# 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:** 5
**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 7, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/81 "2017-07-07T15:56:26Z")
Sorry, I still don’t get it. What exactly is he doing that keeps you from being at your computer? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/82 "2017-07-07T16:05:16Z")
Are you stupid? I’m working at my computer and I have someone (a cat) sitting just at the edge of my peripheral vision staring at me. That bothers and distracts me. What part of that is difficult for you to understand? If I had a co-worker continually going that, I’d be in their face about it. ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/83 "2017-07-07T16:08:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Are you stupid? I’m working at my computer and I have someone (a cat) sitting just at the edge of my peripheral vision staring at me. Have you looked in a mirror to see if there’s a sardine in your hair? (more common than you’d think) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/84 "2017-07-07T16:10:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Have you looked in a mirror to see if there’s a sardine in your hair? (more common than you’d think) Nah, just a red herring. ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/85 "2017-07-07T18:24:43Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Are you stupid? I’m working at my computer and I have someone (a cat) sitting just at the edge of my peripheral vision staring at me. That bothers and distracts me. What part of that is difficult for you to understand? If I had a co-worker continually going that, I’d be in their face about it. II don’t think I’m stupid. Thanks for asking. ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/86 "2017-07-07T20:00:33Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > II don’t think I’m stupid. Thanks for asking. I don’t, either. **Chimera** , the change in behavior plus the howling make me wonder if he might be sick/have a physical problem. It sounds like he’s trying to get your attention with the staring. He certainly knows it gets a reaction. My big orange asshole (Harley) is a mama’s boy and spends half his waking time staring at me. Thank goodness it doesn’t bother me. 😃 **Runestar** , I’m so sorry about **Sydney**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/87 "2017-07-07T20:06:03Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I don’t, either. **Chimera** , the change in behavior plus the howling make me wonder if he might be sick/have a physical problem. He’s bored, and he wants to go out in the hall of my apartment building and wander around (with me, always) more than just the once a day. Many times he’ll come over, sit a lot closer, and then run straight to the door and meow and paw at it when I stand up. But he doesn’t get to do that everytime he hears the bird 5 doors down screeching, or the kids across the hall playing. ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/88 "2017-07-07T20:57:43Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > He’s bored, and he wants to go out in the hall of my apartment building and wander around (with me, always) more than just the once a day. Many times he’ll come over, sit a lot closer, and then run straight to the door and meow and paw at it when I stand up. But he doesn’t get to do that everytime he hears the bird 5 doors down screeching, or the kids across the hall playing. LOL! I just saw this meme on FB so I grabbed it: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/f0AtEoM.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/MmtAZ) Harley gets bored and whiny, but I cure it by running his butt off with the laser toy. Then he’s out for a couple hours. Hope Theodore settles down. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/89 "2017-07-07T20:58:41Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I’ll stop by for a weak margarita! > > Or a tequila/rum margarita… mmmm… heck, I’d enjoy a tequila/whisky margarita if it came to that. Just be careful what you try to make a margarita with. One time my wife and I went to the local Greek restaurant for dinner, and their drink special that night was a Greek margarita, made with ouzo. I tried one out of curiosity, but only managed a few sips. It tasted like NyQuil + ass. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/90 "2017-07-07T21:27:43Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > LOL! I just saw this meme on FB so I grabbed it: > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/a/MmtAZ) Yup, Theo and Maggie (my other cat, who is older, fatter and doesn’t like Theo) have everything in that picture and more. And a third floor south facing exterior deck with my houseplants, summer flowers and rabbit fencing to keep them from falling off. Can’t wait for the first tree frog of the season. They climb up our building and I guess they aim for my deck because of the plants. Last season I only took two of them away from the cats (and released in the park next door), but the year before it was seven. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/91 "2017-07-07T21:34:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > made with ouzo. I tried one out of curiosity, but only managed a few sips. It tasted like NyQuil + ass. That’s a pretty fair description of Ouzo. And Jagermeister. And Sambuca. And, well, anything that tastes like licorice. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/92 "2017-07-08T02:42:45Z")
