# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=59 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 60 --- ## [Is HurricaneDitka a failed poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106 "2019-11-09T06:11:19Z")
I think so. --- ## [The rapper TI: apparently a scumbag - (Hymen checking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rapper-ti-apparently-a-scumbag-hymen-checking/843117)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rapper-ti-apparently-a-scumbag-hymen-checking/843117 "2019-11-08T19:19:56Z")
I would have thought such a practice was apocryphal but apparently not. I was surprised to read that this was even a thing but even more surprised to read of a father admitting to it. I hope it is a hoax but I fear it i… --- ## [Jehovah Goddamned Witnesses... Fuck 'Em In A Ventricle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovah-goddamned-witnesses-fuck-em-in-a-ventricle/842104)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovah-goddamned-witnesses-fuck-em-in-a-ventricle/842104 "2019-11-08T19:07:37Z")
Right in the goddamned heart. My mom passed away last week, and we just got back into town last night. Lo and behold, what’s in the mailbox? A letter from my hometown. From a PO box. From somebody I’ve never met named D… --- ## [Jim Jordan accused of ignoring sexual abuse as a coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-jordan-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-abuse-as-a-coach/817230)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-jordan-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-abuse-as-a-coach/817230 "2019-11-08T18:56:19Z")
So far he’s denying any knowledge, which doesn’t strike me as credible. Strikingly similar to the Michigan gymnast doctor case, IMO. --- ## [Have we ever had a bigger braggart as President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-ever-had-a-bigger-braggart-as-president/842675)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-ever-had-a-bigger-braggart-as-president/842675 "2019-11-07T02:53:08Z")
I would have hoped to get a factual answer to this, but I figured it was going to end up in the Pit, so here it is. I can’t remember any President ever claiming that they were brilliant or a genius or had unmatched wisd… --- ## [AOC as James Mason in The Verdict - Not a Good Look](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-as-james-mason-in-the-verdict-not-a-good-look/842289)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-as-james-mason-in-the-verdict-not-a-good-look/842289 "2019-11-03T03:22:09Z")
What the hell was with AOC, trying to come off like Ed Concannon, as played by James Mason in The Verdict with Mark Zuckerberg yesterday? A question as phrased was, essentially, “would you run an ad by a Democrat saying … --- ## [Please help me debunk that Muslims laughed and cheered as the Notre Dame Cathedral burned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-debunk-that-muslims-laughed-and-cheered-as-the-notre-dame-cathedral-burned/832650)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-debunk-that-muslims-laughed-and-cheered-as-the-notre-dame-cathedral-burned/832650 "2019-11-02T07:08:27Z")
I’m seeing this on Facebook. Please tell me this didn’t happen, because I seriously don’t believe it. --- ## [America is the greatest country on Earth? Delusional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth-delusional/831542)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth-delusional/831542 "2019-11-01T23:20:05Z")
I just now heard on CNN Trump state that America is the greatest country on Earth. And then Don Lemon repeated this comment and agreed with it. There is literally no metric available anywhere to substantiate this claim… --- ## [Sealioning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealioning/841837)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealioning/841837 "2019-11-01T18:52:46Z")
Hey, can someone really explain sealioning to me? I’ve now seen it referenced by several posters and several moderators, and I’ve looked up the original comic, but I don’t see how it applies to the posts here where it’s… --- ## [How do we fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594 "2019-11-01T18:43:06Z")
LAZombie posts this hot nonsense: I mean, what the fuck? --- ## [What are you scared of? Halloween/October Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-scared-of-halloween-october-mini-rants/841099)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-scared-of-halloween-october-mini-rants/841099 "2019-11-01T10:00:28Z")
We have a timesheet system at work so that we allocate all of our time in case some of it is billable back to a client. Of course not everything is billable back to a client. Every entry must have a comment with it, wh… --- ## [Can you turn the fucking air conditioning down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-turn-the-fucking-air-conditioning-down/817814)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-turn-the-fucking-air-conditioning-down/817814 "2018-07-14T04:34:34Z")
I don’t want, or need to freeze my nuts off in every store now that it’s summer. I froze all winter long. It’s finally warm outside and yet I still freeze my nuts off in every God damned store, bar, and restaurant I go … --- ## [I've got a bone to pick with Cheerios.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536 "2019-10-30T17:37:58Z")
So I had a box of Cheerios and scooped out a handful and found something weird, possibly a twig with a bud on the end. Experimenting, I snapped the “twig” in two, then took a closer look at it. Nope, not a twig, but a gl… --- ## [My friend has gone over the edge into Trumpdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-gone-over-the-edge-into-trumpdom/842123)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-gone-over-the-edge-into-trumpdom/842123 "2019-10-30T09:29:10Z")
I’m not quite sure who I’m pitting here: her, myself for not doing something or the evil forces corrupting her. Let me set the stage. This woman is a professional with a doctorate so presumably intelligent but a sucker… --- ## [Stop Dropping Stuff on Your Floor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-dropping-stuff-on-your-floor/477085)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-dropping-stuff-on-your-floor/477085 "2019-10-27T12:19:25Z")
Yo, upstairs asshole. Stop dropping stuff on your hardwood floor. At least once a day, something comes crashing out of I don’t even know what the fuck what, and it lands on your hardwood floor. And it echoes throughout m… --- ## [Fuck this weeks Airbnb shitheads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this-weeks-airbnb-shitheads/840007)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this-weeks-airbnb-shitheads/840007 "2019-10-25T19:58:07Z")
