# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=9 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## [Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta's AI chatbot to support racism and seduce young children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-zuckerberg-wants-metas-ai-chatbot-to-support-racism-and-seduce-young-children/1022106)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-zuckerberg-wants-metas-ai-chatbot-to-support-racism-and-seduce-young-children/1022106 "2025-09-30T20:41:20Z")
Reuters got hold of an internal guidance document, co-written by Meta’s corporate ethicist, defining what will be permissible behavior for their interactive AIs. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-… --- ## [The Clarence Thomas led Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clarence-thomas-led-supreme-court/967189)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clarence-thomas-led-supreme-court/967189 "2025-09-30T05:03:05Z")
We’ll start with this but it’s been going on since Oranganus rubber stamped Federalist nominees. Roe v. Wade --- ## [Emergency Room Sticker Shock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-room-sticker-shock/1023128)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-room-sticker-shock/1023128 "2025-09-29T16:28:05Z")
So they’ve changed the benefits at work, and of course the copay costs are going up. Mostly, it’s just five more for a regular doctor’s visit, ten more for a specialist, etc. But get this, a visit to an emergency room … --- ## [I Pit damuriajashi and DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1239\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300 "2025-09-26T15:44:45Z")
Continuing the “discussion” from Trolls R Us redux I already said what I wanted to say to @damuriajashi, so now to move on to @DemonTree. I don’t believe for a moment that you have a problem with racism or bigotry in g… --- ## [FBI to label trans activism as violent extremism in wake of Charlie Kirk's death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-to-label-trans-activism-as-violent-extremism-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/1023191)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-to-label-trans-activism-as-violent-extremism-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/1023191 "2025-09-22T23:46:39Z")
The FBI is using the belief that Charlie Kirk’s partner was transgender as an excuse to label all trans activism as violent extremism. Things are about to get extremely bad in America. --- ## [Will the U.S.A. pull its head out of its ass, or is it too late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-u-s-a-pull-its-head-out-of-its-ass-or-is-it-too-late/1023139)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-u-s-a-pull-its-head-out-of-its-ass-or-is-it-too-late/1023139 "2025-09-19T01:52:50Z")
A simple poll…and my vote is no. I don’t give a shit what you hope will happen, btw. What do you think will happen. --- ## [Didn't PDF used to be considered a standard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-pdf-used-to-be-considered-a-standard/1023132)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-pdf-used-to-be-considered-a-standard/1023132 "2025-09-18T22:04:31Z")
My recollection is that when PDFs first came on the scene, they were touted for how they’d look the same regardless of platform or device. Portable WYSIWYG: What YOU, the person creating the PDF see, is what THEY, the … --- ## [The 'years young' phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471 "2025-09-17T02:04:45Z")
I think it should be considered Homicide in the Public Interest to use lethal force to kill any person who uses that phrase. --- ## [Yahoo can go somehow sit on its own face after the most steaming spicy bowl of chili](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-can-go-somehow-sit-on-its-own-face-after-the-most-steaming-spicy-bowl-of-chili/774295)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-can-go-somehow-sit-on-its-own-face-after-the-most-steaming-spicy-bowl-of-chili/774295 "2025-09-16T20:02:53Z")
When I go through my yahoo email every morning, I first encounter the yahoo homepage, with news stories. Yahoo is definitely not my main news source (preferring, first, local news, then stuff like Huff Po/NPR/BBC/The Ne… --- ## [Freakouts of the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 847\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631 "2025-09-14T22:31:23Z")
(feel free to make the alt-thread) Looking for a simple list of all the crap the Right has freaked out about since, oh, 2000. Crap like Big Bird, Mr Potato head losing his dick, CRT, Terry Schiavo, kneeling, etc. There… --- ## [J. D. Vance cannot be elected - here's one reason why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-cannot-be-elected-heres-one-reason-why/971859)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-cannot-be-elected-heres-one-reason-why/971859 "2025-09-14T22:13:54Z")
I read “Hillbilly Elegy” before he announced his run for Congress, and if this doesn’t get him, ahem, not elected, it should. --- ## [I pit chewing on people's faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367 "2025-09-10T21:24:16Z")
The latest out of Miami: I can have some strong opinions sometimes, but in most cases I am pretty leery about taking them so far as to tell other people what they should and should not do. How do I know I am right? Ar… --- ## [Rudy Ghouliani in car accident, the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-ghouliani-in-car-accident-the-pit-edition/1022639)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-ghouliani-in-car-accident-the-pit-edition/1022639 "2025-09-07T12:27:56Z")
I find it suspicious that a man with no spine has reportedly broken a vertebrae. Fuck that fucking guy. So many good people die everyday and these worms just keep on living --- ## [Resolved: America is a dystopian shithole. Also, leopard hijacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-is-a-dystopian-shithole-also-leopard-hijacks/1022330)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-is-a-dystopian-shithole-also-leopard-hijacks/1022330 "2025-09-06T00:07:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party: I have no problem with madmonk expressing this perception, I just think he’s doing it in the wrong thread. Also, there’s … --- ## [Just curious how drowning a bunch of kids can be considered God's will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-drowning-a-bunch-of-kids-can-be-considered-gods-will/1020860)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-drowning-a-bunch-of-kids-can-be-considered-gods-will/1020860 "2025-09-04T06:08:22Z")