The Origin update shit the bed two weeks ago, two days after I paid good money for the Parenthood expansion pack for Sims 4. Here are a few of the things Origin and EA Help Desk had me do: Deleting Sims 4 files. I have an un-deletable SelfUpdate file. 9.0/9.5 error Manually Delete Sims 4 files. Still un-deletable. 9.0/9.5 error. Uninstalling Origin-- Yeah, that was a big mistake. Now I can’t play any Origin games. Turning off Malwarebytes. 9.0/9.5 error Trying to install Origin in a new folder-- error Run as admin-- Nope, would not run at all. But it did let me run in sandbox-- error. Run in sandbox-- Same 9.0 or 9.5 error. EA now has this as SOLVED! with this as the solution: > [@](#): > > OK @MSgt\_Butters > > Make sure Time/Date is correctly set in your machine. > > Reset your modem/router > > Reset your Internet Explorer settings: [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737)? > > Clear DNS cache [https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-flush-dns-cache-for-windows/](https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-flush-dns-cache-for-windows/) > > Clear hosts file [How to reset the Hosts file back to the default - Microsoft Support](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034) > > Restart your machine What the fucking fuck, EA and Origin? Do I look like I know what the fuck this shit is? Do I _look_ like a programmer, IT person or whatever job description it is that knows what in the fancy French fried fuck a DNS cache is and what I need to do to clear it? Do I know where in the cobwebbed covered asshole of my computer the microsoft kb 970goddamnedindivisiblebythree file is? I have paid you a lot of money I could have spent on hookers and blow. A LOT of motherfucking money! I am a 53 year old housewife, not a help desk monkey. It has been 2 weeks. Fix this shit! ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/93 "2017-07-08T02:57:01Z")
Nice to see that at least one Doper still knows how to write a proper rant. Good job, **Biggirl**! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/94 "2017-07-08T05:50:32Z")
I have probably bitched about this before, but what the fuck is up with chatty cashiers? I was at Trader Joes. And I like Trader Joes. But money is tight and I get tense when buying groceries. And I get up to cashier, and he’s ‘How you folks doing’, which is OK. But ‘Fine’ should be the end of it. "You all staying cool in the heat? Did you have a nice 4th of July. What you are doing this weekend?’ What am I doing this weekend? _It’s none of your fucking business what I am doing this weekend._ What? I am supposed to tell you my plans? Fuck you, just do your fucking job! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/95 "2017-07-08T07:17:48Z")
A plaintive cry for contact from the depths of human isolation. Which you curtly refused. ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/96 "2017-07-08T07:20:57Z")
> [@Runestar](#): > > Found out a couple of days ago that Sydney, our sweet tortoiseshell cat, and my wife’s favorite of our three cats, has cancer. > > It’s all over her spleen and the tissues of her intestine, according to the vet who did the ultrasound. All we can do is give her medication to help with any pain and keep her appetite up, while we wait for the end. > > I know it’s been said before, but fuck cancer. Don’t give up hope. Paris, my solid black 16yo cat, has had cancer in multiple organs since October. I have to give him 3 pills a day, and once a month I have to take him to chemo, which he doesn’t mind at all. He’s still active, affectionate and playful, and still has a great appetite. His oncologist had originally said she could keep him alive for a few months, but it looks like he’ll live forever. He really has no idea he’s sick. So ask your vet if she can connect you to a feline oncologist. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/97 "2017-07-09T00:21:23Z")
Fuckfuckityfuckfuck! Another fucking parking lot accident. This time on my less-than-6-month-old Mazda. FUCK! ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/98 "2017-07-09T00:38:26Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have probably bitched about this before, but what the fuck is up with chatty cashiers? > > I was at Trader Joes… I swear it’s part of their training. Our local family-run-for-ninety-years general store closed… but a Trader Joe’s opened there. So I’m there at least once a day (seriously, the wife’ll send me down the block for the pettiest ingredient), and I’ve gotten to know the cashiers by name. But even then, when they say “So, looks like you’re grilling out!” I’ll say “Good guess, _IF_ it was _ANY_ of your business…” I arch an eyebrow, they laugh, and I get the same chattiness next time. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/99 "2017-07-09T05:05:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Theodore (my cat) has taken to sitting just at the edge of my peripheral and staring at me. When I get up to give him attention or see what he wants, he just runs off. > > So I’ve taken to squirting him with water every time he does it. > > ☹ It’s not only cats. My damned dog does that, too. She’ll sit right at my elbow and stare at me, and as a bonus, breathes on me from inches away. Damn this humidity in Arizona! It’s been hot as hell for the past month and we’re in the middle of monsoon season. The air is getting soupy, but no rain has fallen, and it’s still getting up to 108°. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251/100 "2017-07-09T05:07:00Z")
Well, the apartment on the corner, their door 12’ from my door, apparently has two parakeets now. So Theo is hearing them and wanting to visit. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251.md?page=6)