# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=60 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 61 --- ## [September's shot already (mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septembers-shot-already-mini-rants/839577)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septembers-shot-already-mini-rants/839577 "2019-10-03T00:44:18Z")
Well, “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. White male born in the US goes on a shooting spree. What is the reaction? “Let’s not talk about gun control” and “Let’s pray some more”. And let’s not forget h… --- ## ["None of us chose to be white. Not even Ed Sheeran."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-us-chose-to-be-white-not-even-ed-sheeran/840944)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-us-chose-to-be-white-not-even-ed-sheeran/840944 "2019-10-02T13:41:44Z")
Bill Maher FTW! --- ## [Siriusly Hot: August Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siriusly-hot-august-mini-rants/837990)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siriusly-hot-august-mini-rants/837990 "2019-09-29T21:35:38Z")
The gods of alimentary byproducts are out to get me. Last night I had to plunge the toilet in the first floor powder room (ew). This morning Shiva decided to piss all over the carrier I use as his feeding station. I lef… --- ## [Will this election also be decided by the perverse American fetish for GUNS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-election-also-be-decided-by-the-perverse-american-fetish-for-guns/840259)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-election-also-be-decided-by-the-perverse-american-fetish-for-guns/840259 "2019-09-27T21:19:32Z")
Why are guns so wonderful? So we can protect our families? Shoot at targets or clipped-wing quail when we need sexual release and the wife is tired of giving us blow jobs? Be ready to fight the redcoats, terrorists, M… --- ## [Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump/840002)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump/840002 "2019-09-26T09:21:32Z")
I’m getting really tired of hearing how Trump is a bumbling, incompetent, idiot who can’t get anything done and is failing miserably. Not because I like or support the guy. I don’t. At all. I think he is a horrible Pres… --- ## [Thread for watching GOPers stand up for crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-watching-gopers-stand-up-for-crime/827210)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-watching-gopers-stand-up-for-crime/827210 "2019-09-25T12:36:40Z")
Russia is alleged by all of our intelligence agencies to have interfered in our elections, a foreign adversary striking a blow at the heart of our Democratic system. The GOP response? Don’t get too curious. Let’s investi… --- ## [Magiver, are you okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magiver-are-you-okay/839777)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magiver-are-you-okay/839777 "2019-09-25T12:35:26Z")
Like, seriously, man, are you okay? Is everything all right in your life? Do you have some kind of problem going on that you’re working through, or…? Did you get off your meds? I’m kinda worried about you, and I’m guessi… --- ## [Troll Food Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-food-omnibus-thread/838912)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-food-omnibus-thread/838912 "2019-09-25T11:52:17Z")
This is long overdue. A thread for naming and shaming the people who should damn well know better but continue to engage with the trolls. Let’s just start with a recent case. In a thread about how shitty things have go… --- ## [Stupid Privileged White Kid Gets 6 Months for Rape, Father describes it as "20 minutes of action"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-privileged-white-kid-gets-6-months-for-rape-father-describes-it-as-20-minutes-of-action/756733)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 1047\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-privileged-white-kid-gets-6-months-for-rape-father-describes-it-as-20-minutes-of-action/756733 "2019-09-24T06:46:17Z")
So uh… This is a thing. In the few days since ex–Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was given a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, much of the internet’s chatter has converged on a heart-… --- ## [Airfare sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airfare-sucks/840466)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airfare-sucks/840466 "2019-09-22T12:51:18Z")
Seriously, when you have no major airports around and must rely on regional airports the prices are ridiculous. I’m just venting because everywhere worth going is over one thousand dollars in cattle class. How the hell d… --- ## [The 9/11 Scream Therapy Thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-9-11-scream-therapy-thread/840016)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-9-11-scream-therapy-thread/840016 "2019-09-21T21:56:06Z")
Fuck you You motherfucking coward terrorists. We know where you were from. And we knew where you went. --- ## [Please, quit using articles behind paywalls as your sources (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-quit-using-articles-behind-paywalls-as-your-sources-mild/840481)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-quit-using-articles-behind-paywalls-as-your-sources-mild/840481 "2019-09-21T00:13:36Z")
I’m probably not the only one who feels this way. Someone posts an article or a link to support an argument, but it’s on a website where you have to either sign up to read, or be a paying subscriber. I find that really… --- ## [Admitting When You Are Wrong in Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitting-when-you-are-wrong-in-great-debates/840460)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitting-when-you-are-wrong-in-great-debates/840460 "2019-09-20T23:42:28Z")
I’ve seen many, many people twist themselves into pretzels when they are called out on something in Great Debates, are shown to be wrong, but then simply won’t admit it. If you are one of these people, wouldn’t it be eas… --- ## [John Bolton fired via Tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-fired-via-tweet/839990)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-fired-via-tweet/839990 "2019-09-18T19:59:06Z")
Or that’s at least how this news went public. Tweet. Mr. ‘5,000 troops to Colombia’ is out. Good. Fuck that war mongering piece of garbage. --- ## [To the Two Loons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-two-loons/351934)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-two-loons/351934 "2019-09-18T15:38:42Z")
