# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=66 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 67 --- ## [James Harden: Whining Bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-harden-whining-bitch/833268)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-harden-whining-bitch/833268 "2019-04-30T15:46:27Z")
I think it’s pretty much understood that there are going to be bad calls or no calls in basketball, but that they pretty much even out over time, and so the players themselves do determine the outcome of games. Well, no… --- ## [The US job market is a big fat joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-job-market-is-a-big-fat-joke/831570)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-job-market-is-a-big-fat-joke/831570 "2019-04-28T22:00:52Z")
I am a Millennial (unfortunately). I wish I was born 60 years ago so that I could be a baby boomer because the job market actually made sense back in the day. You didn’t have to be perfect to land a job. Nowadays, you ne… --- ## [The GOP is the party of Authoritarian Bullies and Gaslighting now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943 "2019-04-27T07:07:48Z")
I originally posted this in the Elections thread on the Mueller Report. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21598778&postcount=651 Oddly no conservatives/Trump defenders replied or tried to dispute any … --- ## [Car dealers and leasing and gullible parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-dealers-and-leasing-and-gullible-parents/753891)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-dealers-and-leasing-and-gullible-parents/753891 "2019-04-24T02:03:12Z")
I know, low-hanging fruit for the Pit, but… 4 years ago, my in-laws leased a car. I know the make and am pretty sure I recall the model. They paid about 3,000 down (judging by the amount we had to give them for the down… --- ## [Netflix is raising their rates while their quality goes down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-is-raising-their-rates-while-their-quality-goes-down/832649)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-is-raising-their-rates-while-their-quality-goes-down/832649 "2019-04-21T17:14:21Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/tech/netflix-price-increase-email-trnd/index.html I’m still going to subscribe to netflix, but their rates are going up while they remove quality movies and replace them with in house fil… --- ## [the lancaster ca target can fuck its self up the ass with the sharpest prickliest tree in existence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lancaster-ca-target-can-fuck-its-self-up-the-ass-with-the-sharpest-prickliest-tree-in-existence/832752)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lancaster-ca-target-can-fuck-its-self-up-the-ass-with-the-sharpest-prickliest-tree-in-existence/832752 "2019-04-21T06:12:52Z")
that has the worst poison on earth Ok here what happened a friend who does us many favors didn’t get to see Aquaman when it came out Target has the DVD for 10 dollars …So we decided to make an Easter basket thing out o… --- ## [Roger Waters-Julian Assange Arrest Proves UK is a SATELLITE STATE OF US EMPIRE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-julian-assange-arrest-proves-uk-is-a-satellite-state-of-us-empire/832717 "2019-04-19T23:04:19Z")
--- ## [New Co-worker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-co-worker/832103)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-co-worker/832103 "2019-04-18T02:30:58Z")
So my organization just moved an engineer to my work area last week. While he’s actually a very good civil engineer, he reportedly had issues getting along with others, so he was relocated to our area. I’ve actually kno… --- ## [Small blessing that Pope Benedict resigned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-blessing-that-pope-benedict-resigned/832417)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-blessing-that-pope-benedict-resigned/832417 "2019-04-14T21:54:32Z")
He has declared that sexual abuse by Catholic clergy did not exist before the “all-out sexual freedom” of the 1960s. Sexual abuse of kids is ancient and still pervasive today. The Catholic Church has no monopoly on it, … --- ## [HurricaneDitka openly admits he prefers SDMB for its troll-friendly nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-openly-admits-he-prefers-sdmb-for-its-troll-friendly-nature/832350)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-openly-admits-he-prefers-sdmb-for-its-troll-friendly-nature/832350 "2019-04-14T07:43:35Z")
From in this post and beyond, HurricaneDitka restates in several different ways that he prefers SDMB to other forums because it’s the easiest place to post liberal-hostile content as frequently as possible while feeling … --- ## [Fart Putty-it sure ain't what it used to be!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fart-putty-it-sure-aint-what-it-used-to-be/832339)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fart-putty-it-sure-aint-what-it-used-to-be/832339 "2019-04-11T17:44:40Z")
Fart Putty, it sure ain’t what it used to be. A couple of Saturdays ago, I went out in search of soap-bubbles. The stuff they’re made out of, I mean. We needed a lot of it, and fast, by noon that Monday. After some int… --- ## [Mass shootings at mosques in New Zealand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shootings-at-mosques-in-new-zealand/831169)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shootings-at-mosques-in-new-zealand/831169 "2019-04-10T16:56:20Z")
At least two gunmen, and possibly more, are currently firing at at least two mosques and a hospital between them in Christchurch, New Zealand. One of the shooters is an Australian who was live streaming as he shot. --- ## ["Knight in shining armor" Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-in-shining-armor-trump/831809)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-in-shining-armor-trump/831809 "2019-04-10T03:19:22Z")
So what to make of the FACT that Don the Con is the one who actually ORDERED Betsy DeVos to cut funding for the Special Olympics, only to hang her out to dry (not that I’m feelin’ the LEAST bit sorry for her - please don… --- ## [Animal Welfare says we have to return a bird to his abusive owner.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-welfare-says-we-have-to-return-a-bird-to-his-abusive-owner/813066)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-welfare-says-we-have-to-return-a-bird-to-his-abusive-owner/813066 "2019-04-10T01:30:36Z")
We’ve had him for a few weeks because she said she can no longer take care of him. Now she says she still owns him and wants him back. We know she hits him and pulls his tail, who knows what else when we’re not around. S… --- ## [Atheism Is Not Scientific](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-is-not-scientific/690962)
