# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=57 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 58 --- ## [Just accept the Christmas present and shut the fuck up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-accept-the-christmas-present-and-shut-the-fuck-up/845406)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-accept-the-christmas-present-and-shut-the-fuck-up/845406 "2019-12-30T01:00:01Z")
My evil sister in law (again). Her and her husband are the worst Christmas ingrates. Every year there seems to be a problem with one or more gifts from my mother in law forcing someone to take it back. The bad habit has … --- ## [I pit fuckface mother fuckers who don't believe that humans are responsible for climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fuckface-mother-fuckers-who-dont-believe-that-humans-are-responsible-for-climate-change/845319)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fuckface-mother-fuckers-who-dont-believe-that-humans-are-responsible-for-climate-change/845319 "2019-12-29T18:41:16Z")
You people are the reason why my nieces and nephews are going to have it one hell of lot harder than people of my generation did. Take your SUVs, your wasteful, over-consumption, your smugness, and your Fox News, and sho… --- ## [How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-disinformation-spreads-according-to-chuck-todd/845476)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-disinformation-spreads-according-to-chuck-todd/845476 "2019-12-28T21:16:45Z")
In this piece in the Rolling Stone by Peter Wade How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd, Chuck Todd opines about Republicans coming on his show spreading disinformation and Russian talking points which is ir… --- ## [I pit New Millford, New Jersey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-new-millford-new-jersey/845217)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-new-millford-new-jersey/845217 "2019-12-24T19:13:47Z")
I got a ticket, for parking my car on a side road near my apartment. The apartment complex where I live does not have enough parking space for people like me, I work from 1-9 pm. By the time I get home, all spaces in the… --- ## [Which Republican, other than Trump, do you want to lose next year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-republican-other-than-trump-do-you-want-to-lose-next-year/843099)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-republican-other-than-trump-do-you-want-to-lose-next-year/843099 "2019-12-22T17:23:31Z")
I rarely post in the pit, but this article from Yahoo news pissed me off and reminds me of how much I want to see Lindsey Graham lose next year. Graham has made himself into one of the most notorious boot lickers of all… --- ## [Is there any gold in Fort Knox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-gold-in-fort-knox/842917)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-gold-in-fort-knox/842917 "2019-12-20T16:01:46Z")
In a recent GQ thread we learn that 99.99 gold, 9999 gold, .9999 gold and 999.9 gold (but NOT 9.999 !) are all different names for the same thing. With that question out of the way, I wanted to post a follow-up. But th… --- ## [Adam Schiff a known liar should be removed as the head of the Intelligence Committee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-schiff-a-known-liar-should-be-removed-as-the-head-of-the-intelligence-committee/844753)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-schiff-a-known-liar-should-be-removed-as-the-head-of-the-intelligence-committee/844753 "2019-12-19T03:46:27Z")
Adam Schiff has been proven to be a liar. Schiff’s memo rebuttal to Nunes’s memo has been shown to be false thanks to the IG report. Schiff Memo IG Report There’s no excuse for Schiff’s lies, he had access to the sam… --- ## [Patients die as lawyers ransack Lahore hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patients-die-as-lawyers-ransack-lahore-hospital/844752)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patients-die-as-lawyers-ransack-lahore-hospital/844752 "2019-12-18T01:52:17Z")
Patients die as lawyers ransack Lahore hospital. Lawyer’s guild = violent youth gang? Fuck that. Permanently disbar every last one of them and prosecute the ringleaders for the deaths. --- ## [Thank you, mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mods/844699 "2019-12-16T20:14:59Z")
Thank you for taking out the trash. SamuelA HurricaneDitka Budget Player Cadet Zeke N. Destroi Scumpup Barack Obama R. I. P. Slowly the forums are becoming a better place. --- ## [Now is the time to pay attention.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-is-the-time-to-pay-attention/844789)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-is-the-time-to-pay-attention/844789 "2019-12-15T00:30:34Z")
Mike Huckabee pitching extended presidency for Trump --- ## [Bosda, you computer illiterate moron, stop basking in your stupidity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-you-computer-illiterate-moron-stop-basking-in-your-stupidity/598082)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-you-computer-illiterate-moron-stop-basking-in-your-stupidity/598082 "2019-12-14T16:27:20Z")
In ATMB, Polerius took the time and effort to write a greasemonkey script allowing users to see custom avatars for Dopers. A nice idea and certainly took some work. Bosda, douche that he is, took the initiative to post … --- ## [Addendum to the SamuelA thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addendum-to-the-samuela-thread/844735)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addendum-to-the-samuela-thread/844735 "2019-12-13T19:26:29Z")
Not to rehash the subject of the previous thread, because we don’t speak ill of the banned, but as a spin-off of the thread I wanted to say that Tripler did as promised and I received the contest award! Here are the Che… --- ## [Fuck Hillary Clinton!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-hillary-clinton/844424)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-hillary-clinton/844424 "2019-12-13T15:56:01Z")
Still trying to blame anyone but herself for losing to Trump. If only Bernie had endorsed her a month sooner, she would have won. Shut the fuck up and go away! --- ## [Friendly Advice for Drunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-advice-for-drunky/844618)
**Author:** [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-advice-for-drunky/844618 "2019-12-13T04:03:25Z")
Calm down son! Or at least use the right forum to ‘communicate’ in. When the drugs and suspension wear off post your troll/sock proof in a rational form and the mods will act. Ranting like a loon while overworking your … --- ## [Oh SNAP....Trump as Thanos video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-snap-trump-as-thanos-video/844722)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-snap-trump-as-thanos-video/844722 "2019-12-12T22:57:12Z")
