# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=65 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 66 --- ## [What happened to Bricker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bricker/820249)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bricker/820249 "2019-05-28T23:28:34Z")
Two days ago a thread was started in GD with the title “I think Timothy McVeigh’s actions were not an entirely unreasonable reaction to Ruby Ridge and Waco.” This thread title is an exact quote from one of the Board’s r… --- ## [Trump's battles with the English language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-battles-with-the-english-language/834565)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-battles-with-the-english-language/834565 "2019-05-28T01:04:23Z")
The stable genius at work. In his latest, he misspelled the former Vice President’s name as Joe Bidan. He has served fast food hamberders up to Clemson football players. Who the heck knows what \*\*covfefe \*\*is? Wanted… --- ## [Re: Supporting military action that you are able but not willing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-supporting-military-action-that-you-are-able-but-not-willing/834511)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-supporting-military-action-that-you-are-able-but-not-willing/834511 "2019-05-28T00:18:01Z")
This thread There are like a dozen men of military age suggesting that they should be able to send other men of military age to die in a war. And that it’s wrong that they be judged for wanting to send other men to tak… --- ## [Wikipedia is destroying knowledge :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-is-destroying-knowledge/834523)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-is-destroying-knowledge/834523 "2019-05-26T15:38:01Z")
I thought of posting in GQ: "What were human populations over time, e.g. in 9500 BC? 4500 BC? Yes, I did try to Google, but Google leads to answers I believe to be wrong, e.g. the graph on this page. That graph shows … --- ## [Giuliani's hilarious self-own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giulianis-hilarious-self-own/834500)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giulianis-hilarious-self-own/834500 "2019-05-25T23:41:43Z")
This would be sidesplittingly funny even if it didn’t come from a political bete noire like Rudy. ETA: The random detail of the basketball video is everything. --- ## [PennDOT's back room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penndots-back-room/834430)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penndots-back-room/834430 "2019-05-24T19:43:03Z")
PennDOT has a back room; unofficial of course, deep in the bowels of their building(s) somewhere. It’s not on any of their floorplans or schematics but it’s there nonetheless. Every so often they summon the planners fr… --- ## [Fuck you, The Author](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-the-author/834162)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-the-author/834162 "2019-05-24T01:15:40Z")
I watch the Mets through the NBC sports app, and they play the same commercials over and over and over and over and over and over. Every half inning it’s the same damn commericals, at twice the volume of the broadcast. M… --- ## [Sicks Ate and other Epic games apologists a word please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sicks-ate-and-other-epic-games-apologists-a-word-please/834197)
**Author:** [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sicks-ate-and-other-epic-games-apologists-a-word-please/834197 "2019-05-21T19:20:24Z")
This is an issue that has been bothering me and Sicks Ate finally turned it into the tinder that fuels this flaming response. The post in question but it’s not the first time he has posted this garbage nor is he the onl… --- ## [Steve Mnuchin's dad pays record $91M for a Koons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mnuchins-dad-pays-record-91m-for-a-koons/834059)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mnuchins-dad-pays-record-91m-for-a-koons/834059 "2019-05-20T21:18:48Z")
Steve Mnuchin’s Dad Buys Jeff Koons ‘Rabbit’ Sculpture for Record $91M. This is really a MPSIMS post, but apparently you’re not supposed to post politically tinged stuff there so… Does anyone else see the irony in a st… --- ## [Racism in the UK rears its ugly head again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-uk-rears-its-ugly-head-again/833717)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-uk-rears-its-ugly-head-again/833717 "2019-05-19T01:26:30Z")
First we have Danny Baker making an offensive tweet about the new royal bairn. Then we have the premises of a Jewish Brexit Party candidate daubed with a Nazi swastika. Fortunately: Sigh. Much has been done; it’s c… --- ## [Bottom line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-line/834052)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-line/834052 "2019-05-18T11:24:28Z")
The bottom line on all this political stuff is that Republicans/conservatives are willing to defend (seemingly “to the death”) an administration that is chock full of criminals and low-lifes (“Deplorables,” if you will) … --- ## [First Tiger, now someone named "Conrad Black"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tiger-now-someone-named-conrad-black/834049)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tiger-now-someone-named-conrad-black/834049 "2019-05-17T06:34:22Z")
So first the Microbrain-in-Chief awards Tiger Woods a Congressional Medal of Freedom (for what? His golf exploits? His willingness to bang other women besides his lovely \[now ex-\]wife?) and now he’s pardoned some crimina… --- ## [Andrew Krivak conviction tossed in rape, murder - What the everloving fuck??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-krivak-conviction-tossed-in-rape-murder-what-the-everloving-fuck/833921)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-krivak-conviction-tossed-in-rape-murder-what-the-everloving-fuck/833921 "2019-05-16T19:28:50Z")
Andrew Krivak conviction tossed in rape, murder of Josette Wright Maybe one you law-talking guys can 'splain it to me. Or maybe I am just misreading it. Or maybe it yet another example of the state of journalism. But \*s… --- ## [Impossibly long advertising videos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossibly-long-advertising-videos/834067)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossibly-long-advertising-videos/834067 "2019-05-16T16:40:44Z")
What is the point of these ridiculous time-drags? Does anybody ever sit through them long enough to figure out what the F\*\*\* they are trying to sell? You can’t fast forward, or skip to the end, there is no other inform… --- ## [Is it normal to get intolerant of work annoyances the older you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-to-get-intolerant-of-work-annoyances-the-older-you-get/833958)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-to-get-intolerant-of-work-annoyances-the-older-you-get/833958 "2019-05-16T01:00:11Z")
