# BBQ Pit=Bad Idea **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749 "2000-10-13T02:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/21 "2000-10-15T16:55:39Z")
The pencilneck comment was a snide attack on another poster. The thread was probably closed to keep that discussion from spilling over into your thread. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/22 "2000-10-15T19:21:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Show\_Biz \* > \*\*Almost every thread there that you lock is because “I’m bored with this”, \*\* The threads that I close becuase they are boring are usually when we have a troll invasion and some obvious sock puppet decided to open up his sixth consecutive “UncleBeer is a jerk” thread. So yeah, I do think that’s boring enough to close. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Show\_Biz \* > \*\*or “this insult is too tame”. \*\* You have a link? Because I don’t ever recall closing a thread because a thread wasn’t viscious enough. Your post sounds more like a problem you have with my moderating ability, rather than a contribution to the OP. But you have reminded me of another reason we have the Pit. It is a place to discuss any issue with the way we moderators do our job. If you have any further criticisms of my moderating, take them to the Pit. That’s where they belong. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/23 "2000-10-15T19:39:02Z")
> [@](#): > > The main reason I can’t get interested in the pit is that it seems so lowbrow. Nothing is dicussed is it? Not like the other forums. Apparently, you missed the Gun Control thread that was raging very hot and heavy in the Pit for a while. I suggest you go take a look every now and then… there’s quite a bit being discussed (usually with a less-than-casual tone, however). ---
**Author:** ![Chewie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Chewie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chewie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/24 "2000-10-16T08:08:18Z")
The Pit is what got me posting here. On an anti-French thread, I believe. Most other boards have few debates because they tend to turn into flame wars. So nothing gets debated. At this board, that’s not a problem, because the mods are good at sending threads to the appropriate forums. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/25 "2000-10-16T13:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > **The threads that I close becuase they are boring are usually when we have a troll invasion and some obvious sock puppet decided to open up his sixth consecutive “UncleBeer is a jerk” thread.** Troll? Sock puppet? Those are MY threads! It’s my way of expressing affection. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/26 "2000-10-16T16:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > You have a link? Because I don’t ever recall closing a thread because a thread wasn’t viscious enough. This is the second time I’ve seen this, Alphagene. Do you mean vicious or viscous? Is viscosity a new feature of The BBQ Pit? Do you want the deathless prose in your forum to be more dense and incomprehensible? I’ll post in a couple of pages in the style of James Joyce if you want. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/27 "2000-10-16T17:44:16Z")
A James Joyce flame? That I’d like to see. When you’re done I think I’ll try my hand at Umberto Eco. In the original Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/28 "2000-10-16T20:58:52Z")
As a matter of fact, Arnold, I **did** mean viscous. Due to the intense heat of the Pit, threads are specially formulated for high viscosity to prevent thermal breakdown. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/29 "2000-10-16T21:05:35Z")
**’gene** , you jerk. That last post of yours was my first ever Diet Coke Snort." Damn, that stuff _burns!_ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/30 "2000-10-16T22:22:26Z")
That’s why you shouldn’t drink Diet Coke, 'Bert. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/31 "2000-10-16T23:19:59Z")
I like how The Pit warms up my office. It’s like a fireplace right from my monitor. Sometimes The Pit sucks, sometimes it’s the best way to get rid of issues you may have. Those issues can be board related or just stuff that burns your butt outside the boards. I like The Pit. Viva The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Modwannabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Modwannabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modwannabe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/32 "2000-10-17T00:27:31Z")
Viva stuff that burns your butt! 😃 (can I watch?) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/33 "2000-10-17T14:05:29Z")
Look at it this way: if the Pit didn’t exist, they’d have to move **Alphagene** over to help out with the moderating in MPSIMS. Do you REALLY want his input when you start a thread entitled “Please Help Me Name My Cute New Fuzzy Bunny?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/34 "2000-10-17T14:25:53Z")
Lunch. That’d be a good name for your fuzzy bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/35 "2000-10-17T17:25:22Z")
I thought it was an appropriate place to put it, since in MPSIMS people would have held back more, and not been able to speak without editing themselves. As it turns out, only a couple people chose to be too nasty for MPSIMS, and even that is debateable. But at least they had the _freedom_ to roast me, yes? I’d like to hear from some moderators, if they have the time. Was my post an appropriate use of the Pit forum? ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/36 "2000-10-17T20:09:27Z")
Here’s the link: \*\* [Anthracite, you worthless dumb bitch!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42213)\*\* [hijack][sub] **Aside to Alphagene, who asked this question:** [/sub] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > **You have a link? Because I don’t ever recall closing a thread because a thread wasn’t viscious enough.** I see the thread was locked after this post > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by vanilla_ > \*\*Esprix! You _cannot_ compliment someone here in the pit! > You are the pitmaster! Think, young man! > \*\* Taken together with Anthracite’s question, I’d say this is one such link you asked for where a thread is locked for being to mild. (N.B. I don’t personally care what gets locked in the pit. In fact I’m of the school they all are like bagels, and go stale after 2-3 days. Lock all pit threads at that point and it’s no great loss.) [/hijack] Anthracite- You have a good argument. It seems the pit was the right place for that thread- after all, they didn’t move it. Where would it have been moved to? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/37 "2000-10-17T22:37:54Z")
Actually, I think there may have been a mis-understanding, **tshirts**. I asked for the thread to be closed, and noted in the thread itself that it would be closed after Midnight on Sunday. My question was simply - was it the appropriate place to post? From the fact it was not closed, moved, and no warnings were issued by the Management, I guess I found the answer myself. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/38 "2000-10-17T22:49:54Z")
:o Sorry about missing that you asked for it to be closed. Didn’t occur to me, but I guess it should have. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/39 "2000-10-18T09:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > [sup]Originally posted by Anthracite [/sup] > I’d like to hear from some moderators, if they have the time. Was my post an appropriate use of the Pit forum? Yes. Your reasoning is sound. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749/40 "2000-10-19T00:21:59Z")
As a member of the Pit Galleria, I think it does right well. I can’t ever say much here, because I’m bad at taking an agressive stand. I just can’t do it with any finesse. But I have often admired my compadres on this board when they dispatch of ignorance with no holds barred. I suppose it comes with the switch to moderator decorum , but I do miss Alphagene’s razoring right-hooks. Shee-it, he can excise a fetid heart and serve it up still Ka-chunking with nary a drop loss. This ain’t lamenting, nor sucking up, just me own observation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-pit-bad-idea/36749.md?page=3)