# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=76 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 77 --- ## [July Mini Rants (now with fireworks!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-now-with-fireworks/817130)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-now-with-fireworks/817130 "2018-07-31T22:28:45Z")
Got seated at a diner, waitress brought over our glasses of ice water. “Y’all want anything else to drink?” “No thanks.” “Okay. Good!” … like, “thank god these assholes don’t want an iced tea or anything, too.” Mini… --- ## [Hypocrite PC-zealots and their strawmen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrite-pc-zealots-and-their-strawmen/818670)
**Author:** [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrite-pc-zealots-and-their-strawmen/818670 "2018-07-31T13:57:30Z")
First: this thread. Second: I did not read a single post from it after my last post, because I had enough of that crap. Probably won’t read any of this either, I’ve no illusions of converting fanatics. So: there was th… --- ## [Henry Cavill is scared of being called a rapist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-cavill-is-scared-of-being-called-a-rapist/817929)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-cavill-is-scared-of-being-called-a-rapist/817929 "2018-07-30T16:23:59Z")
Here are his quotes regarding his thoughts on the #MeToo movement: https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/henry-cavill/image-gallery/faed7f272f09bdf899c92b63a7149cba?pos=14 Naturally, he has received a wave of … --- ## [Dude gropes the wrong waitress and gets his ass handed to him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-gropes-the-wrong-waitress-and-gets-his-ass-handed-to-him/818266)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-gropes-the-wrong-waitress-and-gets-his-ass-handed-to-him/818266 "2018-07-28T23:15:57Z")
Just a little schadenfreude to brighten your day. Linky --- ## [Health Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance/818223)
**Author:** [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance/818223 "2018-07-28T11:16:04Z")
Lately, I can’t help but ponder America’s health care policies, and how brazenly, utterly, and completely insane it is. Today I needed some medicine and a brace for one of my limbs. I made an appointment, and the docto… --- ## [How have the co-Presidencies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-co-presidencies-of-barack-obama-and-hillary-clinton-pissed-you-off-today/817932)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-co-presidencies-of-barack-obama-and-hillary-clinton-pissed-you-off-today/817932 "2018-07-27T22:27:08Z")
During the campaign and even after being (s)elected, co-Presidents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have proven again and again that they not going to change from being the same arrogant, corrupt, bullying, bigoted, miso… --- ## [Is Trump/Putin a Witch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-putin-a-witch/818386)
**Author:** [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-putin-a-witch/818386 "2018-07-26T00:08:21Z")
As everyone knows, many people in the USA are currently engaged in a witch hunt. Some people say that Donald Trump is the head Witch but I am unsure if the evidence is strong enough to secure a conviction in a kangaroo c… --- ## [Snowboarder Bo: Enough with the fucking quarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 738\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525 "2018-07-25T21:57:44Z")
It wasn’t funny the first time, it wasn’t funny the second, and it’s not funny the zillionth time either. Pretty much nobody thinks it’s funny but you, and people have asked you to cut it out it out god knows how many t… --- ## [Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacha-baron-cohen-showtime/817847)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacha-baron-cohen-showtime/817847 "2018-07-25T19:04:53Z")
Not sure where to put this. Roy Moore threatens legal action after ‘illicit scheme’ from Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime I am confused. Can Sacha Baron Cohen do this? Doesn’t he and Showtime need waivers to show these int… --- ## [The word "uptick"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-uptick/818410)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-uptick/818410 "2018-07-24T19:57:37Z")
This word gets used dishonestly - to minimize bad news - almost every time it’s used at all. A formal definition of “less than one tenth of one percent” and misleading uses getting called out, would help. Or just peopl… --- ## [I Pit the Lame-stream Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-lame-stream-media/817051)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-lame-stream-media/817051 "2018-07-24T17:08:05Z")
Is this a duplicate thread? Surely we’ve pitted the worthless “journalists” at CNN dozens of time. Right-wingers complain that CNN pushes a progressive agenda. Give me a toke of whatever those right-wing idiots are sm… --- ## [California Board of Equlization -AAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-board-of-equlization-aaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh/818483)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-board-of-equlization-aaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh/818483 "2018-07-24T15:43:09Z")
Holy Jebus!!! My wife has an old tax bill, from 2014. It is a couple grand. An exorbitant sum, but that is another rant. I have the monies they require. I am willing to give them said monies. Therein lies the pain. I c… --- ## [What happened to the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170 "2018-07-24T13:10:30Z")
Seriously concerned. All I’ve seen lately are posts akin to these; 1.) Russia is to blame for everything! 2.)White people are to blame for all that goes wrong in society and everything is racist. 3.)Anyone who voted … --- ## [Trump will become a noun, like Quisling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-become-a-noun-like-quisling/818062)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-become-a-noun-like-quisling/818062 "2018-07-21T16:39:12Z")
I’m declaring it as of today. It’s hard to fathom but he is somehow unaware of this. I can’t imagine scenarios that avoid this happening. My question is will it be that way for the names “Republican” and “conservative” … --- ## [Hey Biffster! Next time you quote Canadian law on these boards, have the courtesy to get it right!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-biffster-next-time-you-quote-canadian-law-on-these-boards-have-the-courtesy-to-get-it-right/817211)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-biffster-next-time-you-quote-canadian-law-on-these-boards-have-the-courtesy-to-get-it-right/817211 "2018-07-19T19:13:26Z")
