# Is June bugging you yet? (June mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409 "2024-06-02T05:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/261 "2024-06-21T19:38:40Z")
My nextdoor neighbor is replacing his deck. He and I don’t get along, but who cares. His contractor was cutting boards in his driveway all yesterday. Today, to beat the heat, I got up early to cut the lawn and the most unusual thing happened when I got to that side of the yard. \< WHOOSH!!! \> I was suddenly in white-out conditions while in 80 degree heat! “What the hell is this? A sand storm…?” It was then that I realized that it was sawdust and that the contractor had blown it all from the driveway onto my lawn! I waited until after 9 when the contractor showed up and started to set up before going outside to speak to him. “Look, if you’re being paid to clean up after, then use a shop-vac to clean up. Don’t blow your sawdust onto my lawn. And if you’re not being paid to clean up, then blow it on his lawn, not mine.” #AssholeNeighbors ---
**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 21, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/262 "2024-06-21T20:57:39Z")
Is it Fake News or did someone named Jayapal laugh about an immigrant who raped a 13 yr old girl? Both sides like to yell Fake News. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/263 "2024-06-21T21:21:58Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Both sides like to yell Fake News. Not in my experience. One side likes to yell Fake News and then ignore any evidence to the contrary. The other side likes to shout ‘That is false- and here is evidence proving it to be false’ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/264 "2024-06-21T22:07:22Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Is it Fake News or did someone named Jayapal laugh about an immigrant who raped a 13 yr old girl? She complained about _how_ it was being reported by Fox News and other such outlets (“ **IMMIGRANT** Rapes Girl”), so all the Fox outlets are claiming she laughed about the immigrant committing the rape. (Anytime a girl is raped and it’s _not_ by an immigrant, do they include _that_ information? If not, why not? They’re fearmongering, which is what she was saying.) ---
**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 21, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/265 "2024-06-21T22:48:13Z")
Thats why I asked the Dope. Thanks. I should not believe anything on X. Except maybe the weatherpeople. ---
**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 21, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/266 "2024-06-21T23:42:57Z")
It’s kind of like asking if maybe **this time** the story about Bat Boy in _Weekly World News_ might be true. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/267 "2024-06-21T23:56:38Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Thats why I asked the Dope. Thanks. I should not believe anything on X. Except maybe the weatherpeople Thing is, the possibility of Biden winning has them scared now. They’re going to coming up with more and more lies leading up to the election. [Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/) today included: > [@](#): > > With new polls showing Biden overtaking the lead in the presidential contest, right-wing media has been pushing so-called cheap fakes: videos that don’t use AI but misrepresent what happened by deceptively cutting the film or the shot. > > Social media has been flooded with images of Biden appearing to bend over for no apparent reason at a D-Day commemoration; the clip cuts off both the chair behind him and that everyone else was sitting down, too. Another, from the recent G7 summit, appears to show the president wandering away from a group of leaders during a skydiving demonstration; in fact, he was walking toward and speaking to a parachute jumper who had just landed but was off camera. A third appears to show Biden unable to say the name of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; in fact, he was teasing Mayorkas, and the film cuts off just before Biden says his name. > > On Monday, June 17, Judd Legum of Popular information produced a deep report on how the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group has been flooding its local media websites with these and other stories suggesting that President Biden is “mentally unfit for office.” Legum noted that these stories appeared simultaneously on at least 86 local news websites Sinclair owns. > **[Sinclair floods local news websites with hundreds of deceptive articles about...](https://popular.info/p/sinclair-floods-local-news-websites)** > > This month, Sinclair Broadcast Group has flooded a vast network of local news websites with misleading articles suggesting that President Biden is mentally unfit for office. The articles are based on specious social media posts by the Republican... ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/268 "2024-06-22T05:08:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I get my SS deposit the second week of each month - AFAICT it depends on your birth date, if it’s during the first week of your birth month, you get your checks during the first week, if it’s during the second week you get your checks during the second week, but the exact dates have never been consistent. > > My last few deposit dates were > June 12th > May 8th > April 10th > March 13th > > That’s how it’s alway been, it’s not consistent. My birthday is in the third week of May, and my SS gets deposited on the 3rd of the month. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/269 "2024-06-22T13:45:13Z")