Have some respect assholes, fuck your karaoke, fuck your loud ass conversations, fuck your corn hole drama, fuck your bloated stink dogs wandering at will, fuck your boat stereo at 3 AM, fuck your bitches hi pitched gigg… --- ## [So, the President screwed the Media.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-president-screwed-the-media/842058)
**Author:** [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-president-screwed-the-media/842058 "2019-10-23T16:18:55Z")
LOL, the Democratic Party Media whined about the first G7 location. Now, they get an hour bus ride each way to cover the Conference. Well played, the President trolled you like country bumpkins. So now, unlike his offer… --- ## [Dragging bandwagons into the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragging-bandwagons-into-the-sdmb/840331)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragging-bandwagons-into-the-sdmb/840331 "2019-10-22T13:27:30Z")
I have noticed a recent trend of certain kinds of issues being dismissed as “bandwagons,” particularly ones associated with women’s experiences in society. I put this in the Pit instead of in Great Debates, because it se… --- ## [Let's all pit the "Eat the babies" woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-pit-the-eat-the-babies-woman/841336)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-pit-the-eat-the-babies-woman/841336 "2019-10-18T11:58:35Z")
In case you’re living under a rock a woman got up at an AOC town hall and did a bizarre rant about eating babies. Here’s a story on the subject. Donny Jr. tweeted about in basically saying that she’s a typical leftis… --- ## [Sciatica sucks... but this is gonna be hell...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sciatica-sucks-but-this-is-gonna-be-hell/841816)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sciatica-sucks-but-this-is-gonna-be-hell/841816 "2019-10-16T09:43:28Z")
I’ve tweaked my back and currently have a sciatica flare-up deep in my left butt cheek. Normally, this would be a minor annoyance, instead it’s a literal pain to get over as my left knee is immobile due to septic arthrit… --- ## [Hi, Sam Stone! -- I Pit the Blathering Bullshit about Stock Market movements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-sam-stone-i-pit-the-blathering-bullshit-about-stock-market-movements/811706)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-sam-stone-i-pit-the-blathering-bullshit-about-stock-market-movements/811706 "2019-10-11T11:45:52Z")
To start with, I will not predict where the U.S. stock market will be two years from now. The headlines could say “Worst Bear Market since 1931.” Or they could say “Stocks Unstoppable. Million-point DJIA predicted!” I… --- ## [Will conservatives here reflect on malign ties between conservatism, Republicanism, and Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-conservatives-here-reflect-on-malign-ties-between-conservatism-republicanism-and-trump/841240)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-conservatives-here-reflect-on-malign-ties-between-conservatism-republicanism-and-trump/841240 "2019-10-11T01:15:50Z")
I haven’t seen much if any of this here. He has non supporters here and never trumpers too, but they seem to spend all their time owning the libs. Is it possible for any of them to engage in thoughtful reflection about h… --- ## [Ilhan Omar - A thread about her marriage and immigration history.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilhan-omar-a-thread-about-her-marriage-and-immigration-history/837347)
**Author:** [@Annoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoyed)\ **Replies:** 968\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilhan-omar-a-thread-about-her-marriage-and-immigration-history/837347 "2019-10-09T12:31:16Z")
This is my first post on this forum. No, I’m not a previously banned member. No, I’m not a troll. I have been lurking this forum for a few months now after finding this place through some google searches. “The Pit” seems… --- ## [Knowing when to shut up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-when-to-shut-up/840969)
**Author:** [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-when-to-shut-up/840969 "2019-10-09T03:52:56Z")
If you approach someone with the intent of talking to them about god and Jesus, and handing out pamphlets, if they say they are not interested, move on. If you insist on talking to them anyway, and the say they’re an ath… --- ## [Name That Scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-scandal/841339)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-scandal/841339 "2019-10-08T23:02:37Z")
A number of Twitterati are debating a better term for the current political scandal because something-Gateis so overused. So far, they have proposed the following. Pick your favorite. --- ## [What are we to do with these insects we refer to as Republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076 "2019-10-08T12:57:04Z")
What is one to do? These houseflies. These mosquitoes. These vermin. A party they are not; they exist as a cult of perversion and perverse love of inequality. --- ## [Science says Incels are right about everything. What happens next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-says-incels-are-right-about-everything-what-happens-next/837677)
**Author:** [@TheFuture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFuture)\ **Replies:** 649\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-says-incels-are-right-about-everything-what-happens-next/837677 "2019-10-07T00:08:22Z")
Where do we go from here? --- ## [What kind of bartender can't mix a martini?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bartender-cant-mix-a-martini/840250)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bartender-cant-mix-a-martini/840250 "2019-10-06T22:41:53Z")
So we stopped for dinner at a Red Lobster tonight. I ordered my usual cocktail – martini, Bombay Sapphire, straight up, with olives. It seemed to take quite a while to get my drink. Our table was in the bar area, so I… --- ## [A response to Scylla that I can't make in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-response-to-scylla-that-i-cant-make-in-mpsims/838964)
**Author:** [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-response-to-scylla-that-i-cant-make-in-mpsims/838964 "2019-10-05T19:57:31Z")
This thread. To make it as short as I can, Scylla uses his “nuclear sneer” on and snaps at a bratty kid who was bugging him at Target, and puts the kid’s mother down with a snappy retort that I completely believe and do… --- ## [Are we ghosting October mini rants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ghosting-october-mini-rants/841184)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ghosting-october-mini-rants/841184 "2019-10-03T21:25:45Z")
Freedom of speech takes another hit , i.e. New York fine for Calling someone an illegal alien. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=60)