# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=96 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 97 --- ## [Are We an Occupied Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-an-occupied-country/786369)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-an-occupied-country/786369 "2017-05-16T23:40:18Z")
A few weeks ago a friend of mine said that he now considered America to be an occupied country, referring to all the various Trump administration ties to Russia combined with all the lies made to cover them up. At the ti… --- ## [I pit these ultimate scum-of-the-earth hackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-these-ultimate-scum-of-the-earth-hackers/786508)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-these-ultimate-scum-of-the-earth-hackers/786508 "2017-05-16T17:51:02Z")
Pretty shitty - scores of patients being turned away as NHS computers getting hit with a virus pop-up demanding $300 bitcoin payments. Speculated that the attack is of Russian origin. The international scope of this is q… --- ## [OC's me and Shaan made when we were preteens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocs-me-and-shaan-made-when-we-were-preteens/786713)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocs-me-and-shaan-made-when-we-were-preteens/786713 "2017-05-16T04:43:28Z")
http://imgur.com/gallery/bUfYY A cowardly, evil, lazy British tiger named Orangestripes http://imgur.com/gallery/zsQI3 A British mad genius dog named Smart Dog http://imgur.com/gallery/zDXXW A 4-year-old puppy named Scru… --- ## [If you're gonna use 'cute' misspellings, at least be phonetically appropriate, Edition II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-gonna-use-cute-misspellings-at-least-be-phonetically-appropriate-edition-ii/786367)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-gonna-use-cute-misspellings-at-least-be-phonetically-appropriate-edition-ii/786367 "2017-05-16T02:44:48Z")
Yeah, I Pitted “Syfy” and a few other offenders once before. This time it’s the damn email spammers writing to tell me about a “Refi Notice”. Look, asshole, I don’t conduct business with spammers anyway, and I’m also n… --- ## [Orangestripes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangestripes/786699)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangestripes/786699 "2017-05-15T23:44:16Z")
http://imgur.com/gallery/bUfYY He was just one of our many imaginary friends. http://imgur.com/gallery/zsQI3 http://imgur.com/tScvSJO http://imgur.com/gallery/IsaFb http://imgur.com/gallery/fpkeT http://imgur.com/gallery… --- ## [Resolved : Congressional Republicans Are Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-congressional-republicans-are-evil/786125)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-congressional-republicans-are-evil/786125 "2017-05-15T04:54:56Z")
217 House Republicans voted to strip healthcare from millions of American citizens, which will result in thousand of preventable deaths. They did this to facilitate cutting taxes on the richest in our society. In essenc… --- ## [You are in a nursing home room for four. You are deaf.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-in-a-nursing-home-room-for-four-you-are-deaf/786422)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-in-a-nursing-home-room-for-four-you-are-deaf/786422 "2017-05-14T16:22:16Z")
Have you never considered not being assholes and using headphones? Wife got moved from a private room for Medicare reasons. I tried to explain my success (partial) getting her 0n Medicaid to help pay for her care, but … --- ## [Liberals' neo-McCarthyism crosses the absurdity line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669 "2017-05-14T01:07:45Z")
https://thinkprogress.org/greg-gianforte-financial-ties-russia-c0c34126266d The breathless headline: “GOP candidate has financial ties to Russian companies sanctioned by the U.S. government” The actual “transgression” … --- ## [Frauds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frauds/786362)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frauds/786362 "2017-05-14T00:09:20Z")
Is it just me or is anyone else out there sick of the Hollywood stars and politicians that preach to us about global warming and then hop on their private jets, go home to their mansions, or sail away on their giant yach… --- ## [manson1972; Damuri Ajashi; A word, if you please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manson1972-damuri-ajashi-a-word-if-you-please/786457)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manson1972-damuri-ajashi-a-word-if-you-please/786457 "2017-05-12T22:43:26Z")
From the Matt Walsh thread; “Guilt,” you say? “Done Nothing,” you say? Well, let us say you were right (you’re not), how would you know? You wouldn’t - you’re too busy being the shining light of all reason. :rolleyes:… --- ## [Pitting Shodan for stubborness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-shodan-for-stubborness/785915)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-shodan-for-stubborness/785915 "2017-05-12T07:24:41Z")
