# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=68 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 69 --- ## [Does Microsoft own my laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-microsoft-own-my-laptop/828474)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-microsoft-own-my-laptop/828474 "2019-02-27T13:59:49Z")
I’ve heard that the Bank owns my credit card, and the DMV owns my driver’s license. I guess that simplifies their legal basis for confiscating my card or license when it needs confiscating. Do yung’uns remember when al… --- ## [Why is that Covington student able to sue for $250 million when the right lies endlessly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-that-covington-student-able-to-sue-for-250-million-when-the-right-lies-endlessly/829939)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-that-covington-student-able-to-sue-for-250-million-when-the-right-lies-endlessly/829939 "2019-02-27T00:10:40Z")
All the WaPo did was post a video recording of him acting like a douchebag. The right wing media outlets lie endlessly. Why aren’t they sued into nothingness? Fox news, alex jones, etc should have been sued into obliv… --- ## [Fuck UPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ups/830215)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ups/830215 "2019-02-26T19:16:59Z")
I am sick and fucking tired of having to buy everything twice because your shitty company and all of its idiot fucking drivers can’t do its fucking job correctly. Please go out of business immediately. Fuck you. --- ## [Littleman, a moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126 "2019-02-25T20:56:14Z")
I’m really not trying to be a complete dick here, but… you’re likelihood Yes, I realize it doesn’t interfere with comprehension. It just grates. Thank you, carry on. --- ## [unfortunate events we seem unable to eliminate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911 "2019-02-25T01:45:35Z")
Dogs killing kids and old people, especially pit bull dogs People driving drunk and killing people, including themself. People driving inattentively, hitting kids at bus stops. Men beating their wives and/or kids Mur… --- ## [F\*\*k you, Facebook!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-k-you-facebook/824969)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-k-you-facebook/824969 "2019-02-25T00:29:19Z")
I’m not happy about extreme wealth inequality, but I regard Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and George Soros as part of the solution rather than part of the problem. It isn’t their fault if God turned them into multi-billion… --- ## [I pit skunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-skunks/830021)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-skunks/830021 "2019-02-24T18:27:00Z")
Because why not? I can’t sleep- my room smells too bad. I can’t eat- the kitchen smells too bad. I can’t think think- the smell is driving me nuts. So all I can do is hunker down in the room furthest from the outside… --- ## [For what it's worth I'm with JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-what-its-worth-im-with-jb99/829758)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-what-its-worth-im-with-jb99/829758 "2019-02-24T02:10:47Z")
Well, I mean, I’m not leaving (I have WillFarnaby on ignore), but anyone coming here for intelligent discussion is not well-served by shitheads like this stinking up the joint. And then you see shit like this, which is … --- ## [Read the OP, people!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422 "2019-02-23T14:58:24Z")
I see this constantly–someone out of necessity gives a thread a breif title, then elaborates in the original post. Then follow dozens or hundreds of replies that do not fit the criteria for the OP, showing that responder… --- ## [These morons should lose their driver's licenses for life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-morons-should-lose-their-drivers-licenses-for-life/829652)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-morons-should-lose-their-drivers-licenses-for-life/829652 "2019-02-22T23:19:58Z")
I’m not exaggerating. How can these people be so utterly stupid as to drive full freeway speed into an “open” middle lane when the two lanes on either side are at a standstill? :confused: Jesus. :smack: --- ## [Fuck saving dumb ass ice fisherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-saving-dumb-ass-ice-fisherman/829874)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-saving-dumb-ass-ice-fisherman/829874 "2019-02-21T15:17:54Z")
This is the guy who should lose his license after spending time in prison. Other people are risking their life and the cops going underwater to save his fucking truck. --- ## [Fuck you, Sears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-sears/829787)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-sears/829787 "2019-02-21T01:39:36Z")
My 15 year old Sears Craftsman table saw died today. (Specifically, the motor. It’s dead, Jim.) It was a good table saw, and I loved using it. Naturally, I wanted another one like it. So I go to the Sears website, a… --- ## [Deniro, you are NO Gary Oldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deniro-you-are-no-gary-oldman/778981)
**Author:** [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deniro-you-are-no-gary-oldman/778981 "2019-02-20T15:10:33Z")
“Before President Obama left office, he included De Niro in his final round of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. “I was honored to be honored,” he said on The View. “Obama was, to me, a great president. He tried … --- ## [Democratic March-Madness Seeding Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-seeding-discussion/829647)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-seeding-discussion/829647 "2019-02-19T18:24:04Z")
In the thread The Democratic Field - March Madness Style in the Elections Forum, we’ve been directed against discussing the seeding: But I want to talk about it! So, I guess the Pit it will be. The bracket organizer u… --- ## [Trump's Shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 688\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577 "2019-02-19T12:33:04Z")
News of agencies cutting staff, services being curtailed, etc. are all over the board, popping up in threads in this forum, MPSIMS and in Elections (primarily) and it’s getting hard for me to remember where I saw what, s… --- ## [Question for anti death ray people? Earth Invasion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-anti-death-ray-people-earth-invasion/829478)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-anti-death-ray-people-earth-invasion/829478 "2019-02-16T07:15:56Z")