I don’t usually start threads in the pit, but really, there’s no where else for this… On no he didn’t–wait, yes he did Really can’t imagine how anyone on Trump’s team would think this was a good idea. Brain dead dumba… --- ## [Convert or Die, the Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-or-die-the-game/383931)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-or-die-the-game/383931 "2019-12-12T18:01:19Z")
Ah, yes. It’s December. Christmas is just about here. What better way to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace than having your tykes play Left Behind: Eternal Forces? Your future missionary will learn that he … --- ## [Pete Buttigeig stops releasing bundler names and blocks press from fundraising events. S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigeig-stops-releasing-bundler-names-and-blocks-press-from-fundraising-events-s/844635)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigeig-stops-releasing-bundler-names-and-blocks-press-from-fundraising-events-s/844635 "2019-12-11T22:34:38Z")
He also says he will not stop taking money from billionaires or corporations. Here is his response to not letting the press in for fundraising events. Weasel Pete is going to get kneecapped over his corporatists b… --- ## [Bill Cosby interview: I am not guilty and not remorseful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016 "2019-12-11T21:56:22Z")
CNN story here So Cosby expects to be released from prison when he is 90 years old. Okay. What an asshole. --- ## [Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 1603\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2019-12-11T21:26:53Z")
It has been noted on occasion that SamuelA has something of an obsession with technology, particularly nanotechnology. He has an interest in cryonics. He also gets belligerent if anyone questions him on the validity of a… --- ## [Quillette: the thinking racist's magazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quillette-the-thinking-racists-magazine/835636)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quillette-the-thinking-racists-magazine/835636 "2019-12-11T15:26:54Z")
So out in ATMB I had some rather choice words to say about Quillette, and some people quite vigorously disagreed with me: I’m a little surprised that this is news. Quillette is incredibly racist. They might occasional… --- ## [Rape should be legal, as long as it's not "violent"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-should-be-legal-as-long-as-its-not-violent/844449)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-should-be-legal-as-long-as-its-not-violent/844449 "2019-12-11T14:15:11Z")
At least, according to filmmaker Daniel Shravan This guy is a real piece of work: -“Rape is not a serious thing, but murder is inexcusable.” Whew, that’s a load off of my mind. -Women should carry condems and dental … --- ## [I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 1696\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2019-12-11T02:25:26Z")
There are Dopers who would say that bit of nonsense sarcastically. But no, you’re really that silly. So, what, your great Christian hero just undid the horrors of the Muslim usurper, so never mind what those horrors we… --- ## [Hey Mods, stop being bias and removing threads because you don't like the content of them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mods-stop-being-bias-and-removing-threads-because-you-dont-like-the-content-of-them/844681)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mods-stop-being-bias-and-removing-threads-because-you-dont-like-the-content-of-them/844681 "2019-12-11T02:23:32Z")
So two threads I made about pete’s remarks on him openly being corrupt, refusing not to accept billionaire and multi billion dollar corporate money, and him removing the press from his fundraiser event. I understand, yo… --- ## [Open letter to Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-letter-to-amazon/844557)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-letter-to-amazon/844557 "2019-12-10T22:36:15Z")
Two things, Amazon: For Christ’s sake, get your streaming service working properly. First, everything we tried to stream failed to load the first time: “Sorry, we are unable to stream your video at this time. Pleas… --- ## [Nihilism Award To Linda Carlson: She's Here, She's Queer & She's In eHarmony's Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nihilism-award-to-linda-carlson-shes-here-shes-queer-shes-in-eharmonys-face/406431)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nihilism-award-to-linda-carlson-shes-here-shes-queer-shes-in-eharmonys-face/406431 "2007-06-06T20:39:32Z")
Someone’s got sand in their vagina. We all know there’s not enough real discrimination that needs to be addressed. Linda Carlson feels it necessary to keep her California attorneys busy by suing eHarmony for not offering… --- ## [The Republican hypocrisy thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-hypocrisy-thread/844535 "2019-12-10T03:06:39Z")
I just can’t stand it anymore. In my opinion banana Republicans are massive, blatant, in your face hypocrites. Perhaps my memory is faulty, but it seemed like in years past they would at least try to hide it a bit but no… --- ## [songs for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-trump/844542)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-trump/844542 "2019-12-10T00:54:32Z")
Quote, rewrite, paraphrase songs about the Idiot In Chief You never turned around to see the frowns On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you You never understood that it ain’t no good You shoul… --- ## [Hey, Trumps: Christmas isn't about America, you pathetic non-religious assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-trumps-christmas-isnt-about-america-you-pathetic-non-religious-assholes/844290)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-trumps-christmas-isnt-about-america-you-pathetic-non-religious-assholes/844290 "2019-12-09T18:22:26Z")
Patriotism is the theme of Christmas at the White House. I’m a life-long atheist and even I know that this is blasphemous. Christmas is about the spirit of God (or the son of God, if you prefer), not the spirit of Ame… --- ## [Pissed off at Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-at-firefox/844341)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-at-firefox/844341 "2019-12-09T00:54:07Z")
It won’t let me access my favorite webcomic. https://www .yafgc.net/ Suggestions? --- ## [Democrats: Would you defend a Democrat Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-you-defend-a-democrat-trump/844293)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-you-defend-a-democrat-trump/844293 "2019-12-08T17:16:31Z")
Suppose the Dems had a lunatic demagogue who you knew was corrupt to the core and would use the office for personal gain. Suppose you knew he would advocate using agencies to reward his loyalists and punish his enemies. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=58)