# Damn Dirty April! (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679 "2024-04-01T14:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/21 "2024-04-02T18:52:32Z")
(“what a wanker”) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/22 "2024-04-02T19:48:52Z")
Q: How secure is the Canada Revenue Agency tax account website? A: Very secure. In fact, so secure that even I can’t get into it. It requires: a username and password. Fine. The answer to one of **five** security questions that it asks you to set up when you register. A little much, but OK. Two-factor authentication. This is getting ridiculous! And then, after you jump through all these hoops, you get very limited access with almost no information unless you enter **yet another** ultra-secure super-sekret code to get “full access”. That code has now been issued but I don’t have it yet. It cannot be told to me by a CSR over the phone, I presume because my phone line might be tapped. It cannot be emailed because my email might be intercepted. It has to be sent by regular mail, though it would make more sense if it was delivered to my door by a guy in a trenchcoat and a black fedora carrying my code in a briefcase that was handcuffed to his wrist. The main point of this mini-rant is that if you get any of this wrong – if you even **look** at the website the wrong way – it locks you out. OK, to be fair, it gives you three chances if you get the password or security question wrong. I didn’t write down the answers to the security questions because I figured I’d surely remember them. Nope. Many of these sorts of personal questions are ambiguous because they can have more than one answer. So I sat here listening to over an hour of elevator music waiting to get connected to a CSR. So my account is now reset and I’ve turned off some of the more ridiculous security features, but even so that only applies to “this device”. If I dare to try to log in from some other device, I’ll undoubtedly be bombarded by the full complement of security challenges and probably the Mounties will come to my door demanding ID. On the plus side, I’m now less annoyed by Gmail’s security demands. ---
**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 2, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/23 "2024-04-02T23:07:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Then I got this whole fucking yarn about all the supplements he takes and all the weights he lifts and all the girls he fucks all this and that, punctuated with little jibes at me, including something like, “okay don’t do any of that if you just want to die early.” That sort of reminds me of an older family friend who got some kind of weight loss surgery, then promptly turned into a smug asshole toward anyone even remotely overweight. The last time I interacted with him, he repeatedly bragged about “losing into” his old, smaller-sized clothes while pointedly staring at my jeans and rolling his eyes. (We were at an event organized by a dog rescue, and there were loads of rescued pups in various states of cleanliness, so I had worn a baggy old pair of jeans that day and didn’t really give a damn what I looked like as long as I got to chill with the dogs.) ---
**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 2, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/24 "2024-04-02T23:23:27Z")
Two packages came today in the pouring rain. One was a gift my son bought me for Xmas that finally arrived. It is an absolutely beautifully created art-work quality piece from the Robocop pantheon. Yes, I now have an ED-209. ( It’s perfect for inconsiderate neighbors who park in front of the house ) The other package contained eclipse glasses, but it got soaked. Hopefully they are wrapped in plastic and not ruined. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/25 "2024-04-02T23:28:46Z")
Here in California, fast-food workers now get $20/hr. Minimum wage for the rest of us is $16/hr. There are plenty of people in jobs that require much more than an hour or two of training and are rather more crucial to health and safety who are making less than burger-flippers and burrito-folders. Sure hasn’t helped the quality of workers. Stopped at McDonald’s, got three items (no customizations), used the order kiosk, still had to wait over 10 minutes before anyone even glanced into the lobby (by which time, at least one walk-in customer had walked back out without ordering) and noticed anyone physically in the building might actually be waiting for the food they’ve already paid for. Apparently, those of us who get off our butts and get out of the car are considered less desirable customers than those sitting in drive-thru spewing pollution from all the idling, judging by the (lack of) service for anyone who actually physically walks in. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/26 "2024-04-02T23:33:56Z")
I hear you. In order to complete filling out my tax forms, TurboTax says I must provide information to be found on a form issued by the NYS Marketplace–the health insurance plan run by the state, which is where I get my coverage. To access this form I must go to the “NY State of Health” website and log in. Easier said than done! Every time I try I get an error message: “too many redirects, access denied.” Sometimes the excessive redirects come immediately after I have put in my username and password. More often they come before I get to that screen. Either way I haven’t yet gotten into my account. It’s been happening for two days now. I cleared some cookies; didn’t help. I even went to the library tonight to use their computer to see if I could get in that way; same deal, same too many redirects. I will try one more computer tomorrow morning and then call them, and maybe they’ll be able to send the form to me, or– Nah, who’m I kidding? I’m screwed. Good luck to you, though! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/27 "2024-04-03T00:37:13Z")
