# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=92 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 93 --- ## ["Get the Hell off Island Beach State Park"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536 "2017-07-28T20:41:16Z")
There has been notice in several threads of the fiasco of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie lolling on the beach at the Governor’s retreat at Island Beach State Park after the Park (along with other NJ State Parks) was … --- ## [What factors contributed to turning Trump into Cuntus Maximus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-contributed-to-turning-trump-into-cuntus-maximus/781410)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-contributed-to-turning-trump-into-cuntus-maximus/781410 "2017-07-28T19:11:49Z")
What do we know about his history and milieu that gave him his personal charm? --- ## [We won't have Spicer to kick around any more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wont-have-spicer-to-kick-around-any-more/791808)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wont-have-spicer-to-kick-around-any-more/791808 "2017-07-28T15:36:49Z")
Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary, New York Times, July 21, 2017. --- ## [Is it just me or do you want to strangle people who use the phrase"Hundreds of billions of yearsold"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-do-you-want-to-strangle-people-who-use-the-phrase-hundreds-of-billions-of-yearsold/792157)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-do-you-want-to-strangle-people-who-use-the-phrase-hundreds-of-billions-of-yearsold/792157 "2017-07-27T18:02:26Z")
i hear this or a similar variant in conversations in passing all the time when someone wants to say that something happened a long time ago and they casually state a number that is exponentially years before the Big Bang… --- ## [What a lovely bunch of statists we have here (hi Steophan!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-bunch-of-statists-we-have-here-hi-steophan/791730)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-bunch-of-statists-we-have-here-hi-steophan/791730 "2017-07-27T14:29:55Z")
I think the “Why are Police so quick to Kill” thread is kind of a special beast. This is a thread where Shodan is the smart and reasonable person arguing on the minority side of the issue. Okay, that’s not quite fair - i… --- ## [I pit "gotcha" amendments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-gotcha-amendments/792242)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-gotcha-amendments/792242 "2017-07-27T06:13:51Z")
Jeff Merkley is going to get Republicans on record as opposing Medicaid for Vietnam vets. And various other awful sounding amendments whose actual purpose is to send the repeal bill back to committee. I don’t want to … --- ## [You say you want a Revolution! The growing right wing anger and threats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-the-growing-right-wing-anger-and-threats/792003)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-the-growing-right-wing-anger-and-threats/792003 "2017-07-26T16:40:21Z")
I’m seeing this more and more. Alex Jones just advocated for revolution and killing liberals. On one of the pages I follow today, this guy came in screaming about liberals. Had 186 responses to this troll before I got… --- ## [RAW/BARF/Prey Model Diet is not a cure all!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-barf-prey-model-diet-is-not-a-cure-all/792113)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-barf-prey-model-diet-is-not-a-cure-all/792113 "2017-07-26T13:42:05Z")
My mom has a sick cat right now (kidney issues) and we’ve had sick animals in the past (two cases of cancer, one was going through old age decline complicated by diabetes, and another right now has dementia). Every last… --- ## [Fukkin Facist Florida Firearm Fanatics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukkin-facist-florida-firearm-fanatics/581066)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 824\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukkin-facist-florida-firearm-fanatics/581066 "2017-07-26T01:07:39Z")
Florida NRA succeeds in getting the state House and Senate to pass a law making it a felony for a pediatrician to ask about guns in the house. Now I admit, as a pediatrician, I probably don’t ask about guns in the hou… --- ## [Why the Fuck do we need a live broadcast of O.J. Simpson's parole hearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-we-need-a-live-broadcast-of-o-j-simpsons-parole-hearing/791740)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-we-need-a-live-broadcast-of-o-j-simpsons-parole-hearing/791740 "2017-07-25T16:42:09Z")
Goddammit! :mad: :confused: And a pre-emptive STFU to those of you who are simply here to say, “Nobody’s forcing you to watch it, change the channel”. It’s on all three of the channels I want to watch. Okay, he fucks u… --- ## [So the police are scamming me now...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-are-scamming-me-now/791501)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-are-scamming-me-now/791501 "2017-07-23T22:15:35Z")
On my cell phone. Very much like ‘Rachael’ from card member services. Ring Ring Ring. Hello, this is enipla. Is Dwayne there? Who are you calling for. Clicky clack… This is John from the policeman’s benevolent soc… --- ## [Morons who don't know how to use traffic roundabouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-who-dont-know-how-to-use-traffic-roundabouts/791255)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-who-dont-know-how-to-use-traffic-roundabouts/791255 "2017-07-23T16:08:09Z")
For brevity I will shorten roundabout to ‘RA’ from here on. There’s a stretch of road during my drive home that has 3 RAs in a row. Over the last 5 or so years they’ve existed I’ve had close calls probably close to a do… --- ## [The Sean Spicer Comedy Hour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584 "2017-07-22T05:38:23Z")
Poor\* Sean Spicer. He has the unfortunate job of trying to twist the Bannon presidency into positives. If nothing else it ought to be funny. Sean Spicer tweets a “The Onion” article about himself. Oops. Sean Spicer: … --- ## [Donald Trump more popular than Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-more-popular-than-hillary-clinton/791632)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-more-popular-than-hillary-clinton/791632 "2017-07-22T00:16:13Z")
Roll that around in your head for a moment. According to people in the USA, an accomplished and generally successful secretary of state, senator, and first lady, whose main negatives involve an email server nobody sho… --- ## [Forest Green pressure relief valve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forest-green-pressure-relief-valve/791807)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forest-green-pressure-relief-valve/791807 "2017-07-22T00:00:29Z")
