# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=72 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 73 --- ## [Kavanaugh redux: Grassley wants DOJ to investigate Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kavanaugh-redux-grassley-wants-doj-to-investigate-kavanaugh-accuser-julie-swetnick/823537)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kavanaugh-redux-grassley-wants-doj-to-investigate-kavanaugh-accuser-julie-swetnick/823537 "2018-11-07T21:53:00Z")
That’s right: Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, didn’t think it was worth more than a half-assed examination into Kavanaugh’s record (and he’d have rather skipped even that), but he wan… --- ## [They wanted to increase productivity at work. Luckily they figured out the solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wanted-to-increase-productivity-at-work-luckily-they-figured-out-the-solution/824100)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wanted-to-increase-productivity-at-work-luckily-they-figured-out-the-solution/824100 "2018-11-07T18:52:54Z")
They brought in a weeaboo consultant from another company to come in and throw japanese buzzwords at us. Listening to someone with a new england accent use japanese buzzwords was fun. Because obviously Japanese businesse… --- ## [2018 Holiday Music Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-holiday-music-pit/823937)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-holiday-music-pit/823937 "2018-11-07T04:00:16Z")
Yea, it’s early for this. That’s the problem. To hell with businesses that play holiday music before Thanksgiving. In the last two days I have been in two restaurants, one a medium price table service establishment, the … --- ## [Colbert Fact Checks Chris Wallace, Apparently it Takes an Entertainer to do a Journalist's Job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-fact-checks-chris-wallace-apparently-it-takes-an-entertainer-to-do-a-journalists-job/824010)
**Author:** [@Weird\_With\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_With_Words)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-fact-checks-chris-wallace-apparently-it-takes-an-entertainer-to-do-a-journalists-job/824010 "2018-11-06T23:05:05Z")
Specifically, the part in the video (below) at 5:45, where Chris Wallace takes a line from the anti-immigrant playbook and says that only 10% of asylum seekers return for their hearing, and only 10% percent are given asy… --- ## ["What does 'Insufficient Disk Space' mean?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-insufficient-disk-space-mean/824011)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-insufficient-disk-space-mean/824011 "2018-11-06T21:52:02Z")
Somehow I’m having to do customer support in my current job, and I get an email with an error attached, saying ‘Insufficient Disk Space’, asking “What does this error mean?”. It is literally the most clear and concise u… --- ## [I'm starting to really dislike my daughters's personalities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-really-dislike-my-daughterss-personalities/823927)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-really-dislike-my-daughterss-personalities/823927 "2018-11-06T21:43:33Z")
It’s hit me in the past week : they are self-absorbed, apathetic and absolutely uninterested in anything that has to do with learning, be it history, culture or science. They are also borderline disrespectful with me and… --- ## [Games are to blame for mass shooters, not social welfare or gun regulation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-are-to-blame-for-mass-shooters-not-social-welfare-or-gun-regulation/820335)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-are-to-blame-for-mass-shooters-not-social-welfare-or-gun-regulation/820335 "2018-11-06T13:43:01Z")
With recent news of a kid shooting up some people at a gaming tournament where he apparently loss then decided to blast the people who pissed him off, I feel that now is an appropriate time for FoxNews and the Right Wing… --- ## [Tell us about the last moron you nearly hit with your car or bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-the-last-moron-you-nearly-hit-with-your-car-or-bike/823530)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-the-last-moron-you-nearly-hit-with-your-car-or-bike/823530 "2018-11-06T05:45:51Z")
Inspired by trying to leave work today… Sadly, there are a lot of bad drivers out there. And bikers. Hell, there are even a lot of bad walkers. Who is the most recent fool in a car, on a bike, or on foot who implicitly … --- ## [If Trump explicitly declared himself a White Nationalist, what would happen to his support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-explicitly-declared-himself-a-white-nationalist-what-would-happen-to-his-support/823932)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-explicitly-declared-himself-a-white-nationalist-what-would-happen-to-his-support/823932 "2018-11-05T00:47:29Z")
Imagine Trump drops all pretense of not being racist, and explicitly declares himself a White Nationalist that opposes immigration because he wants to keep the country white. What happens to his approval rating? I predi… --- ## [$&@&#% Health Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance/822926)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance/822926 "2018-11-04T07:17:58Z")
I just got my information about my health insurance for next year. For context, this is an individual plan purchased through the ACA exchange. Previously, I basically had a Cadillac plan for $800 a month. 2015-changed t… --- ## [Who is sending Bombs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 516\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454 "2018-11-02T16:42:50Z")
It seems that the GOP is accusing dems of making some kind of false flag about explosive devices sent to dems. I would bet it is a false flag. From the right. They are as predictable as 5 year olds. The only one who gai… --- ## [Eight'll get you Ten Mini-rants for October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254 "2018-11-02T02:53:33Z")
Zippers. Who decided that both male and female clothing now has to have identical zippers? I have exactly one item of clothing now that has the male zipper (zipper tab on the right side). It’s a pain zipping up the rest … --- ## [Kanye West is a complete fucking idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-a-complete-fucking-idiot/561927)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-a-complete-fucking-idiot/561927 "2018-11-01T08:14:22Z")
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/317955/kanye-west-says-taylor-swifts-2009-vma-win-was-disrespectful-claims-today-exploited-him/ Dude, you fucking stole somebody’s brief spot in the limelight, even … --- ## [Republicans and Abortions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-abortions/823411)
**Author:** [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-abortions/823411 "2018-10-31T22:06:32Z")
Recently read an article in which John Cleese tweeted about Trump and Christianity, and a user responded that the abortion issue was the only reason he voted for Trump. So to all Republicans and Conservatives out there:… --- ## [Democracy is dead in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-is-dead-in-georgia/822697)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-is-dead-in-georgia/822697 "2018-10-30T10:55:56Z")
