# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=70 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 71 --- ## [Stop saying Colin O'Brady crossed Antarctica!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-colin-obrady-crossed-antarctica/826765)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-colin-obrady-crossed-antarctica/826765 "2019-01-09T15:24:41Z")
Many news outlets reported today that Colin O’Brady became the first man to “cross Antarctica alone and unaided.” However, if you look at the map of his route, he took the the shortest path to the South Pole, turned r… --- ## [Stephen Curry is a moon landing denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-curry-is-a-moon-landing-denier/825946)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-curry-is-a-moon-landing-denier/825946 "2019-01-08T20:45:56Z")
Fucking moron. Believe what you want, but this is a guy who is supposed to be a role model for kids and ought to keep his crackpot conspiracy bullshit to himself. Fuck you, Curry. --- ## [Let's Pit Hurricane Ditka -- He's an Incontinent Liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-hurricane-ditka-hes-an-incontinent-liar/827334)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-hurricane-ditka-hes-an-incontinent-liar/827334 "2019-01-07T21:35:40Z")
I’m sure there are already Pit threads about the nauseating dolt named Hurricane. But he deserves to have the whole BBQ Pit filled with odes to his pretensions, hypocrisies, stupidities, and Blatant Lies. It seems fair… --- ## [Don't call me then put me on hold!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-then-put-me-on-hold/826799)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-then-put-me-on-hold/826799 "2019-01-04T19:58:06Z")
While trying to eat lunch today my phone rang. I’m expecting important calls and have been playing phone tag so I couldn’t just let it go to voicemail. I answered and got a recording: “This is Keystone First calling wit… --- ## [Would you vote for Donald Trump for POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054 "2019-01-03T03:18:11Z")
It’s a little scary but today when I read Mr. Trump’s illegal immigration policy he addressed two of my concerns: forcing people who are here illegally to go back to their home countries and nullifying the right to be a… --- ## [Silver Hells: December Minirants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468 "2019-01-02T21:25:13Z")
I have a cold. I hate having a cold. It drains me of energy, my head aches, my nose is stopped up, my throat is raw, my ribs hurt from coughing, my stomach is upset because of all the snot draining into it, and the cats … --- ## [The holidays...goddammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-goddammit/826962)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-goddammit/826962 "2019-01-01T03:34:49Z")
Okay. Just so we’re all clear, this is the only time I’m going to grumble about this, and only because it’s been building up for a long time and I don’t have anywhere else to go with it. I hate this time of the year an… --- ## [Is eight hours too long to go without being offered a drink of water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eight-hours-too-long-to-go-without-being-offered-a-drink-of-water/826130)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eight-hours-too-long-to-go-without-being-offered-a-drink-of-water/826130 "2018-12-31T02:43:15Z")
White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley blamed “the needless death” on Democratic Congressmen. Yes, this 7 year-old child was a heinous criminal or terrorist, but shouldn’t she have been offered a glass of w… --- ## [Multiple major US newspapers hit by cyberattack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-major-us-newspapers-hit-by-cyberattack/826946)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-major-us-newspapers-hit-by-cyberattack/826946 "2018-12-31T00:06:01Z")
My local newspaper does not appear to have been affected by this, the origin of which I last heard has not been located, but it’s affecting millions of people. Do any of you subscribe to dead-tree newspapers, and were… --- ## [eScooter(Lime/Bird) rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escooter-lime-bird-rants/826855)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escooter-lime-bird-rants/826855 "2018-12-29T16:44:26Z")
I’ll start off by saying eScooters are a neat idea in concept. But… A good percentage of users in my ‘hood are real jerks. Just today I’ve encountered 4 eScooters left in the friggin’ middle of the sidewalk and a gang … --- ## [White colonials should consider how their whining about immigration looks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-colonials-should-consider-how-their-whining-about-immigration-looks/826667)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-colonials-should-consider-how-their-whining-about-immigration-looks/826667 "2018-12-29T14:59:15Z")
Well, maybe this was a little Pitty for IMHO. Moved it here. We’d have room for any number of Central Americans if folks like Chuck and Nancy went back to wherever in Europe their people came from a hundred years ago. … --- ## [I pit the Mainstream Media Normalization of Donald Trump's Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mainstream-media-normalization-of-donald-trumps-presidency/826784)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mainstream-media-normalization-of-donald-trumps-presidency/826784 "2018-12-29T02:56:03Z")
Saw an Associated Press article making the rounds this morning. You may have seen it at any one of the hundreds of outlets who picked it up. The headline of the story that encapsulates the first two years of the presiden… --- ## [Rachel Dolezal learns what life is really like for many blacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-dolezal-learns-what-life-is-really-like-for-many-blacks/780943)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-dolezal-learns-what-life-is-really-like-for-many-blacks/780943 "2018-12-29T02:16:11Z")
Rachel Dolezal, white woman who identifies as black, now jobless, may soon be homeless I guess things were different when she was swanning about as the head of an NAACP chapter. Now she faces the reality of what it’s li… --- ## [Being a moron pays off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-moron-pays-off/826649)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-moron-pays-off/826649 "2018-12-27T04:16:47Z")
So this dipshit goes to North Korea and dies, yet his parents get a $500 million judgement against NK. What a waste of time and resources for someone who shouldn’t have been there. --- ## [The ZPG Zealot handshake thread party extravaganza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zpg-zealot-handshake-thread-party-extravaganza/758713)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 489\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zpg-zealot-handshake-thread-party-extravaganza/758713 "2018-12-26T20:51:45Z")
I’ve noticed threads that get into handshakes at all sometimes seem to derail into discussions with ZPG Zealot about their appropriateness, so I thought I’d create a one-stop-ZPG Zealot-handshake-thread to move any such … --- ## [Fucking NJ Dems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-nj-dems/826175)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-nj-dems/826175 "2018-12-25T19:06:56Z")
