# But February made me shiver - (mini rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764 "2017-02-01T19:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/21 "2017-02-02T08:25:39Z")
dear dumb ass desert gardeners yes were having our mid winter warm up no it wont stay that way so please don’t get suckered by Lowes or home depot and buy flowers to plant early cause your just going to let them freeze to death … ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/22 "2017-02-02T15:45:24Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > For better or for worse, I used to get a lot of my news from the Huffington Post. I can’t go there now because every article about trump has to include a big picture of the fucker. Everybody knows what he looks like. The pictures are unnecessary, and that cat picture thing doesn’t work for me there ☹ [There’s a way to prevent that on Chrome.](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-america-kittens-agai/klchnmggepghlcolikgaekpibclpmgcm) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/23 "2017-02-02T17:37:46Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > [There’s a way to prevent that on Chrome.](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-america-kittens-agai/klchnmggepghlcolikgaekpibclpmgcm) That’s what I meant about the “cat picture thing”. It doesn’t work for Huffpo- at least for me. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/24 "2017-02-02T17:39:42Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > That’s what I meant about the “cat picture thing”. It doesn’t work for Huffpo- at least for me. :smack: That’s what happens when I finish reading a sentence before the end. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/25 "2017-02-02T19:04:23Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Hot flashes. > > I was always nice and sympathetic to women who complained about them, but inside, I was thinking “it can’t be that bad, can it?”. > > Yes, it can be that bad as I have started learning. > > I am so not ready for this. ☹ I was suffering through a hot flash while fixing a mess with my knitting, so I was getting grumpy quite quickly. My daughter informed me I was not having a hot flash. Instead, my inner child was playing with matches. That actually cheered me right up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/26 "2017-02-02T20:02:20Z")
I like to think of them as power surges, not hot flashes. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/27 "2017-02-02T20:52:22Z")
A friend calls them “personal summers”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/28 "2017-02-03T06:59:35Z")
My teeth hurt. Bad enough to wake me up. Guess i can’t put off the dentist. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/29 "2017-02-03T09:37:41Z")
Just be glad you still have them. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/30 "2017-02-03T13:33:46Z")
Whatever happened to the workplace rants thread? My rant: My boss is dumbass. He decided to get lazy at the beginning of January and let our office assign our own work for the month. The problem is we don’t have access to the master list like he does and so several things got missed. Now we’re scrambling to get everything done because it was all due in January. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/31 "2017-02-03T13:51:07Z")
1. Awaken during the night from a disturbing dream. 2. Decide to use the bathroom. 3. While in the bathroom, hear the home security alarm go off. 4. This system is not known for false alarms. :eek: 1. The dream that woke you up in the first place involved alternate scenes from _The Amityville Horror_. :eek::eek: 1. After everything checks out OK (there are no Stephen King-esque amoeboid creatures with glowing eyes lurking in the basement), go back to bed. Try to fall asleep. 2. Ever realize how many tiny unexplained noises there are in a house? Ticking sounds…little ratchety scuttley noises…the sound of the furnace cranking and heat sighing up the registers… _Ronald DeFeo_. :eek::eek::eek: No more sleep until dawn. It will be a double or triple coffee day today. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/32 "2017-02-03T15:06:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Just be glad you still have them. Well, a lack wouldn’t wake me up at 130 in pain, so it is hard to feel glad about that right now. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/33 "2017-02-03T16:28:56Z")
I had a blood draw yesterday , the vampire left a bruise the size of half dollar on my arm. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/34 "2017-02-03T19:14:02Z")
Here comes one of my twice annual nasal infections. The pressure just makes me want to sleep for a couple of weeks and never open my eyes. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/35 "2017-02-04T10:04:35Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I can’t go there now because every article about trump has to include a big picture of the fucker. On the other hand, have you noticed how many news sites go out of their way to select rather unflattering pictures of him? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/36 "2017-02-04T19:01:41Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Whatever happened to the workplace rants thread? Trump and a general lack of dissatisfaction (not that we’re all happy about our jobs, but apparently we’ve got other things to be unhappier about) tend to send it to the second page. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/37 "2017-02-04T19:52:10Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I can’t go there now because every article about trump has to include a big picture of the fucker. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > On the other hand, have you noticed how many news sites go out of their way to select rather unflattering pictures of him? That’s because Trump suffers from [Resting Bitch Face, or RBF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resting_bitch_face). > [@](#): > > Resting bitch face, also known as RBF or bitchy resting face, is a term for a facial expression (or lack thereof) which unintentionally appears angry, annoyed, irritated, or contemptuous. > > The concept has been studied by psychologists and may have psychological implications related to facial biases, gender stereotypes, human judgment, and decision making. The concept has also been studied by computer experts, utilizing a type of facial recognition system; they found that the condition is as common in males as in females, despite the gendered word “bitch” that is used to name this concept. ---
**Author:** ![oscarhopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@oscarhopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oscarhopper)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/38 "2017-02-04T20:32:06Z")
I live in Houston. All this nonsense about the damn Super Bowl is driving me insane. The traffic is horrid, too. All that the news reporters can talk about is “the super experience” and garbage like that. I’d like to beat them over the head with their little news reporter microphones. Also, some of the tourists coming from out-of-state to watch the game are the most rude and inconsiderate human beings I’ve ever met. :mad::mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/39 "2017-02-04T23:11:27Z")
How many ways can kidney disease fuck with my life? I mean, I may lose my job because of it. I lost a very close friend over it. I hate my body. I have depression and anxiety. Every session of dialysis is a trial. Family relationships have deteriorated. I’m perpetually tired. My kidneys perpetually hurt. I want my life back. Today was another spoonful of sprinkles on the crap sundae. New dialysis tech, nice woman, condescending as fuck. It’s very common, sadly. We’re treated as if we lost any semblance of mental acuity when our kidneys croaked. Oooh, lookie! You have a brand new chair! I’m not 5, heifer. This chair was designed by Satan. With my particular type of kidney disease, I carry over 30 pounds of useless kidneys. When I lean back, they lay on my back. Painfully. Suffice it to say, I don’t lay on my back. Ever. I had no choice with this stupid chair, as even in the upright position, it tilted back. Heifer tech kept trying to push it back even further. When I explained the situation, she told me I must be mistaken, as she never heard of anything like that. Right, bitch, I know nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764/40 "2017-02-05T00:41:35Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > On the other hand, have you noticed how many news sites go out of their way to select rather unflattering pictures of him? I don’t think they have to go too far. He’s always making some kind of childish face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764.md?page=3)