# A Day Late But Not A Rant Short (March Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343 "2024-03-02T03:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/281 "2024-03-31T23:22:23Z")
Noticing Epoch Times advertising on billboards all over Grand Rapids area. BetsQ funding for fundies everywhere ![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/nx97wLflZiUAAAAC/betsy-devos-snl.gif "Betsy Devos GIF - Betsy Devos SNL Kate Mc Kinnon - Discover & Share GIFs") ---
**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:** [April 1, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/282 "2024-04-01T14:44:29Z")
New thread: > [@Damn Dirty April! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679): > > I’ll start with a self-Pitting. I saw this tweet and as a Seahawks fan, for a moment I was a bit dismayed: Then I realized what fucking day it was. man_facepalming ---
**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:** [April 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/283 "2024-04-01T19:28:26Z")
Thanks! I just sent it to Seattle relatives. There was so much talk of “They got rid of Russell, Pete’s next!”, that it’s believable up there. I did follow it up a few minutes later with _Happy 4/1…_ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/284 "2024-04-01T19:29:27Z")
Oops, wrong month’s mini-rants. Let’s not keep this going for weeks like we did with February’s… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/285 "2024-04-01T20:34:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Oops, wrong month’s mini-rants. Well, you’re just a day late, which seems appropriate given this thread’s title. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/286 "2024-04-01T21:18:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Well, you’re just a day late, which seems appropriate given this thread’s title. It’s a ‘leap post’. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/287 "2024-04-01T22:41:37Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > And sure enough, when I got my first haircut here the barber made a comment about the fact that the shirt I was wearing was, quite properly in his opinion, UNC blue. I was born and raised in North Carolina, but it took me about a year after starting my current job to realize that I needed to purge my wardrobe of anything lighter than cobalt lest I have fellow employees shrieking about the NC State grad wearing Carolina blue. 🙄 > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I managed to get mine to call me “Master.” I haven’t even changed the default voice on mine! 😆 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/288 "2024-04-08T11:25:44Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Of course I had to spend a few minutes getting about a quarter inch of said yellow dust off the scooter seat so I could ride the thing without trashing my trousers. What is “yellow dust”, and is it different from regular dust? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/289 "2024-04-08T11:54:51Z")
[Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Dust) is the Wiki article on _Asian Dust_. A couple of years ago, we had an Air Quality Index reading that was off the chart, literally. I think the public schools closed that day, but where I work is a private boarding school, so that meant we teachers still had to make it in. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343/290 "2024-04-08T12:08:11Z")
VERY informative! Thank you! > An analysis of Asian Dust clouds conducted in China in 2001 found that they contain high concentrations of [silicon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon) (24–32%), [aluminium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium) (5.9–7.4%), [calcium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium) (6.2–12%), and iron. Numerous toxic substances were also found, including [mercury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)) and [cadmium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium) from [coal burning](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coal_burning&action=edit&redlink=1). > > > People further from the source of the dust are more often exposed to nearly invisible, fine dust particles that they can unknowingly inhale deep into their lungs, as coarse dust is too big to be deeply inhaled.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Dust#cite_note-News-5) After inhalation, these particles can cause long term [scarring of lung tissue](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarring_of_lung_tissue&action=edit&redlink=1) and induce cancer and lung disease. That was over 20 years ago. Like most problems humans cause or exacerbate, I’m quite sure it has gotten even worse over time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343.md?page=14)