# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=93 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 94 --- ## [Antifas - The largely imaginary boogeyman of the far right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifas-the-largely-imaginary-boogeyman-of-the-far-right/790354)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifas-the-largely-imaginary-boogeyman-of-the-far-right/790354 "2017-07-11T03:57:41Z")
http://fusion.kinja.com/patriot-accidentally-shoots-himself-at-non-existent-a-1796586118 Yup, just another right wing troll creating bullshit ‘Antifas’ pages and stirring up the alt-right, the racists and the other far … --- ## [Seiko Customer Service (mild, sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seiko-customer-service-mild-sort-of/790580)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seiko-customer-service-mild-sort-of/790580 "2017-07-10T19:21:17Z")
I bought a solar-powered Seiko watch in January, to replace its predecessor, also a Seiko solar, which died after just under 5 years. The new one quit working after 5 months. So I sent it back to Seiko’s customer servic… --- ## [The Omnibus Republican Snowflake Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-republican-snowflake-thread/788786)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-republican-snowflake-thread/788786 "2017-07-09T20:12:19Z")
I’ll start this off with a rousing cheer to our Snowflake-in-Chief! Apparently Britain has to be a safe space if Trump’s gonna go over there. Poor thing won’t go somewhere where there might be big protests, it might hu… --- ## [Jason Chaffetz Blasts GOP on Healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-chaffetz-blasts-gop-on-healthcare/790597)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-chaffetz-blasts-gop-on-healthcare/790597 "2017-07-07T23:24:51Z")
This is priceless. Jason Chaffetz, who until the end of last month was a Utah Representative outspoken against Obamacare, is now using his position as a commentator on Fox News to complain about how the damned GOP can’t… --- ## [Good Samaritan helps lost child, gets assaulted and falsely accused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritan-helps-lost-child-gets-assaulted-and-falsely-accused/790062)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritan-helps-lost-child-gets-assaulted-and-falsely-accused/790062 "2017-07-07T13:07:48Z")
Sigh … \* A Good Samaritan tried to help a lost child find her parents. He was then assaulted and falsely accused of being a predator. Eventually he and his family had to leave town. And according to the article, the … --- ## [This is Why we are Doomed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-are-doomed/790543)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-are-doomed/790543 "2017-07-06T22:15:56Z")
Apparently, when NPR tweeted the declaration of independence, as it does every year\*, a fair number of Trump supporters didn’t recognize it and took it as an attack on Trump and were quite upset. Seriously, this is On… --- ## [Lead Singer of Kiss, you are a moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-singer-of-kiss-you-are-a-moron/789727)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-singer-of-kiss-you-are-a-moron/789727 "2017-07-06T19:31:40Z")
That guy with the ridiculous tongue is off his kilter. He wants to trademark the two-finger+thumb gesture that you see in concert crowds. Not Kiss concerts, all manner of concerts, everywhere. Except, I suppose, Chris C… --- ## [Killing dandelions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-dandelions/788817)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-dandelions/788817 "2017-07-05T15:44:38Z")
Hmmm… We live in the mountains and have never worried too much about dandelions. Hey, they grow and stabilize the dirt. We had two dogs until recently :frowning: and never wanted to put down weed killer on our ‘yard’.… --- ## [This thread on Trans Ettiquette. What the fucking fuck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-on-trans-ettiquette-what-the-fucking-fuck/790077)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-on-trans-ettiquette-what-the-fucking-fuck/790077 "2017-07-03T23:49:22Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829539 This thread has some weird ass shit. Like, really, really fucked up. Two posters spring out immediately. One is easy, the other is just… Wat. So let’s start w… --- ## [Even if the Democrats win in 2018, I think I'll still be disappointed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-the-democrats-win-in-2018-i-think-ill-still-be-disappointed/789679)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-the-democrats-win-in-2018-i-think-ill-still-be-disappointed/789679 "2017-07-03T02:33:06Z")
I don’t expect the dems to win the senate, but even with gerrymandering they may still win the house in 2018. This is good because then we can get legitimate investigations into Trump and put the brakes on his agenda. H… --- ## [Hey, Okrahoma...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okrahoma/790390)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okrahoma/790390 "2017-07-03T02:21:36Z")
…fuck off. --- ## [Help 'the dude" find his new thread titles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dude-find-his-new-thread-titles/789206)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dude-find-his-new-thread-titles/789206 "2017-07-03T02:17:06Z")
Title sort of says it all, help dude robert find new exciting things to discuss by offering thread titles for him to explore. So many things we haven’t discussed yet. A few examples: Would taking dehydrated water on … --- ## [The Return of the Revenge of the Son of GOP Voter Buggery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-revenge-of-the-son-of-gop-voter-buggery/790205)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-revenge-of-the-son-of-gop-voter-buggery/790205 "2017-07-02T21:22:49Z")
The Sequel. Maybe a new thread isn’t the ideal, hard to know, but the tired old warhorse is a tired old whore horse, and should be left alone. Maybe. Anyway, fans of wretched skulduggery, here we go! Wheeeee! Those … --- ## [Well, it's June; what's bugging you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-june-whats-bugging-you/787779)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-june-whats-bugging-you/787779 "2017-07-02T17:10:37Z")
Apostille. Yes, that one word is freaking me out. It’s supposed to make it easier to have one country recognize a legal document from another country. Dream on, fool! What it does is add a minimum of one extra step–not f… --- ## [I grow weary of the facebookers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950 "2017-06-30T13:40:42Z")
Ugh. I know everybody has seen some form of this on Facebook; the OP makes a post that is deliberately vague, emotional and open-ended. Then, when people respond with, “Oh, what’s wrong?”, the OP will say, “Oh I don’t … --- ## [Pitting the world's worst funeral director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-worlds-worst-funeral-director/225037)
