# I see the bad June a-risin' (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 31, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477 "2022-05-31T23:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/101 "2022-06-15T17:01:27Z")
OMG! I hope the victim is going to be OK, and that your friend gets whatever help he needs (treatment, someone watching him to prevent a recurrence, etc.). ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/102 "2022-06-15T17:12:45Z")
The victim is doing ok. I sent him a text and he said he has a helluva headache and is having an MRI later today. He’s actually worried about my friend (the attacker). TIL that: > Recurrent episodes with interictal affective aggression are a rare but well-recognized problem in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. They are referred to as episodic dyscontrol or, more precisely, as intermittent explosive disorder (IED). I need to text my buddy’s wife but don’t know what to say. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/103 "2022-06-15T17:21:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I need to text my buddy’s wife but don’t know what to say. _”Is there anything I can do for you and/or [buddy]? Text or call me if you need ANYTHING.”_ ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/104 "2022-06-15T17:23:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is there anything I can do for you and/or [friend]? Text or call me if you need ANYTHING Thanks. I removed “or call” and sent that. His wife is a sweet, quiet woman who we love. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/105 "2022-06-15T21:02:07Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > They work because I haven’t had a serious problem since. But after a few months my insurance got fussy about covering them despite have a prescription from my GI. Insurance has now denied generic lansoprazole (the predecessor to Dexilant / dexlansoprazole. Doc is putting me on generic Protonix. Apparently they were not getting [a big enough kickback](https://www.consumerreports.org/prescription-drugs/when-your-insurer-drops-your-prescription-drug/) from the pharmaceutical companies, which is one reason drugs are dropped from their formularies. A handful of states have passed laws against mid-year changes like this, since people might well choose an insurance plan based on its coverage of something they need. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/106 "2022-06-15T21:02:56Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Apparently they were not getting [a big enough kickback](https://www.consumerreports.org/prescription-drugs/when-your-insurer-drops-your-prescription-drug/) from the pharmaceutical companies, which is one reason drugs are dropped from their formularies. That is just all kinds of fucked up. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/107 "2022-06-15T21:07:11Z")
Oooooh yeah. A few years back, a mid-year formulary change caused me to basically become diabetic - my steroid inhaler was suddenly not covered, so they switched me to a different one - which kept me breathing, but caused my blood sugar to go in a bad direction. I was the one who figured out the temporal relationship between the inhaler change, and my blood sugar going wonky; given my weight, it wasn’t a surprise that I developed diabetes, bur just then I was eating quite well, and walking a lot more, and it just didn’t make sense. I asked them to switch me to yet a different one, and the problem resolved. Then they added it back in, 6 months later, and did not tell anyone. Decades ago, I was working as a programmer at a major pharmaceutical company. I actually worked on reports and forms to support the marketing of a specific hot new medication - basically rebates to pharmaceutical distributors based on shipping x amounts of this medication. Kind of the predecessor to the current PBM clusterfuck. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/108 "2022-06-15T21:11:25Z")
Since this is a mini rants thread, and we’re on the subject of prescriptions, it irritates me so much that we have all of these prescription medicine commercials. Medicine should be prescribed to a patient because it is the best remedy for the patient’s diagnosis. Not because the patient saw a commercial with a smiling person walking their dog and later having fun at a campfire and pestered their doctor for it. These aren’t consumer goods and it doesn’t seem at all appropriate. If a drug isn’t available over the counter, ads shouldn’t be allowed. I also think doctors shouldn’t be prescribing things because they’re being wined and dined by pharmaceutical representatives either, but that’s another subject. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/109 "2022-06-16T03:08:20Z")
So, last month, my wife died suddenly. She owned her home, but didn’t leave it to me (wouldn’t have mattered, anyway), and I have about a week and a half to go elsewhere. Rents are way too high, so I asked the USPS to reassign me to Portland, Oregon, Grand Rapids, or NYC (places where I have family living). This does not appear to be a process that moves quickly, but today, I received an invitation to apply for a custodian position in Portland. If my time in service still forces me to go to the bottom step in pay, it means about a 51% pay cut. If I can keep my seniority, pay-wise, it means the pay cut would only be about 16%, which, while not great, is doable, and I’ll take the transfer. But I’m still trying to find out what my pay would be, and it’s stressing me out. When I thought the process could take up to a year, I made preliminary plans to rent a local apartment with my nephew (still expensive, but just barely doable). He’s currently in a 1BR in the same complex we’re looking at. But with the possible timeframe of a reassignment suddenly becoming more short term, I’m not really in a position to commit to a one-year lease. Of course, if circumstances mean I have to turn the transfer down, leasing an apartment is suddenly back on the table. I feel like I’m jerking my nephew around, and even if he’s not my FAVORITE nephew, it’s a horrible feeling. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/110 "2022-06-16T03:18:12Z")
Crap, really hope this works out! I’d ask the nephew how he’d feel about you sleeping on his couch or living room floor for a week or so… with you paying him some rent… and making him coffee and a healthy breakfast every morning, of course! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/111 "2022-06-16T20:42:56Z")
Dueling headlines from CNN: This afternoon: “Stocks tumble after Fed takes historic action on inflation” 24 hours ago: “Stocks rise after the Fed takes historic action on inflation” Make up your minds, fellas. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/112 "2022-06-16T20:53:59Z")
Stocks $ADJECTIVE after $LATEST\_ECONOMIC\_EVENT ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/113 "2022-06-16T21:54:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This afternoon: “Stocks tumble after Fed takes historic action on inflation” > > 24 hours ago: “Stocks rise after the Fed takes historic action on inflation” Inflation makes things bouncy, of course. [![](https://content.presentermedia.com/content/animsp/00000000/220/basketball_bounce_300_wht.gif) ](https://content.presentermedia.com/content/animsp/00000000/220/basketball_bounce_300_wht.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/114 "2022-06-16T22:42:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This afternoon: “Stocks tumble after Fed takes historic action on inflation” > > 24 hours ago: “Stocks rise after the Fed takes historic action on inflation” And tomorrow: “Correlation does not imply causation.” ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/115 "2022-06-17T04:20:02Z")
Well, piss. I realize in the great scheme of things this isn’t a big problem, but I am very annoyed to discover that Watkins 1868, is no longer making laundry detergent. I’ve literally been using this detergent for DECADES. I loved it because it was biodegradable, phosphate, fragrance, and dye free, very concentrated and did one hell of a good job. ETA: and it was good for sensitive skin. Now what do I use when I run out of the Watkins detergent? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/116 "2022-06-17T05:10:33Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I realize in the great scheme of things this isn’t a big problem, but I am very annoyed to discover that Watkins 1868, is no longer making laundry detergent. I’ve literally been using this detergent for DECADES. When you find a product you like, _buy a lifetime supply immediately_ because they will stop making it. I use Tide Free. If the labeling is to be believed, it meets all your requirements. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/117 "2022-06-17T06:50:29Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When you find a product you like, _buy a lifetime supply immediately_ because they will stop making it. Oh yeah. I bought the Best. Shoes. Ever. in 2006, from Merrell. They were promptly discontinued. I’m still wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/118 "2022-06-17T07:20:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When you find a product you like, _buy a lifetime supply immediately_ because they will stop making it. > > I use Tide Free. It’s easy to buy a lifetime supply of a product if it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/119 "2022-06-17T07:59:05Z")
I joke that theres a Committee that keeps track of what people like, so it can stop being made. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477/120 "2022-06-17T08:48:18Z")
I joke that the reason something’s no longer made is because it was too good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477.md?page=7)