# Dear paper towel filler person....or non-Christmas mini-rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389 "2010-12-25T23:54:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/501 "2011-02-04T03:01:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My back hurts. My job makes my back hurt. Why doesn’t my back get stronger instead of just getting sore? Have you considered trying something that does a lot of back strengthening/stretching exercises? I’ve just started (gentle) yoga, and my back has never felt better. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/502 "2011-02-04T03:04:05Z")
"A baby eating interferes with your hearing? Who’s not reading for comprehension now? You." Care to explain how a breastfeeding baby interferes with your hearing? Since I didn’t comment on anything but that… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/503 "2011-02-04T03:42:15Z")
You heard it wrong. A baby interferes with her herring. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/504 "2011-02-04T03:47:04Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > Have you considered trying something that does a lot of back strengthening/stretching exercises? I’ve just started (gentle) yoga, and my back has never felt better. I hadn’t actually considered that; I’ve heard other people say yoga was very good for their backs, too. I should give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/505 "2011-02-04T04:03:20Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Actually, my irritation with you and \*\*lindsay \*\*wasn’t because your posts were anti-baby; it was because your posts were ridiculous and juvenile and showed a basic feeling that you’re more important than anyone in the world, nursing mom included. Dude, come on. I dropped it awhile ago, choosing instead to make some light jokes to get the thread back on topic. No need for you to drag me back into it 2 pages later. > [@Kolga](#): > > Please see above. I didn’t make a big ol’ feminist stink about it, just a statement. And I teach gender studies, not take them. Wait, _really_? That makes what I said ten times funnier since I had no idea that’s what you do. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/506 "2011-02-04T06:51:35Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > "A baby eating interferes with your hearing? Who’s not reading for comprehension now? > > You." > > Care to explain how a breastfeeding baby interferes with your hearing? Since I didn’t comment on anything but that… Obviously you either couldn’t be bothered to read my original rant or any of the other references to the 70,347,405 tween girls that were in the shop, or you cannot understand what you read. This just continues to prove that whenever someone posts something that doesn’t agree with one of your pet interests/obsessions/whatever, even if it’s a very minor part of the post, you cannot wait to pounce and act like a complete idiot over it. Summary - I have a right to be irritated by a herd of obnoxious tweens and a breastfeeding woman who cannot seem to keep it to herself. I also have a right to be of the opinion that breastfeeding in public should not be allowed and that children should not be brought to a coffee house en masse late-ish on a school night. Particularly not when they are essentially unsupervised. Any problem you have with this, you are kindly advised to stick in your left ear. Good night. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/507 "2011-02-04T15:51:35Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > No where did I even indicate anything like that. If anything, mothers are considered, and tend to consider themselves, far more important than anyone else in the world. See the fact that you consider some random nursing mom’s wants more important than mine. Let’s see… Baby: Needs to eat. Is in a location where other people are eating. Mom: Needs to get milk out of her breasts. Almost certainly has the legal right to breastfeed in public. **curlcoat** : Needs to… Um… Not… look at… a breast? Or something? Yeah, I can see how that’s totally an unfair imposition on you. What wonderful rant will we be treated to next week? Will \*\*curlcoat \*\*be offended that someone is inhaling and exhaling in a library? Horrors! > [@jsgoddess](#): > > Oh, you haven’t left yet. I got antsy. I love you. > [@curlcoat](#): > > I was going to suggest it myself since these folks can’t seem to let the subject go. [Phil Sebben]Ha ha! Irony.[/Phil Sebben] > [@curlcoat](#): > > Summary - I have a right to be irritated by […] a breastfeeding woman who cannot seem to keep it to herself. I also have a right to be of the opinion that breastfeeding in public should not be allowed And we’re allowed to point out that your opinion, like you, is _fucking retarded_. Isn’t society _neat_? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/508 "2011-02-04T18:52:16Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > [quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:483, topic:565389”] > > > [@curlcoat](#): > > > > Yes it is my discomfort, but it is one that many many people share and it is one that has only recently (last 10 years?) been thrust upon the general public. > > Only in the last ten years? I’m not sure what rock you crawled out from under ten years ago, but babies have been nursed since the dawn of humanity, and I’ve seen it happening in public since I was old enough to notice (and I’m 52). That’s nice. Doesn’t apply to anything I said tho. [/QUOTE] Interesting. You can actually read that exchange and not make the connection? You are most definitely not worth debating with. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/509 "2011-02-04T19:35:23Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:508, topic:565389”] You are most definitely not worth debating with. [/QUOTE] Another lovely nutshell summary of **curly**. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/510 "2011-02-04T20:24:21Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Dude, come on. I dropped it awhile ago, choosing instead to make some light jokes to get the thread back on topic. No need for you to drag me back into it 2 pages later. I’m sorry. I was really just trying for accuracy, not re-hashing your involvement. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/511 "2011-02-04T20:49:18Z")
No worries. Apology accepted, glad to be moving on. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/512 "2011-02-09T22:32:59Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Obviously you either couldn’t be bothered to read my original rant or any of the other references to the 70,347,405 tween girls that were in the shop, or you cannot understand what you read. > Summary - I have a right to be irritated by a herd of obnoxious tweens and a breastfeeding woman who cannot seem to keep it to herself. I also have a right to be of the opinion that breastfeeding in public should not be allowed and that children should not be brought to a coffee house en masse late-ish on a school night. Particularly not when they are essentially unsupervised. Any problem you have with this, you are kindly advised to stick in your left ear. > > Good night. Obviously you have a right to hold any or all of those opinions. I have an equal right to think poorly of you for holding at least a couple of them. And on this message board, to tell you why. The fact that I didn’t specifically address the part of your post dealing with millions of tween kids causes you to assume that I didn’t read that part? I really didn’t think addressing part of it required addressing all of it. Okay, just for you, here goes, are you ready? IF the girls were behaving the way you say they were, I’d be annoyed, too. However, given your general opinions of children, and your oft-expressed opinions of what you’re entitled to in public places, I don’t believe they were. So, rather than say that, I dealt with the rest of what you said and left that alone. But, since you insisted, there you go. Happy now? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/513 "2011-02-09T23:59:01Z")
I’m not happy. I thought this thread was dead. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/514 "2011-02-10T00:39:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m not happy. I thought this thread was dead. ☹ Yeah, so did I. Apparently the parenting sorts wish the last word. They can have it. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/515 "2011-02-10T15:34:28Z")
[del]Um, **curlcoat** , you realize that by saying that, you’re the one who’s trying to have the last[/del] Nevermind, she’s too fucking stupid to understand it, anyway. You could just unsubscribe from the topic, you know, **Cat**. Or report it for a mod to lock since we have a new minirants thread. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/516 "2011-02-11T05:54:26Z")
That would not fulfill my desire for Bad-Tempered Bitching. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/517 "2011-02-11T14:39:12Z")
I think we should start a meta mini-rants thread where we can bitch about the mini-rants threads. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/518 "2011-02-11T17:37:06Z")
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