# Hollow Halloween (Mini-)Ranting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395 "2016-10-01T19:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/201 "2016-10-27T22:33:07Z")
Thank goodness my cats are going to live forever. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/202 "2016-10-28T01:52:21Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Thank goodness my cats are going to live forever. Okay, who’s going to have the talk with **Wheezy Spice**? Not me! Well, I will say watch out if your cats suddenly turn a new leaf and start being mellow and affectionate… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/203 "2016-10-28T02:07:33Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Those, I’ll hold them down for you and I know how to dispose of the body. Never piss off a chemist 😃 You have acces to FOOF?😜 ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/204 "2016-10-28T03:01:17Z")
One of my coworkers tried telling me how measles wasn’t really dangerous, no one ever died from it, they used to have measles parties in the 70s, and he has celiac as a result of the vaccine. So much worse than you know…death or brain damage, you poor thing! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/205 "2016-10-28T03:09:22Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > One of my coworkers tried telling me how measles wasn’t really dangerous, no one ever died from it, they used to have measles parties in the 70s, and he has celiac as a result of the vaccine. So much worse than you know…death or brain damage, you poor thing! And for someone with celiac, he eats a tremendous amount of chinese food (which CAN be done, but my understanding is that it’s tricky, if only because the soy sauce contains wheat) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/206 "2016-10-28T15:07:59Z")
Someone in the nearby cubicles is playing that laughing Chewbacca video. Little do they know they are triggering my instinct to KILL! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/207 "2016-10-28T16:22:14Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > And for someone with celiac, he eats a tremendous amount of chinese food (which CAN be done, but my understanding is that it’s tricky, if only because the soy sauce contains wheat) I have a friend with celiac - she found a great solution at hte local to the farm place - the gets the velveted chicken [it is marinated in cornstarch and not encased in batter] with the lemon chicken sauce [chicken stock, corn starch, lemon juice and lemon slices] with them sauteeing garlic, julienne ginger, julienne snow pea pods and carrots. Actually very tasty and almost spring/summery - not a heavy dish at all. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/208 "2016-10-28T17:16:00Z")
I need to join a good coworking place, but the closest place requires an application. They only want members who are smart, hip, and interesting. I consider myself smart and kinda interesting, but without accounts on Facebook or Twitter, I’m not really that hip. I applied for membership on Tuesday and I haven’t heard back, so I’ll assume I wasn’t found worthy. Once again, I’ve been rejected by the cool kids. Drat. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/209 "2016-10-28T17:32:56Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I need to join a good coworking place, but the closest place requires an application. They only want members who are smart, hip, and interesting. I consider myself smart and kinda interesting, but without accounts on Facebook or Twitter, I’m not really that hip. > > I applied for membership on Tuesday and I haven’t heard back, so I’ll assume I wasn’t found worthy. Once again, I’ve been rejected by the cool kids. Drat. What is a coworking place? ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/210 "2016-10-28T17:57:17Z")
Wikipedia has a great description [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking). It’s essentially an office for those who aren’t already tied to an office. I’m a remote software programmer, and I’m more productive in an office environment, so I prefer to work at a coworking center instead of working at home. They’re also popular for startups who don’t want to pay for a traditional office. Many centers try to establish a sense of community and a few serve coffee. This one serves coffee and beer and has regular get-togethers on the weekend. But alas, I didn’t make the grade. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/211 "2016-10-28T18:17:29Z")
Huh. Never heard of that. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/212 "2016-10-28T18:23:50Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > Wikipedia has a great description [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking). It’s essentially an office for those who aren’t already tied to an office. I’m a remote software programmer, and I’m more productive in an office environment, so I prefer to work at a coworking center instead of working at home. They’re also popular for startups who don’t want to pay for a traditional office. > > Many centers try to establish a sense of community and a few serve coffee. This one serves coffee and beer and has regular get-togethers on the weekend. But alas, I didn’t make the grade. Oh good lord, so it is just _Events and Adventures_ for office space? As a (fairly good looking and very social) friend found when checking out that sort of thing, what they really do in their interviews is weed out people they don’t like, who are fugly, or they don’t think would fit in their little social activity group. He went to one event, got what he considered deliberate false time and directions for the second event, then never heard from them again. Unless you’re looking to live your life like you’re on ‘Friends’, don’t worry about them not getting back to you. You’re best off moving on. