# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=82 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 83 --- ## [Threads where every poster is banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-where-every-poster-is-banned/809004)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-where-every-poster-is-banned/809004 "2018-02-23T15:22:51Z")
Some times when I note a banned user that had a very low or (very high) post count, I like to dig through some of their latest posts to see if I can figure out what they did to be banned. Today some link-surfing led me t… --- ## [Do you confront line-skippers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-confront-line-skippers/809032)
**Author:** [@Roy\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roy_Batty)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-confront-line-skippers/809032 "2018-02-23T00:23:27Z")
I thought starting a thread like this would be interesting - it’s something I’m genuinely curious about - i.e., whether or not people confront line-skippers. This used to happen to me more when I was younger - when it d… --- ## [Democrats Running For 2018 and 2020 Just Stop and Fucking Govern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-running-for-2018-and-2020-just-stop-and-fucking-govern/808942)
**Author:** [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-running-for-2018-and-2020-just-stop-and-fucking-govern/808942 "2018-02-20T16:58:09Z")
You people are so pathetic with your obvious jockeying for position in hopes of becoming the party leader in 2018 and beyond. I’d rather vote for a Republican’s shit-stained drawers (and they all are because Republicans … --- ## [\*&^% microsoft word!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word/809064)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word/809064 "2018-02-20T15:37:13Z")
I just spent four hours writing a fanfic. A good one. My first one that was worth finishing. And I clicked save and all the sudden my document closed and I got a message from “Microsoft upload” saying there was something… --- ## [Are there 366,000 stupid Californians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826 "2018-02-20T10:47:01Z")
Because that’s how many signatures (5% of eligible voters) it will take to put the “California Clean Environment Initiative” on the ballot. Characterized by Mother Jones as crazy even by California standards, this initi… --- ## [Great Debates post authors should be unidentified...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-debates-post-authors-should-be-unidentified/809106)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-debates-post-authors-should-be-unidentified/809106 "2018-02-19T22:10:34Z")
I couldn’t decide whether to post this in ATMB (which I don’t think I’ve ever once visited) or here. I erred on the side of ‘who cares’ and decided to post it here. But please feel free to move. I think it would be inte… --- ## [Russian troll: "It was like being in Orwell's world"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-it-was-like-being-in-orwells-world/809050)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-it-was-like-being-in-orwells-world/809050 "2018-02-19T12:59:04Z")
What do all you Dopers make of this interview in the Washington Post? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/17/a-former-russian-troll-speaks-it-was-like-being-in-orwells-world/?utm\_term=.f2cdb0005e6a … --- ## [UK Dopers: comment on US Healthcare System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-comment-on-us-healthcare-system/808861)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-comment-on-us-healthcare-system/808861 "2018-02-17T21:00:19Z")
A companion thread to this one: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848662 Please give your opinion of the US healthcare system. Bonus points if you have never experienced it, cherry pick anecdotes fro… --- ## [The OMNIBUS furkin' OMNIBUS thread to end all furkin' OMNIBUS threads. Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-furkin-omnibus-thread-to-end-all-furkin-omnibus-threads-forever/808766)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-furkin-omnibus-thread-to-end-all-furkin-omnibus-threads-forever/808766 "2018-02-14T18:16:04Z")
The OMNIBUS furkin’ OMNIBUS thread to end all furkin’ OMNIBUS threads. Forever It’s time we took the word omnibus out of the vocabulary. A stupid word it is. It’s from Latin, through the French. With parents like … --- ## [FoieGrasIsEvil asked for money and I gave — a Thank You would’ve been nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiegrasisevil-asked-for-money-and-i-gave-a-thank-you-would-ve-been-nice/808632)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiegrasisevil-asked-for-money-and-i-gave-a-thank-you-would-ve-been-nice/808632 "2018-02-14T05:27:49Z")
You think? If I’m the only one who contributed and FoieGrasIsEvil didn’t thank then perhaps it’s just an anomaly. Maybe I am the only one, maybe not. Here’s a run down. \[ul\] \[li\]On 06 Jan, FGIE posted a thread in MPSIM… --- ## [In the history of the SDMB has anyone ever been wrong about more things than adaher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 617\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639 "2018-02-13T14:07:40Z")
I was just reading the thread about the GOP and race and then GIGObuster, in pointing out how wrong adaher was about something, linked to a thread about Rubio’s immigration bill where he had already showed that adaher wa… --- ## [A thread for all things Cephalopod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-things-cephalopod/801246)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-things-cephalopod/801246 "2018-02-12T15:10:57Z")
Poster Octopus has been getting in hot water lately with his hijinks in various threads. Like this gem from the thread on the Alabama special election: Followed by this: which led to a complete thread derailment, tem… --- ## [Shagnasty is a misogynistic prick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shagnasty-is-a-misogynistic-prick/801661)
**Author:** [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Replies:** 1483\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shagnasty-is-a-misogynistic-prick/801661 "2018-02-10T17:59:55Z")
I probably should have just pitted him to begin with rather than continuing to engage him in this thread, which is classic Shagnasty bragging about how he goes on date after date with hot women, and…actually, I’m not ent… --- ## [Jimmy Fallon pits trump bigly using Dylan music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379 "2018-02-10T15:39:25Z")
Wow, just wow. --- ## [All conservatives on the "there's nothing to this Russia thing" train, come on down. (Shodan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-conservatives-on-the-theres-nothing-to-this-russia-thing-train-come-on-down-shodan/808181)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-conservatives-on-the-theres-nothing-to-this-russia-thing-train-come-on-down-shodan/808181 "2018-02-10T15:14:24Z")
I originally wrote this post as a reply to Shodan in an elections thread but then deleted it to instead write it here: Wow, you’re in far deeper than even I would’ve guessed. Is this really the hill you want to die on? … --- ## [jtur88 telling special needs kid to "get over" being assaulted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur88-telling-special-needs-kid-to-get-over-being-assaulted/808446)
