# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=79 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 80 --- ## [Pitting KGS and other Zealots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-kgs-and-other-zealots/476446)
**Author:** [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-kgs-and-other-zealots/476446 "2008-12-10T03:29:38Z")
So, I’ve seen a lot of this the past few weeks. KGS is only the most recent example and, since it was in a Great Debates, I think it’s worth calling him out by name. Not all Christians are “bonafide nutjobs.” They are… --- ## [Cell phone travel chargers. Totally worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-travel-chargers-totally-worthless/685486)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-travel-chargers-totally-worthless/685486 "2018-05-20T04:31:47Z")
This has to be the stupidest most asinine invention ever. A travel charger with fold up prongs. As if that tiny 3/4 inch protrusion made a damn bit of difference in my suitcase. Its in a zip lock bag and couldn’t snag my… --- ## [Who on earth is designing the clothes for women these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-on-earth-is-designing-the-clothes-for-women-these-days/813386)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-on-earth-is-designing-the-clothes-for-women-these-days/813386 "2018-05-19T00:23:47Z")
Everything is absolutely hideous and I wouldn’t want to be caught dead wearing any of it. Especially if you’re into the plus sizes. My God. Sister and I just walk through the stores and laugh at everything. It’s a good t… --- ## [where Black Lives Matter now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-black-lives-matter-now/764511)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-black-lives-matter-now/764511 "2018-05-18T20:22:52Z")
A cop just shot down a deaf man, who was attempting to sign to the officer. The deaf man was unarmed. --- ## [In My Humble Opinion, Trump has made even children into racist scumbags.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-trump-has-made-even-children-into-racist-scumbags/813831)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-trump-has-made-even-children-into-racist-scumbags/813831 "2018-05-16T22:48:07Z")
I am a high school band director. The junior high band director that I work with was having “officer” elections for her sixth graders – gonna-be seventh graders – today. They were voting for President, Vice President, … --- ## [The US Constitution DOES NOT GRANT ANY RIGHTS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-constitution-does-not-grant-any-rights/141129)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-constitution-does-not-grant-any-rights/141129 "2018-05-16T15:34:35Z")
I am so sick of hearing people say “Well, the Constitution gives us the right to…” or “You can’t do that because there’s no right to \[whatever\] granted by the Constitution.” The idea that the Constitution, and hence the… --- ## [Why does this board tolerate Clothahump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-tolerate-clothahump/814236)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-board-tolerate-clothahump/814236 "2018-05-16T02:57:25Z")
I’m loathe to post this for many reasons: I hate the idea of giving him extra attention Although I’ve been reading the boards pretty much daily for 10 years, I don’t post enough to be especially prolific or memorable; … --- ## [The fox network cancels even more cult favorite TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958 "2018-05-16T00:02:31Z")
They just cancelled the Mick, Brooklyn 99 and the last man on earth. Fox will go down as a network that really cancels excellent shows just to make room for crap shows that only last 1 season. Luckily other fox cancelle… --- ## ["We Accept Food Stamps"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936 "2018-05-15T05:31:16Z")
Leave it to the greedy, entitled rich in the U S of A. How about “We accept the proceeds of slave labor” - so that the owners of businesses that exploit Mexicans can go shopping without having to worry they’ll get caugh… --- ## [A Marathon of Nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-of-nonsense/813352)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-of-nonsense/813352 "2018-05-11T08:12:30Z")
Two Fridays ago, our district attended a regional conference at a suburban convention center that involved several districts. The following Monday, my boss gave me the pleasant news that we could submit a request for re… --- ## [Quick! We need smelling salts! Asuka's got the vapors!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-we-need-smelling-salts-asukas-got-the-vapors/813868)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-we-need-smelling-salts-asukas-got-the-vapors/813868 "2018-05-11T02:00:13Z")
So our friend Asuka has dropped this stinking pile over in IMHO: Note, that has to be $50 US since the numbers wouldn’t match peso currency conversation rates at all (and fits with the $5 pizza thing). So basically a w… --- ## [Vote GOP 2018!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-gop-2018/812756)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-gop-2018/812756 "2018-05-10T09:52:16Z")
This thread is about the three political campaign posters linked below. You really ought to save your comments until after you have viewed them. There is no nudity, profanity or blood in them, but nonetheless they may be… --- ## [Fuck the fashion police.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-fashion-police/813462)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-fashion-police/813462 "2018-05-10T04:57:58Z")
A high school girl in Utah finds a pretty red dress in a vintage clothing store, wears it to the prom. Non-story, right? Except that the dress is in a traditional Chinese style, and the girl is white. So of course she is… --- ## [April glowers bring May flowers (minirant thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-glowers-bring-may-flowers-minirant-thread/811576)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-glowers-bring-may-flowers-minirant-thread/811576 "2018-05-07T12:37:38Z")
Another month beginning, and I’ll start the whining. My back hurts. It happens every now and then, and I’ll pay attention to back stretches, posture, and back exercises until I feel better. And then, in six months or … --- ## [Why does china not value individualism, and not shun cheating, lying, and scamming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-china-not-value-individualism-and-not-shun-cheating-lying-and-scamming/813378)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-china-not-value-individualism-and-not-shun-cheating-lying-and-scamming/813378 "2018-05-06T03:55:19Z")