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/213 "2016-10-28T18:46:38Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh good lord, so it is just _Events and Adventures_ for office space? > > As a (fairly good looking and very social) friend found when checking out that sort of thing, what they really do in their interviews is weed out people they don’t like, who are fugly, or they don’t think would fit in their little social activity group. He went to one event, got what he considered deliberate false time and directions for the second event, then never heard from them again. > > Unless you’re looking to live your life like you’re on ‘Friends’, don’t worry about them not getting back to you. You’re best off moving on. so it’s basically an office run by high school kids. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/214 "2016-10-28T20:35:00Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I have a friend with celiac - she found a great solution at hte local to the farm place - the gets the velveted chicken [it is marinated in cornstarch and not encased in batter] with the lemon chicken sauce [chicken stock, corn starch, lemon juice and lemon slices] with them sauteeing garlic, julienne ginger, julienne snow pea pods and carrots. Actually very tasty and almost spring/summery - not a heavy dish at all. sounds yummy. However, Im not sure I’m going to invest a whole lot of time to someone who always has a alt-med sort of solution to every issue. Medicine bad, vaccines bad & don’t work, herd immunity a joke, “measles never hurt anyone” & measles parties! He’s a nice guy if you stay away from that whole area. But he also believes we live in a food desert, with farmers’ markets on every other corner and maybe blocks between supermarkets. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/215 "2016-10-28T21:44:32Z")
It’s getting harder and harder to ignore stupid bullshit. Today I learned that Amy Schumer has gotten in hot water because she and her friends made a crappy video of some Beyonce song which is apparently protected by some kind of special creative commons license that applies only to black people. There are three reasons I don’t care about this: 1. I don’t find Amy Schumer all that funny or interesting. 2. I think Beyonce sucks, and that her songs are shit and boring. 3. Identity politics makes me grind my teeth. Yet I have learned this stupid bullshit because I have a Facebook account. Facebook has decided that this is something I’d be interested in. I would correct Facebook, _but Facebook never fucking learns!_ If I had a nickel for ever time I’d asked Facebook not to show me celebrity bullshit clickbait I could buy my own island. Australia. “Nurr! Get off Facebook then.” Fuck you. Everyone’s on Facebook. I’d miss out on a ton of shit I actually _do_ care about if I quit Facebook. Besides, it’s not just Facebook. That’s just where I heard about this bullshit first. It’s on news websites. Actual, proper news websites. It’s in the Guardian, for fuck’s sake. How on Earth can you avoid clogging up your mind with this drivel? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/216 "2016-10-28T22:49:36Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Someone in the nearby cubicles is playing that laughing Chewbacca video. Little do they know they are triggering my instinct to KILL! I never made it through the video when it first trended…I can’t decide if being forced to listen to it is better or worse than having to put up with the guy in the next office furiously writing on a poorly mounted dry erase board that slams the wall as he’s scribbling on it. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/217 "2016-10-29T01:00:29Z")
> [@Memnon](#): > > Fuck you. Everyone’s on Facebook. I’d miss out on a ton of shit I actually _do_ care about if I quit Facebook. Besides, it’s not just Facebook. That’s just where I heard about this bullshit first. It’s on news websites. Actual, proper news websites. It’s in the Guardian, for fuck’s sake. How on Earth can you avoid clogging up your mind with this drivel? I’ve managed somehow, tho I am on Facebook too. I don’t read the newspaper or look at news online or TV, plus if something comes up on FB that looks dumb I just scroll on by. Because of that, I don’t even know who Amy Schumer is nor do I think I’ve ever heard a Beyonce song. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/218 "2016-10-29T01:16:30Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I’ve managed somehow, tho I am on Facebook too. I don’t read the newspaper or look at news online or TV, plus if something comes up on FB that looks dumb I just scroll on by. Because of that, I don’t even know who Amy Schumer is nor do I think I’ve ever heard a Beyonce song. I don’t have that level of self-control. Although, **Memnon** , there is the Chrome extension Social Fixer for Facebook. You can create custom filters by keyword. They already have default filters for the 2016 election and the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/219 "2016-10-29T02:30:43Z")
No, you are not flustrated, and the subject you’re discussing is not disconcerning. Those are not words. I think we need a grammar police pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/220 "2016-10-29T03:30:02Z")
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