# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=52 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 53 --- ## [Another day, another finger given to everyone from Drowsy 2 scoops DonDon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-another-finger-given-to-everyone-from-drowsy-2-scoops-dondon/853535)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-another-finger-given-to-everyone-from-drowsy-2-scoops-dondon/853535 "2020-05-10T21:25:12Z")
Yeah… quite the irresponsible non-leader. He’s got his, to hell with everyone else. --- ## [Ham-a-lama-ding-dong attempts to make more bank from the rubes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham-a-lama-ding-dong-attempts-to-make-more-bank-from-the-rubes/853241)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham-a-lama-ding-dong-attempts-to-make-more-bank-from-the-rubes/853241 "2020-05-10T21:03:27Z")
Jumpin’ Jebus onna cracker… :smack: Take it away, Hemet: Why not set up a Silver Solution and MMS kiosks too? Or offer Samaritans Purse ‘insurance’? Oh, riiiight, those assholes would be stealing from poor ol’ Kenmei… --- ## [Big rich companies doing wrong by their employees, customers or other stakeholders during COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-rich-companies-doing-wrong-by-their-employees-customers-or-other-stakeholders-during-covid-19/850232)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-rich-companies-doing-wrong-by-their-employees-customers-or-other-stakeholders-during-covid-19/850232 "2020-05-10T13:51:06Z")
I’ll leave it up to “Big rich” as obviously its hard to blame small or struggling businesses but here’s three examples: Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, both simultaneously owned by 3 billionaires and the Six… --- ## [Woman who accused Fauci of sexual assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350 "2020-05-09T22:10:12Z")
And she has recorded evidence \*“Let me tell you something, Diana. This guy shut the country down. He put 40 million people out of work. In a situation like that, you have to make up whatever you have to make up to st… --- ## [Getting into a Family Dollar in Michigan was worth killing the security guard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162 "2020-05-09T14:56:04Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/flint-family-dollar-security-guard-killed-after-turning-away-customer-without-mask/ar-BB13ALXu?li=BBnbfcL So the killers are still at large, but the female shopper is in custody. I … --- ## [Trump + Pence = Con Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pence-con-men/853084)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pence-con-men/853084 "2020-05-08T07:50:29Z")
Recent threads on picture algebra remind me that we haven’t played word arithmetic lately:Announcing the 2020 Word Arithmetic Contest. There will be a prize for the best submission. Here’s an example: TRUMP + PENCE … --- ## [How many people is Trump trying to kill with inane suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480 "2020-05-08T05:03:49Z")
Latest one: Inject some disinfectant, or shine super-bright UV into your lungs. --- ## [Voter idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-idea/853040)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-idea/853040 "2020-05-08T00:55:56Z")
How is it that voter ID is such a big issue in usa? Most countries i know, you have to ID yourself to get to vote… --- ## [Pence refuses to wear face mask while visiting Mayo Clinic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-refuses-to-wear-face-mask-while-visiting-mayo-clinic/852844)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-refuses-to-wear-face-mask-while-visiting-mayo-clinic/852844 "2020-05-07T14:27:10Z")
Vice-President Mike Pence refused to wear a face mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/495107-pence-defends-not-wearing-face-mask-during-mayo-clinic-visit Well, th… --- ## [Cargill - Fuck you for the single largest outbreak in North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargill-fuck-you-for-the-single-largest-outbreak-in-north-america/853269)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargill-fuck-you-for-the-single-largest-outbreak-in-north-america/853269 "2020-05-07T05:53:28Z")
And they can’t even pick up a phone to call the family of a dead worker who was rewarded with shocking neglect for her safety for 23 years of service. These are all immigrants with little prospects that are just doing… --- ## [What is 2+2 in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-2-2-in-other-countries/853299)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-2-2-in-other-countries/853299 "2020-05-07T00:43:27Z")
Over here in the UK 2+2=4, I just thought it might make an interesting discussion to ask what 2+2 is elsewhere. So what is 2+2 where you live? --- ## [Boomer Brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154)
**Author:** [@Organism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organism)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154 "2020-05-06T20:41:13Z")
\#NotAllBoomers but! Way too many of them: Get out of the way or into the ground. Choose one. Never in history has anyone who has benefited so much given so little, all the while whining as their whims are catered to… --- ## [Amazon, Walmart, Target strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-walmart-target-strike/852954)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-walmart-target-strike/852954 "2020-05-06T12:43:49Z")
US people, workers are striking over generally shitty working conditions but Covid bullshit in particular. Remember that if you cross a picket line you’re a fucking scab Solidarity to all workers at this particularly t… --- ## [Please Stop Leaving Your Cat Outside Tethered to a Leash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-leaving-your-cat-outside-tethered-to-a-leash/136981)
**Author:** [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-leaving-your-cat-outside-tethered-to-a-leash/136981 "2020-05-05T18:50:33Z")
I’ve actually seen this a few times whilst walking our dog. People put their (soon to be dead) cats outside leashed up. Don’t they know this pretty much renders the cat defenseless? All it takes is some stray dog or r… --- ## [Caren needs you to stop stealing food from her children's mouths.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caren-needs-you-to-stop-stealing-food-from-her-childrens-mouths/853044)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caren-needs-you-to-stop-stealing-food-from-her-childrens-mouths/853044 "2020-05-05T04:26:39Z")
This is the most entitled, tone-deaf writing I’ve ever seen. The original article, lampooned across the web, has been deleted. The original author has even nuked her entire Medium account. Some notable quotes: If t… --- ## [Tony Robbins: COVID-19 Denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-robbins-covid-19-denier/853056)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-robbins-covid-19-denier/853056 "2020-05-05T02:13:58Z")
