# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=7 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 8 --- ## [I fought Amazon the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-the-pit-edition/1026440)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-the-pit-edition/1026440 "2026-01-09T19:40:08Z")
Well, don’t want any bannination What\_Exit So how do I start this thing? So I took a bit of a victory lap in finally getting my refund from Amazon in this thread I didn’t want or expect accolades. Most related that … --- ## [Google AI is Fucking Me Over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ai-is-fucking-me-over/1026435)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ai-is-fucking-me-over/1026435 "2026-01-09T18:23:35Z")
So I recently discovered that for God knows how long, if anyone Googles my business name, the first thing they see is a helpful AI summary about my business. Unfortunately, it contains a few minor inaccuracies. It got ou… --- ## [I wish google would quit fucking telling me to call 988 each time I do a search for anything controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-google-would-quit-fucking-telling-me-to-call-988-each-time-i-do-a-search-for-anything-controversial/1005092)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-google-would-quit-fucking-telling-me-to-call-988-each-time-i-do-a-search-for-anything-controversial/1005092 "2026-01-09T14:00:43Z")
I know mental health is an issue and I’m glad there is a devoted help line. But jesus fucking christ. I have controversial hobbies and like learning about pharmacology, it seems like almost every search I do on these sub… --- ## [What does "we’re going to run the country" mean? Fucking media do your fucking job!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320 "2026-01-08T23:16:38Z")
Seriously US media WTF!??! You have a fucking job. Do it. Ask Trump and every single Trump admin official about this. It’s fucking important . How many American troops are we deploying to Venezuela to “run” it? What’s… --- ## [Backup means Backup, Microsoft, not move and destroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-means-backup-microsoft-not-move-and-destroy/1017839)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-means-backup-microsoft-not-move-and-destroy/1017839 "2026-01-07T17:44:14Z")
So I accidentally trusted Microsoft and am suffering for it. On my new computer, I got a popup about activating OneDrive backup, and I clicked it (foolish me). Now I thought backup meant “backup” - copy my files and put… --- ## [USPS Changes Postmark Date System. Why This is Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-changes-postmark-date-system-why-this-is-bad/1026168)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-changes-postmark-date-system-why-this-is-bad/1026168 "2026-01-07T15:05:19Z")
So the US Postal Service has now changed its processing rules such that the postmark on any mail received by the USPS will no longer be dated according to the date or receipt, but rather by the date of processing. Sound… --- ## [If You're Still Pissed About the Library of Alexandria Being Torched Just Wait](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-still-pissed-about-the-library-of-alexandria-being-torched-just-wait/1026225)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-still-pissed-about-the-library-of-alexandria-being-torched-just-wait/1026225 "2026-01-04T23:25:32Z")
Since everybody’s some kind of nerd here, I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume that 99% of the folks here are still pissed off about the Library being torched. Whelp, because of budget cuts, NASA is being forced to clos… --- ## ["Matching" funds (longish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-funds-longish/1026159)
**Author:** [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-funds-longish/1026159 "2026-01-02T23:13:53Z")
I want to pit fake matching funds. Seems these days almost every fund raising request I get tells me how I’m going to double or triple (or more) my impact!! I used to think these were real, that someone was matching my d… --- ## [Lolita Express flight logs (Epstein related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lolita-express-flight-logs-epstein-related/1026049)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lolita-express-flight-logs-epstein-related/1026049 "2025-12-30T01:23:03Z")
What would stop someone from getting on the plane and not signing the book? Or signing a fake name? Airlines have strict rules, of course, but what about private planes? And why should anyone assume there was only one fl… --- ## [Announcement: Flight number xxxx "WITH SERVICE" to city yyyy...Shut up, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686 "2025-12-25T15:19:46Z")
Why add the words"with service" to the announcement? If you got sometin’ to say, just say it, okay? The fight has been delayed, or moved to a new gate—okay, I get it, stuff happens. But I’m flying to Houston, or Denve… --- ## [The gateway idiot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gateway-idiot/1025557)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gateway-idiot/1025557 "2025-12-24T18:40:41Z")
Was Sarah Palin the gateway idiot that lowered the political bar enough to let Trump ooze over? --- ## [Does Trump believe the things he says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-the-things-he-says/1025926)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-the-things-he-says/1025926 "2025-12-24T04:03:32Z")
Donald Trump says many things which are not true. Do you think he knows this? Does he know he’s lying but figures his audience will believe his lies? Or does he believe the things he says are true? Do you think this ha… --- ## [Screw you, Burl Ives!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-burl-ives/1011833)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-burl-ives/1011833 "2025-12-23T23:38:23Z")
“Have a holly jolly Christmas, and in case you didn’t hear Well, by golly have a holly joll–” You JUST told us to have a holly jolly Christmas two seconds ago! Of course we fucking heard! How stupid do you think we are… --- ## [New trump rumor sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-rumor-sucks/1024890)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-rumor-sucks/1024890 "2025-12-23T12:13:04Z")
Sounds Oniony, but I wouldn’t put it past him. --- ## [2025 Can Suck It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-can-suck-it/1025840)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-can-suck-it/1025840 "2025-12-22T22:03:39Z")
