# It's a new year - time for fresh new mini-rants! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629 "2010-01-04T16:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/801 "2010-04-07T18:31:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I like watching videos of cats doing funny things, I freely admit it - but now ICanHasCheezburger has started playing ads after you’ve finished watching the video, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to turn them off (I can reduce the volume, but I don’t want to fuss with volume up, volume down, etc.). I think FailBlog is doing this, too. It’s really friggin’ annoying - you watch a video and keep scrolling, and somebody starts talking about laundry detergent until you go to the next page. When the actual video is done just click pause and continue your scrolling. Presto, no more silly ads. PS, ditto on the rant. Annoying ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/802 "2010-04-07T18:32:25Z")
HEY COCKFACE AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOUR FUCKING CAR ALARM GOING OFF REPEATEDLY OVER A TWENTY TO THIRTY MINUTE SPAN AROUND 6 A.M. ON THE ONE DAY I GET TO SLEEP IN AFTER GETTING STUCK AT WORK FOR TWELVE HOURS YESTERDAY OH WAIT NO I FUCKING HATE THAT JESUS CHRIST IF I DIDN’T THINK THERE MIGHT BE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT COULD PIN ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN KETCHUP ALL OVER YOUR WINDOWS NEWSFLASH: NO ONE WANTS TO STEAL YOUR SHITTY CAR AND CLEARLY YOU DON’T CARE EITHER SINCE YOU DIDN’T COME RUNNING WHILE IT WAS BEEPING AND FLASHING SO UNINSTALL THAT FUCKING SHIT GOD DAMN Guh. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/803 "2010-04-07T18:49:14Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Dear **niblet** ’s stupid co-worker: > > Take a shower. You are making the rest of us cute and clean obese people look bad. > > I’ve got extra soap and deoderant if you need it. > > –MH I know, right? I’m obese myself (and depressed, thank you)!! On the other hand, unlike **Projammer’s** co-worker, I am very openly having ho-ho’s for lunch. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/804 "2010-04-07T20:10:49Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > When the actual video is done just click pause and continue your scrolling. Presto, no more silly ads. > > PS, ditto on the rant. Annoying ☹ Okay, I’m trying it…well, your simple and obvious solution has worked. I had a feeling there was something I was overlooking here. 🙂 **Shot From Guns** , how did you get all caps? When I try to post like that, it gets turned into not all caps. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/805 "2010-04-07T20:18:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > **Shot From Guns** , how did you get all caps? When I try to post like that, it gets turned into not all caps. WAG. You notice that the last ‘Guh’ wasn’t in all caps? That’s enough to make the cap nazi happy. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/806 "2010-04-07T20:23:04Z")
**Projammer** ’s got it. I included one single word at the end that wasn’t all-capped. If you like, you can even put the word in a color that blends in to the background of you post and \*really \*throw people off. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/807 "2010-04-07T20:27:34Z")
Wait. We have a cap nazi? Nobody tells me anything. ::snorfs another ho-ho: ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/808 "2010-04-07T20:39:42Z")
Yes, it’s physically impossible to make a post that’s all capital letters. Try it and go to the preview page–you’ll see that everything’s been lowercased except for the initial letter of each sentence. However, AFAIK, even a single lowercase letter is enough to get the bot to leave the post alone. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/809 "2010-04-07T21:03:58Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yes, it’s physically impossible to make a post that’s all capital letters. Try it and go to the preview page–you’ll see that everything’s been lowercased except for the initial letter of each sentence. However, AFAIK, even a single lowercase letter is enough to get the bot to leave the post alone. then why doesn’t it capitalize the beginnings of my sentences so I can continue to be lazy about the shift key, without having people get snarky about my non-adherence to proper cap policy? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/810 "2010-04-07T21:13:55Z")
I was actually wondering the same thing when I wrote my post. The conclusion I came to is that while TYPING IN ALL CAPS CAN BE READ A LOT LIKE SHOUTING AND BE SIMILARLY GRATING, typing in all lowercase letters nearly as hard on the eyes or “rude.” ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/811 "2010-04-07T21:17:42Z")
Why are you yelling at me?☹🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/812 "2010-04-07T21:22:07Z")
BECAUSE CAPSLOCK IS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME. Natch’. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/813 "2010-04-07T22:15:58Z")
Not really a rant, since it doesn’t matter much to me that Ohio State all-world basketball player Evan Turner is doing the expected and jumping to the NBA after his junior season. It would be nice though if just once these guys would come out and say college was nice, but it’s time for the big payday - instead of euphemistic garbage. _"“February hit and I kind of started thinking a little bit about it,” (Turner) said. “I was in a win-win situation. I felt like if I would have come back we could have done big things, and also moving on and going to the NBA I could do good things. I had to look at what was going to make me [del]money[/del] happy.”_ He could be guaranteed $9 million over two years as the top draft pick. That there’s a lot of happiness. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/814 "2010-04-07T22:26:19Z")
How do you get through ten years of schooling and not realize there is no such word as funnest? Has anyone ever said this word to you? Have you ever seen it in print? For that matter how do you hear text messaging as tax massaging? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/815 "2010-04-07T23:01:16Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > For that matter how do you hear text messaging as tax massaging? Sounds like a conjunction of typoes and a spell checker left to its own devices. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/816 "2010-04-07T23:08:15Z")
CAPS LOCK IS THE FUNNEST EVAR! Seriously! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/817 "2010-04-08T13:34:03Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I know, right? I’m obese myself (and depressed, thank you)!! > > On the other hand, unlike **Projammer’s** co-worker, I am very openly having ho-ho’s for lunch. 🙂 i miss ho-ho’s! I’m not allowed to have wheat or flour anymore - so those are just fond memories. Thank Og for chocolate! Speaking of chocolate: Random Unknown Co-Worker: Yes, I keep candy dishes on my desk and yes you may have some. However, I don’t expect to be supplementing your daily lunches or evening munchies - and it really is kind of rude when you come over and take 5 or 6 candies “for later.” Especially since you are one of the people who never thinks to offer a few bucks to the candy fund. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/818 "2010-04-08T17:28:29Z")
> [@shot from guns](#): > > yes, it’s physically impossible to make a post that’s all capital letters. РΙЅΗ-ΤΟЅΗ. Ι ΤΗΙΝΚ \*Ι \*САΝ ΜАΚΕ ΟΝΕ. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/819 "2010-04-08T19:11:11Z")
> [@zut](#): > > РΙЅΗ-ΤΟЅΗ. Ι ΤΗΙΝΚ \*Ι \*САΝ ΜАΚΕ ΟΝΕ. _!!!_ ---
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629/820 "2010-04-08T23:32:02Z")
We desperately needed moisture here, but it’s frickin’ April 8th - do you suppose we could have it in the form of rain, not snow, Weather Gods? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-year-time-for-fresh-new-mini-rants/523629.md?page=42)