# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=81 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 82 --- ## [Presenting Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-luciano700/810930)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-luciano700/810930 "2018-03-21T15:47:40Z")
I present to you Luciano700. He recently got a thread closed for plagarization, which he denied. Attempts to discuss get nonsense like this: He does have some spiffy new ideas on how to improve the Board: He’s a tro… --- ## [Edgar Rice Burroughs on the American Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-rice-burroughs-on-the-american-presidency/810831)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-rice-burroughs-on-the-american-presidency/810831 "2018-03-19T16:12:15Z")
I’ve been reading an old Edgar Rice Burroughs book that I hadn’t read before – Beyond the Farthest Star. It seems to be a very late attempt by ERB to revive the idea of another new planet, like his much earlier series ab… --- ## [Bruno Mars 100% is a cultural appropriator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-mars-100-is-a-cultural-appropriator/810433)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-mars-100-is-a-cultural-appropriator/810433 "2018-03-17T09:30:15Z")
Those aren’t my words. Those are the words of Seren Sensei. I have no idea who she is, other than she appears to be a ‘cultural diversity vlogger’ (‘Sensei Aishitemasu’). I could only handle a few of her Youtube videos … --- ## [Pathetic Jilted Wingnuts Can't Let Go Of Hillary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815 "2018-03-17T03:47:04Z")
There’s something weird going on with the wingnuts and Hillary. It’s like she’s the GF they enjoyed crapping on but wanted to keep around, but now she’s gone and they just can’t stop thinking about her. If the Republic… --- ## [Black Panther movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie/809075)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 637\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie/809075 "2018-03-16T19:25:44Z")
“Refugees bring their problems with them” -Black Panther ‘Black Panther’ Continues To Make B.O. History: $195M+ “Refugees bring their problems with them” -President Trump Trump denounced as a racist and xenophobe. --- ## [It's Illegal for me to Reference My Relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-illegal-for-me-to-reference-my-relationship/810664)
**Author:** [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-illegal-for-me-to-reference-my-relationship/810664 "2018-03-16T14:40:13Z")
I got a very sugary-sweet, thinly veiled request I never speak of having a boyfriend again. Granted, I will from now on start saying, “My guy and I” now that I’m established and people know who we are and whatnot. Sorry… --- ## [What would happen if Kim Jong Un Kidnapped Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354 "2018-03-14T15:39:13Z")
The Dear Leader has been known to not let his guests leave when they want to. Let’s say during this future meeting between Kimmy Boy and Trump that’s being set up, the North Koreans manage to spirit Trump away somewher… --- ## [Shodan Marks Women's Day With A Breast Cancer Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-marks-womens-day-with-a-breast-cancer-joke/810271)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-marks-womens-day-with-a-breast-cancer-joke/810271 "2018-03-14T01:41:41Z")
Shodan marks International Women’s Day with a joke about breast cancer, because if boobs are funny, mastectomies are comedy gold. Fucking piece of misogynist shit. --- ## [OJ sorta confesses (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sorta-confesses-again/810293)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sorta-confesses-again/810293 "2018-03-13T23:52:34Z")
Fox on Sunday is airing a two-hour special, OJ: The Lost Confession. a repackaged version of a never-aired 2006 interview with publisher Judith Regan, in which he details a “hypothetical” explanation for the murders of … --- ## [Dammit, Keep Your Drippy Cold Home over the Weekends!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-keep-your-drippy-cold-home-over-the-weekends/810399)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-keep-your-drippy-cold-home-over-the-weekends/810399 "2018-03-12T13:33:00Z")
So I’m at Starbuck’s, relaxing as I like to do on my days off, a nice book, maybe a Sudoku puzzle. If I’m really on point, maybe a little writing… Well, no, not this time. Somebody with a wet, drippy, nose snorking, s… --- ## [Republican official opposes Freedom of Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667 "2018-03-10T01:39:20Z")
Which really surprises me, because Republicans have been saying they’re the Free Speech party. Delta airlines has decided to cut back on its association with the NRA. Not completely; Delta isn’t denouncing the NRA or th… --- ## [convextech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convextech/804532)
**Author:** [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convextech/804532 "2018-03-10T00:33:43Z")
http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/social-cognition/blaming-the-victim/ Blaming the victims could be more about you and your world ! I like to know if you would had been able to standup and point ou… --- ## [What the Christ? Do conservatives enjoy abusing children or what?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-christ-do-conservatives-enjoy-abusing-children-or-what/809994)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-christ-do-conservatives-enjoy-abusing-children-or-what/809994 "2018-03-07T22:31:37Z")
This should be a no-brainer: pass a law to protect children against sexual assault dressed up as “marriage”. And yet, here we have conservatives stalling on what ought to be common sense. What the actual fuck?! I never… --- ## [Trump loses! Booted from Trump Ocean Club Hotel in Panama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-booted-from-trump-ocean-club-hotel-in-panama/810088)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-booted-from-trump-ocean-club-hotel-in-panama/810088 "2018-03-07T22:13:54Z")
I’ve posted several times in the past few months in various threads about the on-going dispute in Panama as the owners tried to get rid of Trump management from their building, including last week when the police were ca… --- ## [Next shithole: South Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-shithole-south-africa/809911)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-shithole-south-africa/809911 "2018-03-06T15:43:18Z")
We’ve all seen how well land seizures worked in Zimbabwe. It seems South Africa is next. I hope white South Africans have exit routes. --- ## [The tree of liberty needs to be watered with the blood of school children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-liberty-needs-to-be-watered-with-the-blood-of-school-children/808854)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 837\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-liberty-needs-to-be-watered-with-the-blood-of-school-children/808854 "2018-03-05T22:50:48Z")
