# And here's your Dec. rants thread - Merry Christbitchmas! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693 "2011-12-01T13:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/241 "2011-12-09T21:19:00Z")
{{{{M-o-A}}}} Don’t hurt you hand in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/242 "2011-12-09T21:36:14Z")
I’m getting real tired of charitable and low-income help in this county. This is the second time in a week I’ve gone somewhere to ask for help that everyone tells me I qualify for only to be told by the organization “Oh, we can’t help you. You don’t fit our criteria.” Fuck you. I’m sorry I don’t fit your narrow little worldview of someone who needs help. I guess I don’t need help, then. I’ll just spiral down on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/243 "2011-12-09T21:53:26Z")
I’m so very sorry, **Mom-of-Andrew.** If there ever was a time to tell the dipshits to fuck off, now is it as you have more important things to focus on. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/244 "2011-12-09T21:57:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Queso en taco bell, I’m guessing. 😃 …\ … It was queso en taco _cabana_. I have _standards_, bee-yatch. I’m sorry you and your parents lost him, **MomOfA.** Doubly sorry that you have to deal with all that dipshittery. Be gentle with yourselves this weekend, okay? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/245 "2011-12-09T22:01:55Z")
I’m so sorry to hear that, **Mom-of-Andrew**. Your brother may have been not the greatest person in the world, but he was still your brother. I’m sorry to hear about your problems too, **SpazCat**. It sounds like you’re getting caught in the Working Poor trap - too successful to qualify for poor people relief, but not making enough to make ends meet. ETA: @ **PurpleHorseShoe** - duelling burritos at dawn! ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/246 "2011-12-10T03:24:24Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > The drug posts reminded me - I have Restless Leg Syndrome, which is a problem that deserves a Pit thread all of its own. I participated in a drug study a couple of years back for Mirapex, which I happily discovered takes care of the RLS. All was well and good until I lost my job and therefore my insurance. One month of Mirapex is over $200. I just can’t afford it. I have insomnia anyway and it’s worsened by the RLS. > > Happy ending - my last Dr. visit I brought up the possibility of getting the generic - and my Dr. gave me a three month supply of the real stuff! I am so happy! Even when I can’t sleep at least I can rest without twitching. > > And to make this post suitably Pit-worthy: if you think RLS is a problem “made up by the drug companies to sell more drugs” you can kiss my wide white ass. I’ve never disbelieved RLS however I had nights following my knee replacement so now I know. It’s horrible. You in a place that does medical marijuana? I smoked a couple of joints for the first time in years and it helped. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/247 "2011-12-10T04:19:45Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > I’ve never disbelieved RLS however I had nights following my knee replacement so now I know. It’s horrible. You in a place that does medical marijuana? I smoked a couple of joints for the first time in years and it helped. I’m in Georgia - we’ll get gay marriage before we get the Evil Weed legalized for any reason. In other words, not in my lifetime. It does help, though, when I’ve had the chance to get ahold of any. Not lately. Damnit. Although the weed doesn’t give me the wonderfully weird dreams the Mirapex does - my favorite was the one where I was in my backyard feeding one of the hockey players to a plant. By the way, I love your username! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/248 "2011-12-10T04:28:11Z")
I read somewhere that the only (non-medicinal) method for symptom relief that actually works is vitamin C. I have only mild RLS, but it does work for me - I take a vitamin C pill when my legs start to twitch, and then they stop shortly thereafter. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/249 "2011-12-10T04:31:32Z")
((( **M-O-A** ))) I totally want to bitchslap him for you. Your parents sound like very gracious people who would be upset if you were to do it (plus, you don’t seem the sort anyhow). Having a stranger grab grab him by the collar, slap him around and tell him to STFU wouldn’t be your fault. I’ve got a release to fly, but not to work. Bitchslapping a dipshit wouldn’t be work! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/250 "2011-12-10T04:42:37Z")
Hang in there, **Mom-of-Andrew** , you’re over the worst part; now you and your parents can devote more energy to healing for the rest of you (_after_ you send Dipshit to Billings for the memorial service ;)). ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/251 "2011-12-10T09:58:54Z")
