# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=80 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 81 --- ## [How to be hideous: the right wing tries to discredit the Parkland school shooting survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-hideous-the-right-wing-tries-to-discredit-the-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/809209)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-hideous-the-right-wing-tries-to-discredit-the-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/809209 "2018-04-16T18:42:22Z")
The National Review’s Ben Shapiro: Apparently Shapiro’s forgotten his own teenage years, per Wikipedia: Jim Hoft, aka Gateway Pundit, who flunks grammar in the process: The basic thrust of these two pieces is, thes… --- ## [Free Market "Stalinist": Laura Ingraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-market-stalinist-laura-ingraham/812187)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-market-stalinist-laura-ingraham/812187 "2018-04-14T15:03:28Z")
Ingraham Crackers is now trying to say a specific business decision is Stalinist: Eighteen advertisers have decided that staying with her show is less profitable than pulling out of her show, a decision all Free-Market… --- ## [Backpage just got shut down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backpage-just-got-shut-down/811944)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backpage-just-got-shut-down/811944 "2018-04-14T12:59:56Z")
I hope to god Craigslist doesn’t get shut down too. Why can’t consenting adults just exchange money for sex? That would be far easier than shutting down webpages that offer a variety of uses outside of just prostitution… --- ## [Well, damn, credit card hacked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-damn-credit-card-hacked/812236)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-damn-credit-card-hacked/812236 "2018-04-13T22:00:39Z")
Today while I was going in for a lunch meeting, I got several sudden text alerts from my bank that my credit card had been used for transactions. They always send me an alert. BUt here I had not authorised any and there… --- ## [I miss old-fashioned phone books.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-old-fashioned-phone-books/812224)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-old-fashioned-phone-books/812224 "2018-04-13T02:29:56Z")
My garage door spring broke. Home Despot didn’t have any repair info online (put in your contact info & we’ll get back to you…maybe…sometime in the next week…or month) Lowe’s was no better. Tried online yellowpages. … --- ## [The omnibus NRA thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-nra-thread/812234)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-nra-thread/812234 "2018-04-11T19:33:49Z")
I figured I’d start a new NRA thread, instead of folding them all into the gun or Stupid Republican threads. In today’s news, after denying they have ever received any money from Russians, the NRA has started admitting … --- ## [STFU Jesse Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-jesse-jackson/811839)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-jesse-jackson/811839 "2018-04-11T18:26:56Z")
https://cin.ci/2EgundL Once again this hypocritical fucktard is blasting a company for making a proper business decision. Kroger does not want to subsidize those stores that are unprofitable. Open a minority-owned stor… --- ## [Most Americans believe Trump owns Trump Tower, making it PERFECT cover for ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-americans-believe-trump-owns-trump-tower-making-it-perfect-cover-for/783034)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-americans-believe-trump-owns-trump-tower-making-it-perfect-cover-for/783034 "2018-04-09T02:54:38Z")
… a little “burning of the Reichstag” action. They have to be getting pretty desperate over at the White House. Mike Flynn is apparently ready to sing like a canary–we know this because Trump’s best buds over at the Nat… --- ## [Max Sparber, go sit in a corner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-sparber-go-sit-in-a-corner/811854)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-sparber-go-sit-in-a-corner/811854 "2018-04-07T15:40:22Z")
Some playwright, as named above, seems to think that Larry Niven’s success is due to the fact that he was heir to an oil fortune. Now, I will confess that I have found Niven’s prose to be journey-level compared to some … --- ## [24 hours and no one has pitted the Youtube shooter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-and-no-one-has-pitted-the-youtube-shooter/811848)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-and-no-one-has-pitted-the-youtube-shooter/811848 "2018-04-06T18:11:45Z")
Oh wait. She’s a vegan, Iranian, PETA, democrat, so doesn’t fit any liberal narrative other than using a gun. So to date, PETA has produced more mass shooters than the NRA. --- ## [City harassing our neighborhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-harassing-our-neighborhood/811681)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-harassing-our-neighborhood/811681 "2018-04-06T13:37:45Z")
You know, for the past 26 years that we lived here; we have never had an issue with the city when it came to yard maintenance (unless if the weeds got too extreme). Now for the past 3 months they have started to act like… --- ## [I pit Frank Stallone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-frank-stallone/811555)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-frank-stallone/811555 "2018-04-05T12:46:45Z")
Frank Stallone, Sylvester’s shitty little D list brother, tweeted “This David Hogg pussy is getting a little too big for his britches. I’m sure someone from his age group is dying to sucker punch this rich little bitch. … --- ## [The art of not posting too much.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-not-posting-too-much/811273)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-not-posting-too-much/811273 "2018-04-05T00:09:18Z")
The art of not posting too much, too often. Just curious. Without pointing at anyone in particular, I’m wondering if there reallty is a line between posting and posting too much. If Stephen Hawking was a member her… --- ## [DrDeth, Your defense of Robin Williams is pretty off kilter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-your-defense-of-robin-williams-is-pretty-off-kilter/811230)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-your-defense-of-robin-williams-is-pretty-off-kilter/811230 "2018-04-04T23:16:01Z")
In this thread on Robin Williams, DrDeth said the following: I’m Pitting this post because I couldn’t figure out a way to write this in a Cafe Society thread without getting a warning. You have used the phrase " Robin… --- ## [Breitbart WTF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breitbart-wtf/811510)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breitbart-wtf/811510 "2018-04-04T19:40:28Z")