Thoughts and prayers everyone. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk --- ## [Putin photo on front page of March 2 NY Times compared to 1984 Apple commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-photo-on-front-page-of-march-2-ny-times-compared-to-1984-apple-commercial/809905)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-photo-on-front-page-of-march-2-ny-times-compared-to-1984-apple-commercial/809905 "2018-03-04T03:38:01Z")
If there was a better thread to append this to, I didn’t see it in a quick scan. Times story on Putin announcing new (fantasy?) missle: 1984 Apple ad: --- ## [A big middle finger to the people who took advantage to politicize the school shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 483\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107 "2018-03-04T02:57:47Z")
Seriously. Cons and libs love to treat this shit so much as if it were actually a scenario. I literally heard more gun debate talk than prayers. This is how much of a joke OUR FUCKING country is… I mean they even trie… --- ## [proudfootz Is a Troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proudfootz-is-a-troll/809912)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proudfootz-is-a-troll/809912 "2018-03-03T15:59:37Z")
I can’t say so in GD, but it needs to be said. Newbie doesn’t always = bridge dweller, but it does in this case. See for yourself, if you like. In before the ban! Regards, Shodan --- ## [Luciano700's pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luciano700s-pit-thread/809495)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luciano700s-pit-thread/809495 "2018-03-03T13:49:36Z")
Given his posts here, here and here, I believe that Lucy finally merits his own pit thread. Lucy, you may or may not be a deliberate troll. You may or may not be an autistic 16-year-old. But either way, whatever you are… --- ## [Judge Moore removed from office!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-moore-removed-from-office/213057)
**Author:** [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-moore-removed-from-office/213057 "2018-03-02T22:51:13Z")
I just saw the Alabama Court of the Judiciary give their findings on the judicial misconduct charges against the Alabama Supreme Court Justice. It was unanimous on all counts. Moore is now the former Supreme Court Just… --- ## [What the Hell Claude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-claude/809653)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-claude/809653 "2018-03-02T17:49:43Z")
When I first tuned into this thread, my immediate impression was drive-by-troll on the way to the ban hammer. So I was shocked to see the join Date: Oct 2004, and figured it must be one of those weird cases when an acco… --- ## [Sessions and the current admin. vs the killer weed, M'ingAGA.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sessions-and-the-current-admin-vs-the-killer-weed-mingaga/809556)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sessions-and-the-current-admin-vs-the-killer-weed-mingaga/809556 "2018-03-01T17:11:57Z")
Here is the latest in the battle between medical cannabis (same in rec. use states) and “modern” medicine the fed way. Are you traking opioids (like Vicodin) for pain management? Pay attention. You’re probably are no… --- ## [Fuck you if you don't care about Puerto Rico, peckerhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-if-you-dont-care-about-puerto-rico-peckerhead/796949)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-if-you-dont-care-about-puerto-rico-peckerhead/796949 "2018-03-01T17:11:38Z")
Overhead some white trash dickhead remark "I dont give a fuck about Puerto Rico. I wish all of them \[assuming he means immigrants\] were all down there! Hey Genius, a couple things to think over: – We INVADED Puerto Ric… --- ## [How likely is it that Trump was even competent enough to make deals with Russia during the campaign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-trump-was-even-competent-enough-to-make-deals-with-russia-during-the-campaign/809660)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-trump-was-even-competent-enough-to-make-deals-with-russia-during-the-campaign/809660 "2018-03-01T02:59:24Z")
I think Trump is an obviously incompetent pathological liar. He’s a living example of why maybe Democracy is flawed and maybe not just everyone should have the right to vote. Maybe the majority are simply not fit to ru… --- ## [A very subltle fuck you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-subltle-fuck-you/809651)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-subltle-fuck-you/809651 "2018-03-01T00:25:46Z")
You mutherfuckers can go fuck yourselves. Yea, i realize i’m a shit-stained pariah around here, so i’ve nothing to lose by speaking my mind. Of everyone here at the \`Dope, there’s a handful of truly great and wonderful p… --- ## [Solmonath Rants (February Mini Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solmonath-rants-february-mini-rants/807992)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solmonath-rants-february-mini-rants/807992 "2018-02-28T18:34:56Z")
An old name for February \*The most common Old English name was Solmonath, which literally means “mud month.” \* I’ll start by noting that my oldest, largest potted plant seems to have developed some bad black mold in th… --- ## [You're all being really weird about this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718)
**Author:** [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718 "2018-02-28T17:43:37Z")
Why am I meeting so much defensiveness? I’m not hostile to you! It almost sounds like you don’t want to hear it. Now people are giving me arguments in the ATMB thread, but nobody tells them this isn’t the thread for it. … --- ## [Trump Worst American President According to New York Times Poll of Experts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-worst-american-president-according-to-new-york-times-poll-of-experts/809167)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-worst-american-president-according-to-new-york-times-poll-of-experts/809167 "2018-02-25T16:32:35Z")
The New York Times has published a list of Presidential ratings from the 170 members of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section: Here are the rankings of the post World Wa… --- ## [Aly Raisman. After seeing her pose in SI, I’d like a taste of that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293 "2018-02-23T21:15:14Z")
I don’t really care what she does personally, but I think she’s doing womankind a huge disservice with this act\*. So I’m pittin’ that bitch! Yea, yea, yea… empowerment. :rolleyes: Whatever. By posing nude, what she’s do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=82)