# Oh, 2020. How do I pit thee? Let me count the ways **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 27, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024 "2020-10-27T12:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/21 "2020-10-28T16:13:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > > The most depressing thing about the [2020 Ant Man meme](https://cheezburger.com/12209157/ant-man-meme-gives-a-recap-of-all-the-horrors-of-2020-so-far) is that it keeps needing updates. > > I LOLed at the “I’m still in January” I just read the whole thing. Hilarious! Never saw that before. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/22 "2020-10-28T16:29:50Z")
My mum died. Too many other people I care about died. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/23 "2020-10-28T18:49:33Z")
I am very sorry for your loss, @scareyfaerie. 2020 has really sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/24 "2020-10-28T18:51:47Z")
**BooFae** (@scareyfaerie) I’m so sorry about your mum. {{{hugs}}} 225,000 dead and counting. I can’t believe we didn’t impeach this clown. Fine - I do. Fuck the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/25 "2020-10-28T18:53:10Z")
Sorry about your loss @scareyfaerie. It’s a tough year, but hang in there, it is almost over. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/26 "2020-10-28T18:57:28Z")
Now, for something GOOD about 2020! We experience a Blue Moon on Halloween 3 or 4 times in a lifetime and, guess what, we are having one in 3 days! 🙂 Hey, if it opens a Hell Mouth or something, I didn’t know anything about it! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/27 "2020-10-29T02:17:52Z")
Pretty rare. It’ll be the first such Halloween blue moon since 1944. > **[A Rare Halloween Blue Moon in 2020 - Mark Your Calendars!](https://www.farmersalmanac.com/blue-moon-supermoon-2020-104546)** > > We'll be treated to a rare Halloween full Blue Hunter's Moon. Why is it so rare, and when will we see the next one? We explain. More for 2020 pitting. A close friend passed away yesterday. She was elderly and frail, but until recently strong and spunky. All of a sudden, leukemia, and also uncontrolled bleeding. She slid downhill quickly, in the span of about 2 weeks. **Damn you, 2020.** ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/28 "2020-10-29T02:28:25Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Hey, if it opens a Hell Mouth or something, I didn’t know anything about it! Can only be an improvement, no? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/29 "2020-10-30T18:41:01Z")
And if you haven’t heard the terrible news about **Jonathan Chance** … > [@Jonathan\_Chance, RIP 2020-11-12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance/924264): > > I saw this on my FB feed: Jonathan Chance, aka Nate Wooley , has entered hospice care. If you’re interested in attending a gathering in his honor in SC this weekend, please message me ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/30 "2020-10-30T18:55:11Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > > [@Jasmine](#): > > > > Hey, if it opens a Hell Mouth or something, I didn’t know anything about it! > > Can only be an improvement, no? You’re playing with fire. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/31 "2020-10-30T18:57:44Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > My mum died. {{{{{{{{{many, many}}}}}}}}} and a shared ☕ cuppa tea while I’m at it. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/32 "2020-10-31T21:35:23Z")
Sean Connery has been taken from us. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/33 "2020-11-01T01:05:33Z")
Elections. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/34 "2020-11-01T14:03:08Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Sean Connery has been taken from us. Ah, no. He was the only James Bond IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/35 "2020-11-01T15:17:05Z")
And today we had an extra hour of 2020. Great, just great. Those of us in DST land, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/36 "2020-11-01T16:35:29Z")
Not really. We just withdrew the hour that we banked in the spring. Just be glad that it didn’t accrue interest. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/37 "2020-11-01T23:15:16Z")
Really. In our company football pool my wife is usually among the leaders. Today when she noted that she’s in last place, I asked what’s wrong? She replied, 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/38 "2020-11-03T17:46:52Z")
Wildfires still continue. We’re getting temperature drop this weekend, which is nice. It’s comes with high winds and no rain, however, so I expect we’ll keep burning. Fall isn’t very Fall-ish this year. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/39 "2020-11-04T10:22:09Z")
At 0230hrs Tuesday night / Wednesday morning, we have another reason to pit 2020. Way to go, America. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024/40 "2020-11-10T18:14:05Z")
But now that we have Biden/Harris as the winner, maybe 2020 wasn’t so bad after all…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024.md?page=3)