# A new rule for the BBQ Pit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 10, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222 "2005-05-10T15:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/41 "2005-05-10T17:51:29Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > All I can say is: Kilo Mike Alpha. You could have just said Foxtrot Uniform this is the Papa India Tango, you know. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/42 "2005-05-10T17:52:00Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > All I can say is: Kilo Mike Alpha. Now that’s funny. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/43 "2005-05-10T17:52:35Z")
> [@Avenger](#): > > What did he say? Was that about me? Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform! ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/44 "2005-05-10T17:54:10Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform! Arghhhhhhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/45 "2005-05-10T17:59:20Z")
Put me on the “agree with the OP” bandwagon. Yes, there are people who do nasty things. Welcome to the world. That the guy who chopped up his 2 year-old and fed it to his Presa Canario’s before going on a child-sex tour of Sri Lanka is not a nice man is one of the very few things pretty much everyone on this board can agree on. If you need an “outrageous news” fix, I suggest www dot dailyrotten dot com (Don’t be scared by the association with www dot rotten dot com, it’s just a summary of nasty news stories from around the world). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/46 "2005-05-10T18:10:25Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > If all you have to say is “Grrr”, go talk to your dog. Funny. My vocabulary of insults has increased exponentially since I joined the boards. I love the pit! ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/47 "2005-05-10T18:16:47Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I agree with the OP 100%. Those types of threads just seem pointless to me. While I wouldn’t advocate a rule against them, I’ve never really understood the appeal of wallowing in the worst actions of the worst of humanity. Do we really need a fresh round of outrage and name-calling every time some asshole somewhere does something particularly disgusting or inhuman? What’s the point? > ] Venting. Like most other Pit threads. I assume that people writing such threads feel the need to share the story with people they’ll assume will share their indignation. Or they just need to call the culprit all sort of names and the forum is convenient for this purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Fortean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fortean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortean)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/48 "2005-05-10T18:19:26Z")
Oh good, everyone agrees with me, you big bunch of tarts. And just to be nice (well this is the Pit after all, hoooo) I wasn’t really remarking on anyone’s thread in particular, except the baby-spiking one of course. As I see it, there is only one thing to do. Allow people to bitchslap the arsehole out of each other in ALL the forums. And start with Cafe Society. Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/49 "2005-05-10T18:32:05Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Venting. Like most other Pit threads. I assume that people writing such threads feel the need to share the story with people they’ll assume will share their indignation. Or they just need to call the culprit all sort of names and the forum is convenient for this purpose. Agreed, but it’s the need itself I don’t get. The media is culling out the worst actions of hundreds of millions of people. For regular people to collect these stories and seethe in anger over them seems to me to be a recipe for despair, not to mention an incredibly distorted view of people as a group. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/50 "2005-05-10T18:39:17Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Because it’s just so unbelieveable that people can do horrible things in the world. You’re new here, aren’t you? To the planet, I mean. I’ve known from the age of four that people fundamentally suck, from first-hand experience. How can anyone _not_ believe that humans do horrible things to one another? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/51 "2005-05-10T19:03:45Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > … Nazis? Godwin! Godwin! _starts jumping up and down_ “I win! I win!” _runs skipping and hopping into the sunset_ ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/52 "2005-05-10T19:29:15Z")
Hey, this is America. You wanna put babies on spikes, you go right ahead. Baby kabobs for everyone! They taste like chicken, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/53 "2005-05-10T19:32:22Z")
I just wanna chime in and agree with the OP. You wanna pit some horrible news event? Then actually pit it. You know, with the creative insults and the fun expressions of utter outrage. Not this weepy, whiney bullshit. That’s not a pitting. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/54 "2005-05-10T19:37:14Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > But, without these threads, how will I know the next time a bus full of gay orphans gets hit by a drunken driver in an SUV who then beheads them all and burns their pets and forces the severed heads to eat chili with human parts in it? Huh? What then? I’ll send you an e-mail. With pictures drawn by me. Some of them actually having to do with the e-mail, even. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/55 "2005-05-10T19:38:19Z")
I agree with **Fortean** and could somebody please point out to **Roger T** that this thread has made it to over 50 posts and no one has criticized the OP for “Newness”. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/56 "2005-05-10T20:18:10Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > When someone mentions the “F word” does that officially make the thread a trainwreck? Or does that only occur after one mentions Nazis? Fat Nazi threads are instant disasters. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/57 "2005-05-10T20:23:28Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > Baby kabobs for everyone! Well, I’d really rather not. May I have a miniature American flag instead? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/58 "2005-05-10T20:41:46Z")
Could someone please move the OP to a different thread, cause the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot hijack is the more entertaining one. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/59 "2005-05-10T20:50:42Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Fat Nazi threads are instant disasters. I hate Fat Illinois Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222/60 "2005-05-10T21:03:33Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Well, I’d really rather not. May I have a miniature American flag instead? Baby kabobs for some, little miniature American flags for others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-for-the-bbq-pit/303222.md?page=4)