# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=83 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 84 --- ## [Evil Trump supporter tweets a strobe at Kurt Eichenwald](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-trump-supporter-tweets-a-strobe-at-kurt-eichenwald/774963)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-trump-supporter-tweets-a-strobe-at-kurt-eichenwald/774963 "2018-01-31T01:42:13Z")
Trump critic Kurt Eichenwald, who is a known epileptic, had a strobe light tweeted at him with the message, “You deserve a seizure.” Eichenwald has had to leave Twitter in self defense. I’m waiting with bated breath fo… --- ## [Something for Conservatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-conservatives/806671)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-conservatives/806671 "2018-01-30T15:33:13Z")
It’s enlightening, sure to piss off a certain few and completely explains many facets of our frustration with the political left. http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/12/mike-rowe-destroys-woman-who-wants-him-fired-for-being-… --- ## [Every time I think the US health insurance industry can't get any worse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-think-the-us-health-insurance-industry-cant-get-any-worse/807020)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-think-the-us-health-insurance-industry-cant-get-any-worse/807020 "2018-01-30T07:25:18Z")
I seriously thought the ACA was going to solve some of these problems. Here’s today’s story from the front lines (details altered to preserve patient privacy but the story and insurance information is true). Patient co… --- ## [Bloomberg anti-gun lies dealt another blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloomberg-anti-gun-lies-dealt-another-blow/806155)
**Author:** [@BlueMerle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMerle)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloomberg-anti-gun-lies-dealt-another-blow/806155 "2018-01-27T05:46:26Z")
After many outright false claims about guns and illegal purchases made through legitimate dealers the Bloomberg claims were dealt a serious blow by the GAO. At the behest of 3 staunchly anti-gun members of congress (Rep… --- ## [I pit websites with ads.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-websites-with-ads/806336)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-websites-with-ads/806336 "2018-01-27T04:20:21Z")
…that are so obtrusive that we have to use AdBlocker or something similar, and then they put up a big message bitching about our using AdBlocker because they absolutely must show us their ads. Dammit, people, design you… --- ## [Health care premiums in California are going to go up 16-30% this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-premiums-in-california-are-going-to-go-up-16-30-this-year/807556)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-premiums-in-california-are-going-to-go-up-16-30-this-year/807556 "2018-01-26T23:59:59Z")
The Trump and Republican sabotage of the ACA played a role obviously in the high rate of medical inflation, but health care costs have been spiraling out of control since the 80s. Long before Obama and Trump. http://w… --- ## [Our little nest of vipers: Ramira.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-little-nest-of-vipers-ramira/807231)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-little-nest-of-vipers-ramira/807231 "2018-01-26T05:43:11Z")
Seems not a day goes by that our erudite friend, Ramira, isn’t a belligerent or condescending asshole. Even when she’s obviously wrong and inarticulate, she seems constitutionally incapable of admitting she made a poor… --- ## [Cryin Ass Republicans With All The Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryin-ass-republicans-with-all-the-power/807072)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryin-ass-republicans-with-all-the-power/807072 "2018-01-25T14:51:22Z")
Dear cryin ass Republicans who hold the power in this country, Sorry you can’t get shit done. Boo hoo. When you blame Democrats for your personal failings, I hope you will remember this, maybe chant it to yourselves as … --- ## [Nearwildheaven, you're a racist piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearwildheaven-youre-a-racist-piece-of-shit/803303)
**Author:** [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearwildheaven-youre-a-racist-piece-of-shit/803303 "2018-01-23T21:41:39Z")
In a thread on murder victims who needed to die, nearwildheaven presents us with the case of Martin Lee Anderson, a vile criminal who, God save us, was killed by prison guards before he could wreak yet more devastation u… --- ## [When teaching an 82 year-old woman how to use her first smartphone, remember......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-teaching-an-82-year-old-woman-how-to-use-her-first-smartphone-remember/806780)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-teaching-an-82-year-old-woman-how-to-use-her-first-smartphone-remember/806780 "2018-01-22T18:08:58Z")
… to think about what she might need. If you’re offering expert guidance in setting things up, don’t DO by way of teaching. Show, then sit as she repeats a few times by way of teaching. Exploit ever single option in th… --- ## [Damn Europlugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-europlugs/806673)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-europlugs/806673 "2018-01-19T14:58:09Z")
I’m currently working in Eastern Europe. I have had so many problems with having my phone chargers work with the Europlugs and receptacles. I have both “native” chargers and US chargers used with an adapter. Sometimes t… --- ## [Ben Bradley, (Brit MP, Not Bradlee of WP), please step back to the 1930s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-bradley-brit-mp-not-bradlee-of-wp-please-step-back-to-the-1930s/806784)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-bradley-brit-mp-not-bradlee-of-wp-please-step-back-to-the-1930s/806784 "2018-01-18T14:14:22Z")
Yes, let’s practice eugenics! BBC story here. We all know to what extremes eugenics was eventually taken, don’t we? Shades of Quentin Hogg, and, well, you-know-who. He claims he’s matured, and since the brain only fin… --- ## [Have you ever felt like saying "fuck you" to certain people in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-felt-like-saying-fuck-you-to-certain-people-in-your-life/805995)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-felt-like-saying-fuck-you-to-certain-people-in-your-life/805995 "2018-01-16T20:48:16Z")
If so, this is the thread for you. (The thread title does NOT apply to other Dopers, of course. We never say that to them.) Fuck you to my late husband’s cousin who has decided she’s not speaking to me in spite of all t… --- ## [The scourge that is the demon weed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860 "2018-01-14T19:53:19Z")
