# I Pit Carbon Dating **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831 "2012-11-12T21:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/1 "2012-11-12T21:54:17Z")
There’s no use for it considering that after one or two half lives, it claims that the stuff you’re measuring is older than the age of the Earth. It’s totally junk science: if scientists can’t even get basic facts about the age of the Earth right, what can you believe them about? And don’t even get me started on the huge chunk of carbon material needed to “accurately” date something. It’s a liberal socialist plot to destroy our previous material culture and replace it with the “new man”, how very Khmer Rouge of them. And have you ever even tried to date carbon? I once asked out an inanimate carbon rod out for drinks and, being Christian, a hot monkey marriage proposal, but the frigid, lifeless bitch wouldn’t even _reply_ to me! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/2 "2012-11-12T21:55:55Z")
_sigh_ Sarcasm, satire and irony is best left to Vinyl Turnip. Please, everyone, check your username. If it is not Vinyl Turnip, re-think your attempt at satire, parody and sarcasm 🙂 _The more you know!_ ETA: Include links when Pitting other posters When Pitting another poster, it is considered good form to include a link to the post or posts that inspired the Pitting.\*\* In the case of thread parodies, including a link to the thread being parodied is mandatory.\*\* Otherwise, no one knows what you’re talking about and confusion ensues. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/3 "2012-11-12T21:57:53Z")
Time to take your funny meter in for recalibrating. It’s off. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/4 "2012-11-12T22:31:15Z")
I smiled, only because I saw this right after the “I Hate Apples” thread. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/5 "2012-11-13T00:50:04Z")
How many half lives does Schrodinger’s Cat have? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/6 "2012-11-13T04:29:00Z")
Well…at least you aren’t a real Young Earth Creationist on a wild tear, which is what I was thinking after the first paragraph. I’d far rather someone parody them than really _be_ one of them! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/7 "2012-11-13T05:59:27Z")
Not to worry. I sometimes start drinking this early in the day, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/8 "2012-11-13T06:03:43Z")
If you think dating Carbon is bad, try dating Argon. Totally inert. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/9 "2012-11-13T06:10:05Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If you think dating Carbon is bad, try dating Argon. Totally inert. And the gas. Oh, my! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/10 "2012-11-13T06:16:17Z")
It looked like I had it made when she put her neon mine, but all in all it was a pretty boron experience. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/11 "2012-11-13T07:08:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > And have you ever even tried to date carbon? I once asked out an inanimate carbon rod out for drinks and, being Christian, a hot monkey marriage proposal, but the frigid, lifeless bitch wouldn’t even _reply_ to me! Dude, she saved the crew of the Space Shuttle and was on the cover of Time magazine; she’s totally out of your league. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/12 "2012-11-13T07:29:30Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If you think dating Carbon is bad, try dating Argon. Totally inert. Pfft! I dated Radon! Or tried. Totally uninterested in a relationship until its atomic number goes up and it’s like a whole different element. And if you hang around while it’s going through this, you get burned. They call it a gas, but it’s mostly a pain. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/13 "2012-11-13T08:20:57Z")
Lead, on the other hand, really goes down. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/14 "2012-11-13T08:30:43Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I once asked out an inanimate carbon rod out for drinks and, being Christian, a hot monkey marriage proposal, but the frigid, lifeless bitch wouldn’t even _reply_ to me! Hint: Being a rod, it was actually a guy. Next time, try a carbon _tube_. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/15 "2012-11-13T12:43:29Z")
I have no idea what’s happening here. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/16 "2012-11-13T12:57:22Z")
Me either; still no linky. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/17 "2012-11-13T13:23:50Z")
Cabron dating is even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/18 "2012-11-13T13:44:22Z")
I also pit [Minor Dating](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672056), and Apples, and Apple, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/19 "2012-11-13T17:07:43Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If you think dating Carbon is bad, try dating Argon. Totally inert. I dated Argon for a while. A truly noble lover. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831/20 "2012-11-13T17:12:26Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I also pit [Minor Dating](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672056), and Apples, and Apple, for that matter. I pit Miner Dating. Get back in the mine! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-carbon-dating/640831.md?page=2)