Jeopardy: are they EVER going to have normal games again? Nothing but tournaments for the last several months. Also Jeopardy: How about not turning on the applause sign when someone hits a Daily Double? It’s pretty much a matter of luck- what’s the sense in applauding luck? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/28 "2024-04-03T01:26:17Z")
I dread the Daily Doubles. They throw off my groove! ---
**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 3, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/29 "2024-04-03T07:14:38Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Yes, I now have an ED-209. Holy shit I am so jealous. Easily the coolest thing from the Robocop franchise. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/30 "2024-04-03T09:13:23Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > The other package contained eclipse glasses, but it got soaked. Hopefully they are wrapped in plastic and not ruined. Why haven’t you opened it ?! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/31 "2024-04-03T12:40:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Even though I don’t ordinarily go to church, easter is such an important holiday. WTF? For a few years, I was a CEO Catholic (Christmas and Easter only), so it is a somewhat understandable question/position. I am now a CFFO Catholic (close family funeral only). ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/32 "2024-04-03T13:56:51Z")
I used to work with a lady who was quite proud of her slimmed down physique and when asked how she had done it said she did the “hard Way” She had liposuction. Pretty sure that isnt the hard way. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/33 "2024-04-03T14:09:54Z")
As has been said here many times before… fuck cancer. I have lost three good friends to this crap in the last year not to mention my mother who had just completed cancer treatment but got a UTI that her body couldnt cope with so I blame cancer for that one too. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/34 "2024-04-03T16:02:41Z")
And while we’re at it … fuck MS too. Yes, you MS … FUCK OFF. ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/35 "2024-04-03T16:15:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Easily the coolest thing from the Robocop franchise. It’s so realistic, to the smallest detail. that it took me 20 minutes to find the ‘on’ switch. Well, except for the 20mm cannons. “You are illegally parked on private property. You have twenty seconds to move your vehicle.” \< Growl \> > [@pjd](#): > > Why haven’t you opened it ?! Well, the paper was really wet… and I was busy with the ED-209. I have opened it now and they were sealed in plastic and are fine. Thanks for asking! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/36 "2024-04-03T16:17:19Z")
Spiffing ! ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/37 "2024-04-03T16:19:25Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > I used to work with a lady who was quite proud of her slimmed down physique and when asked how she had done it said she did the “hard Way” She had liposuction. Pretty sure that isnt the hard way. An ex co-worker died from that. She went to central America, where it was cheaper… and they took out too much at once. Her body went into shock and she died on the table. I still remember her viewing. Some say rolling the dice to see if you live is the hard way… ---
**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 3, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/38 "2024-04-03T20:35:29Z")
I believe that I have broken my toe. I fell out of bed while sound asleep and it hit the ground full force. The joint (knuckle?) has swelled up considerably since yesterday and I now have a distinct limp. I toyed with getting an Xray, but what good would it do? If it’s broken, it will mend. There is no way to ‘set’ a toe. I mean it will hurt and you can curse about it under your breath, but what else is there? Plaster and a cut-up shoe to walk in? The privilege of showering with one foot outside the tub? Pain pills (nobody wants pain pills; its all addictive)? So, if I’m grumpy, surley, and moving slow… well it’s me toe. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/39 "2024-04-03T20:40:59Z")
Which toe is it? I took a possibly broken pinky toe to the doctor decades ago. He said there would be no x-ray because if it was a break, the break was obviously not out of alignment. So whether it was or wasn’t broken, they’d do the same thing: tape it to the toe next to it. There might be a different treatment for big toes, but the rest just get taped to the next toe. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/40 "2024-04-03T20:49:28Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Pain pills (nobody wants pain pills; its all addictive)? I think that’s become over-hyped because of dangerously addictive opiods like Oxycontin. Nothing wrong with taking some ibuprofen, aspirin, or acetaminophen (with or without a small amount of codeine) to ease discomfort. All of it is bad for you, of course, but when you need it it’s a very worthwhile risk/benefit tradeoff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679.md?page=3)