# The pit used to be a lot better **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880 "2012-02-24T21:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/1 "2012-02-24T21:34:37Z")
I have been looking through a lot of old threads. I have come to a conclusion. The pit used to be a lot better. Far more aggressive. Just take a look [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=5&order=desc&page=49) - I have actually chosen the url there randomly (as in the page= bit). I am that confident the threads there will be infinitely better than today’s pit. Basically no one even posts in the pit anymore compared to back then. Although maybe that is starving artist’s fault and it has just been an exceptionally strange period recently. I don’t think so thought. What is to be done? I am not a good writer, infact I’m not even a competent competent writer, so I can’t fix it for you. But what I will say is that the rules need to be relaxed to whatever they were back in the day. Then the good pitters will come back. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/2 "2012-02-24T21:36:13Z")
And indeed I just took a look at my random link. And I proved to be correct. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/3 "2012-02-24T21:36:27Z")
From the link, it looks to be about the same, actually. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/4 "2012-02-24T21:38:44Z")
Since we can no longer tell people to go fuck themselves, it’s become a mere shadow of its former self. Like trying to ride a legless horse. I still don’t get the point of those rules, other than some sort of prudishness on the part of board administrators. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/5 "2012-02-24T21:39:00Z")
Yeah, no kidding **John T**. As a matter of fact, it looks exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/6 "2012-02-24T22:05:44Z")
I blame the incompetence of people who start Pit threads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/7 "2012-02-24T22:13:00Z")
It did used to be a lot better, but it is what it is now. C’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/8 "2012-02-24T22:20:34Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I blame the incompetence of people who start Pit threads. 😃 😃 I was going to put this in ATMB, then I realised the OP said cunt so I thought I should put in the pit. Then I rewrote the OP. So, er, cunt cunt cunt ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/9 "2012-02-24T22:54:02Z")
Yeah. That’s much better. “Cunt cunt cunt” … makes me long for the old days. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/10 "2012-02-24T23:03:34Z")
**spankthecrumpet** , at the risk of being whooshed, your link just leads back to today’s Pit page. 😕 Dickhead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/11 "2012-02-25T00:50:38Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > **spankthecrumpet** , at the risk of being whooshed, your link just leads back to today’s Pit page. 😕 > > Dickhead. 😃 I don’t understand why. For me it links back to pit threads between [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427959) and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425286). I am only looking at sdmb for 2 minute intervals betweenfamily guy/american dad episodes atm but tomorrow I’ll inevestigate the proper vbulletin querystring syntax to show you what I’m seeing; I should imagine my message board settings have something to do with this. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/12 "2012-02-25T01:42:53Z")
If you’re trying to link to the results of a search you made, my understanding is that this isn’t supported by the board software. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/13 "2012-02-25T01:49:29Z")
> [@spankthecrumpet](#): > > For me it links back to pit threads between [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427959) and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425286). That’s because 2007 was a great year for whine. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/14 "2012-02-25T01:54:15Z")
As I recall, the language rule was put in at (or about) the same time as the rule that mods could no longer be pitted for moderatorial activity. I disagreed with both at the time. I now believe that the rule regarding the pitting of moderators was a good change. I still believe that the rule regarding language was a bad change. Regardless of both of those, it’s all up to us what becomes of the Pit, isn’t it? I must admit, I made a pretty shitty Pitting just a few days ago. While it was an informative and heartfelt OP, it lacked creativity, invective, and nastiness, and deservedly held no interest for those unfamilar with Colorado politics, and little interest for those who are. Should Bruce get convicted by the Feds, I’ll do better next time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/15 "2012-02-25T01:58:30Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > As I recall, the language rule was put in at (or about) the same time as the rule that mods could no longer be pitted for moderatorial activity. I wasn’t a mod yet, but that fits my recollection. I’m still kind of bitter that I never got to participate in the Most Pitted Mod contests. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/16 "2012-02-25T02:42:03Z")
That was back when Ed Zotti decided he was going to get all hands-on and personal with us for a while. That’s kind of fizzled out, hasn’t it? If he doesn’t show up for a year, can we go back to the way it was? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/17 "2012-02-25T02:46:15Z")
This thread is some motherfucking idiocy, kids. Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/18 "2012-02-25T03:30:58Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > That was back when Ed Zotti decided he was going to get all hands-on and personal with us for a while. That’s kind of fizzled out, hasn’t it? If he doesn’t show up for a year, can we go back to the way it was? Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/19 "2012-02-25T03:36:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I wasn’t a mod yet, but that fits my recollection. > > I’m still kind of bitter that I never got to participate in the Most Pitted Mod contests. The decade is quite young yet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/20 "2012-02-25T04:12:01Z")
He’s kidding! Pretty sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880.md?page=2)