Over 500,000 names removed from the rolls. Thousands of whom remain GA residents. Brian Kemp deserves jail time, as do all the people who worked with him on this project. Voting rights aren’t a game. They’re deadly … --- ## [Octopus is having a meltdown...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098 "2018-10-30T02:21:06Z")
…and it’s so sweet. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Look at that, I kept my snark of the vile little motherfucker right here on this board. --- ## [Actblue (a left wing donations group) can go straight to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actblue-a-left-wing-donations-group-can-go-straight-to-hell/823000)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actblue-a-left-wing-donations-group-can-go-straight-to-hell/823000 "2018-10-29T19:43:13Z")
So I donated to the Beto campaign. I very specifically checked the one time donation box. But today, I find that I’ve made two more donations to candidates that aren’t even Beto! So I go to their website to cancel my re… --- ## [Fuck off Piers Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-piers-morgan/823061)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-piers-morgan/823061 "2018-10-27T01:06:53Z")
Or, attention seeker criticises 007 (Daniel Craig) for carrying his baby child in a papoose. Well, Piers, you certainly win on getting attention. But by winning you also show yourself to be an idiot and thereby lose. So… --- ## [But His Phone Calls...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-his-phone-calls/823490)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-his-phone-calls/823490 "2018-10-26T14:59:31Z")
LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! No, of course not. But the President of the United States yaks with his friends all night on an unsecured iPhone that Russian and Chinese spies are apparently listening in on. But we know ho… --- ## [Gardening while black? Must be a paedo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-while-black-must-be-a-paedo/823240)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-while-black-must-be-a-paedo/823240 "2018-10-26T02:08:58Z")
Jeebus America, some people are black. GET OVER IT. --- ## [Bricker is a Pile of Shit Sculpted into Human Shape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 667\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344 "2018-10-26T01:26:52Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822264&page=5 I direct you to post #168 for the context of what he’s responding to, and post #170 for his response. If you’re not up to following a link, Budget Play… --- ## [And now, reported to the police for babysitting while being black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-reported-to-the-police-for-babysitting-while-being-black/822943)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-reported-to-the-police-for-babysitting-while-being-black/822943 "2018-10-21T00:51:34Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/black-man-babysitting.htm Kudos to both the man and the police officer for the way they both handled the situation. Yes, child abduction is serious, but you’ve got to use some com… --- ## [Define "Politically Correct" + Give 2 examples in your life worth raging at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-politically-correct-give-2-examples-in-your-life-worth-raging-at/822993)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-politically-correct-give-2-examples-in-your-life-worth-raging-at/822993 "2018-10-20T23:18:04Z")
I don’t worry about PC. But lots of people do. These days I am being reminded that I need to worry about whole rafts of people who care a lot, and are guided in their political lives by this thing. So what is it? And h… --- ## [That one roommate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-roommate/823174)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-roommate/823174 "2018-10-20T19:59:31Z")
I am just posting to vent. I don’t need advice, because the situation is the way it is, and I’m not likely to change it because ultimately I care about this guy & don’t want to see him on the street. But this guy drives… --- ## [Republicans can just go straight to fucking hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-can-just-go-straight-to-fucking-hell/822918)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-can-just-go-straight-to-fucking-hell/822918 "2018-10-20T16:06:52Z")
Seriously, just go to hell, animals! We don’t need you! None of you are good, and you all suck! I don’t care if you grow the corn that I eat or fix my pipes - fuck you, I pay your salaries as you pay mine. You’re not f… --- ## [Are the following facts both true \[Holocaust denial and WTC denial\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-following-facts-both-true-holocaust-denial-and-wtc-denial/823180)
**Author:** [@mustang19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mustang19)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-following-facts-both-true-holocaust-denial-and-wtc-denial/823180 "2018-10-19T15:44:36Z")
Wtc was 1000 Celsius Holocaust ovens were more --- ## [Fuck Tablet Mode!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-tablet-mode/823042)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-tablet-mode/823042 "2018-10-18T03:50:34Z")
I was working on my laptop with someone on the phone for work and suddenly my PC became completely unusable. There was no task bar and every program would fill the entire screen. There were no ways to switch and no sta… --- ## [Thank you, Jim Peebles, for teaching me about Fake News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-jim-peebles-for-teaching-me-about-fake-news/822994)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-jim-peebles-for-teaching-me-about-fake-news/822994 "2018-10-17T17:19:37Z")
Like the rest of you, I’ve been hearing about how big of an issue so-called “fake news” is. I never really understood this, though. Sure, I’d seen outright lies posted on so-called news sites, but no one I knew personall… --- ## [I pit people who ask me how much money I make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-ask-me-how-much-money-i-make/822957)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-ask-me-how-much-money-i-make/822957 "2018-10-17T01:51:21Z")
I am a PT poker dealer. You have no idea how often people seem to think it’s perfectly acceptable and not at all rude to ask me - often while I am actually working! - how much money I make. I have a few vague answers I … --- ## [Do not lie in the medical record!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-lie-in-the-medical-record/822942)
**Author:** [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-lie-in-the-medical-record/822942 "2018-10-16T22:35:08Z")
Last week, I spent 8 hours in the ER and 2 days in the VA hospital. Today, I looked at the medical record for that time. During that entire time, no one touched me except to do my vital signs, draw blood, and do an EKG… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=73)