# First Rants Thread of 2015 - January Minirants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681 "2015-01-01T15:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/21 "2015-01-02T16:09:46Z")
I recorded the Fargo (TV-series) marathon yesterday on FXM (no commercials! nice!). While watching the first episode, the cable company’s crappy DVR started spontaneously rebooting itself, like once every two minutes. If I call them to get a replacement I’ll lose my recorded shows. I’ll try to muddle through. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/22 "2015-01-02T16:18:40Z")
You know who I pit? I pit the motherfucker who designed Lucario in the new Smash game. An uncharged, relatively fast smash attack _should not kill at 40% from midscreen_. I don’t give two shits that you have to be at 140% for it to kill that fast; it killing at 60% when you’re at 100% is _equally dumb_. Yes, I get it, you’re proud of your new rage mechanic, and aura is Lucario’s thing, but _this is just retarded_. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/23 "2015-01-02T16:28:49Z")
> [@Mr.Goob](#): > > Most weekday morning I listen to a local AM news station for an hour when NPR’s morning edition loops. > > The ads running on the AM station seem to be 50 percent ambulance chasing lawyers. They have the worst earwig jingles to go with their cutsy alphanumaric phone numbers. > > GET OUT OF MY HEAD! May I offer you [Carolina Furniture Concepts?](http://youtu.be/RfEKNvBSdp0) Everyone in western NC will be singing that jingle six years after we’re all dead. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/24 "2015-01-02T17:39:50Z")
800-588 2threehundred, Empire! Right there with you. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/25 "2015-01-02T18:01:10Z")
no rants so far. i’ve even gotten the date right every time so far. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/26 "2015-01-02T18:05:19Z")
Unlike the priest yesterday at Mass, you mean? Mom said “I’m feeling unborn…” No, he didn’t just say 2014. He said 1915. Minirant, oh yeah. My cellphone has decided it don’t wanna make noises. It will vibrate, if I answer the call it makes person-voice noises, but no tones, rings, bells, alarms… the store has suggested a Total Reset, but that will have to wait until I’ve taken that flight whose boarding pass is already in the phone :smack: And the heater has crapped out. I already had to fix it a year ago; this same week it was working, today it was not. Methinks it’s not going to get fixed, it’s just going to wait until I get a new one… (this is in Barcelona; this particular week it’s being cold by local standards, but most of the year and since I’m only here when I’m on vacation/working from home, I can shower at noonish when the temps are above 20ºC). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/27 "2015-01-02T18:19:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Shit, 2015 is pretty much over already. I’m worried about 2016!! Your calendar needs adjusting. > [@adhemar](#): > > I bought a new (to me) car last Saturday, unfortunately it is black. I say unfortunately because every scratch and chip is magnified. So far I have about 5 chips and scratches on the driver side that all happened in one day at work in our jammed parking lot. Yesterday I saw someone has put a big scrape on the bumper. I ordered some paint to fix the chops but I don’t’ think I can fix the scrape. :eek: :mad: Posts about painting chops should go into Cafe Society. However, I doubt it will fix them no matter how badly you underseasoned them. > [@GusNSpot](#): > > Mine is a happy rant. > > Due to Wx, we don’t have to go to the little kid party at 2PM, which is at a place 30 miles away. > > Our old Subaru with AWD could do it but it is defenseless from the other drives we would be sure to meet. > > Unhappy rant part: > > If you text like crazy all the time, when the WX is bad & peeps need info is not the time to not answer texts. WTF is WX? > [@Morgyn](#): > > 800-588 2threehundred, Empire!.. … _today_. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/28 "2015-01-02T18:32:45Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > WTF is WX? I think it’s shorthand for “weather.” It’s used a lot in aviation. It originated as an abbreviation in Morse Code. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/29 "2015-01-02T18:35:48Z")
Does the Science Channel only have 5 commercials to run??? I’m watching the Mythbusters marathon and I haven’t seen a new commercial in a week! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/30 "2015-01-02T20:13:20Z")
_sigh_ This might come in handy, if you’re the type to risk debunking FB crap; > **[False Tax Claims - FactCheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2014/04/false-tax-claims/)** > > Q: Did Democrats increase federal income tax rates in 2014 under Obamacare? A: No. Tax increases mentioned in a viral email went into effect a year earlier, as part of a budget deal supported by many Republicans as well as most Democrats.... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/31 "2015-01-02T20:44:48Z")
I like my cellphone alarm clock most of the time. But I still cannot get it to _not_ go off when I can sleep in. A _real_ smartphone wouldn’t have tried waking me at 6 am NewYears day, ninety minutes after we went to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/32 "2015-01-02T21:36:12Z")
