# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/21 "2012-02-25T04:40:19Z")
> [@spankthecrumpet](#): > > The pit used to be a lot better… Did not. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/22 "2012-02-25T08:50:07Z")
Did TOO. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/23 "2012-02-25T08:56:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Seconded! Isn’t that cute-they’re voting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/24 "2012-02-25T10:30:04Z")
Fortunately, the pit has experienced a 400% uptick in quality since that fucking Penn State clusterfuck dropped off the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/25 "2012-02-25T11:12:47Z")
Wasn’t there a weekend when the board was upgrading where there were _no rules_? Like full free for all in the pit and a naked photo thread in IMHO? There are still images the brain bleach hasn’t erased… ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/26 "2012-02-25T11:43:55Z")
This too shall pass. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/27 "2012-02-25T11:56:52Z")
Finally, The Pit gets pitted. The End Is Nigh. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/28 "2012-02-25T12:33:01Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > Wasn’t there a weekend when the board was upgrading where there were _no rules_? Like full free for all in the pit and a naked photo thread in IMHO? There are still images the brain bleach hasn’t erased… That might have been the greatest two days ever for the Dope, but by it’s very nature it couldn’t last; it’s ephemeralness(?) is what enabled it and made it great. It was right after my mother died, and I got some seriously heavy stuff out that weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/29 "2012-02-25T12:37:38Z")
> [@spankthecrumpet](#): > > The pit used to be a lot better. Far more aggressive. [Submitted for your approval](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=643212) ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/30 "2012-02-25T13:52:44Z")
I was never as entertained by the six-page “Look, I know all the bad words!” pittings as other people. But then, I am a grown up and behave like one. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/31 "2012-02-25T15:13:50Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > But then, I am a grown up and behave like one. Then what are you doing here? Don’t you have a furnace filter to change? Or some potholders to organize? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/32 "2012-02-25T15:18:04Z")
That’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/33 "2012-02-25T16:50:26Z")
> [@spankthecrumpet](#): > > The pit used to be a lot better. Everything always used to be better in the old days. This is Law of Nature. This whole site has been going precipitously downhill since the day after I joined. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/34 "2012-02-25T17:35:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This whole site has been going precipitously downhill since the day after I joined. You’re right. That sure was a dark day in October 2000. It was much better before. Might there be a connection? Hunh? ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/35 "2012-02-25T17:38:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Everything always used to be better in the old days. This is Law of Nature. This whole site has been going precipitously downhill since the day after I joined. I’m not sure I like where this is going. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/36 "2012-02-25T20:22:08Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m not sure I like where this is going. :mad: So which one of you is going to take the blame? ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/37 "2012-02-25T20:24:24Z")
Double the blame, give both an equal share. Or we could just simply blame the Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/38 "2012-02-25T20:43:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m not sure I like where this is going. :mad: > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > So which one of you is going to take the blame? Hey, it’s been going downhill even faster since you guys joined. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/39 "2012-02-25T21:19:13Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Everything always used to be better in the old days. This is Law of Nature. This whole site has been going precipitously downhill since the day after I joined. So it was _ **YOU!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880/40 "2012-02-25T22:13:29Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So it was _ **YOU!** _ No, I’m sure it’s been going downhill since the first member signed up. When I joined, everybody was already complaining how much better the board was back in 1999. And how the old AOL board had been much better than that. This place is going to be a complete waste of time in a few more years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880.md?page=3)