**Author:** [@Maurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maurie)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur88-telling-special-needs-kid-to-get-over-being-assaulted/808446 "2018-02-09T23:55:22Z")
I never thought I’d be a pitting person, but jtur88’s behaviour in this thread has my blood boiling. A trained professional who is supposed to be looking out for a kid with issues violating that trust is beyond deplorab… --- ## [False "incoming missile alert" sent to Hawaii residents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-incoming-missile-alert-sent-to-hawaii-residents/806557)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-incoming-missile-alert-sent-to-hawaii-residents/806557 "2018-02-08T20:05:03Z")
It’s breaking news and a developing story, but such a message was sent to Hawaii residents via text message and Twitter, adding that it was not a drill. It’s the middle of the night in Hawaii, which probably lessened th… --- ## [I'm a greedy, selfish straightdope leech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091 "2018-02-06T22:22:58Z")
I have a beef with myself. I only ask questions here and suck the life and knowledge out of everyone else. Occasionally I’ll thumb through other questions trying to find something I can actually answer, to give back to… --- ## [More signs of Trump Administration incompetence (Puerto Rico screw-up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-signs-of-trump-administration-incompetence-puerto-rico-screw-up/808320)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-signs-of-trump-administration-incompetence-puerto-rico-screw-up/808320 "2018-02-06T20:07:09Z")
Apparently, they gave the contract for food for somebody who had already been fired by the government 4 times for not delivering and she apparently screwed up badly, delivering 50,000 meals instead of 30 million, and pac… --- ## [How I Feel Aboit The US These Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-aboit-the-us-these-days/807874)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-aboit-the-us-these-days/807874 "2018-02-06T02:37:13Z")
Imagine that you were in love with the girl next door. She is smart, kind to animals, and laughs at your jokes. She isn’t a supermodel, but has wholesome good look’s and a cute little gap between her front teeth. You are… --- ## ["Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny arrested..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-opposition-leader-alexi-navalny-arrested/807672)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-opposition-leader-alexi-navalny-arrested/807672 "2018-02-05T23:08:22Z")
“…as thousands protest against Putin” Is this our future one day? Nah, that could never happen in the USA. \*Note: Not sure where this thread belongs. Please move if this is the wrong forum. \* --- ## [Latest nazi to lose their job: Steve Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nazi-to-lose-their-job-steve-bannon/793991)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nazi-to-lose-their-job-steve-bannon/793991 "2018-02-04T22:20:02Z")
sings merrily If you’re a Nazi and you’re fired it’s your fault! clap clap If you’re a Nazi and you’re fired it’s your fault! clap clap You opened your fucking gob and now you lost your worthless job, if you’re a Na… --- ## [You know what I hate? How the word empowerment lost its original use and context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-i-hate-how-the-word-empowerment-lost-its-original-use-and-context/807678)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-i-hate-how-the-word-empowerment-lost-its-original-use-and-context/807678 "2018-02-04T22:02:29Z")
Thanks to the rise of SJW culture, empowerment doesn’t really apply anymore to people who are bullied for instance or socially akward. Empowerment now only applies to certain demographics regardless if you’re marginalize… --- ## [Fuck opioid addicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-opioid-addicts/807988)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-opioid-addicts/807988 "2018-02-04T07:03:24Z")
Fuck opioid addicts, meth heads, and crack whores these fucking idiots will stop at nothing to get and maintain a high. Yet another simple OTC drug is being abused and the FDA is looking at ways to limit availability a… --- ## [Happy New Rants!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683 "2018-02-03T13:48:51Z")
May these threads see a whole lot less use in 2018 :o (Hey, a person can dream, right?) My rant? I have not been able to add anything into the savings account for over 2 months because shit won’t stop breaking! Cars, c… --- ## ["CAM" vets should be charged with animal cruelty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cam-vets-should-be-charged-with-animal-cruelty/807902)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cam-vets-should-be-charged-with-animal-cruelty/807902 "2018-02-03T02:34:50Z")
My husky had a simple cut pad escalate to a abscess because the vet prescribed what ended up being a herbal/homeopathic cream instead of a product that actually works. I not informed that this vet was prescribing a non-… --- ## [Separation of State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-state/807898)
**Author:** [@BeenJammin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeenJammin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-state/807898 "2018-02-02T06:42:54Z")
We’ve all dealt endlessly with the separation of Church and State concept, right? What about separation of business and State? What more do we need to see before people collectively realize big business running governm… --- ## [What is the probability that Trump is a traitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-probability-that-trump-is-a-traitor/778380)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-probability-that-trump-is-a-traitor/778380 "2018-02-01T23:07:26Z")
I normally have nothing but disdain for conspiracy theories and those who embrace them based on “gut-feelings” and scant or no evidence. Why? Because people are bad at keeping secrets. (score settling, arrogance, stupid… --- ## [I pit the city of Rotterdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-city-of-rotterdam/807434)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-city-of-rotterdam/807434 "2018-02-01T20:25:05Z")
The city of Rotterdam has announced that they are going to start actually taking the clothes off the backs of people on the street if they “look too poor” to be able to afford them. Unless you carry all of the receipts … --- ## [Cap On -- Clap Off -- the SOTU Clapper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-on-clap-off-the-sotu-clapper/807871)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-on-clap-off-the-sotu-clapper/807871 "2018-02-01T03:00:34Z")
This was driving my wife Pepper mill nuts last night during the State of the Union address – Trump clapping directly into the microphone\*. apparently it drove lots of other people nuts, too: \*Not that she needed anyth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=83)