This is probably the mildest rant of all time, but man, I wish that Asda cashier hadn’t made me rewrite my signature because 2 seconds of sloppy signing didn’t match my careful, cursive name on my credit card. No one ever cared before or since, but it’s been a month now and I’m still writing out my name letter by letter every time. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/252 "2011-12-10T14:38:56Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > I’m in Georgia - we’ll get gay marriage before we get the Evil Weed legalized for any reason. In other words, not in my lifetime. It does help, though, when I’ve had the chance to get ahold of any. Not lately. Damnit. Although the weed doesn’t give me the wonderfully weird dreams the Mirapex does - my favorite was the one where I was in my backyard feeding one of the hockey players to a plant. > > By the way, I love your username! Thanks. I was still having weird post op dreams at the time, which the weed just enhanced. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/253 "2011-12-10T15:39:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I read somewhere that the only (non-medicinal) method for symptom relief that actually works is vitamin C. I have only mild RLS, but it does work for me - I take a vitamin C pill when my legs start to twitch, and then they stop shortly thereafter. Really? Haven’t heard of this one before. Gonna have to try it. I know too well the suckitude that is RLS. Never fails, I’m at home trying to relax on the couch after work and my legs start cramping and twitching. And my poor boyfriend is probably getting tired of getting kicked during the night… (( **M-O-A** )) I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/254 "2011-12-10T16:00:09Z")
((MOA)) If you need more help with the dipshit I’m sure some dopers would be willing to help out. Last night we went o check out the holiday train, which was awesome except for when Velociraptor went to go see Santa (at my suggestion) and got lost, Santa was only about 10 feet away and I could see him and we were right at the front but Velociraptor went into the crowd and away. So I was mildly freaking out and had them call him from the stage to get back to me after a song’s worth of my pacing the crowd trying to see him. Other than that it was fun. And now I’m getting a cold, I thought I was getting worn down a bit but I woke up this morning with my head slightly stuffed but I think it’s already in my lungs because deep breaths feel tight and make me cough. I’d rather a head cold than a chest cold because a chest cold + asthma means I’ll have to take extra meds and still have a time just trying to rather. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/255 "2011-12-10T16:16:50Z")
(((MOA))) And now that Uncle of Andrew is no longer suffering, the idjits can be safely ignored forevermore. Also, now that I’ve spent waaaay too much Christmas budget on new computers for Hubby and sprog, my laptop is dead, dead, dead. I guess I’ll just slap a new motherboard into one of the old computers so that I actually have one to use. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/256 "2011-12-10T17:29:09Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > This sounds interesting, so I’m going to see if the Doper Collective Mind can dig up the author for me, okay? I couldn’t rest without seeing if I could find it, it’s apparently called “The Artist of Hunger”, though I distinctly remember it being only “Hunger” in the magazine. The author is Scott Sanders, and it appeared in the July 1983 issue of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Reading through the tables of contents of the issues between 1982 and 1984 made me wish I still had them, there were some good stories in there. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/257 "2011-12-10T17:33:19Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I totally want to bitchslap him for you. Your parents sound like very gracious people who would be upset if you were to do it (plus, you don’t seem the sort anyhow). Having a stranger grab grab him by the collar, slap him around and tell him to STFU wouldn’t be your fault. I second this motion. Is there a local contingent of Dopers who could descend on the dipshit? Hang in there, MOA. You and your family’s peace of mind and healing process definitely take priority over the dipshits at a time like this. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/258 "2011-12-10T19:20:26Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Really? Haven’t heard of this one before. Gonna have to try it. I know too well the suckitude that is RLS. Never fails, I’m at home trying to relax on the couch after work and my legs start cramping and twitching. And my poor boyfriend is probably getting tired of getting kicked during the night… > \ Give it a try - the worst that could happen is you get a little more vitamin C in your diet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/259 "2011-12-10T19:24:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Give it a try - the worst that could happen is you get a little more vitamin C in your diet. 🙂 And it’s the right time of year for it - a case of clementines is just the ticket. \*Or it would be if I had RLS as an excuse. Now the pile of peels in my compost bin is just embarrasing ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693/260 "2011-12-10T19:47:12Z")
> [@Jeneva](#): > > I second this motion. Is there a local contingent of Dopers who could descend on the dipshit? I’m not sure where **M-o-A** lives but I will say these two words: Road trip! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693.md?page=14)