# Februbitchy Rantuary - February's Mini-Rants Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429 "2012-02-01T16:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/141 "2012-02-08T20:41:05Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **SCL** , that fucking sucks. I hope you can find a way to get this worked out. … > > Right now, I’ve had it with TMI. What IS it with people who have to tell you every little detail of their bodily functions? … > > Just…keep it to yourself. Have some pride. Gah! > > Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and give myself an enema, and then drink my Kaopectate! 😉 After which, I will spray my athletes foot and rub medicine on that big wart on my ass. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha… \ Thanks **Guinastasia** , I really needed a good laugh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/142 "2012-02-08T22:02:36Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > So, we’ve had the idea of loss at a personal level in humanity since, I suspect, there’s been humans. And yet, we haven’t come up with a way to deal with it that doesn’t fucking HURT so much! Mourning process? Sucks. Mourning process for someone who ain’t dead? SUCKS. Arrrgh! Why isn’t there some better way to do this?! I have no idea what prompted your post but I’m sorry for your pain. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/143 "2012-02-08T22:34:02Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > SCL it may be scary to have surgery now, but less scary when it’s an emergency surgery IMO. I’d be freaking out too though. > > I need to curse myself. It’s just after the weekend, I shouldn’t be so tired but I went to The Woman in Black with my sweetie and my brother and though I knew it was horror going in I conveniently didn’t think of how it would effect (affect? Neither ever looks right) my sleep. No nightmares, but having trouble getting to sleep because I tried to stop my brain from going there while trying to get to sleep. Eventually I will crash and my brain will serve up a mishmash of a nightmare which I will (most likely) forget except for the utter terror that jerks me awake in the middle of the night. Maybe I’ll just submit to the inevitable tonight and drink one of the sleepy time teas which tends to enhance my dreaming. The effect of the movie was to affect your sleep. How’s that? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/144 "2012-02-08T22:40:14Z")
I was fairly annoyed when a daytime show was preempted for BREAKING NEWS! which consisted of the Giants’ airplane arriving back home in New York. How is this news? They spent 45 minutes showing footage of parked buses while speculating how exciting it must be. Further, how is this breaking? The flight schedule is well known. If you must cover it, make it an actual scheduled full hour special. I can’t imagine anyone who cares about people commenting on the plane arrival was in the demographic for the scheduled program. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/145 "2012-02-09T01:57:24Z")
Stability of vision would be nice. I had my eyes tested 9 days ago, after my vision changed radically in January, after going on Diabetes meds. She said I needed very slight far-sighted correction and a bit more up-close correction. My 2x reading glasses were perfect. My left eye was slightly better than my right eye, which has always been true. Dammit, my left eye is now improving and I can read the computer screen just fine through it, but my right eye remains a fucking blur up close. The reading glasses are worthless except at ranges of less than 15", because while the work for the right eye, they mess up the left eye. Testing with this post: Left eye I can read it fine until I get about 10" from it. Right eye I cannot read it closer than about 2 feet. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/146 "2012-02-09T02:41:01Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Stability of vision would be nice. > > I had my eyes tested 9 days ago, after my vision changed radically in January, after going on Diabetes meds. She said I needed very slight far-sighted correction and a bit more up-close correction. My 2x reading glasses were perfect. My left eye was slightly better than my right eye, which has always been true. > > Dammit, my left eye is now improving and I can read the computer screen just fine through it, but my right eye remains a fucking blur up close. The reading glasses are worthless except at ranges of less than 15", because while the work for the right eye, they mess up the left eye. Testing with this post: Left eye I can read it fine until I get about 10" from it. Right eye I cannot read it closer than about 2 feet. Can you pop the left lens out of your reading glasses? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/147 "2012-02-09T03:13:12Z")
