# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=95 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 96 --- ## ["The Red Pill" and Feminist Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-pill-and-feminist-violence/787637)
**Author:** [@Polar\_Iceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polar_Iceman)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-pill-and-feminist-violence/787637 "2017-06-03T07:23:26Z")
I just attended a showing of the documentary “The Red Pill”. This documentary on men’s rights has been attacked by feminists and all the usual suspects; and has apparently been banned in several countries. Apparently it … --- ## [Trump is a whiny little bitch man child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-a-whiny-little-bitch-man-child/786849)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-a-whiny-little-bitch-man-child/786849 "2017-06-02T18:31:14Z")
Now complaining that no politician in history has been treated as unfairly as he has. :smack: Goddamn, this man is stupid. Just dull-witted, uneducated, ignorant, uninformed, incapable of the kind of thought one expec… --- ## ["Nepotism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepotism/787720)
**Author:** [@BombVoyage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BombVoyage)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepotism/787720 "2017-06-02T13:32:20Z")
Not really a big rant. Not really that upset but a little…irritated. The company I work for recent wouldn’t interview my sister because they have rules against nepotism. She has found another job so no big deal. Ok, … --- ## [Martha Stewart - the worst TV presenter in history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-the-worst-tv-presenter-in-history/355960)
**Author:** [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-the-worst-tv-presenter-in-history/355960 "2017-06-01T20:11:00Z")
This is fairly lame and yet still pitworthyish. You Merkins may have had years of Martha, but whilst we’ve heard of her and know what she does, we haven’t until now had the dubious pleasure of seeing her host a TV show.… --- ## [Enterprise Rent-A -Car (and probably all car rental companies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-rent-a-car-and-probably-all-car-rental-companies/787283)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-rent-a-car-and-probably-all-car-rental-companies/787283 "2017-06-01T16:04:56Z")
So I went in with my wife to get some work done on her car. We have GEICO and they provide and pay for rental cars while your car is being repaired. So we go out to the rental car and the Enterprise rental car person w… --- ## [Lunkheads running the internet, lunkheads running businesses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunkheads-running-the-internet-lunkheads-running-businesses/787654)
**Author:** [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunkheads-running-the-internet-lunkheads-running-businesses/787654 "2017-06-01T00:13:16Z")
The world, at leas the US, has been rapidly evolving such that we have to have internet connections to do almost everything. Brick and mortar businesses are dying faster than during an economic collapse, because they ca… --- ## [Laborious mini-rants of May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626 "2017-05-31T16:34:47Z")
So, I’m sitting in the airport in Beijing waiting for counter check-in information and said to myself, what the hey, let’s rant a mini. Smack in the middle of mid-term invigilation, new teacher walks off the job. While … --- ## [If Spanish is so Unamerican, why tolerate names like San Francisco and Los Angeles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-spanish-is-so-unamerican-why-tolerate-names-like-san-francisco-and-los-angeles/125699)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-spanish-is-so-unamerican-why-tolerate-names-like-san-francisco-and-los-angeles/125699 "2017-05-31T09:53:12Z")
According to a few threads, notabley this one, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=132237 speaking Spanish is bound to lead to catastrophic seperatism, lesbian vampire commies, and the end of th… --- ## [Texas teacher gives honor student "most likely to become a terrorist" award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-teacher-gives-honor-student-most-likely-to-become-a-terrorist-award/787488)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-teacher-gives-honor-student-most-likely-to-become-a-terrorist-award/787488 "2017-05-30T18:57:33Z")
So some of the teachers at Anthony Aguirre Junior High decided to hand out mock awards to kids in the honor classes. One of those awards was to a 13 year old girl which declared her to “most likely to become a terrorist… --- ## [Goddamned Wild Horses! (Now with pics!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403 "2017-05-28T22:20:25Z")
