# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=43 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 44 --- ## [Climate change is not the immediate threat facing us today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737 "2021-02-21T15:45:20Z")
Climate change is not the immediate threat facing us today. To understand why, you need to review the history of our planet. Our planet was not created by the development of our solar system. Earth came from elsewhere. … --- ## [Rush Limbaugh has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-died/933140)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-died/933140 "2021-02-17T17:20:32Z")
What a hateful little man he was. --- ## [Harvard Law professor claims that Japanese comfort women were voluntarily employed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvard-law-professor-claims-that-japanese-comfort-women-were-voluntarily-employed/932485)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvard-law-professor-claims-that-japanese-comfort-women-were-voluntarily-employed/932485 "2021-02-18T13:41:27Z")
Harvard Law School Japanese legal studies professor J. Mark Ramseyer argues in a paper due to be published next month that it’s a myth that women were coerced into working as prostitutes for the Japanese Army in WWII. N… --- ## [Fox cancels Lou Dobbs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291 "2021-02-18T07:17:38Z")
Buh-bye! --- ## [The Fall of the House of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-trump/933132)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-trump/933132 "2021-02-17T17:24:16Z")
Here’s something cathartic: I like to imagine Trump as Roderick Usher, super-sensitive to sounds, colors, light, and even the mildest criticism. Melania is, of course, Madeline, wandering the halls in a distracted tr… --- ## [Fuck Jerry Seinfeld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-jerry-seinfeld/931260)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-jerry-seinfeld/931260 "2021-02-17T13:14:18Z")
Saw him on his first Tonight Show and he was a favorite stand-up of mine for years. Loved the show, still do, for about the first 5-6 years, thought it sucked after that. Just found out today he is worth almost a billi… --- ## [Social media trolls. Are you one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-trolls-are-you-one/932896)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-trolls-are-you-one/932896 "2021-02-16T16:34:40Z")
I think social media trolls are passive-aggressive assholes enabled by the anonymity of social media. Cowards who wouldn’t confront someone in person. In The Pit, it seems like trolling is ‘Let’s gang up on an easy victi… --- ## [Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 493\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130 "2021-02-16T01:36:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) - #10001 by silenus. Previous discussions: Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) --- ## [Hacker tried to poison Florida city's water supply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacker-tried-to-poison-florida-citys-water-supply/932471)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacker-tried-to-poison-florida-citys-water-supply/932471 "2021-02-14T09:55:06Z")
This is some seriously scary stuff. Evil as fuck too. “On Monday officials from Pinellas County in Florida announced that an unidentified hacker remotely gained access to a panel that controls the City of Oldsmar’s w… --- ## [Amazon Is Pissing Me Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-pissing-me-off/917605)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-pissing-me-off/917605 "2021-02-14T04:59:35Z")
I need to complain about Amazon. I have two issues: Shopping for an item on Amazon - I see an Amazon Prime item with a decent price and pretty fast delivery date two days from today. I place the item in my basket and … --- ## [I'm Pitting TimothyNewsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-timothynewsome/932528)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-timothynewsome/932528 "2021-02-13T16:54:07Z")
I’ve been on the SDMB since AOL days and this is the first time I’ve ever pitted a Straight Dope member. TimothyNewsome, come on down. You just insulted me, misgendered me, and dismissed me from conversation in one pit… --- ## [Trump has COVID!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 827\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022 "2021-02-13T00:30:27Z")
And I honestly can’t say I have an iota of sympathy. --- ## [Donald Trump is America's worst mass murderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-americas-worst-mass-murderer/929980)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-americas-worst-mass-murderer/929980 "2021-02-12T18:54:02Z")
How many more? 370,000+ covid-19 deaths. 5 dead as a result of yesterday’s insurrection. How many more? Trump has killed more than 250 Americans for every day he has been in office. Fuck him and everyone who enables… --- ## ["Christian" website does crowdfund for underage Kenosha shooter after GFM refuses to do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-website-does-crowdfund-for-underage-kenosha-shooter-after-gfm-refuses-to-do-it/919401)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-website-does-crowdfund-for-underage-kenosha-shooter-after-gfm-refuses-to-do-it/919401 "2021-02-12T00:56:51Z")
I think it would be cool, for want of a better word, if the people who started it get in trouble for not donating the money. https://www.givesendgo.com/GUCZ I tried to post this on Facebook, and it wouldn’t allow me to… --- ## [So what's up with these 'Proud Boys', anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896 "2021-02-06T01:17:34Z")
I’m sure a lot of people have been googling that group this morning. All I really knew about them was that they were a far-right, quasi-militant, white nationalist organization that is balls-out for trump, and of course … --- ## [Biden saber rattling re Russians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-saber-rattling-re-russians/932231)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-saber-rattling-re-russians/932231 "2021-02-06T00:46:54Z")
