# Ron DeSantis - The Pit Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601 "2023-05-25T23:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/121 "2023-08-02T15:47:21Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > …a joke about DeSantis and the CLT. I always thought of him as a little man. I never thought about the boat. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/122 "2023-08-02T16:20:03Z")
I’m surprised he even found the CLT. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/123 "2023-08-02T16:21:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Au contraire. If you aspire to admittance at Oral Roberts University, Kentucky Mountain Bible College or [a couple hundred other fabled institutions of higher learning](https://www.cltexam.com/colleges/), and can’t hack the “woke” math and verbal propaganda on the SAT, the CLT offers a swell option. And for some reason St. Olaf, my brother’s alama mater, and an otherwise quite reputable school. What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/124 "2023-08-02T16:35:36Z")
Likewise, I looked at the list of “partner colleges” in my state, Indiana. All of them are religious colleges–except for DePauw University, which is for the most part a well-regarded liberal arts school. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/125 "2023-08-04T03:48:15Z")
Another step in Florida slowing beginning to lose the ability to support students who apply out of state: > **[College Board advises Florida schools to not offer AP Psychology after state...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/us/florida-ap-psychology-college-board/index.html)** > > The College Board is encouraging school districts in Florida not to offer Advanced Placement Psychology classes after it was informed the state’s education board reportedly told districts the course can no longer be taught in the state if it includes... Considering the “useful skills” version of history to be taught and other ‘positive’ historical requirements, I suspect AP History will be the next to fall. So shortly, students applying to out of state schools will be short at least 2 college credits they could of otherwise qualified for. So much winning. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/126 "2023-08-04T04:21:55Z")
“I love the uneducated “ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/127 "2023-08-05T04:09:47Z")
Worth a thousand words; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2t5il3WgAII1Wh?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2t5il3WgAII1Wh?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/128 "2023-08-05T04:12:35Z")
I think they already have figured him out. > **[DeSantis Bans AP Psychology Out Of Fear People Will Figure Out What’s Wrong...](https://www.theonion.com/desantis-bans-ap-psychology-out-of-fear-people-will-fig-1850708257)** > > TALLAHASSEE, FL—Explaining that the course would teach thousands of high schoolers harmful information about identifying psychological disorders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that the state would ban AP Psychology out of fear that... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/129 "2023-08-05T14:23:09Z")
Evidence is piling up that DeSantis [just doesn’t know how to act around humans](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ron-desantiss-etiquette.html). ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/130 "2023-08-05T16:54:52Z")
Heh. Comment on that article: “Michael Hiltzik, writing in today’s LA Times, said that DeSatan has all the charisma of linoleum.” ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/131 "2023-08-05T17:25:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Evidence is piling up that DeSantis [just doesn’t know how to act around humans](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ron-desantiss-etiquette.html). I read that list, and except for the pudding with his hand thing (in public) , I have been guilty of all of those things in some way or other. I can sympathize with his affliction - he’s just not comfortable connecting with people. Just like me. Of course no one sane ever suggested I run for office. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/132 "2023-08-05T17:48:43Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Of course no one sane ever suggested I run for office. Exactly. If someone bombs in a singing competition, I can empathize because I don’t exactly sound like Freddy Mercury, but then I didn’t get on a stage and demonstrate my lack of talent. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/133 "2023-08-05T18:20:13Z")
Good news. [They’ve abandoned the stupid refusal to teach AP Psycology.](https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-officials-state-schools-teach-ap-psychology-entirety/story?id=102030805) I’m sure DeSantis’s fans are irate and they’ll pick some other fight. [Such as educating students about the “Victims of Communism” by signing a bill that will designate a Day in public schools to learn all about it.](https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/05/09/desantis-signs-k-12-victims-of-communism-bill-while-railing-against-college-campus-communists/) Those youths in their Che Guevara shirts! I’m in favor of teaching history, but this seems an odd choice. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/134 "2023-08-05T18:27:00Z")
Or the quote > A former congressional staffer [told](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/ron-desantis-the-making-and-remaking-of-a-maga-heir) _Vanity Fair_ , “I once had to drive him to the airport. We got stuck in traffic for an hour, and he didn’t say a word.” They added, “I describe him as having the personality of a piece of paper.” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/135 "2023-08-05T18:52:41Z")
Are they going to cover all the useful skills dissidents learned while in the gulag? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/136 "2023-08-05T21:41:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Good news. [They’ve abandoned the stupid refusal to teach AP Psycology.](https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-officials-state-schools-teach-ap-psychology-entirety/story?id=102030805) Great Scott! DeSantis has gone woke! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/137 "2023-08-05T21:48:46Z")
> Little Ronnie WokeSantis. Now _there’s_ a trimply insult that’ll stick! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/138 "2023-08-05T21:59:18Z")
I still think “Meatball Ron” is his best work. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/139 "2023-08-05T23:18:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Heh. Comment on that article: “Michael Hiltzik, writing in today’s LA Times, said that DeSatan has all the charisma of linoleum.” His fall from grace must be soul-crushing. Good. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/140 "2023-08-05T23:35:21Z")
Linoleum is so old fashioned. Nobody under age 40 has ever seen any. And “vinyl flooring” isn’t punchy enough. “Has all the charisma of a snail” might be better. Or maybe “… wet French fries”. It’s long but the image is pungent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=8)