# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=97 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 98 --- ## [Venezuela becomes a dictatorship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-becomes-a-dictatorship/783390)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-becomes-a-dictatorship/783390 "2017-05-06T11:14:57Z")
God damn. Back when Chavez was trying to help the poor that was one thing, but they have really fucked things up down there. --- ## [Alex Jones loses custody battle due to being fucking crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-loses-custody-battle-due-to-being-fucking-crazy/785485)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-loses-custody-battle-due-to-being-fucking-crazy/785485 "2017-05-06T00:03:51Z")
Every time I see a story like this, I smile. Crazy people with fucking batshit crazy beliefs should face consequences for spreading or acting on those batshit crazy beliefs. Jones has been an absolute toxin on Americ… --- ## [This is NOT a fair world, you conservative fools.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-a-fair-world-you-conservative-fools/785707)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-a-fair-world-you-conservative-fools/785707 "2017-05-05T23:52:14Z")
Rep. Mo Brooks blurts out that sick people don’t deserve affordable health care Yesterday, I did something I haven’t done in a very long time. I cried at work. It was a coworker’s last day; she’s moving on to bigger … --- ## [Aren't the fucking Jenner/Kardashians over already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-fucking-jenner-kardashians-over-already/785696)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-fucking-jenner-kardashians-over-already/785696 "2017-05-05T22:57:56Z")
Jesus fucking Christ. Can’t we get rid of these worthless pieces of shit? This has probably been brought up a thousand time but I’m vomiting as I post this because I can’t bring up a news page with these scumbags being t… --- ## [Omnibus "You Can't Make This Shit Up" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-you-cant-make-this-shit-up-thread/785793)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-you-cant-make-this-shit-up-thread/785793 "2017-05-04T14:54:52Z")
Not every weird statement/cause/pov promoted by a public official is directly attributable to our so-called President, so would not be appropriate in the Clusterfuck thread. Although IMHO (others will certainly agree/dis… --- ## [April Foolish Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-foolish-mini-rants/783514)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-foolish-mini-rants/783514 "2017-05-03T23:55:06Z")
It’s April! It’s been snowing for well over 24 hours now, and the forecasters are barely even guessing when it might end. STOP \* I T \* ALREADY I can’t take any more. --- ## [Pitting those giving attention to TGWATY & Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-those-giving-attention-to-tgwaty-chen019/785704)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-those-giving-attention-to-tgwaty-chen019/785704 "2017-05-03T23:49:08Z")
In this trainwreck of a thread in Great Debates, TGWATY starts out by pretending she/he/it/shit-for-brains "does not understand Holocaust Denial. Of course, a “fellow traveler”, in the wormhood of Chen019 shows up just a… --- ## [Dick-slicers of the world, unite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-slicers-of-the-world-unite/785432)
**Author:** [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-slicers-of-the-world-unite/785432 "2017-05-03T15:39:24Z")
As a spillover from a current thread here in the BBQ Pit dealing with FGM, another thread was created in GD dealing with male circumcision. This thread has recently been locked, as the debate was getting rather heated. I… --- ## [New Title X head is a contraception skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-title-x-head-is-a-contraception-skeptic/785692)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-title-x-head-is-a-contraception-skeptic/785692 "2017-05-02T22:33:13Z")
There’s a little more to the story from my angle. I knew her. :eek: We worked together for a while when we were in college, at a restaurant; I was one of the few people working there who liked her (really, I did; she… --- ## [Slavery, you dumbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slavery-you-dumbass/785666)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slavery-you-dumbass/785666 "2017-05-02T19:34:20Z")
cite I don’t expect the President of the United States to be an expert on the Civil War. I would have hoped – perhaps no longer expected, but hoped – that he would have at least been able to start from a basic grade-s… --- ## [So the restaurant industry doesn't like paying minimum wage? Too bad, so sad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-restaurant-industry-doesnt-like-paying-minimum-wage-too-bad-so-sad/783933)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-restaurant-industry-doesnt-like-paying-minimum-wage-too-bad-so-sad/783933 "2017-04-29T15:57:17Z")
We had a referendum in Maine on the minimum wage last election. The referendum question passed by popular vote. It raised minimum wage to $9 per hour and $5 for tipped employees. Each year thereafter, the normal minimum… --- ## [Another disability iritation - quackery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-disability-iritation-quackery/785292)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-disability-iritation-quackery/785292 "2017-04-28T15:31:32Z")
I debated whether this should in the Pit and I really don’t know. I’ll try it here. I’ve been living with daily migraines for several years now. I have tried a lot of things. Different thread. I had a conversation a… --- ## [I fucking, fuck, fuck fucking HATE Invisible Fences!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-fuck-fuck-fucking-hate-invisible-fences/259683)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-fuck-fuck-fucking-hate-invisible-fences/259683 "2017-04-28T14:19:31Z")
On my new daily run around the block I have discovered several new-to-me things about my quiet little coastal Connecticut Neighborhood. Neighbor X a half mile away has an Invisible Fence. Neighbor X a half mile awa… --- ## [Fucking United Airlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-united-airlines/785223)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-united-airlines/785223 "2017-04-27T09:57:49Z")