What is he doing? Is he a war hawk throwing down a gauntlet with his provocative rhetoric? --- ## [New Android/Google Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-android-google-phone/931990)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-android-google-phone/931990 "2021-02-05T14:10:42Z")
The boss came by my desk. “Paul, do you have a smart phone?” I told him no, as I am leaving the Kingdom in a couple of months. “The Kingdom is requiring you to get a new app, you need a smart phone.” “What kind of app?… --- ## [Fuck Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-covid/932078)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-covid/932078 "2021-02-04T21:01:42Z")
I cannot summon an adequate level of profanity to express how entirely fucking sick I am of coronavirus, quarantine, and trying to run a business while also having 2 teenagers stuck inside and distance-learning for nearl… --- ## [2020 is hindsight, lets rant about 2021 (January minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-is-hindsight-lets-rant-about-2021-january-minirants/929499)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-is-hindsight-lets-rant-about-2021-january-minirants/929499 "2021-02-03T23:07:48Z")
Am I the only bored crabby one here? Its gotten so bad that Mom is drinking wine and watching Heavy Metal with me. Our FIV cat is going faster than we expected. We are used to cats dying of age related diseases which ca… --- ## [Oklahoma "work camp" for recovering addicts accused of making the camp inhabitants work for free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-work-camp-for-recovering-addicts-accused-of-making-the-camp-inhabitants-work-for-free/932089)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-work-camp-for-recovering-addicts-accused-of-making-the-camp-inhabitants-work-for-free/932089 "2021-02-03T06:29:39Z")
A judge has ordered a lawsuit to proceed against a chicken packing plant in Oklahoma which bills itself as an addiction rehab camp but actually allegedly required the people who were supposed to be rehabilitated to work … --- ## [Are there Trumpers who don't self-identify as Christian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-trumpers-who-dont-self-identify-as-christian/931560)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-trumpers-who-dont-self-identify-as-christian/931560 "2021-02-02T16:16:48Z")
I never heard of a Trump worshiper who didn’t also mention being a Christian, often in the same breath. --- ## [Discrimination evidently doesn't stop at the victim's death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discrimination-evidently-doesnt-stop-at-the-victims-death/931973)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discrimination-evidently-doesnt-stop-at-the-victims-death/931973 "2021-02-02T10:11:49Z")
Black Sheriff’s Deputy Denied Burial at Louisiana Cemetery Due to Its ‘Whites Only’ Policy. But, hey, it’s okay. If the family really and truly wanted him to be buried there, they could request the cemetery board to app… --- ## [Fuck corporate training videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-corporate-training-videos/931785)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-corporate-training-videos/931785 "2021-02-01T11:42:21Z")
These thing are universally useless wastes of time for idiots, mandated by the fucking lawyers. They all talk down to you and assume you’re a clueless imbecile. They don’t let you skip ahead and it’s all broken up into 5… --- ## [I learned my lessons in the BBQ Pit and here I am again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655)
**Author:** [@Rebj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebj0rn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655 "2021-01-28T02:44:17Z")
Once upon a time I entered the straight dope forums. I was unable to express my thoughts in a way that was understandable by another human being. I was roasted, toasted and BBQed all over the place. Rightfully so. But I… --- ## [The Kellyanne Conway Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kellyanne-conway-thread/782444)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kellyanne-conway-thread/782444 "2021-01-26T16:49:14Z")
Ok, I’ll start. The whole purpose of those cooking devices is to hold the waves in, not let them out. Swing away Dopers, swing away. --- ## [A mustang is not a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245 "2021-01-23T19:18:12Z")
A mustang may be a horse but a mustang is not a car. --- ## [Pitting my brother/sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-brother-sister/931157)
**Author:** [@MustangSal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MustangSal)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-brother-sister/931157 "2021-01-23T18:02:10Z")
I guess this is a rant. 20 years ago, Brother borrowed 100k from elderly mother to start a business. Business failed. I just recently learned from mom he hasn’t ever attempted to pay her back. 15 years ago, mom and si… --- ## [Donald Trump Has Just Left The White House for Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-just-left-the-white-house-for-good/930972)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-just-left-the-white-house-for-good/930972 "2021-01-22T16:48:02Z")
Cite: I’m my personal opinion, this is a Good thing. My opinion may be skewed though, as I was banned from Twitter for telling @realDonaldTrump to “Go Fuck Yourself, Donald!”. To be fair, I can’t even remember which… --- ## [Dey looking for this homie, I got some tips for him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dey-looking-for-this-homie-i-got-some-tips-for-him/930378)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dey-looking-for-this-homie-i-got-some-tips-for-him/930378 "2021-01-21T18:07:58Z")
They lookin this guy: News Headlines | Today's UK & World News | Daily Mail Online my advice to him is: DO NOT TALK TO THE COPS DO NOT DENY, DO NOT ADMIT, DO NOT TALK AT ALL. GET A LaWYER DO NOT SAY: " I WASN’T THERE… --- ## [Insurrection of 2021 - YOU did this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurrection-of-2021-you-did-this/930059)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurrection-of-2021-you-did-this/930059 "2021-01-21T00:57:37Z")
This insurrection has been in the making for years, perhaps decades. Just to address one piece of this process, every Republican who has been advocating for legislation to make it harder to vote is directly and personal… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=44)