Question: Lets say you’re at home and some alien comes flying to steal your cows and probe your anus. Yes, you can and should call the military (assuming your phone is working) but you need protection NOW. What would yo… --- ## [new member going straight to the pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-going-straight-to-the-pit/829312)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-going-straight-to-the-pit/829312 "2019-02-15T05:26:02Z")
I’ve read these boards from time to time over the years. Forgot about The Dope until recently. Don’t know what reminded me of all the great discussions that happen here, I have been browising for about a month. My broth… --- ## [Media Reporting on Climate-related Disasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-reporting-on-climate-related-disasters/829528)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-reporting-on-climate-related-disasters/829528 "2019-02-14T16:49:52Z")
The media reporting on recent Australian disasters like the drought, bushfires, Queensland flooding and related cattle deaths usually fails to mention some salient facts like the government’s rejection of international C… --- ## [Bathroom warning mistaken for bomb threat at Home Depot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-warning-mistaken-for-bomb-threat-at-home-depot/829445)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-warning-mistaken-for-bomb-threat-at-home-depot/829445 "2019-02-13T23:32:29Z")
This is too good not to share. I don’t know where it belongs, but The Pit seems appropriate. A call to Sedgwick County dispatchers to report a bomb threat at Home Deport turned out to be been more of warning for custom… --- ## [Driving Don'ts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-donts/829269)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-donts/829269 "2019-02-13T21:28:56Z")
I’ve been meaning to write this thead for quite a while; just a collection of “things you shoudl not do while driving, or at least be damn careful, you absolute coke bottle.” Sort of a Venting for my Mental Health. PLeas… --- ## [What, no Sir Philip Green thread? Alleged sexist and racist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-sir-philip-green-thread-alleged-sexist-and-racist/829203)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-sir-philip-green-thread-alleged-sexist-and-racist/829203 "2019-02-11T23:03:38Z")
The Telegraph had an injunction against it by Sir Philip Green, a mega-rich UK businessman. That injunction has now been lifted and we can read the accusations here. The article may be paywalled where you are. Ther… --- ## [The Cruelty is the Point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cruelty-is-the-point/828905)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cruelty-is-the-point/828905 "2019-02-11T02:07:46Z")
The Cruelty is the Point. This article from The Atlantic explains everything about the Trump administration. They specifically are trying to be cruel to the rest of us. --- ## [Don’t waste that perfectly good fetus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060)
**Author:** [@Baka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baka)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060 "2019-02-09T23:51:19Z")
The thread on 3rd term abortions got me thinking. You could potentially be pulling out a 3-7 pound non-person fetus of meat. Any pro choice folks have an issue with me trying some fresh, tender, recently aborted fetus? … --- ## [What makes a "good Republican?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-republican/828787)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-republican/828787 "2019-02-08T18:34:45Z")
Specifically, in which ways can a Republican be a “good” Republican, while still being distinct from a Democrat? (This is vaguely akin to our thread from a while ago, what makes good masculinity as opposed to feminine t… --- ## [Screw Headhunters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-headhunters/827561)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-headhunters/827561 "2019-02-08T12:41:14Z")
Goddamn fucking headhunters that never call me back after I don’t answer 100 fucking percent of the questions on an interview correctly, and don’t get an offer. When I do get an offer, everyone one of you is gonna hear … --- ## [How incredibly stupid will the SOTU be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-incredibly-stupid-will-the-sotu-be/828994)
**Author:** [@Discordian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discordian)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-incredibly-stupid-will-the-sotu-be/828994 "2019-02-08T11:46:53Z")
How many seconds before Trump stops desperately trying to decipher the two-syllable words on the teleprompter and turns to campaign-brand word salad? Will he use the N-word? Will we have a national emergency declared? Ho… --- ## [Removing children from “sponsor” homes would harm them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-children-from-sponsor-homes-would-harm-them/828945)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-children-from-sponsor-homes-would-harm-them/828945 "2019-02-08T04:13:41Z")
Jonathan White, who leads the Health and Human Services Department’s efforts to reunite migrant children with their parents, said removing children from “sponsor” homes to rejoin their parents “would present grave chil… --- ## [Divine Retaliation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divine-retaliation/829106)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divine-retaliation/829106 "2019-02-07T15:17:08Z")
THE TYPICAL ATHEIST STRAWMAN ARGUMENT: OUR RESPONSE: It was only a question of time before this crap would trigger full-scale divine retaliation. --- ## [The Steelers bought 3 elephants and a clown car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steelers-bought-3-elephants-and-a-clown-car/829015)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steelers-bought-3-elephants-and-a-clown-car/829015 "2019-02-06T17:21:00Z")
This to further their transition to a full-time circus act. How in fuck’s sake are they still in the news almost daily with this shit-show version of “I’m a tween drama queen\*” performed by multi-millionaires and profes… --- ## [NIMBY fucking morons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimby-fucking-morons/828765)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimby-fucking-morons/828765 "2019-02-04T14:00:44Z")
There’s apparently a debate raging in my town at the moment about whether to allow a permit for a mobile (cell) phone tower erection. And it seems that the naysayers are a bunch of precious petals who should go stick th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=69)