**Author:** [@Not\_Freddy\_Fender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Freddy_Fender)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-is-not-scientific/690962 "2019-04-09T15:19:21Z")
Most skeptics claim they’re atheists. They do this because they “see no evidence” for the existence of God. And yet, they never disclose what exactly what they would consider to be “evidence” for the existence of God. … --- ## [Democrats should NOT emulate Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-should-not-emulate-trump/832206)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-should-not-emulate-trump/832206 "2019-04-09T06:03:59Z")
Nor should they use his atrociousness as rationalization for “hey, we can get away with being a little weak on X, Y, or Z, since Trump’s much worse on all counts.” I’m constantly seeing and hearing arguments like the fo… --- ## [Fuck it all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-all/831976)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-all/831976 "2019-04-06T21:24:47Z")
Fuck them, fuck them all, fuckers. They can all fuck themselves. Fuckers. --- ## [Disgraced Former President Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-former-president-trump/831028)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-former-president-trump/831028 "2019-04-06T11:57:37Z")
That’s how he will be known in the future. Damnit! That should be Disgraced! --- ## [asexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asexual/831866)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asexual/831866 "2019-04-04T15:31:09Z")
would asexual include someone who desperately wants a relationship but maybe isn’t so much interested in sex? I have a friend who announced in front of a bunch of people that she is an “Ace” which she then explained mea… --- ## [The scales have fallen from my eyes. QAnon has shown me the light!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scales-have-fallen-from-my-eyes-qanon-has-shown-me-the-light/831904)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scales-have-fallen-from-my-eyes-qanon-has-shown-me-the-light/831904 "2019-04-04T00:48:57Z")
I had vaguely heard of QAnon before, but only today did I learn the details. :eek: For those who have yet to be enlightened: apparently Mueller and Trump are working together to expose thousands of cannibalistic pedoph… --- ## [Death penalty for slanderers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-slanderers/831907)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-slanderers/831907 "2019-04-02T14:46:16Z")
Please don’t write in with your left-wing whines about Fact™Checkers™ who dispute the above quotation. This is America™, goddammit — the First Amendment promises us our right to our own Facts™. Posts deprecating Warre… --- ## [I have a loudly senile new neighbor -- or -- None of us want to be here, dear, so shut the fuck up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-loudly-senile-new-neighbor-or-none-of-us-want-to-be-here-dear-so-shut-the-fuck-up/831559)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-loudly-senile-new-neighbor-or-none-of-us-want-to-be-here-dear-so-shut-the-fuck-up/831559 "2019-03-31T17:55:31Z")
She’s 94 with Stage 28 Alzheimer’s. She yelled all night, mostly about how she hates it here and wants to go home. I’m not sure how many of her yelling targets still exist on this astral plane. Being the very soul of … --- ## [I had about enough of pinheaded bullies in pickup trucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-about-enough-of-pinheaded-bullies-in-pickup-trucks/831519)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-about-enough-of-pinheaded-bullies-in-pickup-trucks/831519 "2019-03-30T14:18:23Z")
I work about 30 hours a week as a behind the wheel driving instructor in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. It helps round out my pension and gets me out of the house. Lessons are in a company car that has DRIVING SCHOOL do… --- ## [March of the Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-mini-rants/830402)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-mini-rants/830402 "2019-03-30T13:23:08Z")
My first rant: nobody had created this thread yet, so I had to come up with a title. :frowning: My second rant: I am buying a property for the first time. People seriously need to stop casually saying, “Oh, another thi… --- ## [Trump's GOP lackeys attack Adam Schiff in committee, he responds brilliantly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665 "2019-03-30T04:12:38Z")
Great rhetorical device. "You may think that is OK . . . " "I don’t . . . " --- ## [Why do some drivers do this in passing lanes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-drivers-do-this-in-passing-lanes/831567)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-drivers-do-this-in-passing-lanes/831567 "2019-03-29T13:51:19Z")
I’m going to describe a certain driving situation and how a particular type of driver handles it. Perhaps you will recognize yourself in this description. If so, I hope you can help me understand something that seems har… --- ## [The economy is "booming"? Maybe not.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economy-is-booming-maybe-not/831429)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economy-is-booming-maybe-not/831429 "2019-03-27T07:22:58Z")
There are a number of ways to evaluate the status of the economy. Many of these relate to factors that are germane primarily to the wealthy, e.g. stock prices, and others are large, overall factors that regular people d… --- ## [I hate hold music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hold-music/830891)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hold-music/830891 "2019-03-27T04:04:26Z")
I’ve been spending a lot of time on hold lately, with various companies for various reasons. Most of these are medical kinda things, so “screw it, it’s not worth it” is not an option. So I sit on hold, sometimes for more… --- ## [Holy shit, DeVos was confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-devos-was-confirmed/779266)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-devos-was-confirmed/779266 "2019-03-27T01:17:41Z")
Probably the most ignorant, useless, worthless cabinet nominee ever, and those spineless Republicans lined up behind the liar-in-chief to nominate her. Jesus Christ, Republicans are pathetic and weak. Fucking disgusting. … --- ## [The SPLC Victim Support Group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-splc-victim-support-group/831455)
**Author:** [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-splc-victim-support-group/831455 "2019-03-26T01:34:26Z")
Now that this outfit has been revealed in even the most left wing of publicationsas being a hustle, perhaps now it is time for its victims to commiserate. I was thinking of something along the lines of what they did wit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=67)