> [@morgyn](#): > > 800-588 2threehundred, empire! > Right there with you. damn you!!! ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/33 "2015-01-03T01:32:17Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Same on the Walking Dead marathon. Also the weepy UNICEF commercial with Alyssia Milano quavering on about “fifty…cents…a day…” > > I think organizations don’t need my money if they can run that fucking many commercials. Seriously. I’ve been lumping any organization that runs so many commercials that I have them memorized in the same category as the HSUS - professional fund raisers and nothing else. I’m looking at YOU St Jude Hospital! ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/34 "2015-01-03T02:00:11Z")
I forgot my wallet today. I had a slice of leftover pizza and a cup of coffee on the way out the door at 3:00am and nothing else until I made it home around 5:30pm. I really should stash a spare credit card in my backpack, as this happened one day last week, too. The Mrs had a big pot of potato soup simmering when I walked through the door. The kids mostly cooperated and we had a nice dinner. She’s a decent cook, but I especially appreciated it today. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/35 "2015-01-03T02:05:21Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Seriously. I’ve been lumping any organization that runs so many commercials that I have them memorized in the same category as the HSUS - professional fund raisers and nothing else. I’m looking at YOU St Jude Hospital! St Jude does a lot of good work and it costs $1,000,000.00 per day to keep their doors open. They don’t turn anyone away that needs treatment beccasue they don’t have funds and also work to provide the families of the sick children a place to live while the kids are undergoing treatment. They are making amazing breakthroughs. I find the constant commercials annoying but give them somewhat of a pass because I know what they do. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/36 "2015-01-03T02:16:02Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Same on the Walking Dead marathon. Also the weepy UNICEF commercial with Alyssia Milano quavering on about “fifty…cents…a day…” Hey, they changed it. She used to say “just two korters”. It drove me even crazier than I normally am. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/37 "2015-01-03T03:29:19Z")
I pit the Del Prado DIY dollhouse kit for making the furniture bits nearly impossible to remove from their sheets of plywood without breaking them. And the instructions that either are incomplete, don’t match the photos (or vice versa), or are just completely wrong and I have to figure out a different way to do things than they say to do them. I can’t believe I actually got the structure put together, though I had to put a lot of extra materials into it to make it sturdy enough to stay together. I also pit the virus with sore throat and chesty cough that has ruined the second week of my winter holiday. Any other kind of annual leave, and I could have got it back by treating this week as sick days, but since the office is closed this week anyway, I don’t know if I’ll be able to do that. Even if I could, it’ll wreak havoc on my Bradford Factor. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/38 "2015-01-03T07:33:31Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Bahh that’s nothing.I’ve been trying to watch the Mythbusters marathon, and every half hour they show the 3 minute mangled puppy guilt trip 'mercial. I am so tired of the damned animal commercials, I swear I am feeling like I should get a case of prestamped postcards, and timestamp every commercial that makes me change channels to avoid the fucking things and email them off with the message that this commercial made me change my channel … and disinclines me to donate time or funding. I have enough issues cleaning up what little corpses I find when people dump kittens at my farm and we can not manage to trap and deal with them in time. Fuckwads who dump need to die in a fire as painfully as possible, and if I get a SD mod warning, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/39 "2015-01-03T13:36:08Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I have enough issues cleaning up what little corpses I find when people dump kittens at my farm and we can not manage to trap and deal with them in time. Fuckwads who dump need to die in a fire as painfully as possible, and if I get a SD mod warning, so be it. I’m sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681/40 "2015-01-03T17:01:38Z")
Joy to the World: the programme director in my department just released our second semester class registers, and I am thrilled beyond words (except for the ones ‘Oh, for fuck’s sake’) on discovering that the three annoying bozos who made one of my autumn modules so much fun are in _two_ of my spring modules. One of these modules has 15 people on it; the other 11. As they’re final year modules, much of the work is based on class discussion and presentations. These knobends do absolutely zero class prep and if they aren’t sleeping through class, then they’re sat watching videos on the one guy’s tablet. Personally, I don’t care if they want to wank off and waste £9000 a year tuition fees on the third class degrees they’re currently on track for (the US equivalent to graduating with a sub 2.0 GPA), but gah are they a total drag to have in the classroom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rants-thread-of-2015-january-minirants/708681.md?page=3)