# Do you remember miniest rants of September? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615 "2018-09-01T17:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/81 "2018-09-11T18:48:30Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The what now? > > My memory is going, Dave. I can feel it. More than you want to know about it [here](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whos-a-pepper/). tl;dr version: it was Dr Pepper, not Pepsi. They quoted 3 words from the pledge “One nation … Indivisible” after 9/11. Can appeared briefly and was discontinued. Folks who like to get their panties in a bunch got their panties in a bunch because they didn’t include “under God” on the can. Threats of boycotts etc. ad nauseum. Somehow RO got transferred to Pepsi, I guess because both names have “Pep” in them and they thought that was close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/82 "2018-09-11T18:49:29Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I dread tomorrow with the inevitable Facebook posts wallowing in recreational grief about 9/11 and the ensuing Islamophobia and manufactured outrage over the mythical “Pepsi Pledge Can”, etc. etc. etc. etc. I’d like to see us focus on fixing what’s wrong today rather than engaging in a national pity party every year. Every day on the SDMB is a Woah is me Trump pity party. I ran out of trophies six months ago. Deal with it. > [@Morgyn](#): > > The what now? > > My memory is going, Dave. I can feel it. [Did Pepsi Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whos-a-pepper/) ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/83 "2018-09-11T19:10:47Z")
I just forgot my own phone number in the middle of leaving a voice mail. I think I am overloaded. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/84 "2018-09-11T23:00:03Z")
Stuck on bedrest because my platelets dropped from 110 to 59 in a week, bored out of my skull. I can only handle so much facebook or other social media, news pages and the like because of the combination of Trump and 9/11 … so I got sneaky and made ricet by bringing the veggies back to the bedroom to chop on my hospital table instead of standing in the kitchen to do it. At least it amused me for half an hour, and now the place smells great, and mrAru will have fresh made soup for ‘breakfast’ when he gets home tomorrow morning [he works port and starboard because his company still hasn’t hired someone to take over second shift QA … so he and the day guy are doing 12 hour shifts. _sigh_] ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/85 "2018-09-12T00:44:27Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Anyone who plans a trip to the Outer Banks in September deserves what they get. > > -Catamount, lifetime North Carolinian Yeah, the sentiment around here is largely that it’s time to stop trying to replenish the beaches and let nature run its course. There’s a different cousin on my mom’s side of the family who is quite well off, and owns an Outer Banks home. She never fails to tell us all the details when the flood insurance premium is due. She also seems to think her place is in the clear this time, as she does not understand storm surge. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/86 "2018-09-12T01:02:44Z")
I got to hear the theory of how the towers were blown up from the inside and not by the planes …….:smack::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/87 "2018-09-12T18:09:48Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > I got to hear the theory of how the towers were blown up from the inside and not by the planes …….:smack::rolleyes: Do you want me to give you my SILs husbands number? He’ll also tell you we didn’t land on the moon… ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/88 "2018-09-12T21:19:36Z")
Google is killing off Inbox. This is the darkest day yet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/89 "2018-09-12T22:19:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Here’s my rant: AMATEUR YOUTUBE INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS!! :mad: > > Just. Get. On. With. It. > > Good holy grief, people. If you’re going to make an informational video in your kitchen or outside at some historical site, for the love of God, don’t spend the first ten minutes telling me what you’re going to tell me! Or telling me how you came to have the idea of doing this video and how many of your friends (not to mention your mother) suggested you do it. And don’t for one minute think that having your kid in there with you making with the snappy repartee adds AT ALL to the instructional value of the video. It doesn’t. > > Also, stabilize your freakin’ camera somehow! I don’t want to have to either take a Dramamine at the beginning or else pause during it to throw up. > > And consider the position of the camera relative to the activity you’re being instructional _about_. Yeah, you’re making a nice espresso with your new machine, but the handle of the filter holder is completely blocking what you’re doing from view. Don’t you watch these things before you post them?? Hmmm?? > > And if you’re making an outdoor video at a historical site (in this case the site of the dam break that resulted in the Johnstown Flood of 1889) pay attention to where the camera is relative to the sun so you and your cute kid (not) aren’t washed out (as it were) in the glare. Stabilize the G.D. camera! I couldn’t watch more than two minutes because of nausea (although, in truth, I’m not sure if it was the motion of the camera or the stupid banter you were sharing with your precocious [not] pre-adolescent son). > > _However_, if anyone wants to include kittens in their instructional videos on any topic, that is perfectly okay by me. > > Thank you. That describes lots of porn videos, except maybe the precocious pre-adolescent son, but possibly with kittens (or so I’ve been told). ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/90 "2018-09-12T22:53:12Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Google is killing off Inbox. This is the darkest day yet. Seriously, fuck them so much for this!!! :mad: I love Inbox’s interface; even on mobile, Gmail just doesn’t cut it. Gmail will need a major overhaul beyond using a few imported Inbox features before I’ll be happy using it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/91 "2018-09-12T23:31:00Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Yeah, the sentiment around here is largely that it’s time to stop trying to replenish the beaches and let nature run its course. > > There’s a different cousin on my mom’s side of the family who is quite well off, and owns an Outer Banks home. She never fails to tell us all the details when the flood insurance premium is due. She also seems to think her place is in the clear this time, as she does not understand storm surge. 😑 Isn’t it illegal in North Carolina to do anything about climate change as it affects the shoreline? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/92 "2018-09-12T23:59:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Here’s my rant: AMATEUR YOUTUBE INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS!! :mad: > > Just. Get. On. With. It. > > Good holy grief, people. If you’re going to make an informational video in your kitchen or outside at some historical site, for the love of God, don’t spend the first ten minutes telling me what you’re going to tell me! Or telling me how you came to have the idea of doing this video and how many of your friends (not to mention your mother) suggested you do it. And don’t for one minute think that having your kid in there with you making with the snappy repartee adds AT ALL to the instructional value of the video. It doesn’t. > > Also, stabilize your freakin’ camera somehow! I don’t want to have to either take a Dramamine at the beginning or else pause during it to throw up. > > And consider the position of the camera relative to the activity you’re being instructional _about_. Yeah, you’re making a nice espresso with your new machine, but the handle of the filter holder is completely blocking what you’re doing from view. Don’t you watch these things before you post them?? Hmmm?? > > And if you’re making an outdoor video at a historical site (in this case the site of the dam break that resulted in the Johnstown Flood of 1889) pay attention to where the camera is relative to the sun so you and your cute kid (not) aren’t washed out (as it were) in the glare. Stabilize the G.D. camera! I couldn’t watch more than two minutes because of nausea (although, in truth, I’m not sure if it was the motion of the camera or the stupid banter you were sharing with your precocious [not] pre-adolescent son). > > _However_, if anyone wants to include kittens in their instructional videos on any topic, that is perfectly okay by me. > > Thank you. Kittens excepted, though I agree with this rant if you substitute puppies. But I’d take it one step further. WHY do these people feel that have to provide their awesome wisdom _ **in the form of YouTube videos** _? How about just writing it down? Is live action really absolutely essential to demonstrating how to change a headlight bulb? Or is it that you – awesome YouTube person – just want to be a video star? If so, may I suggest that you start with some enterprise more suitable to the video medium, such as making your own porn videos. I understand that some talented individuals have achieved stardom that way. But when it comes to the mundane tasks of everyday life that you appear to have mastered like changing light bulbs or spark plugs, just write it down, OK? And post it to a blog or website. I can read. Can you write? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/93 "2018-09-13T00:24:31Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Seriously, fuck them so much for this!!! :mad: I love Inbox’s interface; even on mobile, Gmail just doesn’t cut it. Gmail will need a major overhaul beyond using a few imported Inbox features before I’ll be happy using it. Inbox’s mobile interface is so perfect. It’s exactly what mobile email should be. I don’t even know what I’m going to replace it with. I’m so tired of getting screwed over by Google. They are so damn shortsighted. “Buy our $999 Chromebook that only runs Google Web apps!” As if. My aunt was just asking me about a chromebook last week. I told her no, because I don’t trust Google to keep supporting their shit. Now this. As soon as the new hotness wears off a product, they kick it to the curb. To hell with them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/94 "2018-09-13T03:11:58Z")