The two loons in question, of course, are bigpappadiaz and Sent. I asked one of y’all a pointed question or two in this thread and, oddly enough, the only response to it is just more falsehoods disguised as “proof” of a… --- ## [Propaganda Chief Takes Helm at NPR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009)
**Author:** [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009 "2019-09-18T14:10:06Z")
You can’t make this shit up. The Boomers just won’t go away. --- ## [Screw you, okcupid web site designers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-okcupid-web-site-designers/839855)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-okcupid-web-site-designers/839855 "2019-09-17T14:37:19Z")
A minor thing to bitch about, but I’m pissed. I’ve been using the okcupid dating site for a couple of years. They have a rather frustrating messaging system where you basically have just one chance to send a message to s… --- ## [Monty, you can kindly and publicly apologize to me in here. It’s a safe space.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-you-can-kindly-and-publicly-apologize-to-me-in-here-it-s-a-safe-space/840107)
**Author:** [@Annoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoyed)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-you-can-kindly-and-publicly-apologize-to-me-in-here-it-s-a-safe-space/840107 "2019-09-15T14:16:15Z")
You fucking moron. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21856008&postcount=603 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881896 --- ## [It has been the worst fucking summer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-has-been-the-worst-fucking-summer/840191)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-has-been-the-worst-fucking-summer/840191 "2019-09-15T00:25:19Z")
Sorry for the strong language but I’ve had a rough summer. In June a cyst in my groin went insane very quickly and I was hospitalized for a week to treat the flesh eating bacteria that developed. All the doctors asked “W… --- ## [Stainless Steel Refrigerators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-steel-refrigerators/840072)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-steel-refrigerators/840072 "2019-09-14T01:32:54Z")
I just bought a new fridge. I didn’t want to, and I planned to put it in the basement. But somehow, it ended up in the kitchen. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881592 They made the same thing in w… --- ## [Shed your tears for Sarah and Todd right here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shed-your-tears-for-sarah-and-todd-right-here/839987)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shed-your-tears-for-sarah-and-todd-right-here/839987 "2019-09-11T23:45:21Z")
Surprised there was no thread already, but yes, it’s true, the two lovebirds have called it quits. Such a good, god-fearing, Christian, fucked up, drunken, bickering match made in the hell of Wasilla, AK. I will never fo… --- ## [Vultures Preying on the Elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vultures-preying-on-the-elderly/839710)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vultures-preying-on-the-elderly/839710 "2019-09-11T22:49:54Z")
I’m pitting all the parasites and vultures who are trying to pick the bones of my father’s estate even before he’s dead. Real estate brokers, lawyers, old age homes, nursing homes, memory care facilities, rehabilitation… --- ## [Reservations.com / Getaroom.com - AVOID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservations-com-getaroom-com-avoid/839966)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservations-com-getaroom-com-avoid/839966 "2019-09-11T16:21:17Z")
I’m a dumbass for not looking VERY carefully when booking a non-refundable room in a town where 70.00 is a bit high for a low-rent motel except on Parents’ Weekend They quoted me 76 bucks. Non-refundable - but I knew r… --- ## ["Trophy Hunter Seeks to Import Parts of Rare Rhino He Paid $400,000 to Kill"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trophy-hunter-seeks-to-import-parts-of-rare-rhino-he-paid-400-000-to-kill/839913)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trophy-hunter-seeks-to-import-parts-of-rare-rhino-he-paid-400-000-to-kill/839913 "2019-09-11T12:23:36Z")
“Trophy Hunter Seeks to Import Parts of Rare Rhino He Paid $400,000 to Kill” My question: how small does your penis have to be to pay $400K for an orgasm? And did committing this atrocity make his dick any bigger? … --- ## [Happy New Bitchfest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 686\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605 "2014-02-01T20:56:24Z")
It’s the new year somewhere, so let it rip. Standing behind someone at the movie ticket window yesterday. The guy asked for a ticket to (mumblemumble) and the woman says “That’s normally $9, but it’s a special film, so… --- ## [Who wants me to go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833 "2019-09-09T18:17:53Z")
Tardgasm? Cuntasstasia? E? et. al.? What is it worth to you? We have a precedent at this board of people being paid to go away. How much will you pony up to not have me pointing and laughing as you pretend to be good… --- ## [Coming soon, a new gender-neutral bathroom: David Koch's grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-a-new-gender-neutral-bathroom-david-kochs-grave/839103)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-a-new-gender-neutral-bathroom-david-kochs-grave/839103 "2019-09-09T00:04:03Z")
Yes, you heard right, folks. Half of the pair of brothers most grossly responsible for the propagation of anti-government and climate denialist propaganda is dead. The Koch brothers were best known – and vilified by D… --- ## [PPI Scammers cost us £53 Billion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppi-scammers-cost-us-53-billion/839818)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppi-scammers-cost-us-53-billion/839818 "2019-09-08T21:54:25Z")
So the long running gravy train of scammers out to earn a quick buck from PPI has finally run its course for a whopping total of £53B. There are a few people who were told they must have PPI (Payment Protection Insurance… --- ## [Murder by Deportation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-by-deportation/839527)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-by-deportation/839527 "2019-09-07T18:57:26Z")
From the NYT: The story gives more specific examples of persons who would likely die if they were removed from the experimental treatments they’re benefiting from. There’s no process for appeal, just leave in 33 days,… --- ## [East Coast Internet Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-internet-outage/839821)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-internet-outage/839821 "2019-09-07T12:31:49Z")
So, we under a Chinese cyberattack or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=61)