Another phony baloney self help fraud, now telling his idiotic followers COVID-19 is something that can be “overcome” with his film flam mind tricks: Tony Robbins Talks About Coronavirus, How To Adjust Your Mindset In P… --- ## [Is the US health system really this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-health-system-really-this-bad/852919)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-health-system-really-this-bad/852919 "2020-05-03T18:32:46Z")
From here: ‘At a time when medical professionals are putting their lives at risk, tens of thousands of doctors in the United States are taking large pay cuts. And even as some parts of the US are talking of desperate s… --- ## [The 1st Amendment is a MUCH bigger threat to America than the 2nd Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1st-amendment-is-a-much-bigger-threat-to-america-than-the-2nd-amendment/841395)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1st-amendment-is-a-much-bigger-threat-to-america-than-the-2nd-amendment/841395 "2020-05-01T17:49:45Z")
The 1st Amendment is a MUCH MUCH bigger threat to America than the 2nd Amendment. (An extra thousand deaths per month? Who cares! There’d still be 200,000 dead Americans every month.) It is the 1st Amendment that is … --- ## [Locked Down Laments (April Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757 "2020-05-01T14:58:42Z")
Well, what do you know? It’s April and the whole planet is still basically in prison. Next on my list is a number of provinces here in China have decided to open up school campuses but only for 9th and 12th grades somet… --- ## [Governor Andrew Cuomo has now ousted himself as a piece of shit: 'Domestic Violence' is 'Not Death'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-andrew-cuomo-has-now-ousted-himself-as-a-piece-of-shit-domestic-violence-is-not-death/852539)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-andrew-cuomo-has-now-ousted-himself-as-a-piece-of-shit-domestic-violence-is-not-death/852539 "2020-04-30T21:16:04Z")
I understand lot of us have differing opinions on how long or extensive the shutdowns should be. And naturally there’s debate about when or if the “cure is worse than the disease”. Being pro-lockdown is totally fine … --- ## [Trump and L. Ron Hubbard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-l-ron-hubbard/852722)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-l-ron-hubbard/852722 "2020-04-29T12:52:22Z")
They seem awfully similar. Both are arrogant, self-confidant con men with outrageous coloring with cult followings. They lie outrageously and get themselves out of apparent traps with ad hoc explanations. They’re never … --- ## [Four cops dead, cunt films accident scene, flees, posts pics on FB.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-cops-dead-cunt-films-accident-scene-flees-posts-pics-on-fb/852469)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-cops-dead-cunt-films-accident-scene-flees-posts-pics-on-fb/852469 "2020-04-26T21:25:05Z")
On Wednesday afternoon on a freeway in suburban Melbourne, four cops were tragically killed in an accident after pulling over a speeding driver. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-22/four-dead-police-melbourne/12175018 … --- ## [For once the New York Times eschews bothsidesism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-once-the-new-york-times-eschews-bothsidesism/852532)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-once-the-new-york-times-eschews-bothsidesism/852532 "2020-04-26T11:40:27Z")
And this is what it took… Tweet Jesus fucking Christ. Pathetic. --- ## [Some jackass called me a faggot this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-jackass-called-me-a-faggot-this-morning/218593)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-jackass-called-me-a-faggot-this-morning/218593 "2020-04-25T17:10:32Z")
because I carry one of these things! I would have said something but I didn’t think it would do any good. I was too busy laughing anyway! --- ## [Unemployment bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-bullshit/852373)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-bullshit/852373 "2020-04-23T20:41:55Z")
Back on March 28th my wife got laid off due to Covid 19. So we applied the next day. After the claim was processed their web site showed she was owed no money because they had no record of her earning any money in 2019. … --- ## [That "coronavirus zombie" photo really is incredible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110 "2020-04-23T15:22:21Z")
I was surprised not to see anything about it here. I think it’s going to go down in history as an iconic image. My caption: “They’re not sending their best people.” :smiley: --- ## [Chuck Todd is the undertaker of democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-the-undertaker-of-democracy/852068)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-the-undertaker-of-democracy/852068 "2020-04-23T01:08:23Z")
The problem I have is that he is palpably and visibly afraid of conservatives, and conservatism. I think he’s a mainstream democrat basically. And when Dems appear on the show he is eager to demonstrate his fairness by q… --- ## [Liberal Assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-assholes/851861)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-assholes/851861 "2020-04-20T19:50:44Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22249962&postcount=61 Jesus fucking Christ. Listen, you arrogant little prick, people live in rural America because they were born there, because their families are t… --- ## [Where are all the 2nd Amendment people now that Trump has said his "authority is total"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-2nd-amendment-people-now-that-trump-has-said-his-authority-is-total/851805)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-2nd-amendment-people-now-that-trump-has-said-his-authority-is-total/851805 "2020-04-19T03:51:51Z")
Yesterday president Trump proclaimed he has some pretty exceptional powers as president: Of course that is complete bullshit but I guarantee you if president Obama had said that while in office the NRA and a lot of 2nd… --- ## [Me Too is BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-too-is-bs/851737)
**Author:** [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-too-is-bs/851737 "2020-04-18T19:16:31Z")
It always has been, no matter what Rose or Alyssa say. Now their is one against Biden. Why now? The guys been around for like 40 years, but no now that he’s is the nominee gota a put in that me too. Of course now that it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=53)