut down police departments e… --- ## [The Reaper is chasing me and I tripped.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reaper-is-chasing-me-and-i-tripped/855220)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reaper-is-chasing-me-and-i-tripped/855220 "2021-02-27T19:25:43Z")
I went into the hospital for surgery on May 29 for fusion of cervical vertebrae and the aftermath has not been a happy time\*. I was warned about having an extended rehabilitation but I honestly didn’t understand what the… --- ## [Is Cancun a fun place to vacation this time of year...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240 "2021-02-26T15:17:51Z")
Is Cancun the fun spot to vacation this time of year that it used to be? I remember years ago, it was fun and a bargain… but now it seems to be the place where the Uber Rich with money to burn go to hob-nob while leavi… --- ## [Tails of woe - the mini-rants thread about animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tails-of-woe-the-mini-rants-thread-about-animals/933413)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tails-of-woe-the-mini-rants-thread-about-animals/933413 "2021-02-25T00:38:13Z")
At @digs suggestion (and posts of others) in the February mini-rants thread, this is a thread for those with animal woes. I know not all pets have tails and not all sad animal stories about are pets. This can be a plac… --- ## [The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-2/933643)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-2/933643 "2021-02-24T15:00:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1) - #10011 by Just\_Asking\_Questions. Previous discussions: The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Pa… --- ## [The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 9978\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083 "2021-02-24T14:56:12Z")
Well, since the new board has a limit of 10,000 posts, and the old Clusterfuck thread was WAAAAY more than that… Here is a new thread to discuss all of the newest clustefucks. Perhaps we can start with the Tulsa Oklaho… --- ## [NO! Giving corporations governance powers is not a good idea!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-giving-corporations-governance-powers-is-not-a-good-idea/932851)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-giving-corporations-governance-powers-is-not-a-good-idea/932851 "2021-02-24T00:13:17Z")
Here’s the story: You fucking unhappy power-mad fucking selfish jackasses: no. We did this in the 19th century and it sucked. Fuck you. Holy fuck; just look at the victimhood and entitlement on display here: O.M.F… --- ## [Rioter, thanks for getting that tattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioter-thanks-for-getting-that-tattoo/933369)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioter-thanks-for-getting-that-tattoo/933369 "2021-02-23T13:06:54Z")
So they used the video of the guy starting the dumpster on fire outside of the police station to identify the accused arsonist. The women who allegedly started two squad cars on fire had a unique etsy shirt on when she … --- ## [How reprehensible do YOU want to be in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reprehensible-do-you-want-to-be-in-the-pit/844084)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reprehensible-do-you-want-to-be-in-the-pit/844084 "2021-02-22T21:51:49Z")
As some of you are no doubt aware, we had a bit of drama related to the Pit recently, which has led to me reconsidering my approach to how I moderate the Pit. Previously, I’d held to a position where pretty much any sor… --- ## [Nunes sues Twitter and three twitter accounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunes-sues-twitter-and-three-twitter-accounts/831388)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunes-sues-twitter-and-three-twitter-accounts/831388 "2021-02-22T17:35:16Z")
I know Devin Nunes’ dumb lawsuit has already been mentioned in the stupid GOP idea thread, but I think it deserves it’s own. The account Devin Nunes’ Cow which is named in the lawsuit had around 1000 followers when the l… --- ## [Biden drops the N-word at Munich Security Conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-drops-the-n-word-at-munich-security-conference/933471)
**Author:** [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-drops-the-n-word-at-munich-security-conference/933471 "2021-02-22T16:55:09Z")
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