Just a quick question that the only people who’ll agree with me on are people who’ve actually lived in china for more than 3 months (I couldnt make it past 3 months outside of hong kong). So if you don’t know what I’m t… --- ## [Welcome to Jennshark's annual "I hate summer" notching festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-jennsharks-annual-i-hate-summer-notching-festival/813539)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-jennsharks-annual-i-hate-summer-notching-festival/813539 "2018-05-05T19:36:48Z")
Curse you, autocorrect! “Bitching” not “notching” . . . Well, it’s started in New Jersey. It’s 94 and humid. Gone are the precious days of 20 degrees, snowflakes, freezing rain, and delicious gray days. So long to my be… --- ## [Drivers License lost in the mail,so I have to go to the DMV for the second time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587 "2018-05-05T17:12:32Z")
I went to the DMV back in March to renew my driver’s license. It couldn’t be done by mail this time, had to be done in person. I still haven’t received the new license so this morning I called them up to find out what’s … --- ## [I Pit Michael Skakel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-michael-skakel/229070)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-michael-skakel/229070 "2018-05-05T01:44:14Z")
Yanno, the whole Michael Skakel/Martha Moxley case pisses me off. Immensely. First off, let’s look at fact number one: For 25 years Michael Skakel was the prime suspect in the case. However, it wasn’t until he said s… --- ## [That Stormy Daniels interview was a bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183 "2018-05-03T17:50:35Z")
They delayed it for 30 minutes to show a college basketball game, and the interview didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know before the interview aired. Ah well. At least it created new legal troubles for Trump. I hope oth… --- ## [I always wanted to be addicted to escorts, but couldn't afford the dues - ask me anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-wanted-to-be-addicted-to-escorts-but-couldnt-afford-the-dues-ask-me-anything/811397)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-wanted-to-be-addicted-to-escorts-but-couldnt-afford-the-dues-ask-me-anything/811397 "2018-05-01T05:55:41Z")
This is the flop of the other thread. Ask away. --- ## [Atheist Bus Driver Trys to Convert Students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864 "2018-04-30T06:11:58Z")
is a headline I’ve never seen. But this guy:http://kstp.com/news/twin-cities-school-bus-driver-removed-leading-prayer-quality-care-transportation-removed-george-nathaniel-nasha-shkola/4874378/ did decide it was appropria… --- ## [NRA No Way! Companies affiliated re-thinking things due to Parkland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-no-way-companies-affiliated-re-thinking-things-due-to-parkland/809450)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-no-way-companies-affiliated-re-thinking-things-due-to-parkland/809450 "2018-04-29T10:55:10Z")
More companies end ties with NRA as pressure mounts: Now that’s some good old-fashioned protesting being done in a new-fangled technological kind of way. I learned as a kid and I still feel today: everything is polit… --- ## [Hey Leo Bloom - What Was This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-leo-bloom-what-was-this/812814)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-leo-bloom-what-was-this/812814 "2018-04-27T12:55:40Z")
With my apologies to everyone, I just have to know: what the hell is this? Parody? Drunken Rambling? Forgot to lock your PC? Please tell me you don’t owe your dog a bath and his favorite treats. --- ## [Anti-achievement at its finest: Acceptance by 20 colleges called "obnoxious"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-achievement-at-its-finest-acceptance-by-20-colleges-called-obnoxious/812353)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-achievement-at-its-finest-acceptance-by-20-colleges-called-obnoxious/812353 "2018-04-25T21:04:29Z")
Link to article: \[D.C. Fox 5 anchors slam teen who received 20 full rides to college.\](D.C. Fox 5 anchors slam teen who received 20 full rides to college.) So a Texas teen named Michael Brown discovers he’s been accepte… --- ## [The incomparable Kim Kardashian on Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomparable-kim-kardashian-on-hillary-clinton/812992)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomparable-kim-kardashian-on-hillary-clinton/812992 "2018-04-24T20:17:29Z")
Vanity Fair had an article from September 2016 by the talented Kim Kardashian – a TV celeb best known for being extremely famous – on Hillary Clinton. Naturally, she takes the piss out of herself, sorta: but the she … --- ## [Humanity hits new low- paedophile sex dolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humanity-hits-new-low-paedophile-sex-dolls/812649)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humanity-hits-new-low-paedophile-sex-dolls/812649 "2018-04-22T05:40:09Z")
Something that actually surpasses the furry/plushy fandom to take the trophy for highest coefficient of disturbing and pathetic. Japanese company called Trottla. Image search if you dare (and no one’s tracking your brows… --- ## [To Dishonest "Christians"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-dishonest-christians/812019)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-dishonest-christians/812019 "2018-04-20T21:38:04Z")
I don’t mean those who cheat or steal. I do mean the ones who claim to “believe” shit that no sane person - barely even any insane people - could honestly believe. Examples: God is a being who exists somewhere al… --- ## [SDMB dusty old farts v2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dusty-old-farts-v2/812816)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dusty-old-farts-v2/812816 "2018-04-20T20:17:27Z")
When I first joined this forum 15 years ago I was a strapping young lad and had the distinct impression that a lot of you were significantly older than me. Now, 15 years later, the age difference is the same, but it’s em… --- ## [SDMB dusty old farts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dusty-old-farts/812815)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dusty-old-farts/812815 "2018-04-20T20:04:59Z")
When I first joined this forum 15 years ago I was a strapping young lad and had the distinct impression that a lot of you were significantly older than me. Now, 15 years later, the age difference is the same, but it’s em… --- ## [And my 85 year old mother is in time out...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-85-year-old-mother-is-in-time-out/812111)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-85-year-old-mother-is-in-time-out/812111 "2018-04-20T18:14:39Z")
Dementia sucks green rabid donkey balls. After yesterdays 5 hour trip to the ER for attacking the coffee table with her chin (table lost), today’s joy started when Mom whipped her heavy used hospital diaper off, leaving… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=80)