So, I presume the folks who ran that camp in Texas are trying to figure out how it was that God saw fit to drown a bunch of little kids. They were at a Christian camp, clearly a setting with a powerful religious ethic. … --- ## [Unjust August (Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570 "2025-09-02T00:05:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants): I’m going to start off the month with a real mini mini-rant but a funny one. One of my toilet seats broke so I’m looking to replace it… --- ## [Are Trump and Putin going to Alaska on Friday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-and-putin-going-to-alaska-on-friday/1021946)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-and-putin-going-to-alaska-on-friday/1021946 "2025-08-30T10:22:49Z")
I reckon by now we would have heard what city was planned. Alaska is big - yet city-wise, there is Anchorage and Nome more or less on the coast and Fairbanks in the interior. I assume each President will have a security … --- ## [What would realistically / actually happen if Trump invaded Canada and / or Greenland, Mexico, Panama, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistically-actually-happen-if-trump-invaded-canada-and-or-greenland-mexico-panama-etc/1012898)
**Author:** [@ZenithBlade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenithBlade)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistically-actually-happen-if-trump-invaded-canada-and-or-greenland-mexico-panama-etc/1012898 "2025-08-30T01:29:40Z")
So i’m guessing we’ve all heard that the Fanta Menace is going on a power trip, and wants to make Canada the 51st state, has talked multiple times about invading Greenland, etc… So my question is, what realistically wou… --- ## [Texas schools to get more funding for violating the federal constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687 "2025-08-27T04:08:10Z")
Hey, that’s the message I draw from this bit of news on Yahoo. The Texas Board of Education approved a new K–5 curriculum Friday permitting the instruction of the Bible in public schools. The optional curriculum swap … --- ## [Dr. Phil accused of defrauding TBN...and all I have are Tears Of Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-accused-of-defrauding-tbn-and-all-i-have-are-tears-of-joy/1022301)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-accused-of-defrauding-tbn-and-all-i-have-are-tears-of-joy/1022301 "2025-08-24T03:39:14Z")
Dr. Phil accused of massive fraud scheme by world’s largest Christian TV network - Raw Story It looks like “Dr. Phil” promised them the moon, and all they got was moondust. --- ## [National Guard as a long-term armed adjunct to law enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159 "2025-08-23T16:40:55Z")
From Wikipedia: The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member.\[4\]\[5\] These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of… --- ## [Bruce Lehrmann and his sado-masochistic tendencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lehrmann-and-his-sado-masochistic-tendencies/1022353)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lehrmann-and-his-sado-masochistic-tendencies/1022353 "2025-08-21T21:15:11Z")
It’s been a famous case here in Australia. A parliament staffer accused of raping an underling yada yada. He was initially acquitted of the crime of rape, but decided to appeal the verdict in a civil court. Big fuck-up. … --- ## [Water Fountains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-fountains/1022287)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-fountains/1022287 "2025-08-21T14:42:30Z")
WTF are many public water fountains still turned off? Most were turned off during the initial COVID epidemic. But the initial scare is mostly over. Plus: why turn them off in the first place? Were people putting thei… --- ## [It is not possible to subscribe to MSNBC without supporting Fox News. Genius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-possible-to-subscribe-to-msnbc-without-supporting-fox-news-genius/1022171)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-possible-to-subscribe-to-msnbc-without-supporting-fox-news-genius/1022171 "2025-08-20T22:08:50Z")
Most of Fox News’ revenue comes from people who don’t watch it regularly. If you subscribe to cable you pay Fox News approximately $2 per month. So cut the cable if you don’t want to subsidize an anti-American foreign co… --- ## [Texas State Representative Nicole Collier is now a political prisoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-representative-nicole-collier-is-now-a-political-prisoner/1022249)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-representative-nicole-collier-is-now-a-political-prisoner/1022249 "2025-08-20T22:03:44Z")
I just saw on Rachael Maddow on MSNBC that Texas State Representative Nicole Collier is being held as a political prisoner in the Texas State House, because she won’t sign a GOP “consent decree” to have Texas law enforce… --- ## [Big Joel take down of Bill Maher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-joel-take-down-of-bill-maher/1021768)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-joel-take-down-of-bill-maher/1021768 "2025-08-20T14:08:54Z")
Disclaimers: I generally dislike information delivered in video format versus text, but well-written video essays have been an exception for me. And I’ve been a big fan of Big Joel for a few years now – he’s thoughtful … --- ## [Private Equity to Buy Your 401(k)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-equity-to-buy-your-401-k/1022146)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-equity-to-buy-your-401-k/1022146 "2025-08-18T17:11:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues: A recent “Lever Time” podcast on this issue: Stranger --- ## [Noem and Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noem-and-cricket/1022047)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noem-and-cricket/1022047 "2025-08-15T21:05:00Z")
The South Park Vids got me “thinking”. I don’t think there ever was a Cricket the puppy. The whole book was a resume by a woman who knew her target audience of one was a dog hater who had contempt for pet owners. She cou… --- ## [Real headlines related to trump and his enablers that sound like made-up 'The Onion'-style joke headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-like-made-up-the-onion-style-joke-headlines/991652)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-like-made-up-the-onion-style-joke-headlines/991652 "2025-08-14T13:08:53Z")
In the ‘Schadenfreude’ thread I said this: To which @Rebo replied: So, by overwhelming popular demand of one poster, here it is! The rules are simple: post one or more headlines of real, non-satirical articles from r… --- ## [Homeopathic "remedy" recalled for having an actual active ingredient](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-remedy-recalled-for-having-an-actual-active-ingredient/1021862)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-remedy-recalled-for-having-an-actual-active-ingredient/1021862 "2025-08-12T17:31:04Z")
The definition of the word “ironic” has always eluded me, is this an example of irony? The homeopathic cold remedy Zicam has been recalled for having an actual active ingredient! Zicam recall I’ve been wondering how a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=10)