My cats are being incredibly naughty tonight. Is it a full moon or something? So far: Broken food dish, knocked off the counter. Beagle girl got scratched. Incessant meowing at the dryer, cause it’s off. Dropping the liver treat behind the cat tree where I have to move the damn thing to find it, of course I have to get it or more incessant meowing. Tipped the dog water over. Scattered cat litter. I can go on, but I don’t want to bore the whole world. My life is a joy to behold.🙂 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/95 "2018-09-13T11:14:43Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Kittens excepted, though I agree with this rant if you substitute puppies. But I’d take it one step further. WHY do these people feel that have to provide their awesome wisdom _ **in the form of YouTube videos** _? How about just writing it down? Is live action really absolutely essential to demonstrating how to change a headlight bulb? > > Or is it that you – awesome YouTube person – just want to be a video star? If so, may I suggest that you start with some enterprise more suitable to the video medium, such as making your own porn videos. I understand that some talented individuals have achieved stardom that way. But when it comes to the mundane tasks of everyday life that you appear to have mastered like changing light bulbs or spark plugs, just write it down, OK? And post it to a blog or website. I can read. Can you write? I’ve read many pages of instructions about how to rethread my Serger. I didn’t really figure it out until I watched a YouTube video of someone rethreading their Serger. Sometimes videos have their place, like when you’re trying to find the hidden thread loop tucked away in the most inaccessible place ever that you have to use a special extra-long set of tweezers to reach. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/96 "2018-09-13T11:47:00Z")
I wish the manual for my car had pictures. So do the guys at ITV (technical inspection), even though they have seen every make and model twenty zillion times. It’s amazing how many places can the same make and model of car have something such as “the button to open the motor”. I’m still not sure where that button is. Somewhere under the driving wheel, but the guy had to get into a pretty twisty position before he was able to say “ah, there!” I think my car is female - it’s got a G-point that makes it go “aaaaah!” ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/97 "2018-09-13T17:03:42Z")
My whiny mini-rant: I hate how unmotivated and exhausted I am right now. I know why - I was on a business trip for the last 2 days, didn’t get home until 10 last night, had to wake up at 5 this morning…the usual shit that makes you tired. Then, as I was munching on some almonds for breakfast while diving into my email, one of my crowns broke in half and fell out. So I had to make an unscheduled trip to the dentist that lasted about 2 hours, wiped out my morning and cost me more than $600 since they need to replace the whole crown (it’s about 25 years old). Now I’m sitting around, completely unmotivated, exhausted and with the right side of my face numbed up. I’m hungry and crabby and broke-feeling and drooly and it’ll probably be a good 2 hours until I can eat without having to constantly wipe and pat my mouth to make sure I didn’t slobber. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/98 "2018-09-13T21:09:22Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > My whiny mini-rant: > > I hate how unmotivated and exhausted I am right now. I know why - I was on a business trip for the last 2 days, didn’t get home until 10 last night, had to wake up at 5 this morning…the usual shit that makes you tired. > > Then, as I was munching on some almonds for breakfast while diving into my email, one of my crowns broke in half and fell out. So I had to make an unscheduled trip to the dentist that lasted about 2 hours, wiped out my morning and cost me more than $600 since they need to replace the whole crown (it’s about 25 years old). > > Now I’m sitting around, completely unmotivated, exhausted and with the right side of my face numbed up. I’m hungry and crabby and broke-feeling and drooly and it’ll probably be a good 2 hours until I can eat without having to constantly wipe and pat my mouth to make sure I didn’t slobber. Grrrr. I think you can legit call that a maxi-rant! So sorry. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/99 "2018-09-13T22:29:23Z")
I hate crowns and I don’t trust dentists. ☹ Nothing whiny about that rant at all, **overlyverbose**. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615/100 "2018-09-15T16:43:47Z")
I haven’t been around much lately because my 9-year-old cat was diagnosed with acute kidney failure a couple of weeks ago. No warning at all, just suddenly stopped eating. The vet suspects a spider bite but couldn’t find any marks on him. A week’s stay at the vet being pumped full of fluids and some CBD oil seemed to do the trick. He got to come home last week and was acting normal even if he wasn’t eating a lot still. Vet was pleased with his progress. Now I’m worried that he may be relapsing. He ate even less than his “new normal” overnight. He’s still acting fairly normal. I called the vet this morning and he told me this could happen; he could fluctuate in how much he eats. The vet says if he doesn’t get back to “normal” by Monday to bring him in and to try not to worry but I’m finding it hard not to. I trust the doctor but dammit, he’s my baby. I live alone but I don’t feel like I’m alone because the cat’s always there. Send some good thoughts please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615.md?page=6)