Mister Beauregard has chosen to rescind the Cole memo, which defined the federal hands-off policy with regard to states that have legalized trade in cannabis. Sessions, who has assailed marijuana as comparable to heroin… --- ## [fuck 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601 "2018-01-13T01:34:06Z")
What a suck year it has been. I shall be relieved to toss it in the dumpster. I mean, I did not personally suffer too terribly, but too much of it squicked me out. And, of course, my aunt found her peace after months of … --- ## [When the fuck is Windows going to improve the update process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-fuck-is-windows-going-to-improve-the-update-process/789635)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-fuck-is-windows-going-to-improve-the-update-process/789635 "2018-01-12T19:20:20Z")
OK, bought a new laptop last week with Windows 10. Most of it I like, but the update, download/install processes are still the same fucking nightmares they always were. Why the fuck does MS take so bloody long to downlo… --- ## [Conservatives: Trump administration goes after weed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-trump-administration-goes-after-weed/805874)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-trump-administration-goes-after-weed/805874 "2018-01-10T17:38:33Z")
So how are you all with this? What’s the strategy? Every time you look up the administration is doing something stupid. But is there is a conservative base who hates people who smoke weed that much that they just want t… --- ## [I Pit CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn/806317)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn/806317 "2018-01-10T16:48:11Z")
For these annoying full page pop ups of various reporters asking me if I want to do something. I’m not even sure what t is - get more details or something. NO! I don’t not. How many times do i have hit the No Thanks butt… --- ## [I pit the Neurotic Millenial!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-neurotic-millenial/804205)
**Author:** [@DkTrdGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DkTrdGuy)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-neurotic-millenial/804205 "2018-01-08T12:10:33Z")
You can spot them a mile a way… Thick framed glasses - Women with undercuts - Men wearing flannel and thick beards who has never chopped wood - Polaroid cameras - Thrifted sweaters with cat hair - Whatever trendy Starbu… --- ## [I just told some Shriners to go to hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394 "2018-01-05T20:52:15Z")
Just got back from the grocery store. On the way in I was met by a Shriner solicting for their cause, I went past. As I went through the store getting the things we needed, I thought about it and got angry. I don’t ha… --- ## [The Congresswoman with the crazy eyes, part II, crazy in the head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 810\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420 "2018-01-03T23:56:20Z")
Michele Bachmann compares Taxes and Debt to the Holocaust. --- ## [Unbiased America 2017 awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-america-2017-awards/805773 "2018-01-02T23:11:19Z")
And the Media Personality of the year goes to: Tucker Carlson! Unbiased America claims their goal is I’m not seeing any active web presence of theirs other than the facebook feed, which has over 100k likes. Seems lik… --- ## [Thank You, Mr. President...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-president/805146)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-president/805146 "2018-01-01T19:10:15Z")
Thank you Mr. President… …for giving America back to the people…the people who can’t spell it. …for reminding us that freedom’s just another word for stuff. …for letting us be proud…not just of our vets, but our wars. … --- ## [Merry Rantmas! (December Mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-rantmas-december-mini-rants/803249)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-rantmas-december-mini-rants/803249 "2018-01-01T11:13:19Z")
I’m surprised no one has started this month’s thread, so I guess I will. Today’s mini-gripe brought to you by the words “pilling cats can be a real pain sometimes”. Shiva will usually eat his pills in his pill pockets w… --- ## [It's time to stop bitching about SCOTUS decisions that expand rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-stop-bitching-about-scotus-decisions-that-expand-rights/804694)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-stop-bitching-about-scotus-decisions-that-expand-rights/804694 "2017-12-28T18:10:18Z")
Every time the Supreme Court lays down a decision expanding rights, such as in Citizens United, Heller, Roe, the Hobby Lobby case, there’s always a hue and cry from various quarters depending on whose ox got gored. We’ve… --- ## [Ask Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-donald-trump/805012)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-donald-trump/805012 "2017-12-28T15:20:01Z")
As as a uuuuuge Christmas present to all of you Donald Trump has agreed to answer any and all questions you may have. To facilitate this just ask your questions in this thread, I’ll forward them to the POTUS, and then po… --- ## [I pit the "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" thread!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360 "2017-12-27T23:20:51Z")
I don’t pit the person who started it, and I don’t pit the people having fun in that thread. I just pit the damn thread. Every time I see it, that damn ear worm gets stuck in my head!! It’s been going on for weeks now!… --- ## [Screw You Ancestry.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-ancestry-com/805192)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-ancestry-com/805192 "2017-12-27T21:30:20Z")
No, thank you, I do not wish to pay for a membership to get access to my own damned family pictures that you stole from ME from my findagrave account and are trying to market back to me. Shitheads. --- ## [What's The Most Evil Ad Medium Ever Devised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-evil-ad-medium-ever-devised/233776)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-evil-ad-medium-ever-devised/233776 "2017-12-25T23:24:05Z")
This has got to be in the running. I have a feeling this “device” has no chance of ever even being built, let alone used. And I really hope I’m right, because this would truly be the ultimate eyesore. Can you imagine… --- ## [In which I am a crabby old goat about 'they/them' pronouns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-am-a-crabby-old-goat-about-they-them-pronouns/803681)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-am-a-crabby-old-goat-about-they-them-pronouns/803681 "2017-12-24T02:54:38Z")
You know, for the most part I don’t care. When I was a teenager, I even would have found it cute for someone to always be referred to by ‘they/them.’ But it stopped being funny when y’all got so earnest about it, and so… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=84)