OK. Please tell me I am not the only one who thinks that as irony, this would be brilliant, but as opinion it’s truly among the dumbest (and scariest) comments I’ve seen. From an actual (and prolific) Breitbart commente… --- ## [Fuck off March (minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-march-minirants/809819)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 423\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-march-minirants/809819 "2018-04-02T19:44:05Z")
March begins with me failing to completely tighten a jar of pickles in my lunch bag. Which I somehow managed to knock over in my car!:mad: On my passenger seat. :smack:This shit will never come out. I now drive a pic… --- ## [Ava DuVernay pulled off the seemingly impossible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-pulled-off-the-seemingly-impossible/811332)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-pulled-off-the-seemingly-impossible/811332 "2018-04-01T23:41:10Z")
DuVernay experimentally found the answer to the question “Could a celebrated black female director make a big budget film in 2018 that is super into diversity and inclusive messaging, but is of such execrable cinematic q… --- ## [CBS All Access is a f'n rip off!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-is-a-fn-rip-off/797541)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-is-a-fn-rip-off/797541 "2018-03-31T19:19:21Z")
First off, their site is glitchy at best. I joined mainly for STD, but I also figured I’d have access to their entire library of shows. Not so, they only give you a small sample of them. I was in the middle of binging o… --- ## [Assange cut off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-cut-off/811371 "2018-03-30T04:01:57Z")
I could pit both Assange/WikiLeaks and Ecuador here, but I think I’ll go with Ecuador. It seems that it was perfectly fine with Ecuador when Julian Assange was interfering with the United States, but now he’s interferin… --- ## [Hey Bernie, go to hell and take all of your Bros with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322 "2018-03-29T05:30:16Z")
I voted for Bernie Sanders in my States primary, even though he was already out of the race and pissing me off by not conceding. But I still believed in much of what he was campaigning for. I also was very happy to see h… --- ## [Come on down, davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-down-davidmich/730344)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-down-davidmich/730344 "2018-03-29T00:31:15Z")
Really, come on. I’m giving you an opportunity to post in a thread you haven’t started, because I’ve just done a quick search and unless I’ve overlooked one or done the search incorrectly, you’ve not not posted in any th… --- ## [The John Bolton pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-john-bolton-pit-thread/811098)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-john-bolton-pit-thread/811098 "2018-03-28T13:41:05Z")
I only remember him from when he was UN ambassador (which he only served as a recess appointment, and resigned before his confirmation could be shot down). Here are some things I heard about him today on various NPR pro… --- ## [I pit the idiots who say the Nazis were "Socialists".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-say-the-nazis-were-socialists/695568)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-say-the-nazis-were-socialists/695568 "2018-03-28T08:13:59Z")
This seems to be a new meme among right wing posters and it really tees me off. Sure, they used the word socialist in the name of their party but so what? I can call myself absolute ruler of the universe and that does … --- ## [German car commercial, The worst.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-car-commercial-the-worst/797624)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-car-commercial-the-worst/797624 "2018-03-28T03:32:11Z")
Okay, the 1960’s VW Bug commercials may have been edgy and innovative. Still, they were promoting a cute car that was basically a POS. At least it was durable. Then VW went to the Dasher, the Sirocco and the Rabbit. They… --- ## [Come See The Master Race, Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-the-master-race-everyone/810600)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-the-master-race-everyone/810600 "2018-03-27T15:12:24Z")
Story here, brief summary: Traditionalist Worker Party leader and Charlottesville rally organizer Matthew Heimbach was having an affair with the wife of his spokesperson and web administrator, David Parrott (who is also … --- ## [No exclusionism. Unless it reflects \*our\* bias.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-exclusionism-unless-it-reflects-our-bias/811049)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-exclusionism-unless-it-reflects-our-bias/811049 "2018-03-26T06:30:30Z")
So you’re bound to have heard about Ivanka Trump visiting a beauty salon in Iowa, and the outraged, outrage I tell you! that the salon would serve her. Not only serve, but tweet a photo of her and the governor of Iowa. A… --- ## [Trump Threatens to Veto Omnibus Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-veto-omnibus-bill/811081)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-veto-omnibus-bill/811081 "2018-03-25T13:23:32Z")
Washington Post: “Trump threatens to veto omnibus bill because it does not address DACA recipients, fully fund border wall“ \*President Trump said he might veto the sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill passed early Frida… --- ## [Trump's ban on transgender individuals in the military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ban-on-transgender-individuals-in-the-military/792159)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 426\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ban-on-transgender-individuals-in-the-military/792159 "2018-03-24T03:04:09Z")
Trump just announced (on twitter, obviously) that transgender Americans can’t serve in the military any more. This includes folks like Kristin Beck, who won a bronze star and a purple heart. This is infuriating to me, … --- ## [Harriet Harman, sexist idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050 "2018-03-23T21:02:36Z")
Harriet Harman, a has-been Labour politician and deputy leader has said that the next Labour leader must be a woman and that men should stand aside. Fuck right off you sexist idiot. And keep fucking off when you get th… --- ## ["I Just start Touching them. I don't even wait. When you're Vice President, they let you touch it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-start-touching-them-i-dont-even-wait-when-youre-vice-president-they-let-you-touch-it/810546)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-start-touching-them-i-dont-even-wait-when-youre-vice-president-they-let-you-touch-it/810546 "2018-03-22T14:24:44Z")
Veep Mike Pence was photographed touching space hardware that had a big sign on it reading “DO NOT TOUCH” Also in this story, this wonderful quote from Trump in a meeting where he signed an Executive Order bring back … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=81)