# Bad Ju-July (monthly mini-rants) \[Old\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411 "2023-07-01T16:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/121 "2023-07-11T01:12:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Mom has been having to watch her story on Paramount+… A story that she wrote is streaming? Good for her. Okay, I’ll work on this: the only way that sentence makes sense is that a story isn’t in print, it’s a movie. Or a TV show? I’ve just never heard that. So “her story” is her favorite show? Oh, no, I’ve got it! There’s a biography of her on Paramount+. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/122 "2023-07-11T01:27:46Z")
You are not the only one who could not make any sense of that post. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/123 "2023-07-11T01:36:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So “her story” is her favorite show? Grandma’s soap operas were her “stories”. That’s how I understood it. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/124 "2023-07-11T01:47:29Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > That’s how I understood it. Same. Also this line from Stanley, in _The Office_ Season 4, Episode 4 “Money”: > “When I’m at home at night in my own house in my sweats drinking some red wine watching my mystery stories, the last thing in the whole God forsaken world I want to hear is the voice of Michael Scott.” (After Michael in his side hustle as a telemarketer called Stanley to sell him weight loss pills.) By coincidence, I saw that episode last night which reminded me of it. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/125 "2023-07-11T01:58:55Z")
Binge watching S2 of “The Lincoln Lawyer”. And it starts with a bad cover of a great tune: 'I’m The Man" by Joe Jackson. ( Were they cheap? Available? Already paid for? Or does your Staff really have no taste in music? ) The RIGHT version: https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqz64V3fedE&ab\_channel=JoeJackson-Topic ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/126 "2023-07-11T13:05:46Z")
This! People of a certain age refer to soap operas as their “stories.” Mom picked up the term from a very elderly friend. Maybe it’s regional too? I thought it was more widely recognized. Translation of my post for everyone: Mom is so pissed off at a current plot in _The Bold and the Beautiful_ that she hasn’t said a word about the streaming service’s ads. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/127 "2023-07-11T13:46:06Z")
That’s kind of cute. “Mom, don’t you just hate those ads?” _"What_ ads? How can you talk about _ads_ when Count Combover proposed to Brenda Botox but it’s _actually his evil twin?"_ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/128 "2023-07-11T13:56:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > This! People of a certain age refer to soap operas as their “stories.” Mom picked up the term from a very elderly friend. Maybe it’s regional too? I thought it was more widely recognized. In Mexico and probably other Latin American countries it’s “novelas” short for “telenovelas” which roughly translates to “television novels.” So I think it’s a widespread concept. I am familiar with the English term. * * * So I’m not the superstitious sort but ever since I turned 40 it’s like my body is falling apart. At 39 I got into the habit of running, strength training for upwards of a year. No injuries, no problem. Then I went through a long bout of viral illness and now it seems like I injure myself every time I try to do anything physical. There was the tendonitis that lasted for months which finally seems to be improving, but there are also just constant aches and pains. I somehow hurt myself on my walk today. Nothing serious, just a few seconds of pain shooting down my leg, but why…? I’m walking at a moderate pace not more than a mile, there’s no reason for this to involve pain. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/129 "2023-07-11T14:26:23Z")
I remember being 39. I was in the best shape of my life. Running, going to the gym, eating well. I was the strongest I’d ever been. I got cancer. Taught me to not take care of myself! (that was the right lesson, wasn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/130 "2023-07-11T16:30:13Z")
I’ve had Paramount+ for a while, and my primary complaint has been that the volume for the ads is significantly higher than the shows. I did find out that while I can’t fast forward them, I can put the TV on mute while they’re on. It is convenient that there’s a little “clock” in the upper left corner showing how much ad time is left. Oh, and every so often the program freezes, and the only way to get back to the show is to hit the “back” (not rewind) button, which lets me resume viewing approximately where it froze. But I’m not sure if it’s the app or my wi-fi that’s causing that. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/131 "2023-07-11T16:35:01Z")
Safe bet is that it’s the app. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/132 "2023-07-11T16:46:43Z")
Considering that I seldom have this problem with my other streaming apps, I suspect you’re right. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/133 "2023-07-11T16:57:14Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > It is convenient that there’s a little “clock” in the upper left corner showing how much ad time is left. It would be more convenient if it was anywhere close to accurate. 😞 I’ve even seen the clock count down to zero and start showing negative numbers. (Not a joke, it will actually do that.) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/134 "2023-07-11T17:23:44Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > 32" is absolutely **huge** for a monitor – that was the size of my first HD television! Strangely enough, the 32" monitor doesn’t seem massive…my sense of scale is probably a bit off though, because I also have a couple of hobby computers that are connected to a 40" TV. 🙂 (I hooked one of them up to a 54" TV once, but I could never get the resolution or scale set to comfortable levels.) Unlike work, my typical at-home computing tends to involve many small windows open across both displays. > [@digs](#): > > That’s kind of cute. No kidding, she was swearing at it last night. To be fair, whatever the writers are doing seems to be the equivalent of how I used to play _The Sims_. “Yeah, let’s have him start flirting with this random stranger that just rang the doorbell, and see how his partner reacts!” > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > ever since I turned 40 it’s like my body is falling apart. My knees started sounding like gravel when I was in my mid-30s. 😕 They mostly don’t hurt though, so…yay? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/135 "2023-07-11T17:52:26Z")
I think I’d rather move than be trapped in my home 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/136 "2023-07-11T19:17:26Z")
I go outside. I cant be afraid that something might happen. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/137 "2023-07-11T21:12:31Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > This! People of a certain age refer to soap operas as their “stories.” Mom picked up the term from a very elderly friend. Maybe it’s regional too? I thought it was more widely recognized. A ha! The last time I heard that term I was about 6 and it came from the very sweet but utterly stupid woman my Mom had hired as our babysitter / housekeeper when Mom went back to work full time. That would have been in 1964-ish and the babysitter would’ve been 40-ish then. So pushing age 100 now were she still alive. We lived in SoCal and the babysitter was from Texas or Tennessee or something. A very distinctly syrupy accent is about all I can remember of her. And that she was really, really stupid / ignorant. I recall her name too, but no point in doxxing her here. But she did cry at lot while watching her stories. All afternoon every afternoon. General Hospital, Peyton Place, Days of Our Lives, etc. Always had a box of Kleenex to hand while parked on our couch, one tissue wadded up in hand to dab at her face. Early and often. She only worked for us for maybe 4 years, so I’ve occasionally wondered what ever happened to her. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/138 "2023-07-11T21:35:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > She only worked for us for maybe 4 years, so I’ve occasionally wondered what ever happened to her. She died on the operating table of ‘The Vapors’? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/139 "2023-07-11T21:40:02Z")
With two men in the hospital corridor both maintaining they were her husband and demanding to be let in to see her one last time? One of whom was having an affair with a nurse who worked on the same floor? Yeah, that’s what happened. Almost for sure. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411/140 "2023-07-11T22:06:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I recall her name too, but no point in doxxing her here. Let’s call her Lulabelle Rose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411.md?page=8)