# I'm sick and tired of... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350 "2013-05-14T22:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [May 18, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/101 "2013-05-18T10:07:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m sick and tired of spending an hour a day pulling up dandelions in my yard, and looking across the street at the rentals with dandelions all over their yards. Hey, assholes! Dandelions spread, you know! We do actually have a bylaw regarding this; I may call the 311 number and bust their asses for noxious weed growth. Mmmmmm. Dandelion wine! Lucky bastard. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/102 "2013-05-18T11:00:03Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t want to see any more commercials where people have food smeared on their hands or faces. Usually I can look away in time to miss those Tums commercials (Is your food fighting back? _splat_) but this morning something came on where the first shot was a little kid playing in a puddle of spaghetti. Just typing this is making me queasy. Well said. In addition… as a skilled, well-educated, male-type dad, I’m sick to death of commercials depicting the male household figure as a bumbling idiot. To the advertisers: I have multiple engineering degrees, have designed and built everything from missile guidance to flight control systems, have designed and/or repaired my own backup generating system, decks, jacuzzis, wiring and lighting systems, repair my own automobiles, RVs, boats even to the point of removing and rebuilding engines, and can fly my own plane in most weather to wherever I need to be. On what freaking planet do you believe you can sell to me by depicting men that are too incompetent to operate a garden hose? Seriously… what weird universe do ad people live in? ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/103 "2013-05-18T14:09:25Z")
I’m sick and tired of guys proposing marriage in front of large crowds or on camera. Let’s also add to that high school seniors asking out celebrities to the prom. We live in an “it’s all about me world”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/104 "2013-05-18T14:40:05Z")
> [@Renifer](#): > > I was just at the store looking at frozen meals and the gluten-free ones are two or three dollars more expensive than the “regular” ingredient ones. It really sux that the people who need the gluten-free meals don’t necessarily have more affordable options. People who live in areas with Hispanic or Asian groceries can eat gluten-free cheaply. As Temple Grandin, the livestock expert who also happens to be autistic, said when she spoke here last year, “Dirt-cheap rice noodles, delicious corn tortillas - don’t bother with that fake bread made from potatoes.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/105 "2013-05-18T14:41:18Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Well said. In addition… as a skilled, well-educated, male-type dad, I’m sick to death of commercials depicting the male household figure as a bumbling idiot. To the advertisers: I have multiple engineering degrees, have designed and built everything from missile guidance to flight control systems, have designed and/or repaired my own backup generating system, decks, jacuzzis, wiring and lighting systems, repair my own automobiles, RVs, boats even to the point of removing and rebuilding engines, and can fly my own plane in most weather to wherever I need to be. On what freaking planet do you believe you can sell to me by depicting men that are too incompetent to operate a garden hose? Seriously… what weird universe do ad people live in? This is usually in the context of being completely unable and/or unwilling to take care of his children. The men I’ve known who were like that had numerous other, very serious, issues. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/106 "2013-05-18T15:05:35Z")
Around here, we’re swamped with death ads on TV. Funeral insurance, life insurance, whatever. They seem to have two or more in every ad break. And they are so morbid and manipulative. They all blur together, so there is no differentiation among them, which defeats the purpose in having so many in the first place. Only two plots - elderly person says she now has peace of mind that she won’t be a burden when she carks it, or young person who is grateful that Dad Looked After Things for when he died (or laments that he did not). A pox on them. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/107 "2013-05-18T15:56:23Z")
…that Arias trial on Headline News. I figured once she was convicted we’d stop hearing about her over and over…but that is not the case. Does anyone but CNN care about this case??? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/108 "2013-05-18T17:50:35Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Well said. In addition… as a skilled, well-educated, male-type dad, I’m sick to death of commercials depicting the male household figure as a bumbling idiot. To the advertisers: I have multiple engineering degrees, have designed and built everything from missile guidance to flight control systems, have designed and/or repaired my own backup generating system, decks, jacuzzis, wiring and lighting systems, repair my own automobiles, RVs, boats even to the point of removing and rebuilding engines, and can fly my own plane in most weather to wherever I need to be. On what freaking planet do you believe you can sell to me by depicting men that are too incompetent to operate a garden hose? Seriously… what weird universe do ad people live in? Yes, but can you find things in the fridge? 😃 Just kidding! I hate those commercials, too - the Emasculating Bitch versus the Idiot Man-Child (with Emasculating Smart-Ass Kids often thrown in as well). ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/109 "2013-05-18T22:25:03Z")