It’s bad enough that they lurk right out side the fence, from early morning to pretty much all day, completely pissing off the dogs, who go ape shit and bark all day long at them. C’mon! There are literally a bazillion … --- ## [Session lies again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/session-lies-again/787379)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/session-lies-again/787379 "2017-05-28T19:16:47Z")
CNN reports that Jeff Sessions didn’t report his contacts with the \[del\]Soviet\[/del\] Russian Ambassador in his application for security clearance. There was no wiggle room like his lies in the Senate confirmation hearing… --- ## [Imprison Katie Hopkins!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328 "2017-05-28T18:56:19Z")
In the wake of the Manchester bombing, this poisonous creature has taken to twitter to publicly call for genocide. In a contemptible effort to backtrack, it claims its call for a “final solution” was a typo. I suggest th… --- ## [A new low for the terrorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-low-for-the-terrorists/787269)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-low-for-the-terrorists/787269 "2017-05-27T11:13:35Z")
Targeting children at an Ariane Grande concert in Manchester, England. Great idea. I’m sure that will advance their cause, whatever the fuck it is, no end. I’d put the boot in again to Islamic terrorism but we mustn’t b… --- ## [Oxymoron, US + Intelligence!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-us-intelligence/787374)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-us-intelligence/787374 "2017-05-25T22:54:55Z")
What the fuck, does every fucking thing have to be FaceTwatted to everyone, what the fuck is wrong with US “intelligence” I guess they have a stupendous example in the US from the Commander in Chief that intelligence… --- ## [If you are carrying water for Donald Trump, even now - especially now - kindly go fuck yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-carrying-water-for-donald-trump-even-now-especially-now-kindly-go-fuck-yourself/786710)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 468\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-carrying-water-for-donald-trump-even-now-especially-now-kindly-go-fuck-yourself/786710 "2017-05-25T21:48:21Z")
I don’t care if you’re trolling YouTube and Yahoo comments sections or are on Fox News. I don’t care if you are literally believing bullshit or just trying to rationalize things to make yourself feel better. It means n… --- ## [Close proximity to other people is Dangerous and Unsanitary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-proximity-to-other-people-is-dangerous-and-unsanitary/787101)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-proximity-to-other-people-is-dangerous-and-unsanitary/787101 "2017-05-24T19:08:05Z")
…or so believes a class of humanoids I keep running into while conducting activities of daily living. Exhibit A are those who are unable to wait on line in a normal manner (or as the Brits might say, queuing shitheads). … --- ## [The struggle of working in technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-of-working-in-technology/787337)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-of-working-in-technology/787337 "2017-05-24T15:20:38Z")
This is more of a rant than a pit, but hopefully some will be able to relate. I’m doing preliminary job searching because it’s time to move on from my current dysfunctional employer and it’s reminding me of something th… --- ## [If you make Cioppino, and nobody eats it, does it still cost a fuck-load?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-cioppino-and-nobody-eats-it-does-it-still-cost-a-fuck-load/787128)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-cioppino-and-nobody-eats-it-does-it-still-cost-a-fuck-load/787128 "2017-05-24T12:10:07Z")
Yes. Yes it does. Most expensive pot of shit I’ve ever left on the stove, uneaten. My people. Assholes. I seriously don’t know why I bother. They deserve nothing but dollar-store hotdogs and expired potato chips. (It … --- ## [Blue Jay's Kevin Pillar says a bad word, gets crucified.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jays-kevin-pillar-says-a-bad-word-gets-crucified/786999)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jays-kevin-pillar-says-a-bad-word-gets-crucified/786999 "2017-05-24T00:24:07Z")
So one of the Blue Jay’s best players has a brain-to-mouth glitch, says a bad word, is apologetic and contrite, apologizes personally to the other person, and apparently that’s not enough. I’m not pitting my favourite… --- ## [Human bag of pig suet and sexual harassment Roger Ailes dead at 77.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-bag-of-pig-suet-and-sexual-harassment-roger-ailes-dead-at-77/786942)
