# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=89 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [Game devs still don't get it in 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-devs-still-dont-get-it-in-2017/795894)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-devs-still-dont-get-it-in-2017/795894 "2017-09-21T20:23:19Z")
Sonic Mania looks like classic Sonic The Hedgehog. And also like a game I would love to play. The reviews are good, and from what I hear it sounds like essentially another few hours of Sonic And Knuckles, which is defini… --- ## [Whose Brilliant Fucking Idea was it at Apple to hide ~/Library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-brilliant-fucking-idea-was-it-at-apple-to-hide-library/796835)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-brilliant-fucking-idea-was-it-at-apple-to-hide-library/796835 "2017-09-21T19:34:37Z")
Preference files from various applications and OS settings get stashed away in the Preferences folder (logical) which in turn resides in the Library folder (yeah whatever) of each user’s folder. For years on end, since … --- ## [Don't leave her at the mercy of barbaric 20th-century medicine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-leave-her-at-the-mercy-of-barbaric-20th-century-medicine/796763)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-leave-her-at-the-mercy-of-barbaric-20th-century-medicine/796763 "2017-09-21T14:26:46Z")
OK. So. My wife is currently in a rehab facility learning to walk again on two broken legs and a broken hand after a murder attempt. Despite the attack and her long painful recovery, she has kept up a positive attitu… --- ## [Hillary Clinton: Moral of "1984" is "trust your leaders".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-moral-of-1984-is-trust-your-leaders/796323)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-moral-of-1984-is-trust-your-leaders/796323 "2017-09-20T21:40:55Z")
Quoted from “What Happened”: (emphasis mine) :smack: I can say this has given me something new to think about: namely the possibility that Hillary Clinton sincerely believes that the poor benighted masses are too stup… --- ## [The Vatican plays 3-Priest Monte once again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vatican-plays-3-priest-monte-once-again/796446)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vatican-plays-3-priest-monte-once-again/796446 "2017-09-20T20:35:17Z")
Story here about The Vatican whisking away a high ranking priest from Washington: Son of a bitch. --- ## [FL law prohibits use of solar panels during power outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-law-prohibits-use-of-solar-panels-during-power-outage/796727)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-law-prohibits-use-of-solar-panels-during-power-outage/796727 "2017-09-19T20:55:40Z")
Articles from Salon, Miami Herald, and other sources say essentially the same thing. This seems utterly and completely ridiculous on its face, and yet another case of lobbyists writing legislation purely in their clie… --- ## [Modest Proposal to Let DACA People Stay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-proposal-to-let-daca-people-stay/796069)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-proposal-to-let-daca-people-stay/796069 "2017-09-19T18:27:43Z")
How about the following trade; we don’t allow ANY deportations, but in exchange allow any undocumented worker a waiver of union requirements and the Davis-Bacon Act on Federal jobs? Bye bye union jobs at $75 or more p… --- ## [I pit Jeffrey Sandusky for being like his POS father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jeffrey-sandusky-for-being-like-his-pos-father/796466)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jeffrey-sandusky-for-being-like-his-pos-father/796466 "2017-09-19T05:33:30Z")
How can nobody have pitted this disgusting waste of space? To recap: Jeffrey Sandusky was pestering the 15- and 16-year old daughters of the woman he was dating at the time. Being a complete idiot as well as a disgustin… --- ## [Don't buy an AKRacing chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-an-akracing-chair/796265)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-an-akracing-chair/796265 "2017-09-18T00:44:24Z")
I bought one a little over a year ago, through Amazon. Great chair, I loved it. But about a week before the warranty was up last month, the base broke, sending me falling backwards. I contacted AKRacing, which respond… --- ## [People who vote for their party but not individuals.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-vote-for-their-party-but-not-individuals/796271)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-vote-for-their-party-but-not-individuals/796271 "2017-09-16T18:00:10Z")
Lots of people around where I live have said something like this. “I’m voting republican because I’m a republican and republicans are always right” Then when you ask them about the person their voting for they magically… --- ## [kirk cameron says hurricanes are because gods mad at us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-says-hurricanes-are-because-gods-mad-at-us/795972)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-says-hurricanes-are-because-gods-mad-at-us/795972 "2017-09-16T11:30:43Z")
I wondered what dickhead was going to say this although I think someone did but it was because of trump… heres the genius’s thoughts :MSN moron… --- ## [Of course I didn't get the fucking job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-i-didnt-get-the-fucking-job/697892)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-i-didnt-get-the-fucking-job/697892 "2017-09-14T21:00:13Z")
I had all the qualifications, education requirements, job experience, and great references. I used 4 hours of my vacation time to meet for an interview in beautiful suit in the scorching August heat. I’m terribly exhaust… --- ## [Hamilton on stage! It'll cost you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-on-stage-itll-cost-you/794404)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-on-stage-itll-cost-you/794404 "2017-09-14T19:00:46Z")
So this is more of a HEAVY SIGH than a rant. Recently the show Hamilton has opened with a touring company in Los Angeles. I never made it happen to travel to New York to see the original with Lin-Manuel Miranda, or his… --- ## [It'll now cost a 65 year old couple $275,000 to cover their medical costs in retirement (in America)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itll-now-cost-a-65-year-old-couple-275-000-to-cover-their-medical-costs-in-retirement-in-america/795944)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itll-now-cost-a-65-year-old-couple-275-000-to-cover-their-medical-costs-in-retirement-in-america/795944 "2017-09-13T21:59:56Z")
Thats great. If the inflation rate of consumer medical costs are 6%, that means in 10-11 years it’ll be half a million. That figure is the medical costs not covered by medicare. --- ## [Hey Urbanredneck, stop slobbering over boobs. And no, real men don’t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-urbanredneck-stop-slobbering-over-boobs-and-no-real-men-don-t/785779)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-urbanredneck-stop-slobbering-over-boobs-and-no-real-men-don-t/785779 "2017-09-13T17:47:51Z")
