# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=51 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 52 --- ## [WTF is MAGA Night?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-night/854729)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-night/854729 "2020-06-02T02:28:45Z")
And why is it trending on Twitter? Apparently, Twitler is pissed that people dared to protest in DC, and now he’s hinting that his supporters will come out and counter protest tonight? --- ## [Police officer applications will decline for a long time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-applications-will-decline-for-a-long-time/854716)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-applications-will-decline-for-a-long-time/854716 "2020-06-01T18:47:18Z")
Who is going to want to be a police officer? These are their tasks: There is a American policing problem. The question is how does it get solved? --- ## [Wedding photographer refuses to refund deposit after bride dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-photographer-refuses-to-refund-deposit-after-bride-dies/854570)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-photographer-refuses-to-refund-deposit-after-bride-dies/854570 "2020-06-01T00:07:17Z")
Her death was from a car accident, not COVID, and the photographer has been in trouble in the past for not delivering pictures and refusing to pay employees. I hope this guy goes out of business ASAP, and maybe to jai… --- ## [Sacrifice bad cops to Baal; to expiate American racism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrifice-bad-cops-to-baal-to-expiate-american-racism/854641)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrifice-bad-cops-to-baal-to-expiate-american-racism/854641 "2020-05-31T23:44:39Z")
I think you know what I’m talking about. Bad cops are getting the baddest imaginable rap, and may be put to death. Imagine your god of choice, and imagine these cops sacrificed on their altar to expiate the crimes of Ame… --- ## [The threat about niqabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-threat-about-niqabs/853839)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-threat-about-niqabs/853839 "2020-05-31T02:05:50Z")
You racist fucks. You thought covering a portion of your face was blah, blah, anti, blah blah, in public, blah blah. And now you have no issue with the general public wearing face masks for viral protection. --- ## [May these, too, pass (May mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934 "2020-05-30T17:31:09Z")
Well, another month has bit the dust, and what a month it was. So, what does the new one bring? Hah! You think “April showers bring May flowers” is someting good. Damn flower might as well have been a stinkweed. I think … --- ## [Survival of the Richest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-of-the-richest/846592)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-of-the-richest/846592 "2020-05-29T17:47:45Z")
The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind So what kind of low life would volunteer to wear a shock collar for Mark Zuckerberg? Seriously, are the rich the evil ones, or is it those who are just following ze orders? I … --- ## [Republicans purposely downplayed COVID-19 warnings so they could offload stock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-purposely-downplayed-covid-19-warnings-so-they-could-offload-stock/849843)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-purposely-downplayed-covid-19-warnings-so-they-could-offload-stock/849843 "2020-05-27T02:11:18Z")
Fuck. These. People. Just going to put this in the Pit, for there’s no debate as to the ethics here and the political implications are really just: Fuck. The. GOP. Story the 1st: Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Ala… --- ## [Proof Trump has NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) mental illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996 "2020-05-27T02:09:52Z")
He has every one of the symptoms listed here: Anyone disagree? --- ## [Chinmask rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265 "2020-05-26T16:34:31Z")
It is driving me crazy that I am constantly seeing people walking outside with masks worn on their chins and necks. I want to take their mis-used masks and strangle them with them. I understand that masks are a pain to … --- ## [A Pit thread for monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-monstro/854442)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-monstro/854442 "2020-05-26T16:14:48Z")
From the “You Reap What You Sow” thread: OK then, say it. It’s definitely time to be courteous to others, and pull our little back-and-forth out of the other thread. But it would be tough for anyone to “disagree wi… --- ## [Fuck you, asparagus boy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-asparagus-boy/854319)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-asparagus-boy/854319 "2020-05-25T20:56:28Z")
At the grocery store today and some guy looking over the asparagus. I wanted some, so I wait…and wait…and go back to the bakery section and pick up some hamburger buns and go back to produce. He’s still there, picking … --- ## [Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, says she was paid by right-wing groups to publicly turn against abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plaintiff-in-roe-v-wade-says-she-was-paid-by-right-wing-groups-to-publicly-turn-against-abortion/854157)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plaintiff-in-roe-v-wade-says-she-was-paid-by-right-wing-groups-to-publicly-turn-against-abortion/854157 "2020-05-25T08:16:40Z")
I don’t have a debate for this. MPSIMS seemed too innocent for this so…here it is. Why am I not surprised? Conservatives literally need to manufacture outrage otherwise they’ve got nothing except the colossal assholes… --- ## [The assholes who pretend to have corona.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283 "2020-05-24T03:44:43Z")
We have two who did it in Walmarts and one from a Karns grocery store. All arrested. --- ## [Trump says the US leading the world in coronavirus cases is 'a badge of honor'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-the-us-leading-the-world-in-coronavirus-cases-is-a-badge-of-honor/854149)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-the-us-leading-the-world-in-coronavirus-cases-is-a-badge-of-honor/854149 "2020-05-23T13:49:35Z")
You just can’t make this shit up: --- ## [I pit Ms. Tara Reade for putting our country through this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ms-tara-reade-for-putting-our-country-through-this/853020)
