# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=61 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 62 --- ## [Texas state lawmaker calls for "praying for protection" instead of gun reform...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-lawmaker-calls-for-praying-for-protection-instead-of-gun-reform/839563)
**Author:** [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-lawmaker-calls-for-praying-for-protection-instead-of-gun-reform/839563 "2019-09-07T00:27:03Z")
…in wake of mass shooting. There are no words. --- ## [Oh, fuck off, Boris Johnson.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fuck-off-boris-johnson/839355)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fuck-off-boris-johnson/839355 "2019-09-06T20:08:51Z")
May the horse you rode in on get taken in by a rescue place and a nice retirement in the country with someone who loves it and feeds it apples and stuff. Horses are nice animals. You, Mr. Faux-democratic embarrassment to… --- ## [Man who founded one of the nations biggest conversion therapy ministries, is gay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-who-founded-one-of-the-nations-biggest-conversion-therapy-ministries-is-gay/839641)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-who-founded-one-of-the-nations-biggest-conversion-therapy-ministries-is-gay/839641 "2019-09-05T16:00:53Z")
I’m not shocked at all. I imagine most of us aren’t surprised. I’m torn between anger and sadness about this. “Man who founded one of the nation’s biggest conversion therapy ministries has something to say: he’s gay.” … --- ## [We don't do gay wedding or mixed race because of our Christian race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-do-gay-wedding-or-mixed-race-because-of-our-christian-race/839625)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-do-gay-wedding-or-mixed-race-because-of-our-christian-race/839625 "2019-09-04T22:33:45Z")
What the everloving fuck? There’s so much wrong in that bigot’s comment in that article. But there is humor to be found in this: So, as I’ve mentioned on the SDMB before, the jackasses supposedly basing their stances … --- ## [Since was yoga considered erotic or mature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-was-yoga-considered-erotic-or-mature/839616)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-was-yoga-considered-erotic-or-mature/839616 "2019-09-04T21:10:01Z")
So I was on imgur, posted some lady doing some yoga and apparently its considered mature? Since when was yoga considered mature? Or is it only mature when a woman does it? I don’t know, something smells a little sexist … --- ## [Jeffery Epstein has been arrested for sex trafficking a minor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-epstein-has-been-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-a-minor/836658)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 700\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-epstein-has-been-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-a-minor/836658 "2019-09-03T19:35:28Z")
Outstanding news - Jeffrey Epstein, Hedge fund manager and Friend of Donald, has been arrested for sex trafficking minors. He could face 45 years in prison. He’s been arrested by the hard working Southren District of New… --- ## [I hate being that white guy, but learn English!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-that-white-guy-but-learn-english/839033)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-that-white-guy-but-learn-english/839033 "2019-09-03T13:58:10Z")
As some of you know, I currently reside in a nursing and rehabilitation home. The state is on management to hire more nurses and aides because it’s woefully understaffed, but it’s a shifty place to work so, rather than … --- ## [The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virginia-department-of-motor-vehicles/838903)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virginia-department-of-motor-vehicles/838903 "2019-09-01T00:59:51Z")
Me: I didn’t do anything wrong here. explains DMV Clerk: That’s fine then. Just bring in the proof of that and pay the $500 compliance fee and you’ll be all set. Me: What?!? If I prove I did nothing wrong I still get a… --- ## [Latest pro-Trump painting offers chance to fill in your commentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995 "2019-08-29T03:49:58Z")
Pro-Trump artist Jon McNaughton are so over-the-top worshipful that they’re immediately laugh-provoking to those not of his ideological bent. His latest, The Masterpiece shows Trump about to draw back a curtain to revea… --- ## [Rep. Steve King, the disgrrace of the Hawkeye State (Iowa)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676 "2019-08-28T18:42:03Z")
This guy is worse than the Manchurian Marmalade when it comes to saying stupid things. His latest? “Where would the human population be without rape and incest?” :mad: Oh, yeah, he supposedly means that a lot of good… --- ## [Jon McNaughton's latest Trump atrocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-mcnaughtons-latest-trump-atrocity/839175)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-mcnaughtons-latest-trump-atrocity/839175 "2019-08-28T18:13:41Z")
Yech. That’s not a thumb sticking out of that pallet… Caution, some posted reply pics are NSFW. --- ## [What's up with middle lane meanderers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-middle-lane-meanderers/839022)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-middle-lane-meanderers/839022 "2019-08-27T23:51:44Z")
So I have a mild pitting of drivers who loaf around in the center lane of a three-lane highway. Particular the ones who are driving at speeds well below the posted speed limit, with folks passing them on both sides, if w… --- ## [Venezuelan baby crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuelan-baby-crisis/839280)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuelan-baby-crisis/839280 "2019-08-27T13:19:42Z")
I have never read an article that ive wanted to scream at until this one : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-crisis-pushes-women-into-forced-motherhood/ar-AAG6lco?li=BBnbfcL “forced motherhood?” I know it… --- ## [Scumpup...who or what is he/she?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862 "2019-08-26T07:27:00Z")
Of late I’ve noticed some shitty turds being laid in threads by our esteemed member, Scumpup. To be honest, he/she has fallen under my radar for Posters to be Avoided for many years…has only come to my attention recentl… --- ## [Fuck you, republican animals!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-republican-animals/826600)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-republican-animals/826600 "2019-08-24T16:04:23Z")
You fucking pieces of feces!!! You are not human!!! Cock suckers!!! --- ## [the death of the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-dope/838695)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-dope/838695 "2019-08-24T13:55:10Z")
