# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=87 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 88 --- ## [I'm over #BLM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-over-blm/798824)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-over-blm/798824 "2017-10-28T11:38:46Z")
Yep, it’s enough. Black Lives Matters, as a movement, needs to get its shit together. …This is why you need organizations, not just movements. Because with movements, any jackass with a megaphone can call themselves p… --- ## [Bill O'Reilly is mad at God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-is-mad-at-god/799694)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-is-mad-at-god/799694 "2017-10-27T21:46:38Z")
Apparently it’s the Lord’s fault that he keeps having to pay out millions to women who say he’s sexually harassed them. --- ## [Odes and Elegies to Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odes-and-elegies-to-trump/799714)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odes-and-elegies-to-trump/799714 "2017-10-26T16:14:16Z")
I hope all Dopers give this a try: compose poems to honor our Great President. (Perhaps this belongs in Cafe Society, but it seems best to ensure that the broadest lexicon is admissible.) Don’t be bashful! So that nob… --- ## [Raiders owner Mark Davis has failed to heed the admonition "Never go full retard".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-owner-mark-davis-has-failed-to-heed-the-admonition-never-go-full-retard/799365)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-owner-mark-davis-has-failed-to-heed-the-admonition-never-go-full-retard/799365 "2017-10-26T14:46:50Z")
Watching the Chiefs game last night, I hadn’t realized Al Davis had died, or that his son owned the team now. So during the game, when they kept showing shots of him, I wondered what sort of charity case he was or what … --- ## [teacher kicks kids out for not speaking american?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-kicks-kids-out-for-not-speaking-american/799104)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-kicks-kids-out-for-not-speaking-american/799104 "2017-10-25T23:28:51Z")
heres the story MSN Did we change the constitution and I missed it? also unless I’m wrong theres not even been pure English since the 4 or 500s? and it was a personal convo anyways and besides there in joisy the h… --- ## [Invade Puerto Rico! NOW!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invade-puerto-rico-now/798660)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invade-puerto-rico-now/798660 "2017-10-25T14:32:06Z")
Goddamit! Invade Puerto Rico! Send in the troops, the cargo planes, the “MASH” units, everything we got and everything we can beg or borrow! There is no possible excuse for Americans dying from water-borne diseases excep… --- ## [the people that knew about sexual assault and did nothing to prevent future assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-that-knew-about-sexual-assault-and-did-nothing-to-prevent-future-assault/799440)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-that-knew-about-sexual-assault-and-did-nothing-to-prevent-future-assault/799440 "2017-10-24T19:59:19Z")
I’m equally, if not more, upset at the people who knew about sexual assault and did nothing. I’m talking about powerful/famous people who knew about Weinstein’s actions and did nothing. The people who suffered then end… --- ## [Okay dropzone, enough (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-dropzone-enough-mild/799663)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-dropzone-enough-mild/799663 "2017-10-24T06:23:34Z")
Okay, I know you’ve been going through a rough time this year, and I’m really about that. At the same time, you’re really starting to skeeve me out. (Especially with your behavior towards women on this board) Your com… --- ## [Conservative lunacy in a nutshell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889 "2017-10-23T19:47:33Z")
Problem: There was a terrorist attack in France. Conservative response: URGENT CRISIS! TRAVEL BAN NOW! MORE LAWS! Problem: I had to press 1 for English in my own country. Conservative response: URGENT CRISIS! … --- ## [Nope, there are no russian FB trolls trying to create chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nope-there-are-no-russian-fb-trolls-trying-to-create-chaos/799652)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nope-there-are-no-russian-fb-trolls-trying-to-create-chaos/799652 "2017-10-23T18:59:25Z")
Nope, there are no fake facebook accounts or Russian troll farms. That’s just fake news. Nary a one. I wondered during the election how it was that every dem candidate’s facebook post was immediately inundated with neg… --- ## [A new record! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-record-u-s-a-u-s-a-u-s-a/797804)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 527\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-record-u-s-a-u-s-a-u-s-a/797804 "2017-10-23T16:41:32Z")
At least 50 dead, 200 injured in Las Vegas shooting. Just another red-blooded American taking advantage of his Second Amendment freedoms! And not only that, he set a new record for deaths in a mass shooting. What a to… --- ## [Russian trolls target the old and senile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-trolls-target-the-old-and-senile/799236)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-trolls-target-the-old-and-senile/799236 "2017-10-23T04:55:45Z")
My dad was one of the smartest men I ever knew. An engineer of multiple disciplines. A man who could build or fix pretty much anything. A life long liberal. To my knowledge, never a racist. Rational to a fault. I lov… --- ## [username: Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-okrahoma/799357)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-okrahoma/799357 "2017-10-22T18:35:26Z")
Okrahoma: “I like disrupters.” Really? What can I say to that? I like phasers, since I am a human being, not a freaking Klingon. Okrahoma again: Something about Bannon supposedly being misquoted, but really being a “Le… --- ## [Clinton: We made a person who committed sexual assault president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/798875)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/798875 "2017-10-22T04:10:32Z")
Again? Story here: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/ar-AAtqWYC?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp Goddamn, this woman is stupid! --- ## [I've changed my mind about George W. Bush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind-about-george-w-bush/799313)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind-about-george-w-bush/799313 "2017-10-22T02:26:44Z")
W gave a speech where, without mentioning names, he implied that Trump had us on the wrong track. He condemned bigotry and fabrication of news. So, good for him, and it won’t go unrewarded. I am happy to announce th… --- ## [Health care tirade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-tirade/799171)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-tirade/799171 "2017-10-22T01:14:10Z")