Thought that we could use an area to really tell Forest Gump what we think of his batshit insanity. Have at it. --- ## [Candidate for mayor shouts "Go back to Africa!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-for-mayor-shouts-go-back-to-africa/791722)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-for-mayor-shouts-go-back-to-africa/791722 "2017-07-21T23:17:03Z")
Read it here. Dude in Florida wants Black activists to go back to Africa. Same dude also believes Obama becoming president was reparations somehow. Posted in Pit because I expect to add some pitesque language later as … --- ## [WTF is "MAGA nomics".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-maga-nomics/791765 "2017-07-21T14:47:03Z")
This picture, of a WH press confernce: https://www.google.com/search?q=maganomics+photo+sanders&rlz=1C1CHBD\_enUS690US690&tbm=isch&imgil=-arVjmYQb5IkpM%253A%253B2EI-PgXU-l4Y9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.joemygod.co… --- ## [Veterinarian brags about killing a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarian-brags-about-killing-a-cat/718224)
**Author:** [@Psycurious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycurious)\ **Replies:** 489\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarian-brags-about-killing-a-cat/718224 "2016-10-18T21:37:22Z")
I pit Kristen Lindsey. This woman is a veterinarian, someone sworn to help and protect animals. Recently, she shot a cat through the head with a bow and arrow, then posted a photo of herself online, showing her holding u… --- ## [You say you want a revoluuuution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-want-a-revoluuuution/790698)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-want-a-revoluuuution/790698 "2017-07-20T23:22:31Z")
Here’s a group attempting to raise an army of protesters “inspiring people to see the possibility of ousting this regime through unleashing the tremendous power of the people – aiming for the time when millions can be… --- ## [New phone broken already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-broken-already/791291)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-broken-already/791291 "2017-07-19T16:47:54Z")
Stupid, fragile fucking android phone! :mad: I dropped it, trying to take a goddamn picture of my dog, from the height of about two feet, and CRACK! There goes the screen! :mad: :smack: :confused: :frowning: I had my ch… --- ## [Annie-Xmas, I can think of a word that fits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-i-can-think-of-a-word-that-fits/791000)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-i-can-think-of-a-word-that-fits/791000 "2017-07-18T16:19:41Z")
Mentally calling someone a nigger doesn’t somehow make you better than if you say it out loud. The word that fits is “racism.” And no, I don’t walk around thinking people are niggers. I recognize that racists thi… --- ## [Drivers who hit me because they can't stop at a red light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-who-hit-me-because-they-cant-stop-at-a-red-light/791196)
**Author:** [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-who-hit-me-because-they-cant-stop-at-a-red-light/791196 "2017-07-17T19:06:52Z")
Ever since I moved back to Montreal I’ve noticed that drivers here have become pretty lax about red lights. I mean, the drivers here were always taught that yellow means STEP ON IT… but it was rare when I was a new driv… --- ## [Texas again proves it is the asshole of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239 "2017-07-17T04:51:22Z")
Texas says same-sex married couples not entitled to benefits What more can you say about the Texas Supreme Court? Shitheads? Jerks? Whale shit? —nothing lower than that----it sits on the bottom of the ocean. --- ## [Oh, Little Pig? You deserved that warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-little-pig-you-deserved-that-warning/791316)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-little-pig-you-deserved-that-warning/791316 "2017-07-15T18:36:40Z")
In my thread, "It’s been over a month since my wife died. Too soon to start dating?": Later… And that in IMHO. You are not a nice or good person, so kindly fuck off. --- ## [Conspiracy theorists, this one's for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists-this-ones-for-you/791230)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theorists-this-ones-for-you/791230 "2017-07-15T04:09:10Z")
Fuck all the conspiracy nutjobs. I hadn’t really thought about it before, considering them harmless kooks following dumb theories which at least kept them busy and out of the way of normal people. This story changed my … --- ## ["Discussion" between intelligent liberal and upright troglodyte conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-between-intelligent-liberal-and-upright-troglodyte-conservative/790179)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-between-intelligent-liberal-and-upright-troglodyte-conservative/790179 "2017-07-14T16:37:18Z")
I don’t normally post videos as seedstock for bbq posts, but this was so blatant and filled with the full shit show of conservative propaganda and talking points on healthcare, it needed to be shared. Julio, the conser… --- ## [Why are conservatives such dicks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-such-dicks/505657)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-such-dicks/505657 "2017-07-13T14:49:37Z")
I actually find plenty to admire about the traditional conservative worldview - small government, strong military, emphasis on personal responsibility, etc. I think many rational people can identify with those principles… --- ## [Choosing a leader for the Blessed Leader Fan Club.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-leader-for-the-blessed-leader-fan-club/790612)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-leader-for-the-blessed-leader-fan-club/790612 "2017-07-13T06:34:34Z")
We’re blessed with a trifecta of conservatives on this board who express themselves so eloquently. These three excel in clear, precise almost surgical precision as they cut to the heart of a political discussion. It’… --- ## [Fuck Attention-Seeking Worker Bees, Fuck Nepotism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-attention-seeking-worker-bees-fuck-nepotism/673925)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-attention-seeking-worker-bees-fuck-nepotism/673925 "2017-07-13T03:15:17Z")
I’m sick of not getting a raise for doing a damned good job and saving the place tons of money and getting no credit for it. I’m tired of the fuckwits screaming all day long how busy they are instead of shutting the fuck… --- ## [Stop saying "meth!" It is stupid!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310 "2017-07-12T20:51:55Z")
First of all, NO ONE who uses speed EVER calls it “meth.” The resulting effect is as if people who did not drink coffee decided to refer to it as “splornk,” and went around calling you a “splornk-drinker” all day. In t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=93)