# July like a rug! This month's mini rants. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251 "2017-07-01T04:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/181 "2017-07-22T12:28:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > How did you get the Nature’s Miracle into your bladder?! I didn’t! You don’t have spray bottles on your planet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/182 "2017-07-22T13:58:34Z")
That moment when you discover that one of your friends believes that perpetual motion machines are being suppressed by Big Oil and car manufacturers. Sigh. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/183 "2017-07-22T16:25:19Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > We are putting together a plan of attack this weekend, mostly focused on keeping both cats to a strict behavioral schedule filled with positive interaction. I know the cats are not responding well to my stress and upset, and I know my pissy cat does not understand why I’m upset which just makes it worse. He needs to start feeling more positive vibes in and around the places he’s pissing. We started both cats on transdermal Zoloft but it’s going to take a few weeks to see any effect. I’m just not doing the grandest at coping with the stress right now. It makes me worry I’m going to be a shitty mother. That’s pretty much what this all circles back to. > > ''I can’t even help my cats, how am I going to successfully take care of kids?" Ever used feliway or one of the other cat hormone sprays? When ever my roomie has a rescue she is trying to integrate we start with the feliway and it seems to calm things down. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/184 "2017-07-22T18:14:31Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > All too true. > > As an apparently single man, I have been asked to remove myself from a public playground. A man sitting on a bench reading a book \*must \*be eyeing the little girls with bad intent. In fact, I was there with my 3.5-year-old daughter, who was happily playing with some of her friends, but since I was in a public place I didn’t feel obligated to justify myself to the smarmy moms who asked me to leave. I just said I’m happy where I am, thanks for asking, and went back to reading my book. I’m lucky they didn’t call the cops. :mad: One of my best friends was the full-time caretaker of his two young children for years. I don’t think he ever got any shit on the playground, but that might be because they were obviously his kids. This stuff pisses me off soooooo much, not the least because _most child molesting is not perpetrated by strangers_. It’s not only unfair, it’s irrational. I hope people realize their kids are better off with my husband (a child pyschologist) than me (a woman to whom children are a profound mystery.) [QUOTE=aruvqan] Ever used feliway or one of the other cat hormone sprays? When ever my roomie has a rescue she is trying to integrate we start with the feliway and it seems to calm things down. [/QUOTE] I’ve tried the plug-ins, not the spray. I will try the spray. Does Nature’s Miracle repel cats somehow? Or is it just that it neutralized the tom-cat smell? I have like a gallon of the stuff at home. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/185 "2017-07-22T19:41:54Z")
It neutralizes the smell. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/186 "2017-07-22T19:53:32Z")
A cat we had who sprayed was controlled on diazepam, 1/4 of a 2 mg tablet twice a day. Miss a single dose, and she’d pee inappropriately. Luckily, the medication was very cheap, and the cat took pills beautifully. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/187 "2017-07-22T21:52:24Z")
Well lucky me! I have an even worse cat problem now. [God damn it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20363971#post20363971) ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/188 "2017-07-22T23:35:14Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > All too true. > > As an apparently single man, I have been asked to remove myself from a public playground. A man sitting on a bench reading a book \*must \*be eyeing the little girls with bad intent. Perhaps they just wanted you to blow your nose? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/189 "2017-07-23T14:55:07Z")
Dear Apple: Regarding the little pop-up nastygrams you send me because my backup device hasn’t been plugged in for X days, or because I committed the sin of pulling out a USB cord without “properly” disconnecting the device: Bite me. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/190 "2017-07-23T15:24:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > because I committed the sin of pulling out a USB cord without “properly” disconnecting the device: Doing this faces the risk of losing data saved to the device. Apple isn’t nagging about this for no reason. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/191 "2017-07-23T17:01:45Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Doing this faces the risk of losing data saved to the device. Apple isn’t nagging about this for no reason. Except that has never happened to me. Nor does “properly disconnecting” prevent me from getting the messages. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/192 "2017-07-23T17:16:35Z")