I normally don’t bother with lowlifes such as this, but his hijacking of the gayity thread pushed it over the edge. In this thread, our resident gastropod is confused. Actually he is perpetually confused but this time i… --- ## [How heavily censored will the SJW future be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavily-censored-will-the-sjw-future-be/796113)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavily-censored-will-the-sjw-future-be/796113 "2017-09-12T16:23:57Z")
I fear that the SJWs will institute a more heavily censored age than even the Hays Code was. Is there any way to avert this? Or is it too late? --- ## [Price gouging during a hurricane? Them's the free market breaks, folks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-gouging-during-a-hurricane-thems-the-free-market-breaks-folks/795200)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-gouging-during-a-hurricane-thems-the-free-market-breaks-folks/795200 "2017-09-09T13:30:47Z")
And you thought $99 bottles of water was a bad thing. Silly rabbit, empathy is for nanny states. Let the Free Market Fairy wave her wand of supply-and-demand, and everything will be aaaall peachy. :mad: This shining exa… --- ## [Hurricanes hitting Red States....God's punishment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricanes-hitting-red-states-gods-punishment/795742)
**Author:** [@BombVoyage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BombVoyage)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricanes-hitting-red-states-gods-punishment/795742 "2017-09-08T22:25:23Z")
I put this in the pit because it is very mean-spirited. However, Many Red-Staters see God’s hand in many places…do they consider the possibility God is punishing them for Trump? I thought not. --- ## ["We'll See!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-see/795755)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-see/795755 "2017-09-08T16:12:35Z")
We’re seeing! As the article notes: But what it often really means is: “I have no idea.” I hope that someone at the AP or the Daily Show or Young Turks or someone (anyone!) is keeping track now of the number of time… --- ## [Everything about Skype and Microsoft Support can die in a fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-about-skype-and-microsoft-support-can-die-in-a-fire/795675)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-about-skype-and-microsoft-support-can-die-in-a-fire/795675 "2017-09-07T18:59:46Z")
So lately I’ve had some trouble with my skype. Can’t make calls to other skype users or phones. After spending a while testing (and reminding myself that every update to skype thus far has been a disappointment), it turn… --- ## [How to be politically correct thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-politically-correct-thread/795241)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-politically-correct-thread/795241 "2017-09-07T16:20:48Z")
Use this thread to post updates on what we’re supposed to be saying vs. what we used to say. First example which I just learned about today: Piers Morgan said “gay bar” apparently that’s now a no-no. We’re just suppo… --- ## [Change...is good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-is-good/795684)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-is-good/795684 "2017-09-07T16:02:30Z")
Just a quick little note to a few smug twats who don’t seem to grasp a simple point that the rest of us figured out long before starting school. Changes aren’t necessarily good or bad. Good changes are good, bad changes… --- ## [Car drivers vs. bicyclists (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-drivers-vs-bicyclists-again/789209)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-drivers-vs-bicyclists-again/789209 "2017-06-20T18:29:59Z")
I know this has been beaten to death but what makes certain drivers think its a good idea to get close to someone on a bicycle and then lay on the horn? Just 30 minutes ago I was riding on a heavily traveled four land ro… --- ## [Okay, now it's time to put antifa in the same class as racists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-its-time-to-put-antifa-in-the-same-class-as-racists/794922)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-its-time-to-put-antifa-in-the-same-class-as-racists/794922 "2017-09-07T09:53:35Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/masked-anarchists-violently-rout-right-wing-demonstrators-in-berkeley/ar-AAqOvxH?li=BBnbfcL Bad enough that they attacked peaceful rightwing demonstrators, but they attacked police and r… --- ## [Quitter loses!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitter-loses/795055)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitter-loses/795055 "2017-09-06T15:24:09Z")
Howdya like them apples, quitter? :smiley: --- ## [Does Trump believe his own lies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-his-own-lies/795312)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-his-own-lies/795312 "2017-09-05T19:51:33Z")
I was watching his Phoenix speech from the other day, and while there were so many lies in it, he claimed three things specifically: That he has gotten more done in the first six months than any President including “H… --- ## [Tipping in America: the insult tip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-in-america-the-insult-tip/794226)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-in-america-the-insult-tip/794226 "2017-09-05T14:31:14Z")
I’m disappointed to say that I had to use it this morning, but thanks to the Dope for telling me about it. I was staying at a place in Jackson. The prior evening I had supped well at the grill there but this morning I t… --- ## [A Climate Change Denier at the Start of Independence Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-climate-change-denier-at-the-start-of-independence-day/795371)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-climate-change-denier-at-the-start-of-independence-day/795371 "2017-09-05T06:33:29Z")
It is hot in the Bay Area. Record setting hot. And Houston has it much worse. That’s the justification for this little playlet. Jack runs up to his friend Fred on the streets of Manhattan. People are running back and fo… --- ## [Aarrggh. Hurricane headed our way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarrggh-hurricane-headed-our-way/794517)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarrggh-hurricane-headed-our-way/794517 "2017-09-05T05:25:56Z")
We just got back into Houston, only to find out that we have a storm brewing up that is headed right for us. It stands a chance of spinning up to hurricane strength, but even if it only hits tropical storm levels, we’re… --- ## [Some clarification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-clarification/795301)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-clarification/795301 "2017-09-04T17:01:31Z")
I do not wish to be thought of as something I am not. I am not a Nazi, nor a Nazi-sympathizer, nor a Confederate sympathizer, nor a Neo-Confederate, nor a white supremacist of any sort, nor a Fascist or Fascist sympathi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=90)