**Author:** [@Carla.Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carla.Liz)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ms-tara-reade-for-putting-our-country-through-this/853020 "2020-05-22T19:30:21Z")
I am not claiming that her account of assault is false, there is no way to be certain of that. Even if she confessed tomorrow that she conjured up (made up) the assault element to her previous allegation of unwanted touc… --- ## [Is the Trump a drinker? Or cocaine punk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-trump-a-drinker-or-cocaine-punk/853943)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-trump-a-drinker-or-cocaine-punk/853943 "2020-05-22T02:49:17Z")
Ive wondered ab out this for a long time, since his twitters often com at 4-5 in the morning. Is he posting drunk? I know the rumours that he is an abstinence man, but noone can trust him, so thoughts? --- ## [Why are we wasting money on flyovers?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-wasting-money-on-flyovers/853651)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-wasting-money-on-flyovers/853651 "2020-05-20T06:06:50Z")
Really? As the death toll mounts, the economy withers, and bankruptcy looms, this administration decides to waste precious tax dollars to send jets on pointless and unnecessary flyovers, to the tune of $1.3 million? How … --- ## [87 year old raped and tortured. Assailant released in my old neighbourhood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87-year-old-raped-and-tortured-assailant-released-in-my-old-neighbourhood/854151)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87-year-old-raped-and-tortured-assailant-released-in-my-old-neighbourhood/854151 "2020-05-20T00:42:44Z")
A person, and I use that term loosely, who sexually assaulted and tortured an 87 year old woman has been released after completing a fourteen year sentence in a federal penitentiary and is now back in my old neighbourhoo… --- ## [Tired of Republicans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-republicans/853810)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-republicans/853810 "2020-05-19T00:18:45Z")
Every time the Republicans are in power, they run the country into the ground, and every single time, the Democrats have to clean it up. It’s like a bunch of little kids trash the house, and the parents have to clean up … --- ## [Firefox, you piece of shit!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-you-piece-of-shit/833455)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-you-piece-of-shit/833455 "2020-05-18T18:15:46Z")
So I’m happily watching a movie on my laptop and when it’s over I go to browse the web. Wait, WTF are all these ads doing here?! I run AdBlock and NoScript and a few other extensions to prevent that kind of thing. Oh, i… --- ## [Texas Senator John Cornyn and Obamacare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939 "2020-05-18T00:09:23Z")
He’s telling recently unemployed Americans how fortunate they are, because they can sign up for Obamacare…which he voted to abolish some 20 times. WTF? Somebody help me make sense of this. --- ## [cornflakes 2 either take the stick out of your ass or push it up further so it ends you existence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornflakes-2-either-take-the-stick-out-of-your-ass-or-push-it-up-further-so-it-ends-you-existence/853827)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornflakes-2-either-take-the-stick-out-of-your-ass-or-push-it-up-further-so-it-ends-you-existence/853827 "2020-05-15T04:55:26Z")
Now I try not to pit board members because I’m not anyone favorite poster and I’ve made several stupid posts my self over the years but this jackass just pissed me off Now I’ve ignored his other threads like : Why do … --- ## [What's wrong with people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-people/853830)
**Author:** [@cornflakes2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-people/853830 "2020-05-15T04:54:14Z")
This is a forum. I don’t know you, you don’t know me. Why do people here and in any forum (hundreds I’ve been on) always have to be so butt-hurt and sensitive that they have to turn a discussion into personal attacks… --- ## [Want to know how I spent 4 hours being laughed at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-how-i-spent-4-hours-being-laughed-at/294436)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-how-i-spent-4-hours-being-laughed-at/294436 "2020-05-14T05:26:13Z")
There is a man at my church who has his own Tax preparation business, located near a shopping mall. Today he asked me if after Church I would go to the mall with his son, “Stewie” and advertise for him and tell people t… --- ## [Fucking idiot coronavirus-loving rednecks in Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895 "2020-05-14T02:51:34Z")
Today, a bunch of mouth-breathing confederate-flag-waving neckbeards gathered in Lansing, MI, to protest the governor who has ordered people to stay home, stay safe and stop spreading the coronavirus in Michigan, which j… --- ## [Things conservatives will suddenly worry a lot about when Trump leaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724 "2020-05-13T21:41:53Z")
The deficit Honesty Checks and balances Complying with subpoenas Respect for women Family values Age/health/mental competency of the President Swearing/curse words used by public officials “Unqualified” ratings by the A… --- ## [Why are social security recipients getting stimulus checks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-security-recipients-getting-stimulus-checks/852073)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-security-recipients-getting-stimulus-checks/852073 "2020-05-13T12:13:35Z")
Nothing to do with COVID 19 shutdowns has created an income loss for those living on the government dole. They haven’t missed a check, despite not working. So why are we borrowing $2 trillion from future generations to… --- ## [Elon Musk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk/807765)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk/807765 "2020-05-13T03:28:05Z")
This man is an example of what happens when someone makes too much money. Hyperloop? Yeah, fuck that noise. It would be a white elephant if the damn thing ever gets built. The guy is starting to sound like SamuelA with h… --- ## [Alright G-d, We understand Johnny Cash, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-g-d-we-understand-johnny-cash-but/201220)
**Author:** [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-g-d-we-understand-johnny-cash-but/201220 "2020-05-12T17:37:24Z")
Look, we all knew that The Man in Black\[sup\]TM\[sup\] was not long for this world. He was hurtin and no matter how much he had contributed to music, it was his time. But… WHY JOHN RITTER? Why’d you have to go and take Jo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=52)