# Can I pit myself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361 "2022-09-11T03:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mortimus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/1 "2022-09-11T03:11:45Z")
I probably deserve it. I’m an old white guy. I’m an atheist, meat-eating liberal, non-gun owner. Some of my best friends are gay, black or both. I drive a rusted out 2006 minivan. I love puppies but kick cats at any opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/2 "2022-09-11T03:23:40Z")
I was ok with it all until the cat part. This white, liberal, carnivorous, atheist, anti-gun, 60 yo boomer woman is also a crazy cat lady who would rather hang out with her cats (and dogs, fish, goats, and horses) than with most people. ---
**Author:** ![Mortimus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/3 "2022-09-11T03:32:33Z")
> [@saje](#): > > I was ok with it all until the cat part. Mrs. Mortimus and I have had several cats over the years. I’ll admit to having had a soft spot for them despite the fact that they were all jerks. Among them was a Maine Coon who loved to sleep on my face. Nothing like waking up with a 25 pound sack of fur in my mouth every morning. He died in his sleep at the ripe old age of 14, fortunately not on my face. I still miss his furry ass. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/4 "2022-09-11T13:32:45Z")
You could, but you would have to follow the new rules for pit threads and call it “Pitting Mortimus” or somesuch. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/5 "2022-09-11T13:34:31Z")
> [@Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209): > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters - often the first turns into the second. Although the standards of discourse are looser than in the other forums, the Pit is NOT a free-for-all - you don’t have to be nice, but you do have to be reasonably civil. Please observe the following rules when posting in the Pit: Rants should be suitable for the Pit Cutesy, “I Pit puppies for being sooo cute!” non-Pittings are not welcome here. Put them in MPSIMS. R… I think it isn’t allowed in general. I’ll flag this for @Miller to review though. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/6 "2022-09-11T13:51:22Z")
> [@saje](#): > > I was ok with it all until the cat part. Seconded. You are a scumbag. Yes a bag of scum is you. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/7 "2022-09-11T14:32:34Z")
I was about to Pit you for not driving a 2007 minivan. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/8 "2022-09-11T14:46:36Z")
For those interested, the OP is an excellent example of “cringe”. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/9 "2022-09-11T15:09:23Z")
This. It’s so “cringe” it could almost be genuinely pitworthy. Certainly snarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/10 "2022-09-11T17:30:59Z")
[Moderating] As **What\_Exit** pointed out, “joke” pittings like this aren’t allowed in the BBQ Pit. Of course, you can be funny while you’re pitting something, but we prefer there to be some genuine anger (to whatever degree) over the topic. I’m going to close this thread. No warning or other sanction is implied against the OP. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361/11 "2022-09-11T17:31:12Z")