Over in the convoluted thread about the Red Hen Restaurant denying service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Biffster bounced around with all sorts of reasons why it was wrong. Shortly before tomndebb imposed closure, the Biff… --- ## [Tales of White Privilege](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-white-privilege/817794)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-white-privilege/817794 "2018-07-19T14:46:04Z")
(Just gonna place this one in the Pit so I can properly mock all the racists when they come in here and deny my/our experiences, or helpfully explain that there is no such thing as white privilege. Also, it may help them… --- ## [Shup up wiith the "shut up" already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shup-up-wiith-the-shut-up-already/817485)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shup-up-wiith-the-shut-up-already/817485 "2018-07-17T23:30:37Z")
There is a cohort of posters here who have made it there thing to harass another specific poster with “Shut up …” pretty no matter what that poster posts. I think they think it’s funny. They are being huge assholes but … --- ## [Fuck You SAMSAM creators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-samsam-creators/818044)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-samsam-creators/818044 "2018-07-17T23:21:31Z")
The joke is on you! You tried to encrypt all my data, but my data was stored on one drive, accessed by two computers! So yes, you might have encrypted it on one, but it went into the recycle bin on the other and I was … --- ## [Elon Musk, Why Don't You Go To Fucking Hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-why-dont-you-go-to-fucking-hell/818055)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-why-dont-you-go-to-fucking-hell/818055 "2018-07-17T02:30:16Z")
Elon Musk, just fuck off already. You don’t know if that dude was a pedo or not. Or if you do know, maybe you’re a pedo too, and that’s how you know. So anyway, fuck off. Peace. --- ## [ThelmaLou crybaby snowflake way to take things out of context.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725)
**Author:** [@Textual\_Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Assault)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725 "2018-07-16T21:57:58Z")
I started a thread about Ken Burns Vietnam war minseries and that it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know execpt for one VERY important thing and yeah my OP was maybe a bit snarky but it was about the tv show, N… --- ## [drad dog: Fuck you, you smug, douchebag troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965 "2018-07-15T22:45:51Z")
drad dog, I’ve had enough. The last straw is in your “I think Tom Petty is overrated” thread when you say, in response to someone commenting that some folks might think Prince is overrated, you reply: To be clear: N… --- ## [Nice try, Fotheringay-Phipps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-try-fotheringay-phipps/497086)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-try-fotheringay-phipps/497086 "2018-07-15T15:38:52Z")
No, in that thread you consistently said whatever anyone cited that didn’t disagree with you didn’t count. You were just generally a disingenuous fuck, and now you’re trying to rewrite history, The thread in question: T… --- ## [(Presumably leftist) Woodchucks ate Paul Ryan's car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumably-leftist-woodchucks-ate-paul-ryans-car/817904 "2018-07-15T01:14:43Z")
In his own words: Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! What other dastardly deeds will the Liberal Animal Kingdom pursue as part of their path to vengeance against the Right wing? :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [I pit Trump's pardons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trumps-pardons/817660)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trumps-pardons/817660 "2018-07-14T17:50:21Z")
This one goes too far, IMO. I’m sure that Charles Manson had the respect and widespread support of his local community, too. So what? Neither of these people deserves this pardon, IMO: they are entitled jackasses wh… --- ## [Thank you Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tuba/817826)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tuba/817826 "2018-07-13T23:23:53Z")
In light of our newly revised and open minded moderation of the pit I would like to make a confession… zoid (me) is a fucking cunt - he’s a cunt now, he’s always has been a cunt, and the only thing that’s gonna change i… --- ## [Chinese Manufacturers: "Ozone Layer? Whatever! LOL"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-manufacturers-ozone-layer-whatever-lol/817613)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-manufacturers-ozone-layer-whatever-lol/817613 "2018-07-13T21:33:58Z")
To the Chinese manufacturers of foam insulation currently FUCKING UP the Ozone Layer by using the illegal chemical CFC-11, thanks a lot you slimy, cynical, greedy, bottom feeding scumballs. To the indifferent and most l… --- ## [Can anybody easily understand Leo Bloom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-easily-understand-leo-bloom/816203)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-easily-understand-leo-bloom/816203 "2018-07-12T21:31:39Z")
Prompted by https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856802 This isn’t meant to be an all out attack, but since it’s asking a question about another poster with a negative tint to it, the Pit is the only ap… --- ## [Quartz - please explain your rape fixation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quartz-please-explain-your-rape-fixation/817209)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quartz-please-explain-your-rape-fixation/817209 "2018-07-12T11:29:00Z")
Quartz, my minerally blessed friend, you have quite the fascination with starting threads on rape. Here are a few of them from the last 3 months: Why is this woman not being charged with rape? July 2 The penalty for m… --- ## [y'all wypipo need to grow some skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434 "2018-07-12T04:09:52Z")
From the recently-closed Netflix exec thread: Racist twaddle and trolling horseshit. Ditto. Dibble’s warning was entirely warranted. And his ire is entirely understandable. Patronizing dickheads come in and start … --- ## [Mr Dibble: What Kind of Crazy Is He?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dibble-what-kind-of-crazy-is-he/817528)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Bullet_Traffic_Control)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dibble-what-kind-of-crazy-is-he/817528 "2018-07-10T22:37:06Z")
As a debater, Mr. Dibble has a rather unpleasant MO. He takes people’s words, twists them beyond recognition, interprets them in the worst, most uncharitable way possible, and then acts as though he’s divined his opponen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=77)