The word “ermahgerd”. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/110 "2013-05-18T22:53:32Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > Around here, \<\\>. Okay, I’ll pick on _you_ about this one! So, we have a post where the poster’s location may be relevant. So I look up and over to the right to see their location, and… “Location: In the Ning Nang Nong” :mad: Okay, people, if you’re going to reference your location, either mention where you are in the body of the message, or have it in that little field there. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/111 "2013-05-18T23:44:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This is usually in the context of being completely unable and/or unwilling to take care of his children. The men I’ve known who were like that had numerous other, very serious, issues. Eek. You mean the guy in the commercial, right? I realize I was a little over the top, but I hadn’t had enough coffee when I posted. 😉 I promise I’m a good dad. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/112 "2013-05-19T00:21:17Z")
The word “narrative” being used in political discourse. ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/113 "2013-05-19T20:02:44Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > …that Arias trial on Headline News. I figured once she was convicted we’d stop hearing about her over and over…but that is not the case. Does anyone but CNN care about this case??? AMEN to that!!! WHY have they even been televising her trial everyday? I’m sick, sick, sick of her… Unfortunately, there are any number of horrific murder trials going on around the country… Why do they think we care about her trial in particular? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/114 "2013-05-19T20:57:51Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > The word “narrative” being used in political discourse. Along with “optics”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/115 "2013-05-19T21:13:10Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Teen moms/single parents. Yeah, they face additional challenges, but just being a single parent, or a teen parent, does NOT make a person eligible for all sorts of free passes and worship. Here’s one that’s REALLY going to kick off a flame war. People who do 24/7/365 Alzheimer’s caregiving, with no respite, for years on end. Folks, this is why we have NURSING HOMES and other community agencies. Because I never had children, I’ve been asked, “What if that happens to you?” I wouldn’t want my kids to destroy their health, careers, marriages, and relationships with their own children on account of me. People who do caregiving that they know will be short-term, or who seek out and take advantage of services available to them, do not fall into this category. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/116 "2013-05-19T23:53:40Z")
People saying anything akin to “Ohmygah women today dress/act so slutty!! What happened to classy ladies?!?” I kind of understand this thinking coming from older people (since every generation thinks that the generation directly after it is the worst one ever and will bring about the end of civilization), but it’s especially galling coming from young people who want to feel superior to “those” kind of women. Get over yourself. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/117 "2013-05-20T02:26:34Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > People saying anything akin to “Ohmygah women today dress/act so slutty!! What happened to classy ladies?!?” I kind of understand this thinking coming from older people (since every generation thinks that the generation directly after it is the worst one ever and will bring about the end of civilization), but it’s especially galling coming from young people who want to feel superior to “those” kind of women. Get over yourself. Nowadays, girls wear bras with their tank tops (which are layered to boot). When I was their age in the 1970s, we didn’t, which you guys liked, I’m sure.😛 ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/118 "2013-05-20T12:43:01Z")
The see-through trend in women’s clothing. Mr./Ms. Designer, which part of the word _under_garment is incomprehensible to you? Why would I ever want to buy a see-through dress for summer, if I have to also wear an extra layer of underclothing to preserve my modesty? What was the point in making the back of that pretty, “silk” blouse out of fine georgette – did you forget that bras also have backs (which I do not want the world to see)? Why does that sheer, midi-length, skirt, have a sewn-in underskirt which barely skims my bottom? And don’t get me started on the lace trend… ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/119 "2013-05-20T12:52:29Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > But holy crap, she does not understand the tea kettle. “OMG we’re being invaded! There is something loud in the kitchen! BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK!”:smack: Here is how a certain Mr. Jerome K. Jerome explains it: [Fight between Montmorency and the tea-kettle](http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/grol/jerome/3men14.htm).😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350/120 "2013-05-20T21:20:49Z")
> [@StJoan](#): > > The see-through trend in women’s clothing. Mr./Ms. Designer, which part of the word _under_garment is incomprehensible to you? Why would I ever want to buy a see-through dress for summer, if I have to also wear an extra layer of underclothing to preserve my modesty? What was the point in making the back of that pretty, “silk” blouse out of fine georgette – did you forget that bras also have backs (which I do not want the world to see)? Why does that sheer, midi-length, skirt, have a sewn-in underskirt which barely skims my bottom? And don’t get me started on the lace trend… Some women will wear camisoles under EVERY top, no matter if the top is transparent or completely solid. Even in Las Vegas in the summer. If they can’t wear a cami, they’ll wear a nylon shell (basically a sleeveless top). I’ll wear a shell if it’s cold…but I don’t want to layer clothes if it’s warm. I especially don’t want to wear a synthetic material next to my skin. I see a lot of tops that are marketed to be worn with something underneath them. That’s fine for the wintertime, but I don’t want or need another layer in the summer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of/658350.md?page=7)