**Author:** [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-worlds-worst-funeral-director/225037 "2017-06-30T02:46:44Z")
There are no words to express the outrage and sheer astonishment I’m feeling right now. My husband’s gradfather died two days ago, and his viewing and funeral were handled by what has to be the most incompetent, insensi… --- ## [CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/790065)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/790065 "2017-06-29T17:09:47Z")
With three CNN employees resigning over retracted story on Russia ties, a lawsuit of 100 million dollars against, and being caught giving Hillary Clinton the debate questions in advance what is the future of this networ… --- ## [Anyone else watching the YT messages from Vincente Fox to Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-yt-messages-from-vincente-fox-to-trump/790101)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-yt-messages-from-vincente-fox-to-trump/790101 "2017-06-29T06:40:42Z")
I don’t know enough about Fox to say whether he has room to talk but I find the videos hilarious, brutal and on target. The Latest --- ## [hate groups win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-groups-win/790037)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-groups-win/790037 "2017-06-28T19:14:41Z")
This story hurts my head. GuideStar is a source that provides information on charities (including finance data). Recently, they began adding links, where relevant, into the SPLC’s database of LGBT-hate groups – tagging … --- ## [Absolutely ATROCIOUS beef and gravy pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-atrocious-beef-and-gravy-pie/789895)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-atrocious-beef-and-gravy-pie/789895 "2017-06-27T17:40:24Z")
So a few days ago I bought a lovely beef and gravy pie at a expensive bakery, only to find out how awful it was. The first one was pretty bad, right? The pastry was all dried up and harder than a tank’s glacial plate. I… --- ## [Dammit, covfefe means this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-covfefe-means-this/787775)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-covfefe-means-this/787775 "2017-06-26T20:21:17Z")
COVFEFE, from the Urban dictionary \*Covfefe (n.) When you want to say “coverage” but your hands are too small to hit all the letters on your keyboard. covfefe Covfefe (cuv-fey-fey) n. The foggy feeling you get when y… --- ## [New York Times : Trump lies at least daily, in public, about clearly verifiable facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-trump-lies-at-least-daily-in-public-about-clearly-verifiable-facts/789761)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-trump-lies-at-least-daily-in-public-about-clearly-verifiable-facts/789761 "2017-06-26T06:03:10Z")
For the 2 or so remaining Trump supporters on this forum, how do you reconcile your support with something this damning? How do you expect ‘your man’ to do what you want when his view of reality appears to be distorted … --- ## [Holocaust Deniers are fucking nazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-deniers-are-fucking-nazis/789751)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-deniers-are-fucking-nazis/789751 "2017-06-26T03:03:12Z")
chen what’s-his-number hopes to deny The Holocaust in part, as a whole, any way that works. even if it’s only planting a tiny seed of doubt in anyone reading his posts in the Great Debates thread. the nazis denied it fr… --- ## [I Hate Big Cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-big-cities/176731)
**Author:** [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-big-cities/176731 "2017-06-24T17:18:58Z")
Yeah, I know, I don’t HAVE to go to big cites. But sometimes, it’s required for my job/training. I hate the fact that I don’t know anyone. (True fact - if you grew up in Montana and meet someone else who grew up in Mont… --- ## [I'm tired of hearing about North Korea, the regime needs to be obliterated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-hearing-about-north-korea-the-regime-needs-to-be-obliterated/789402)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-hearing-about-north-korea-the-regime-needs-to-be-obliterated/789402 "2017-06-23T16:03:33Z")
You all have heard about Otto dying, who knows what they did to him to render him a vegetable, but this kind of thing often happens there. Labor camps, torture, murder, hostages. How many DECADES of that is tolerable t… --- ## [Fuck you lottery Ontario commercials.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-lottery-ontario-commercials/789410)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-lottery-ontario-commercials/789410 "2017-06-23T15:56:03Z")
Ontario is broke. Ontario is governed by the shittiest fucking provincial government ever, yet they keep playing lottery commercials insinuating that winning the lottery is a common occurrence. They show people on exot… --- ## [Well, the America is Christian" bigots were out in force Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674 "2017-06-23T15:42:24Z")
Idiots with rifles in Texas More idiots displaying their ignorance in Michigan The Texan idiots were amusing, in a sad way. One of the fools was quoted as saying she wants the constitution to govern America. I wonder w… --- ## [Dear Honda, $500 for a freaking brake light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-honda-500-for-a-freaking-brake-light/789393)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-honda-500-for-a-freaking-brake-light/789393 "2017-06-22T02:51:47Z")
WTF! I took my car into the dealer for inspection last week. It needed tie rods, which fortunately were covered by the extended warranty. Electrical is of course not covered. I had lights out on both the left and right … --- ## [Damn, PetCo! You should buy me dinner before trying to fuck me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-petco-you-should-buy-me-dinner-before-trying-to-fuck-me/789444)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-petco-you-should-buy-me-dinner-before-trying-to-fuck-me/789444 "2017-06-21T22:59:27Z")
Need a couple new dog collars. Went to Tractor Supply, 'cause it’s closest and wife had a bunch of other stuff she wanted. What a bunch of crappy, ugly collars! No style! Went to WalMart. Again, no purple one for Trixie… --- ## [Is it too soon to miss George W. Bush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-soon-to-miss-george-w-bush/789282)
**Author:** [@Bruiser1036](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruiser1036)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-soon-to-miss-george-w-bush/789282 "2017-06-21T15:37:22Z")
There is a very thoughtful and interesting article on the newfound liberal romanticizing and respect for George W. Bush that has been outpouring this year, in the early stages of Trump’s presidency. I’m not a liberal, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=94)