# Constant reiteration in the BBQ Pit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140 "2000-01-27T19:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent4mmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@Kent4mmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent4mmy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/1 "2000-01-27T19:51:00Z")
Why is it that when someone throws out a nonsensical insult to a poster in the Pit, they, or someone else, will inevitably feel compelled to justify such an insult/attack by saying, “this is the Pit”? Some of the stuff posted in there is, to say the least, extreme. Very wicked. Very creative. I enjoy the high level of intensity there and am amused to no end…until I see the increasingly popular “this is the Pit” remark. The redundancy of it has effected me to the point of opening a thread on it. Undoubtedly someone will do a search on “This is the Pit” and come up with 19 threads where this was posted. Admittedly, 19 threads out of over 100 hardly seems excessive, but that doesn’t stop me from rolling my eyes every time I come across it. Yeah, yeah ,I know…if I don’t like it, stay out of the Pit. I’m not gonna do that though, because most of the content there is great, so you all will have to stop using that cliche to appease me. Yeah, right. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/2 "2000-01-27T19:59:00Z")
Shouldn’t this be posted in The Pit? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/3 "2000-01-27T20:04:00Z")
Well, it’s certainly Mundane. And, after all, this is MPSIMS! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/4 "2000-01-27T20:05:00Z")
Phouka asked > [@](#): > > Shouldn’t this be posted in The Pit? It didn’t seem to be out of anger, more like a random observation. After all, this is MPSIMs * * * My sig line is currently unavailable. Please check this post in 1 hour when we resume our broadcast day. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/5 "2000-01-27T20:06:00Z")
Dang it, Uke!!! That’s it, I am definitely gonna have to start a pit thread on your timeliness. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/6 "2000-01-27T20:06:00Z")
Hang you guys a straight line and what do you do. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/7 "2000-01-27T20:10:00Z")
Hand. Hand you guys . . . \*\*_HAND_ you guys . . . Christ on a pogo stick, I’ve got to cut down on my caffeine and sugar intake. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/8 "2000-01-27T20:12:00Z")
Kent4mmy, What’s it to ya? It _IS_ the pit, after all. -Katy ---
**Author:** ![Kent4mmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@Kent4mmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent4mmy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-reiteration-in-the-bbq-pit/13140/9 "2000-01-27T20:40:00Z")
The OP was indeed intended to be mundane. This isn’t something, IMO, that would warrant a legitimate rant. Just seems like a melodramatic thing to say. Guess that’s why it’s so popular.