On top of gestures wildly at everything, this year has kinda blown for me. I developed dry eyes. I’m in pain about 80% of the day, and my eyes have a reading and screen time limit of about 9 hours a day. I work from hom… --- ## [Trump in one word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-one-word/1025436)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-one-word/1025436 "2025-12-19T22:38:28Z")
There are so many, I know. But if you had to choose one to encapsulate him (and would that one could encapsulate him, and hurl that capsule to the deepest trench in the Pacific) which word would you choose? I would cho… --- ## [Next time Patel faces Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-patel-faces-congress/1024566)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-patel-faces-congress/1024566 "2025-12-17T22:23:41Z")
We already know Patel won’t cooperate with the Dems, so they could take some time to at least make him a little uncomfortable. Like asking him about investigations into the countries that are emptying their insane asylum… --- ## ["Names you associate with \[edit for racial slur\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-edit-for-racial-slur/205004)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-edit-for-racial-slur/205004 "2025-12-15T20:43:33Z")
Got your attention, didn’t I? Well, I meant to, and no, it’s not a Troll. Over in Cafe Society, Liirogue started a thread “Names you associate with white trash”. Several of us came in, and explained politely that “whi… --- ## [Facebook AI Slop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945 "2025-12-15T19:07:25Z")
Over the past few months, I’ve been seeing an awful lot of this crap on my Facebook feed. Some days it seems like literally every other post will be some weird AI-generated image, with text reading “Why don’t pictures li… --- ## [The Alina Habba Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965 "2025-12-10T00:22:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is Alina Habba's deep game?: I think that Trump’s lawyer deserves her own thread. A mod note in the P&E thread dedicated to her suggested taking some of the discussion to the Pit, fo… --- ## [Fuck Your Business Model, Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-your-business-model-doctor/1025010)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-your-business-model-doctor/1025010 "2025-12-04T05:49:03Z")
My Dr. ( in network ) referred me to another Dr. ( In Network? Specialist. ) to have something checked. I called them, provided insurance information, and made the appointment. I was nervous… but it had to be done. I… --- ## [The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068 "2025-12-01T20:32:17Z")
Well, the CF has already started and the dude’s not even in office again. First off, he wants the Senate to give him power to bypass the Senate. (The link goes to AOL.) “Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEAD… --- ## [Happy Cranks-giving! (November mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cranks-giving-november-mini-rants/1024477)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cranks-giving-november-mini-rants/1024477 "2025-12-01T18:38:10Z")
I didn’t see a new thread created yet so here we go. Since COVID, most of the houses in our neighborhood set up in our driveways to hand out candy rather than having kids come all the way up to the front door. For the f… --- ## [I pit the New York Times, specifically their science reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-york-times-specifically-their-science-reporting/1024777)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-york-times-specifically-their-science-reporting/1024777 "2025-11-29T16:39:57Z")
So, the big medical/science news yesterday was that the FDA plans to remove the “black box warning” on estrogen products designed for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. This is a topic i happen to know a lo… --- ## [Sink the Yantar! (Russian spy and internet sabotage ship)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-yantar-russian-spy-and-internet-sabotage-ship/1025087)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-yantar-russian-spy-and-internet-sabotage-ship/1025087 "2025-11-26T05:04:34Z")
The Yantar (Янтарь - amber) is a Russian ship, ostensibly for marine research. As such, of course, it has the ability to launch mini-subs. In the last year, this ship has been known to be mapping (and hovering over) und… --- ## [Warning honk for ICE raids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-honk-for-ice-raids/1024460)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-honk-for-ice-raids/1024460 "2025-11-23T04:12:20Z")
If there isn’t a universal warning honk for the presence of ICE and DHS, there should be. If it was heard it from a long way off, plans could be made. --- ## [Is this actually a compact listing of The Epstein Files...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actually-a-compact-listing-of-the-epstein-files/1024894)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actually-a-compact-listing-of-the-epstein-files/1024894 "2025-11-21T17:15:56Z")
While wondering the internet I came across a post that supposedly shows all of the Epstein Pedos 3D linked to all of the other Epstein Pedos globally. When I open it up, it is in a format which I’m not familiar with… b… --- ## [My kid was hit by a squad car. Now it happened in LA, but this kid was killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-was-hit-by-a-squad-car-now-it-happened-in-la-but-this-kid-was-killed/1024617)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-was-hit-by-a-squad-car-now-it-happened-in-la-but-this-kid-was-killed/1024617 "2025-11-18T23:52:18Z")
My son was hit by a police car, which was going almost 50 on the wrong side of a 25mph street. Amazingly, he only broke one leg , and he got out of the cast (and back to skateboarding) years ago. Like a decade ago, and… --- ## [Anonymous Leaks details on Haditha Killings case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-leaks-details-on-haditha-killings-case/611682)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-leaks-details-on-haditha-killings-case/611682 "2025-11-18T15:04:52Z")
I’m not pitting Anonymous here. Not really. They do some stupid shit, but in this case I say it’s a tiny, tiny shred of justice long overdue. I’d prefer the soldiers responsible for Haditha would be thrown in a dark, … --- ## ["Chicken Little" - aka, the Weatherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-aka-the-weatherman/1024726)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-aka-the-weatherman/1024726 "2025-11-15T02:43:39Z")
All weekend long we were deluged with dire warnings of a major lake effect snowstorm extending from the city all the way down to South Bend, IN. There were forecasts of 8 to 12 inches of snow. Since we have tomorrow of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=8)