I have more than one foot out the door here, it bums me out because I really liked this place, but lately, I’ve found it toxic and depressing. Like any community, the SDMB has always had its issues, but until recently, … --- ## [Way to go Wyoming Valley West (Pa.) School District!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-wyoming-valley-west-pa-school-district/837315)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-wyoming-valley-west-pa-school-district/837315 "2019-08-24T09:27:43Z")
That thread title is sarcasm: Parents told they could lose kids over unpaid school lunches :confused::mad: What. The. FUCK? Real fucking winner of a human being, eh. All this over an amount less than what Jeff Bez… --- ## [Are there, in fact, suspicious deaths of people associated with the Clintons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-in-fact-suspicious-deaths-of-people-associated-with-the-clintons/838619)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-in-fact-suspicious-deaths-of-people-associated-with-the-clintons/838619 "2019-08-23T21:54:43Z")
It has long been a conservative meme/joke that if you have dirt on the Clintons, you’ll die an untimely death (i.e., the joke sign above deer roadkill reading “Snitched on Hillary,” the Babylon Bee satire article "CDC: T… --- ## [Pitting the bigots I see in my Facebook news feed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-bigots-i-see-in-my-facebook-news-feed/836748)
**Author:** [@Quttaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quttaus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-bigots-i-see-in-my-facebook-news-feed/836748 "2019-08-21T19:12:41Z")
So recently I got back on Facebook after being gone for a couple years. Didn’t take me long to remember why I left. Forgot I knew about a dozen hardcore conservative Fundamentalists. When they aren’t competing to see wh… --- ## [Amazon's customer-screwing policies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-customer-screwing-policies/816705)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-customer-screwing-policies/816705 "2019-08-20T17:52:59Z")
Although I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, I rarely need it fast, so Amazon Prime is not useful to me and I never deliberately subscribed to it. But I noticed a $13 charge on my credit card statement a few times for “Pr… --- ## [Portland OR 17 August 2019 Rally of Far-Right Racist Militant Dipshits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-or-17-august-2019-rally-of-far-right-racist-militant-dipshits/838621)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-or-17-august-2019-rally-of-far-right-racist-militant-dipshits/838621 "2019-08-20T13:23:12Z")
AP story here: Who called for/sponsored the rally? Glad you asked! Joe Biggs, (ex-Info Wars reporter, ex-Twitter user) is the Proud Boys member who has been organizing this rally. It seems pretty clear that this i… --- ## [A hearty Fuck You to various airlines, and a booking agent!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-various-airlines-and-a-booking-agent/836887)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hearty-fuck-you-to-various-airlines-and-a-booking-agent/836887 "2019-08-20T06:17:14Z")
For various reasons, I’ve been trying to book flights, cancel a flight, get cats on a flight and all sorts of other shenanigans. First, FUCK YOU AirAsia for having the most unreliable website to make bookings on. So ma… --- ## [Phone Scammers (weak)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scammers-weak/757059)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scammers-weak/757059 "2019-08-17T17:22:43Z")
Four, count 'em four, phone calls inside two hours. “Hi, I’m from the Federal Grants department…” “Hi, I’m from the Security for your computer…” And two with a robot/recorded voice, “Hi, um, I’m Amy, to help you find … --- ## [Group therapy is a good idea in theory, not so much in practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-therapy-is-a-good-idea-in-theory-not-so-much-in-practice/838633)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-therapy-is-a-good-idea-in-theory-not-so-much-in-practice/838633 "2019-08-17T02:30:48Z")
Over the years I’ve tried various forms of group therapy for things like mental health issues, being the family member of a dysfunctional family, al-anon, grief groups, etc. On TV group therapy groups are presented as t… --- ## [Equifax is the devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-is-the-devil/838666)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-is-the-devil/838666 "2019-08-16T14:11:42Z")
Equifax will not give me my free credit report. They claim that they can’t verify my identity online with the four questions they ask, none of which have anything to do with me or my history. Oddly enough, the other two … --- ## [Has anyone ever pitted WillFarnaby ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-pitted-willfarnaby/810085)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-pitted-willfarnaby/810085 "2019-08-15T17:10:12Z")
We have the general jist of your peculiar economic philosophy, but where do you stand on Trump? The final three paragraphs seem fawning enough, it’s the 1st paragraph that confuses me. Can you restate the teaching of … --- ## [This Wedks's awful Mass Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wedkss-awful-mass-murder/838157)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wedkss-awful-mass-murder/838157 "2019-08-15T16:22:41Z")
Never mind I am too broken up to do this right now. --- ## [Trump has no shame (or soul)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491 "2019-08-15T00:40:19Z")
Maybe this could go in one of the other Trump Pit threads, but this needs its own. Here is the President of the United States of America grinning and giving a thumbs-up to his fans while he holds the two-month-old orpha… --- ## ["Lean In" to the pit, JC!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-in-to-the-pit-jc/838550)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lean-in-to-the-pit-jc/838550 "2019-08-12T17:19:17Z")
Or, to summarize all that in two words that have aged like a corpse in a storm drain: “Lean In!” I mean, c’mon. That’s basically what you’re saying here, isn’t it? “Lean in!” “Just work through it!” “Speak loudly and f… --- ## ["SamuelA" Taken to Task](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuela-taken-to-task/838405)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuela-taken-to-task/838405 "2019-08-11T01:46:20Z")
So, your “solution” is for minorities to forsake their cultural identities; indeed, their ENTIRE culture, in order to blend into a hostile, Fascist dominant group and basically hide there?! What is wrong with you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=62)