The message that gripes me is when Internet Explorer stops working and offers to search for a solution on the web. Has that EVER found a solution??? Just go ahead and shut the program down. That’s what you’re going to do in 10 seconds anyway. ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/193 "2017-07-23T21:37:57Z")
Is there any place where people shut the fuck up or tone it down? Museum? Noisy y people. Library? Noisy people. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/194 "2017-07-23T23:12:48Z")
> [@stolatt](#): > > Is there any place where people shut the fuck up or tone it down? Museum? Noisy y people. Library? Noisy people. Morgue? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/195 "2017-07-23T23:20:56Z")
Hmm, I may start taking my morning coffee and sketchbook (and polar fleece) to the local morgue… Because every greasy spoon and coffee joint seems to have an Unnecessarily Loud Talker. I had to bite my tongue just this morning to keep from asking an old lady “Is your husband going deaf? Because you’re obviously used to having to yell to be heard at home. But the good news is, he’s not here, so you can just talk normally.” So if you see me reading with my noise-cancelling earbuds in, I’m not listening to music, I’m just trying not to listen to you. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/196 "2017-07-24T00:27:00Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Hmm, I may start taking my morning coffee and sketchbook (and polar fleece) to the local morgue… > > Because every greasy spoon and coffee joint seems to have an Unnecessarily Loud Talker. I had to bite my tongue just this morning to keep from asking an old lady “Is your husband going deaf? Because you’re obviously used to having to yell to be heard at home. But the good news is, he’s not here, so you can just talk normally.” > > So if you see me reading with my noise-cancelling earbuds in, I’m not listening to music, I’m just trying not to listen to you. I hear in many foreign countries Americans are stereotyped as loud and obnoxious. As a lifelong American, this is my perception as well. For fuck’s sake, how hard is it to hold the silence for just a little bit? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/197 "2017-07-24T03:20:01Z")
… … … (silence) … … … … (in solidarity with S. Weasel) … … ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/198 "2017-07-24T03:32:31Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I hear in many foreign countries Americans are stereotyped as loud and obnoxious. > > As a lifelong American, this is my perception as well. For fuck’s sake, how hard is it to hold the silence for just a little bit? Back in 1986 I went to England. Flew into Manchester, got on a bus for London. American girl (I won’t call her a woman) very loudly complaining about “people who come to this country”. :rolleyes: At some point I got tired of it and said “You know you’re in England now, not in America, right?” I make it a point to speak softly and be mostly quiet when I am overseas. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/199 "2017-07-24T04:12:24Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I hear in many foreign countries Americans are stereotyped as loud and obnoxious. > > As a lifelong American, this is my perception as well. For fuck’s sake, how hard is it to hold the silence for just a little bit? Maybe they’re like my (definitely not American) mother, unable to stay in silence and lately getting hard of hearing. She’s also that person who would have had to invent the middle if it didn’t exist, just so she could stop there. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/200 "2017-07-24T10:32:38Z")
When I was in my twenties I spent a month in France. I’d heard Americans were considered rude by the French and were sometimes treated badly. I’m fairly quiet and I was polite back then 😉 and only experienced one problem with a ticket agent who made fun of my accent. And him, I think he might’ve been awkwardly flirting. Anyway, I didn’t understand where the rude French business came from. I was treated very well. When I was at the airport waiting to board my flight home, I could not believe my eyes when I saw (and heard) a gen-u-wine Texan with a beige leisure suit, cowboy boots, cowboy hat and LOUD BOOMING VOICE. My God. All of a sudden I understood the reputation Americans have and why others don’t like us. I was so embarrassed. I don’t mind people talking, but geez, keep it down. I have no interest in others’ conversations. I only speak loud enough for the person I’m with to hear me. I’m not a loud person by any stretch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251.md?page=11)