The fuckers have rearranged one of my flights from 08:50 to 06:15. Which means getting to the airport at some ungodly early hour. I am NOT a morning person. --- ## [A, o, way to go Ohio (and New Jersey), you're bunch of morons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-way-to-go-ohio-and-new-jersey-youre-bunch-of-morons/783387)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-way-to-go-ohio-and-new-jersey-youre-bunch-of-morons/783387 "2017-04-26T06:24:14Z")
Ohio Limits Opioid Prescriptions to Just Seven Days New Jersey limited it to 5 days. This pisses me off. Since when do we let politicians into medical care? Is this a conservative principle? \*Politicians \*are going to… --- ## [22 minute ad on a 4 minute YouTube clip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-minute-ad-on-a-4-minute-youtube-clip/784888)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-minute-ad-on-a-4-minute-youtube-clip/784888 "2017-04-26T01:40:03Z")
I was watching clips from the Late Show in the gym a little bit ago. I was on an elliptical with handles, so I was just letting the ads play in between clips, when one just didn’t end. At first I thought it was part of… --- ## [Conservatives on immigration are the most vicious people on earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-on-immigration-are-the-most-vicious-people-on-earth/784828)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-on-immigration-are-the-most-vicious-people-on-earth/784828 "2017-04-25T21:36:08Z")
I was watching an anti illegal video from a conservative youtuber It was standard in it’s contempt and hatred of illegals, and glee over seeing them get deported and uprooted. Then I went and read the com… --- ## [Thoughts on how Trump "gets out" of Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-how-trump-gets-out-of-syria/784264)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-how-trump-gets-out-of-syria/784264 "2017-04-25T04:29:40Z")
I have the following theory on how Trump will “resolve” the question of Russian backing of Assad in Syria. First up, I notice this, from King Abdullah of Jordan: cite Second, I note the changes that Trump made the Re… --- ## [My Fool Brother & my dead Brother's Estate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fool-brother-my-dead-brothers-estate/770410)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fool-brother-my-dead-brothers-estate/770410 "2017-04-24T20:19:53Z")
My youngest brother, Andy, died late last year. My Sister was named executor. Andy’s estate is small, due to debts, divorce, & bills. About $25K each, total, for the three of us, after all fees & bills. And now, my I… --- ## [Appreciating Bill O'Reilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294 "2017-04-24T18:31:31Z")
News is breaking the Billy Boob is taking time off to be with his lawyers. Though no official announcement has been made, hopeful speculation has it that he has bitten the green weenie, and swallowed the bag. With the … --- ## [Delta airlines treats it passengers even worse than United!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-airlines-treats-it-passengers-even-worse-than-united/785127)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-airlines-treats-it-passengers-even-worse-than-united/785127 "2017-04-24T17:31:13Z")
This is out-and-out abuse! Fuck these airlines that treat their paying customers like this. They should be regulated to within an inch of their lives. --- ## [Trump requests ride in Queen's carriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-requests-ride-in-queens-carriage/784505)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-requests-ride-in-queens-carriage/784505 "2017-04-24T10:09:17Z")
King Donnie is too good for a caddy limo. --- ## [41% approval rating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-approval-rating/784664)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-approval-rating/784664 "2017-04-24T07:26:05Z")
http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx And trending up. It’s perhaps worth keeping in mind that at this point, Trump has renegéd on a massive number of his campaign promises. \[ul\] \[li\]… --- ## [United](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united/784284)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united/784284 "2017-04-24T01:54:33Z")
There ought to be a law against forcibly removing a paid passenger from their seat unless they did something wrong other than refuse to be removed from their seat AFAICT United offered $800 and then stopped becaus… --- ## [Trump Agenda Survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-agenda-survey/784948)
**Author:** [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-agenda-survey/784948 "2017-04-23T19:37:52Z")
I got this super-duper letter today from the Trump Agenda Survey! It even has a registration number! It asks what I think about Agent Orange’s hoped-for solutions to the issues we face. Then it asks for money. I think T… --- ## [Fuck cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cancer/707650)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cancer/707650 "2017-04-23T04:42:42Z")
A friend of mine, who is not yet 30, was just diagnosed with cancer. So she’s putting everything else in her life on hold to move to a city with better specialists and spend at least six months going through chemotherapy… --- ## [I pit the local hockey team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465 "2017-04-22T23:10:15Z")
I think this is my very first pitting. It may seem mild to some readers, but it’s a necessary one nonetheless. I pit the fucking NHL team from Chicago (I can’t be assed to use their nickname). I’m so sick of putting u… --- ## [Stream of Consciousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/784971)
**Author:** [@Standhume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standhume)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/784971 "2017-04-22T22:32:07Z")
Be warned I’m going to piss and moan like an asshole now so if it annoys you, I understand and urge you not to read this. I’ve got some shit to say and since I don’t know anyone personally who will listen ill post it an… --- ## [Mr. Clothahump, if you will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422 "2017-04-22T18:47:37Z")
(Sorry. Longish.) So, in this other threada newcomer tried pitting \*\*Helena330 \*\*for being a man-hating feminazi™, while himself displaying a blatantly misogynous attitude and insisting that women-hating comic book vill… --- ## [Trump, the despicable school-yard bully](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701 "2017-04-21T03:06:17Z")
We all knew it, right? Trump signed a child’s hat, then threw the hat into the crowd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=98)