So, the NJ Democrats have decided to take a page out of the Republican playbook and are trying to put themselves permanently in power through a bullshit redistricting measure. Even the lamestream :rolleyes:, blindly par… --- ## [Do You Ever Watch Opposition YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-watch-opposition-youtube/826539)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-watch-opposition-youtube/826539 "2018-12-24T00:54:31Z")
For example, if you’re left-of-center, do you ever watch alt-right stuff just to see what they’re like? If you are a tolerant person, do you ever watch racist youtubers? --- ## [Paul Ryan, you're a pussy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474 "2018-12-24T07:41:51Z")
I just figured I’d put that out there, because this is a guy who on the one hand laments the toxic tone of politics yet repeatedly enabled Trump and basically was terrified of being primaried a la Eric Kantor. Please, j… --- ## [I can't believe they shut down TOP (The other Place)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-shut-down-top-the-other-place/826505)
**Author:** [@RavenSong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RavenSong)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-shut-down-top-the-other-place/826505 "2018-12-23T19:23:52Z")
There was a MoveOn.org petition to shut it down!? wtf? Hope I find a decent home here - I’m a refugee :confused: dig this Are you kiddin me? --- ## [Darn it Justice Ginsburg, stop getting cancer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-it-justice-ginsburg-stop-getting-cancer/826500)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-it-justice-ginsburg-stop-getting-cancer/826500 "2018-12-23T05:27:19Z")
I know that this is technically your third bout with cancer but we really really need you to hang in there so shake it off and get back to work! You’ve beaten cancer twice before, and you can do it again. link Seriousl… --- ## [The SlackerInc (and anyone else) circumcision hijack-prevention thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slackerinc-and-anyone-else-circumcision-hijack-prevention-thread/825692)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slackerinc-and-anyone-else-circumcision-hijack-prevention-thread/825692 "2018-12-21T16:12:56Z")
I’m sorry for any part I played in inadvertently assisting a hijack in this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21362654#post21362654 I’m suggesting that, from now on, any time someone posts a… --- ## [Fucking employers, fucking health insurance, fuck all of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-employers-fucking-health-insurance-fuck-all-of-it/826145)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-employers-fucking-health-insurance-fuck-all-of-it/826145 "2018-12-19T19:55:22Z")
So I’m a temp worker right now, and I earn just enough to get almost no subsidy for insurance. Last day of enrollment in my temp agencies health insurance is today, and I think today my boss noticed that I was coded wro… --- ## [Canadian Goose -- We stand on guard for thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-goose-we-stand-on-guard-for-thee/113837)
**Author:** [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-goose-we-stand-on-guard-for-thee/113837 "2018-12-19T18:35:15Z")
To the tune of \*O Canada Canadian Goose. We stand on guard for thee. What you produce, Could get all over me.\* Canada is a beautiful country. Canadians are terrific people. What a shame that when many Americans he… --- ## [Does anyone ever admit their position is wrong in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-admit-their-position-is-wrong-in-great-debates/825718)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-admit-their-position-is-wrong-in-great-debates/825718 "2018-12-17T00:50:28Z")
In this thread, I was going to post the following: pkbites: my response was to be: I decided instead to bring it all to the Pit. This is was in regards to his stance on the current situation in Wisconsin, where the… --- ## [White America doesn't understand democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-doesnt-understand-democracy/824169)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-doesnt-understand-democracy/824169 "2018-12-15T18:32:36Z")
Seriously, it’s obvious beyond belief that white America has this cartoonish understanding of what democracy really is. I think the only people who understand democracy in America are people who’ve been denied it, people… --- ## [First the Catholic Church. Then Penn State. Now the Boy Scouts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-catholic-church-then-penn-state-now-the-boy-scouts/634935)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-catholic-church-then-penn-state-now-the-boy-scouts/634935 "2018-12-14T05:35:17Z")
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-usa-boyscouts-abuse-idUSBRE88F0IN20120916?irpc=932 Dammit! I’m now forced to believe that this shit goes on all the time and everyone covers it up. Un-fucking-believable. O… --- ## [John of God faces hundreds of sexual abuse complaints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-of-god-faces-hundreds-of-sexual-abuse-complaints/826009)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-of-god-faces-hundreds-of-sexual-abuse-complaints/826009 "2018-12-13T15:39:07Z")
Well, this is certainly quacktastic news. \*"In recent days, dozens of women have come forward to accuse the famous medium, whose real name is João Teixeira de Faria, of being a serial sexual abuser who preyed on vulnera… --- ## [Rave: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary takes a step forward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rave-the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary-takes-a-step-forward/826029)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rave-the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary-takes-a-step-forward/826029 "2018-12-13T12:02:23Z")
Although I figured hell would be frozen before this happened the The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary just released a 72 page self critical report, which arguably should have come earlier, but deserves kudos to them… --- ## [Question about the current occupant's view of his role (deemed unsuitable for GQ)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-current-occupants-view-of-his-role-deemed-unsuitable-for-gq/826018)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-current-occupants-view-of-his-role-deemed-unsuitable-for-gq/826018 "2018-12-13T02:04:35Z")
Hi, folks. Sorry for the delay in revisiting this. Back in July of 2017, I submitted this thread in GQ. GQ Moderator Colibri properly exercised his authority to immediately close it on account of it containing a politic… --- ## [Pitting my doctor's front office staff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-doctors-front-office-staff/824858)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-doctors-front-office-staff/824858 "2018-12-11T21:01:18Z")
A few weeks ago I started a new job (hooray!), which of course has the downside of changing my medical insurance. I’ve been through this game before, so I know the drill: couple weeks to let the enrollment processing g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=71)