I don’t know if this is a sign of aging or not but I swear to fucking God the “ambient” music today at my son’s swim place was… Bananaphone. For those unfamiliar, this was wildly popular about twenty years ago. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5C6X9vOEkU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgXSgWMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD4hfaZTjZYayG7v2WFqw9CYYtD4w "Banana Phone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/270 "2024-06-22T14:57:16Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I don’t know if this is a sign of aging or not but I swear to fucking God the “ambient” music today at my son’s swim place was… Bananaphone. > > For those unfamiliar, this was wildly popular about twenty years ago. I might be the only person in the world who doesn’t hate Bananaphone. I would make it my ringtone, but then everyone would hate me. It’s better than Baby Shark! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/271 "2024-06-22T14:58:23Z")
I do kinda like it, myself. It was just unexpected. ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/272 "2024-06-22T17:22:27Z")
I tried to log in to facebook. It said my account was suspended and had me film my face front and sides. Then it said updating. After an hour it was still buffering so I guess I am out of facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/273 "2024-06-22T18:49:08Z")
I’m approaching that age. I think that I read that you can retire for partial SS at 62. I can’t be sure that America will last until I’m old enough for full benefits. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/274 "2024-06-22T19:46:08Z")
So I’m listening to MSNBC on Sirius XM, and here comes the voice of… Sean Hannity! WTF?! Oh, it’s a commercial. He’s doing voice-over for a Kars For Kids commercial. Well, Fuck You, Kars For Kids. I’ll sink my car in a pond before I’ll donate it to 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:** [June 22, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/275 "2024-06-22T19:59:12Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I tried to log in to facebook. It said my account was suspended and had me film my face front and sides. Official Support Response: > We’re sorry, but some people just don’t have the face for FaceBook. But our sister site, ButtBook, should be available. Just take some pics of… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/276 "2024-06-22T20:14:07Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I get my SS deposit the second week of each month - AFAICT it depends on your birth date, if it’s during the first week of your birth month, you get your checks during the first week, if it’s during the second week you get your checks during the second week, but the exact dates have never been consistent. > > My last few deposit dates were > June 12th > May 8th > April 10th > March 13th > > That’s how it’s alway been, it’s not consistent. Seems like a strange system. I can understand birthdays being a factor in order to even the load, but that’s not the case here. My Canada Pension and social security payments by direct deposit are regular as clockwork; I believe the rule for each monthly payment is two business days before the end of the previous month. Unfortunately different government departments don’t share information so my income tax refunds and other benefits arrive as cheques in the mail. There is apparently some way in the online tax account to request direct deposit which I’ve been meaning to look into. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/277 "2024-06-22T20:23:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So I’m listening to MSNBC on Sirius XM, and here comes the voice of… Sean Hannity! > WTF?! > Oh, it’s a commercial. He’s doing voice-over for a Kars For Kids commercial. > Well, Fuck You, Kars For Kids. I’ll sink my car in a pond before I’ll donate it to you. WTF is “Kars for Kids”? If you’re a Kid, why would you need a Kar? But I do think there should be a charity called “Guy’d 4 Kidz on how 2 Spel Gud”. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/278 "2024-06-22T20:38:07Z")
I believe you are Canadian? Kars For Kids is an american charity of some sort that accepts your old car, and profits somehow, for the supposed benefit of kids. They are known for their silly radio jingle, but now for having Hannity as a spokesperson. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/279 "2024-06-22T20:46:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jIhL0bqTGx8/maxresdefault.jpg "Kars4Kids | "1-877-Kars-For-Kids" Radio Commercial Jingle (Instrumental w/. Vocals)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIhL0bqTGx8) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409/280 "2024-06-22T22:13:02Z")
wolfpup, now to get the full effect, replay that commercial about eight times an hour on a long road trip. You’ll soon understand the hatred for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-june-bugging-you-yet-june-mini-rants/1002409.md?page=15)