Hey neighbor take your helicopter parenting and shove it up your rear. Implying I’m a bad mommy because I let my nine year old walk up a block from your house to mine at 6 pm is absurd. If you had a problem with this you should have mentioned it a month ago instead of ambushing me today when I came by to politely see how you were doing. You’re the sort of nut around here that drives your kids to the library when it’s only four blocks away. Don’t worry. My eldest will not be visiting your house ever again. And neither will I. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/148 "2012-02-09T03:34:25Z")
SCL I am so sorry for what you are going through now. I second Alice’s suggestion that you try to get state medical insurance. From what you’ve said, you should qualify. You’ve paid your fair shair of taxes over the years, its not shameful to ask for help when you need it. That’s what its for. How are you doing for catfood? (I’ve got some PetCo gift cards that I haven’t used yet that I can send you. They were for beds and scratchers, but hungry cats are more important.) One of the rescue groups here puts out donation bins for petfood. Some of it goes to the foster homes, but most foster homes here buy their own supplies, so the rest of it goes to the food bank. If you are running low on litter and catfood, you might consider checking with the food banks/local rescues for food. If you don’t have to dig through your couch cushions for kitty food money, you can save that to pay for a second opinion. I know that you know this…you won’t ever feel better if you can’t sleep. ---
**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, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/149 "2012-02-09T03:56:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Hey neighbor take your helicopter parenting and shove it up your rear. Implying I’m a bad mommy because I let my nine year old walk up a block from your house to mine at 6 pm is absurd. If you had a problem with this you should have mentioned it a month ago instead of ambushing me today when I came by to politely see how you were doing. You’re the sort of nut around here that drives your kids to the library when it’s only four blocks away. Don’t worry. My eldest will not be visiting your house ever again. And neither will I. Can you send her a link to [Bubble Wrap Kids](http://www.slice.ca/Shows/ShowsPage.aspx?Title_ID=270824)? It’s a show about how over-protective, helicopter parents are making their kids anxious and unable to cope with the world they live in by filling their kids’ heads with ridiculous, unrealistic fears. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/150 "2012-02-09T04:00:38Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Hey neighbor take your helicopter parenting and shove it up your rear. Implying I’m a bad mommy because I let my nine year old walk up a block from your house to mine at 6 pm is absurd. If you had a problem with this you should have mentioned it a month ago instead of ambushing me today when I came by to politely see how you were doing. You’re the sort of nut around here that drives your kids to the library when it’s only four blocks away. Don’t worry. My eldest will not be visiting your house ever again. And neither will I. Does your kid go there to spend time with the helicopter mom, or with her kid(s)? And is it any kind of privation to your kid to end the visits? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/151 "2012-02-09T04:14:42Z")
Cat food isn’t a problem right now, **flatlined** , but thank you for asking. Even though we’re separated, my husband still feeds me and the cats. My friend in Tennessee is in the hospital, admitted with chest pain. Now I really won’t sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/152 "2012-02-09T06:59:23Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I was fairly annoyed when a daytime show was preempted for BREAKING NEWS! which consisted of the Giants’ airplane arriving back home in New York. How is this news? I don’t normally listen to morning talk shows, which in Spain tend to revolve around gossip and stupid jokes, but yesterday I was in the car and I spent some time in each of them before pushing the tape in. “OMG! The Oscar nominees had like, this lunch which they have every year, right, and the big news is OMG, the incident with George Clooney and Brad Pitt and you know Angelina might be pregnant with twins again and who gets pregnant with twins twice(1) is that even natural, and anyway George and Brad they’re like so good friends, like BFFs you know and they’re both nominated for Best Actor and they hadn’t seen each other in a year an a half what with being busy and all and they spent one hour and a half catching up! It’s just amazing!” How does that meet the definition of “incident”? Gossip columnist has to be, like, the boringest job e-VER, at least when the people you’re trying to gossip about go and have the gall to be normal human beings :p. 1: note to reporters. I realize you guys are from the humanities track and probably can’t describe how baby is made in actual medical terms, but a woman who’s already had twins and who gets pregnant again has a relatively high chance of getting twins again. The reason you rarely see women with several sets of twins is that most women who’ve had twins stop there. ---