**Author:** [@Zoot\_Sutra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoot_Sutra)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-bag-of-pig-suet-and-sexual-harassment-roger-ailes-dead-at-77/786942 "2017-05-23T21:36:41Z")
I’m smiling so goddamn hard I’m going to need surgery to remove this grin:smiley: --- ## [i have had it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it/787097)
**Author:** [@darazusa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darazusa)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it/787097 "2017-05-23T19:30:29Z")
i have had it. i have been polite to idiots who feel they know better than everybody else. i lived through watergate, iran-contra and numerous other nasty bits of history. but since the inauguration, fools seem to be com… --- ## [thetruth.com - Go F\*\*\* yourselves!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thetruth-com-go-f-yourselves/116304)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thetruth-com-go-f-yourselves/116304 "2017-05-22T15:29:03Z")
First of all, I don’t smoke. Second of all, I don’t like cigarette smoke (who does?) Thirdly, everyone in my family (except me) at some point has smoked. However, there is something fundamentally wrong with being overly… --- ## [travel teams and youth sports in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-teams-and-youth-sports-in-general/786869)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-teams-and-youth-sports-in-general/786869 "2017-05-22T14:22:39Z")
So I have a kid in little league and I’m very involved. He’s pretty good, if I do say so myself. Our team is undefeated in our local little league and several travel teams come by our practice to talk to parents and tr… --- ## [Strange restaurant lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-restaurant-lady/787016)
**Author:** [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-restaurant-lady/787016 "2017-05-21T19:59:23Z")
Hey, Does anyone remember a woman who posted on many forums, including this one, about ridiculous slights in restaurants she had imagined ? She had ludicrously strange standards, and a kind of catch phrase that was som… --- ## [jtur -- what the HELL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur-what-the-hell/786966)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur-what-the-hell/786966 "2017-05-19T23:02:49Z")
For example, I don’t see anything immoral about so-called “child porn” if it is obtained free of charge, since the acquisition does not involve any kind of a transaction that would encourage the production of the materia… --- ## [RIP Chris Cornell - 4 Octave Grunge God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chris-cornell-4-octave-grunge-god/786975)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chris-cornell-4-octave-grunge-god/786975 "2017-05-19T06:31:32Z")
Quite possibly the best rock vocalist of our time and known to nearly every Gen Xer is dead by apparent suicide. Bad Motor Finger and Euphoria Morning are still in regular rotation for me. Rest in Peace brother… … --- ## [Owner of /r/Redpill outed as New Hampshire politician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owner-of-r-redpill-outed-as-new-hampshire-politician/785387)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owner-of-r-redpill-outed-as-new-hampshire-politician/785387 "2017-05-18T20:56:31Z")
No points for guessing the political affiliation. Fucking christ. This asshole holds real political power, and apparently things about half of his constituents are essentially subhuman. Keep in mind, /r/redpill is… --- ## [Eye Floaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804)
**Author:** [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804 "2017-05-18T02:20:30Z")
How annoying are these fucking eye floaters?? They look something like this. Annoying little buggers, arent they??!! :eek: . --- ## [In Praise of the Obamessiah, and other developments of the Sally Yates testimony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-obamessiah-and-other-developments-of-the-sally-yates-testimony/786179)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-obamessiah-and-other-developments-of-the-sally-yates-testimony/786179 "2017-05-18T01:21:37Z")
I mostly want to stand in awe of Barack Obama, who, on November 11, while I was having a nervous breakdown, set up Donald Trump by telling him that he (Donald) should avoid hiring Michael Flynn as National Security Advis… --- ## [I already bought the godddam thing. why are you still giving me pop-up ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-already-bought-the-godddam-thing-why-are-you-still-giving-me-pop-up-ads/786705)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-already-bought-the-godddam-thing-why-are-you-still-giving-me-pop-up-ads/786705 "2017-05-17T19:02:50Z")
I bought some earrings on valentines day and I have been seeing ads for those exact same earrings from exactly the place I bought it from every goddam day. On Mother’s day I bought a bracelet from another online jeweler… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=96)