I like Shodan, despite disagreeing with him so often on politics. He’s the king of snark. He can also be thoughtful and reasonable and decent. But sometimes he refuses to admit he’s wrong. In this thread, about a com… --- ## [Charlatans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlatans/786421)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlatans/786421 "2017-05-12T06:25:16Z")
Is it just me or is anyone else out there sick of the NASCAR fans and politicians that preach to us about the deficit and then buy $500 dollar tickets to a sporting event, go home to their mansions, or take a trip in the… --- ## [What exactly is good about an anti-blasphemy protest ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-good-about-an-anti-blasphemy-protest/773651)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-good-about-an-anti-blasphemy-protest/773651 "2017-05-12T02:40:38Z")
Well, 200,000 people thought it was worth their time. This is only about the entire population of San Bernardino, Ca., so it’s tiny relative to all Indonesia. No one was killed, unlike the similar event on Nov 4. There … --- ## [The rents want to get a cat and immediately have it declawed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rents-want-to-get-a-cat-and-immediately-have-it-declawed/786181)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rents-want-to-get-a-cat-and-immediately-have-it-declawed/786181 "2017-05-10T23:20:41Z")
I’m currently living with my mom to help her pay rent each month. Her current thing is wanting to get a cat. She found one a few days ago at PetSmart, but tonight she told me they are telling her she can’t have it anymo… --- ## [Video: Pro-Migrant French Asked to House a Refugee; All Refuse (InfoWars)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-pro-migrant-french-asked-to-house-a-refugee-all-refuse-infowars/785908)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-pro-migrant-french-asked-to-house-a-refugee-all-refuse-infowars/785908 "2017-05-10T20:21:18Z")
Video: Pro-Migrant French Asked to House a Refugee; All Refuse Another gem from InfoWars. It feels good to say you welcome refugees. That’s easy. It feels even better to vilify those who don’t. That’s even easier. Bu… --- ## [F\*ck I Hate GoDaddy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-i-hate-godaddy/786289)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-i-hate-godaddy/786289 "2017-05-10T19:42:38Z")
I long ago settled on GoDaddy as my registrar of choice - best of a bad lot, since it stopped being all NetSol - but Christ on a pogo stick, can their site send my blood pressure soaring. They rearrange, prettify and “im… --- ## [Medicalizing irresponsibility: a term as ridiculous as "affluenza"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicalizing-irresponsibility-a-term-as-ridiculous-as-affluenza/782824)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicalizing-irresponsibility-a-term-as-ridiculous-as-affluenza/782824 "2017-05-10T15:45:19Z")
A tragic story about forgetting a baby in a hot car: Mother suffered 'forgotten baby syndrome', death inquest told - BBC News - sadly more common than before, although that could just be the media reporting more of these… --- ## [Matt Walsh: Climate alarmists, I can’t take you seriously until you start living like the Amish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-climate-alarmists-i-can-t-take-you-seriously-until-you-start-living-like-the-amish/785702)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-climate-alarmists-i-can-t-take-you-seriously-until-you-start-living-like-the-amish/785702 "2017-05-10T15:10:05Z")
An excellent rant from Matt Walsh on the obvious fraudulence of the climate change industry. Matt Walsh: Climate alarmists, I can’t take you seriously until you start living like the Amish He’s right, you know. Among … --- ## [To HELL with birthday celebrations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-birthday-celebrations/786100)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-birthday-celebrations/786100 "2017-05-09T22:00:54Z")
They are such bullshit. Every person in the whole fucking overpopulated world has a birthday. There’s nothing special. If you want to celebrate a notch up in you age spare the rest of us. Birthday celebrations are some s… --- ## [Stupid religious idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-idea-of-the-day/709928)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-idea-of-the-day/709928 "2017-05-09T21:59:40Z")
Pope Francis: You cannot make fun of the faith of others. He goes on to add, “There must be limits to free speech when it comes to religion.” It reminds me of the quote attributed to Ayatollah Khomeini, “There are no j… --- ## [Yet another "hate crime" revealed to be a hoax by a leftist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hate-crime-revealed-to-be-a-hoax-by-a-leftist/785957)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hate-crime-revealed-to-be-a-hoax-by-a-leftist/785957 "2017-05-09T16:52:29Z")