**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 9, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/153 "2012-02-09T11:25:01Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I don’t normally listen to morning talk shows, which in Spain tend to revolve around gossip and stupid jokes Not just in Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/154 "2012-02-09T14:18:52Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 1: note to reporters. I realize you guys are from the humanities track and probably can’t describe how baby is made in actual medical terms, but a woman who’s already had twins and who gets pregnant again has a relatively high chance of getting twins again. The reason you rarely see women with several sets of twins is that most women who’ve had twins stop there. A friend of mine has 5 kids, single, twins, twins. She says she’d like 6 kids :eek: but she’s decided not to try again as she’s afraid of triplets. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/155 "2012-02-09T14:37:33Z")
Dear local landscaping, etc, companies: Putting your flyer in a little baggie with some rocks and throwing it onto my driveway is not advertising. It is littering and there is no fucking way in the world that I am hiring a company that does that shit. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/156 "2012-02-09T15:36:32Z")
My next-door-neighbor has a poodle that she leaves outside ALL DAMN DAY while she’s gone. Nice dog, but _yap yap yap_ because she’s just sitting there bored and, being less than a year old, she has a ton of energy that’s not being burned. HER next-door-neighbor (so, two houses over) has two blue heelers one of whom, being less than a year old, has a ton of energy that’s not being burned. YAP YAP YAP all damn day AND night because, while that guy spends more time with his dogs than my next-door-neighbor (whom I’ve never seen walk the poodle) his dogs seem to be outdoor-only. So I get to hear the heeler off and on _all fucking night_ and then around 5 a.m. the poodle joins in the fun. ☹ I have enough problems sleeping as it is, we have single-pane windows, and our bedroom window faces their backyard so the poodle is essentially barking about 4 feet away. YAP YAP YAP yap yap YAP YAP YAP YAP yap yap yap YAP yap YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP yap ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/157 "2012-02-09T15:54:01Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > Dear local landscaping, etc, companies: > > Putting your flyer in a little baggie with some rocks and throwing it onto my driveway is not advertising. It is littering and there is no fucking way in the world that I am hiring a company that does that shit. Oh, god- hate! When I get flyers and shit on my door, I want to call the company and tell them to come and pick up their litter. One day, I will not be afraid to be known as the local crazy lady, and I’m doing it. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/158 "2012-02-09T16:01:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Does your kid go there to spend time with the helicopter mom, or with her kid(s)? And is it any kind of privation to your kid to end the visits? She goes there to spend time with Helicopter Mommy’s two girls. I’ve explained to her that Helicopter Mommy is uncomfortable with her spending time there after dark and then walking up half a block alone so it’s not a good idea to go there again. She was unhappy but there are lots of other kids on the block for her to play with thankfully. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Can you send her a link to [Bubble Wrap Kids](http://www.slice.ca/Shows/ShowsPage.aspx?Title_ID=270824)? It’s a show about how over-protective, helicopter parents are making their kids anxious and unable to cope with the world they live in by filling their kids’ heads with ridiculous, unrealistic fears. Snerk. Given that I have her email address it’s very tempting. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/159 "2012-02-09T16:09:57Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > YAP YAP YAP yap yap YAP YAP YAP YAP yap yap yap YAP yap YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP yap OMG that would be annoying as shit. My Blue Tick Coon Hound thankfully only barks to be let back inside and it’s just one “WOOF” - more if it takes me a few minutes to get to the back door, LOL - “WOOF! WOOF WOOF!!” and she’s not allowed to bark for any other reason in the backyard. My neighbours hear “WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF…” “RUBY TUESDAY GET IN HERE!! NO BARKING!!” (Which might be more annoying, I don’t know…) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/160 "2012-02-09T16:13:33Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > …Helicopter Mommy is uncomfortable with her spending time there after dark and then walking up half a block alone… Yeah, that S.O.B. that grabbed & murdered Holly Jones in Toronto managed to ruin it for every kid who enjoys a little alone-time walking up the street. It’s a shame that kids aren’t allowed to be independent anymore like when I was growing up. I cherished walking around by myself. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429.md?page=9)