# I pit...myself **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/977744 "2023-01-05T20:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/977744/4 "2023-01-05T20:49:18Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > I coulda sworn self-pitting was against the rules, maybe it’s just frowned upon. I believe this one would be. > [@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… > **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. Rants which are genuine but simply too tepid or mundane for the Pit will be moved or closed as we see fit. Lastly, rants about personal trauma that are expected to generate mostly supportive, sympathetic responses will likely be moved to MPSIMS. This is not a commentary on the seriousness of said life events, merely on the best forum for that type of thread. Specifically the line that says, “Rants which are genuine but simply too tepid or mundane for the Pit will be moved or closed as we see fit.” But this isn’t even a rant, it’s an apology. It’s an anti-rant. But if people pile on with enough invective (and I suspect that will be forthcoming) then we can make this a thread worthy of the Pit. So, let’s see. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/977744)._