https://www.wthr.com/article/police-brown-county-church-organist-admitted-to-november-vandalism A Brown County church vandalized with Donald Trump graffiti shortly after the 2016 election wasn’t targeted by pro-Trump po… --- ## [Overprivileged White Lady Calls "Okay" Gesture "White Power" Gestur, Fake News Sites Report It...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551 "2017-05-09T03:20:29Z")
. . . and both get made to look like completely-idiotic left wing shills. First, the OWL’s tweet: http://i.imgur.com/lvyaSGy.png Those of you over the age of, oh, 16 months will immediately recognize that gesture as t… --- ## [Women find male genitals replusive, and most men don't even know it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-find-male-genitals-replusive-and-most-men-dont-even-know-it/785564)
**Author:** [@Faylasouf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faylasouf)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-find-male-genitals-replusive-and-most-men-dont-even-know-it/785564 "2017-05-08T20:10:06Z")
I think men greatly underestimate the amount of disgust women feel towards this part of the male anatomy. First question you would ask is why then do women have sex with men? Well it’s a transaction. If a man gives her … --- ## [The Apple Magic Mouse 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apple-magic-mouse-2/784886)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apple-magic-mouse-2/784886 "2017-05-08T20:04:10Z")
I have been using - and loving - Apple products since the late 80s, and this is the first Apple product that I truly, actively and loudly HATE!!! It has such an aesthetically elegant design… no buttons, no scroll wheel,… --- ## [I have finally discovered a trick to staying calm while reading idiot conservative opinions online !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-finally-discovered-a-trick-to-staying-calm-while-reading-idiot-conservative-opinions-online/786102)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-finally-discovered-a-trick-to-staying-calm-while-reading-idiot-conservative-opinions-online/786102 "2017-05-08T14:43:01Z")
Often times, you start reading their drivel and lose faith in humanity and sometimes want to claw your own eyes out. But after all these years I have discovered a trick that will put their viewpoints in proper perspecti… --- ## [Zombie Threads - How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-how/785157)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-how/785157 "2017-05-08T04:40:07Z")
How do these things happen? Example: This thread started and ended in 2004. Now, for some reason, someone revives it in 2017. Was he searching the Dope for Invisible Fence threads and felt the need put his 2 cents in … --- ## [Where the fuck is the sun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-the-sun/778233)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-the-sun/778233 "2017-05-08T03:13:00Z")
I haven’t seen the sun is a fucking week. Literally seven consecutive fucking days and not so much as a hint of sun and apparently it’ll be cloudy all fucking day today too, so fuck you, God or whoever’s at fault for th… --- ## [Tony, rot in hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-rot-in-hell/785947)
**Author:** [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-rot-in-hell/785947 "2017-05-06T22:29:46Z")
I just found out the phony “preacher” and serial child abuser Tony Alamo recently died in prison. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/disgraced-preacher-child-sex-abuser-tony-alamo-dies/2017/05/03/88c03aa4-3… --- ## [The naivete of some people around here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naivete-of-some-people-around-here/785941)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naivete-of-some-people-around-here/785941 "2017-05-06T22:05:26Z")
I remember when poster Hbk4894 showed up to start new threads like: Where were you born? Tell me about your last name. What’s your birthday? Who’s your favorite teacher? Tell me about the place you live. I started … --- ## [Video: Crazed Leftist Wants Alex Jones Killed For “Brainwashing” People (InfoWars)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-crazed-leftist-wants-alex-jones-killed-for-brainwashing-people-infowars/785896)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-crazed-leftist-wants-alex-jones-killed-for-brainwashing-people-infowars/785896 "2017-05-06T19:20:09Z")
Video: Crazed Leftist Wants Alex Jones Killed For “Brainwashing” People The argument drifts into free speech, the lady’s son, etc. It’s frightening how cool and calm she as while she casually speaks of wanting Jones ex… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=97)