I saw a thread that mentioned Sarah Silverman’s new TV show on Hulu. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=839050 The show wasn’t bad, but part of the show was she went to a conservative family in Louisi… --- ## [Hey dumbass driver, take the bus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dumbass-driver-take-the-bus/799387)
**Author:** [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dumbass-driver-take-the-bus/799387 "2017-10-21T05:06:14Z")
If you don’t know the difference between a solid red light and a flashing red light - go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200. If DOT put up signs explaining the damn lights and you still screw it up - go straigh… --- ## [10th generation Americans claiming they're Irish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-generation-americans-claiming-theyre-irish/199736)
**Author:** [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-generation-americans-claiming-theyre-irish/199736 "2017-10-21T02:41:32Z")
What the heck is it with some Americans? I’ve heard it said so often, especially on this board, where some American person will get all high and mighty about how his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great… --- ## [I Pit My Personality Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-personality-type/798790)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-personality-type/798790 "2017-10-20T13:44:00Z")
INTJ “Bent on deconstructing and rebuilding every system or idea you come into contact with” “Forming a lasting, committed relationship will be the hardest endeavor of your life.” – Anyone else find their personality… --- ## [Why is Chad left Hanging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chad-left-hanging/797342)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chad-left-hanging/797342 "2017-10-19T19:33:28Z")
For some reason, Chad is included in Trump’s new travel ban. Experts don’t know why: --- ## [Munchkin says: Pass the Tax Cut or Puppies will die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-says-pass-the-tax-cut-or-puppies-will-die/799262)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-says-pass-the-tax-cut-or-puppies-will-die/799262 "2017-10-19T18:55:42Z")
POLITICO MONEY PODCAST Treasury secretary: Pass a tax bill or markets will tank Things have gone from, “No absolute tax cut for the upper class.” last November - full election bullshit mode; to, “So when you’re cutti… --- ## [Mike Ditka: "There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-there-has-been-no-oppression-in-the-last-100-years-that-i-know-of/798503)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-there-has-been-no-oppression-in-the-last-100-years-that-i-know-of/798503 "2017-10-17T20:29:56Z")
Ditka weighed in on the recent NFL protest controversy. According to him, it’s pointless because there’s nothing to protest: “All of a sudden, it’s become a big deal now, about oppression. There has been no oppression i… --- ## ['Values Voters': stick it to the poor, stick it to your enemies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/values-voters-stick-it-to-the-poor-stick-it-to-your-enemies/798943)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/values-voters-stick-it-to-the-poor-stick-it-to-your-enemies/798943 "2017-10-17T19:27:04Z")
First of all, it isn’t like Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka aren’t exactly the sorts of guys you’d expect to be invited to speak at an allegedly Christian ‘values voters’ summit in the first place. And they didn’t disa… --- ## [Trump Magically Turns NFL Games Into Anti-Trump Rallies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-magically-turns-nfl-games-into-anti-trump-rallies/797216)
**Author:** [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Replies:** 769\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-magically-turns-nfl-games-into-anti-trump-rallies/797216 "2017-10-17T02:10:28Z")
Trump called for teams to fire players who kneel during the playing of the national anthem and the players and owners (so far) told him to shove it. The act of attending or watching an NFL game is now an anti-Trump stat… --- ## [But now where can I go for cup-based meals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-now-where-can-i-go-for-cup-based-meals/798741)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-now-where-can-i-go-for-cup-based-meals/798741 "2017-10-15T23:26:13Z")
Okay, so I never actually heard of the place before they invited a kerfuffle. Apparently, shoving a meal into a cardboard cup was something some people thought was a good idea. (I suppose it is a step above Soylent.) Bu… --- ## [my sister is a CUNT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-a-cunt/687024)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-a-cunt/687024 "2017-10-15T23:10:47Z")
Yes that’s right she’s a CUNT with a capital C I have friends who hate the word Cunt and even they agree if there ever was a woman to to be called a cunt, my sister is a cunt. You know some people will call a family m… --- ## [Shut the fuck up about McDonald's Szechuan sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-about-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/798488)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-about-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/798488 "2017-10-15T05:19:37Z")
It was a throw away joke on an extremely funny television show. It’s not anything special, and it certainly isn’t worth threatening lawsuits, treating McDonald’s employees like shit, buying it on ebay for hundreds of dol… --- ## [Cell phone ringtone in an open office environment....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-in-an-open-office-environment/798579)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-in-an-open-office-environment/798579 "2017-10-15T00:25:05Z")
Who thinks a klaxon is a good ringtone in this kind of environment?!? --- ## [How to turn "12 Angry Men" on its head with one slight change.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-12-angry-men-on-its-head-with-one-slight-change/798426)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-12-angry-men-on-its-head-with-one-slight-change/798426 "2017-10-14T01:19:00Z")
Famous liberal film (Just a matter of fact, I say it with no venom). I’ve long held that they just let a guilty guy go. The common response is ‘that’s not the point’. Really? Make the defendant white, the victim black a… --- ## [Here's a great idea for 5th graders: Civil War cosplay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-great-idea-for-5th-graders-civil-war-cosplay/798733)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-great-idea-for-5th-graders-civil-war-cosplay/798733 "2017-10-14T00:38:50Z")
AP story here: But Miss Davis, they want it to be accurate; certainly concerns over accuracy trump any need for sensitivity, right? Okay, well I could see where that might be problematic, but surely this is a one-of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=88)