I know I regaled you guys excessively with my trials and tribulations of my last toxic job, so I’ve been trying to lay low. The new job isn’t as toxic, but it’s still annoying as heck. I think I’m just getting less tol… --- ## [Are you hiking the Appalachian Trail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531 "2019-05-14T00:05:46Z")
No. No you’re not. Because you’re wearing that backpack over your cheap suit on your commute on the DC Metro train during rush hour. Just like 40 of your closest and equally inconsiderate a-hole friends on this car al… --- ## [Kill them in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-them-in-prison/833459)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-them-in-prison/833459 "2019-05-13T11:06:54Z")
These two fucktards should have been abused and killed in prison. Fuck the justice system and the moronic judges who let this shit go. --- ## [Cortana, shut the fuck up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cortana-shut-the-fuck-up/833762)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cortana-shut-the-fuck-up/833762 "2019-05-10T09:17:32Z")
I obviously want to be able to do a Google Search with voice recognition. But I do not need Cortana reading the results to me. Why would anyone, sitting at the computer, want this? Anyway I’ve been searching for half an … --- ## [Trump tweets his term should be extended by two years to compensate him for the Mueller coup attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tweets-his-term-should-be-extended-by-two-years-to-compensate-him-for-the-mueller-coup-attempt/833534)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tweets-his-term-should-be-extended-by-two-years-to-compensate-him-for-the-mueller-coup-attempt/833534 "2019-05-09T21:29:52Z")
I don’t know how to quote from Twitter, but apparently Jerry Falwell Jr tweeted that Trump should get two years added to his term to compensate him for the attempted coup, and Trumpski has jumped on it and re-tweeted it. … --- ## [Politicians with deep southern accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670 "2019-05-09T03:00:49Z")
Are there any who do not support turnp? I haven’t noticed any. Does this have any significance? It almost seems like a signifier. --- ## [CBS News recommends paying criminals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-news-recommends-paying-criminals/833572)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-news-recommends-paying-criminals/833572 "2019-05-08T15:28:14Z")
Scott Pelley says the best option to ransomware threats (sometimes) is to pay what the criminals demand. Pelley may be unaware that paying the untraceable ransom is no guarantee that your data can be restored (there is … --- ## [The movie Zeitgeist is trying to ruin friendships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-zeitgeist-is-trying-to-ruin-friendships/469370)
**Author:** [@Buddha\_Clause](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddha_Clause)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-zeitgeist-is-trying-to-ruin-friendships/469370 "2008-10-27T14:29:59Z")
(This is my first post/thread so be kind) So I have been a lurker on these boards for quite a long time and I have recently had the enjoyment :rolleyes: of reading about the giant hoax that is the holocaust and the bull… --- ## [An open letter to Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-ambivalid/833248)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-ambivalid/833248 "2019-05-07T06:33:13Z")
Ambivalid is a good poster. I’ve thought about defending him before but I can tell he’s the type who doesn’t find himself that situations eat away at him. --- ## [An open letter to Cofefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-cofefe/833260)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-cofefe/833260 "2019-05-06T14:51:57Z")
S I was going to choose I, but I thought S would have less content, so I went with that. --- ## [Fuck drugs and drug dealers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-drugs-and-drug-dealers/827774)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-drugs-and-drug-dealers/827774 "2019-04-10T19:26:12Z")
Fuck drugs, drug dealers, and every who takes illegal and potentially dangerous drugs. --- ## [Automated (very) package delivery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-very-package-delivery/833383)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-very-package-delivery/833383 "2019-05-03T16:00:37Z")
I ordered some stuff from B&H in NYC last Sunday. The expected arrival day was 8 days later, on the week after, Monday. Since I order stuff from B&H all the time, and it usually takes 3 business days unless there is a h… --- ## [Journalists should not put fucking spoilers in headlines of recently aired TV shows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalists-should-not-put-fucking-spoilers-in-headlines-of-recently-aired-tv-shows/833347)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalists-should-not-put-fucking-spoilers-in-headlines-of-recently-aired-tv-shows/833347 "2019-05-02T21:38:43Z")
WARNING:. Potential Game of Thrones S8E3? spoiler. REQUEST: Please don’t talk about Game of Thrones spoilers here other than the one I mention because I still haven’t watched it yet. :). So I decided to rewatch Game o… --- ## [Eeeeehhhh, eh, eh-April...Yeah, life sucks, still...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836 "2019-05-02T19:26:28Z")
Yeah, feeling just a bit too wall-punchy right now to wait until midnight to post this… Kicking off April rants - earlier today I tootle-loo’ed on down to emergency because my heart was palpitating more crazily than tho… --- ## [White House squatter wears lifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104 "2019-05-02T13:03:16Z")
He’s a heightener, no surprise… faux wherever he goes. --- ## [US blocks International Criminal Court prosecutor's visa over Afghanistan inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-blocks-international-criminal-court-prosecutors-visa-over-afghanistan-inquiry/832101)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-blocks-international-criminal-court-prosecutors-visa-over-afghanistan-inquiry/832101 "2019-05-01T02:11:54Z")
Is this where we are in the world today? It’s been years since I left the job I had with american colleagues in Oslo and I feel out of the loop on what Americans think. What gives? I read 5-6 newspapers a day, mostly … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=66)