# Forward, March (minirants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131 "2017-03-01T20:24:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/81 "2017-03-16T22:15:11Z")
I harsher someone on fb who seems to regards Alex Jones as the only source of real news. He’s like21 and…i can’t even. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/82 "2017-03-16T22:56:38Z")
Well, I have young relatives (in their late teens-early twenties) who think that Ben Garrison is the greatest and most truthful political cartoonist ever… In case you’re wondering, the only reason I follow them on Facebook is that it’s pretty much my only source of news for that side of the family. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/83 "2017-03-16T23:30:58Z")
I had to look up both of those people to know what you’re talking about. I wish I had spared myself. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/84 "2017-03-17T01:16:32Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I had to look up both of those people to know what you’re talking about. I wish I had spared myself. Thanks. Sorry! Alex Jones is the lunatic who thinks that Obama is a literal demon, the government has a “gay bomb,” and scientists are making human/fish hybrids because REASONS. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/85 "2017-03-17T01:18:16Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Well, I have young relatives (in their late teens-early twenties) who think that Ben Garrison is the greatest and most truthful political cartoonist ever… > > In case you’re wondering, the only reason I follow them on Facebook is that it’s pretty much my only source of news for that side of the family. Jaysus. Loons abound. I weep for the next generation (and get off my lawn!) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/86 "2017-03-17T04:23:03Z")
(I didn’t know where else to put this, other than start a new thread which seemed dumb.) Attention! I was just called a libtard on FB, because of my views in a narrow area. I just thought some of you would find that funny. Carry on. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/87 "2017-03-18T00:25:33Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Jaysus. Loons abound. I weep for the next generation (and get off my lawn!) Yep. They’ve benefitted from many of the things attacked by Garrison; you would think someone would eventually pick up on this. Then again, they’re also young Earth creationists, so there’s not much critical thinking going on there. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/88 "2017-03-18T00:28:37Z")
The idiot on my facebook feed danced awfully close to expressing some pro-Nazi sentiments, as well as an appalling grasp of history. He was saying that Hitler won electorally but not the popular vote and that’s how he came to power. Also apparently believes that Nazis acted the same as any (and every) other government - so the Holocaust was just “human nature” or something. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/89 "2017-03-21T12:26:54Z")
Not a good start to the day. First the cloth of my pillow ripped WIDE open, and I can’t find a replacement that matches the pillow. Then I stopped at Burger King to pick up breakfast, and when I get to work an hour later I find that they gave me the wrong food. By lunchtime I’m going to be very, very cranky. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/90 "2017-03-21T12:58:22Z")
Banner greeting me as I walked past the endoscopy suite this morning: “G.I. Nurse’s Week” Gee, I wonder who the lucky one is. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/91 "2017-03-21T14:43:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Banner greeting me as I walked past the endoscopy suite this morning: > > “G.I. Nurse’s Week” > > Gee, I wonder who the lucky one is. Good catch. And, I’d assume it was an army nurse (not a Gastro-Intestinal one). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/92 "2017-03-21T14:48:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Sorry! Alex Jones is the lunatic who thinks that Obama is a literal demon, the government has a “gay bomb,” and scientists are making human/fish hybrids because REASONS. C’mon, if we were making fish/human hybrids it would be because LITERATURE! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/93 "2017-03-22T18:09:16Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > tldr version: I have inherited a beautiful but unsuitable for me ring and am expected to wear it. Until the time is right, get a chain, thread the ring on the chain and wear it like that. There will be less pressure to get the ring sized because it’s already being worn and you’ve set the stage for pendant. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/94 "2017-03-22T18:14:43Z")
My rant is weather related. At the beginning of March when we had a lovely week of weather I resisted believing spring was here. I was rewarded by the remnants of Stella that reached us here in Canada. Last week when it slowly warmed and crocuses started blooming in my garden I fell for it. I began to have hope only for a 25 degree temperature drop overnight. I’m done with winter, why can’t it be done with me??? ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/95 "2017-03-22T18:43:00Z")
I love “extremes”. Tallest Thermometer… Got the picture. Lowest Elevation… Got the t-shirt. Then, while perusing Wikipedia yesterday, I learned that the northernmost coconut tree in all the world was in my very own home town. In fact, I had walked past it dozens of times and never taken a single notice. Except… apparently… it fell over in a storm a few months ago and I shall never have the pleasure of seeing it. Now I’m probably going to have to travel to Vietnam or Sri Lanka. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/96 "2017-03-22T21:46:33Z")
I’m having some long delayed post-herpetic pain and itching at the initial location of my shingles outbreak from a couple of years ago. It’s at quite literally the only place on my upper back that I cannot reach to scratch. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/97 "2017-03-22T22:38:31Z")
I hate booking (dot) com. An event I was going to this weekend was cancelled because of rain/flooding. So I called to cancel my hotel reservation, three days in advance, but “so sorry, can’t be cancelled, give us your money sucker”. The hotel is willing to work with us, but bookings (dot) com can die in a fire, greedy fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/98 "2017-03-22T23:56:44Z")
My condolences on your MIL flatlined. My March is going along ok, but work is just piling up again. I’m going on vacation next week, no idea what I’m doing (except a staycation) mostly because Velociraptor is on spring break. It will probably get eaten up with things I need to do at home even though I want to relax and my (tiny) vacation fund will likely be sucked up because of the small puddle under my car in the garage. I get to find out tomorrow when I drop the car off for work. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/99 "2017-03-23T00:25:12Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > I hate booking (dot) com. An event I was going to this weekend was cancelled because of rain/flooding. So I called to cancel my hotel reservation, three days in advance, but “so sorry, can’t be cancelled, give us your money sucker”. > The hotel is willing to work with us, but bookings (dot) com can die in a fire, greedy fuckers. Advice from a hotel worker: never use third party booking sites. They will all do this to you. It may cost more to book directly with the hotel, but with them you can cancel without penalty or, if you can’t, they’re more willing to work with you. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131/100 "2017-03-23T03:48:17Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Advice from a hotel worker: never use third party booking sites. They will all do this to you. It may cost more to book directly with the hotel, but with them you can cancel without penalty or, if you can’t, they’re more willing to work with you. Yeah, I did aa impromptu El Cheapo trip to London. Package deal through [booking site] was an amazing deal, but with one side effect: When I got to my hotel there was a beautiful Buffet O’ Snacks in the lobby. “Those canapes and champagne are for guests only. You booked through a third party.” (So I guess I was staying there, but I wasn’t a “guest”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131.md?page=6)