# July mini-rants. Who is this Julius Caesar guy anyway? Why does HE deserve a month? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249 "2022-07-01T13:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/121 "2022-07-20T13:47:13Z")
Be strong! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/122 "2022-07-20T14:54:16Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > This is due to laws passed a few years ago in…EU I think. [GDPR](https://www.trade.gov/european-union-data-privacy-and-protection) ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/123 "2022-07-20T15:06:28Z")
That’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/124 "2022-07-20T15:53:24Z")
I don’t mind the “please consent”, but I’m pretty sure they are breaking the law by not making it POSSIBLE to refuse. > [@Projammer](#): > > You have to go into the security/cookie settings on your browser and delete the cookies for that site so it has to ask you again. That just gets rid of tracking stuff they have already done. It doesn’t prevent the site from adding those cookies anew the next time you visit, nor from selling the information they’ve already gathered. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/125 "2022-07-20T16:03:16Z")
I misunderstood what you were saying. I believe you are correct. Or maybe their way around it is that your refusal option is to back out of the site rather than continuing on. ETA: Or they don’t create any cookies until you hit accept and you just have to put up with the nag banner. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/126 "2022-07-20T18:24:44Z")
He did say his ceiling was worse. Its been leaking for 3 weeks now, with pointy bulges in the ceiling. Apparently its from the a/c. His electronics are under it. They wont have someone over for another week. He cant move the gear to the wall thats not leaking and they wont help him for liability reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/127 "2022-07-20T18:44:02Z")
(Again, with compassion.) This is NOT YOUR PROBLEM. He could literally ask anyone else to help with this, _ **and he should** _. You are not the only human who could help, and you have enough negative history here that _ **he should not be burdening you with this knowledge.** _ It’s designed to make you feel guilty and manipulate you back into his service. It’s probably 100% true about the electronics and the risk to them, but that’s immaterial. He’s using the excuse to get 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:** [July 20, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/128 "2022-07-20T19:01:20Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > (Again, with compassion.) > > This is NOT YOUR PROBLEM. I agree. Even telling you this stuff is manipulative. Especially since he didn’t add “And this is what I’m doing about it…” Jeez, I don’t care how much history or how shackled to him you _feel,_ or how much you have to be a white knight to needy people. You need to cut things off cleanly. FOR HIS SAKE as well as yours. He needs to “man up”, and he won’t if you can be guilted back into a toxic relationship (only when _he_ needs _you,_ of course). . ps, he could have tossed a tarp over the electronics when he’s not using them. But no, he bitched to you instead… ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/129 "2022-07-20T19:43:21Z")
He said the maintenence man offered plastic, but thats the only entertainment he has, he cant see well enough to read. I told him to call his brother and friend and get them to move the stuff to the dry wall. 2 weeks ago, when I was there, it was leaking, I saw it so hes not making it up. Thank you people here for being supportive of me, and giving me good objective advice. I have done a lot for him since January, enough I think God will bless me for that. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/130 "2022-07-20T21:00:45Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I have done a lot for him since January, enough I think God will bless me for that. Yup, so you can now say you’re done. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/131 "2022-07-20T21:24:27Z")
Heck, if I hadnt taken him back in January, he wouldnt be alive. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/132 "2022-07-21T00:53:35Z")
One of my roommates, “Big Steve”, who has _already_ lost a leg due to a lifelong tobacco addiction, cut his finger while sharpening a machete. We didn’t learn about it for hours, because he didn’t tell us. And he just WILL. NOT. go to the hospital. He says he’s got plenty of bandages. And the only thing he’s worried about is possible tetanus, and he’ll check on that with his doctor on Monday. FUCKING MONDAY. It’s Wednesday. Meanwhile, Lil’ Stevie is still bitching about the shoulder that he injured when he got drunk and fell out of his chair. Between Big Steve and Lil’ Stevie, there’s not a single brain cell between the two of them. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/133 "2022-07-21T15:37:49Z")
How the hell do you lose a leg to cigarettes? What, did he burn the damn thing off? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/134 "2022-07-21T15:42:04Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I’ve noticed a new trend in websites and their “let us sell your info PLEASE CONSENT TO ALL THE COOKIES” nagging. > > Usually there’s a button of some sort where you click it and opt out. > > I’ve noticed now, at least 3 different websites, where it says “you can opt out any time”, but there is NO BUTTON TO DO SO. Only the “Accept everything” button. ARGH. I refuse to accept all cookies and if a site insists I do, I leave. I have no patience with that nonsense. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/135 "2022-07-21T15:51:35Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How the hell do you lose a leg to cigarettes? Smoking hurts circulation which can affect legs and feet particularly. > **[Smoking increases the risk of diabetic foot amputation: A meta-analysis](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774386/)** > > Accumulating evidence suggests that smoking is associated with diabetic foot amputation. However, the currently available results are inconsistent and controversial. Therefore, the present study performed a meta-analysis to systematically review the... > **[3 reasons smokers are at higher risk of amputations | Society for Vascular...](https://vascular.org/news-advocacy/articles-press-releases/3-reasons-smokers-are-higher-risk-amputations)** > > Most smokers know cigarettes can damage their lungs, but all too often, they have no idea that smoking is also bad for their blood vessels. > Here are three ways that cigarette smoke damages blood vessels: > > - Nicotine is a stimulant, which speeds up the heart by about 20 beats per minute with every cigarette. It raises blood pressure and is a vasoconstrictor, which means it makes arteries all over the body become smaller. That makes it harder for the heart to pump blood through the constricted arteries and it causes the body to release its stores of fat and cholesterol into the blood. > - Smoking accelerates the hardening and narrowing process in arteries. Stiff, narrowed arteries are common in elderly people, but for smokers that process starts earlier, effectively giving them “old” arteries. > - It increases “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) and decreases the “good” cholesterol (high-density). Smoking is **really** bad for you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/136 "2022-07-21T16:11:09Z")
Why are you still talking to this person? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/137 "2022-07-21T17:26:55Z")
Why wouldnt I? Would you like to be in a wheelchair and have your ceiling, in at least 4 places dripping down? He mentioned legal action and they came over to cover the ceiling with plastic so it would drip into one bucket instead of 4. We were together almost every day for a year. Should I hate him? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/138 "2022-07-21T17:30:59Z")
Just love yourself more. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/139 "2022-07-21T19:05:41Z")
I don’t think you should hate him, no. I do think, just from what you say, that you would be happier with more distance from him. Thought experiment: consider him separately from the disability, and separately from the living situation. Without these factors, if he didn’t need you, would you still like him and want to spend time with him? I honestly don’t know what your answer would be. Maybe he’s a good friend whose circumstances make him a jerk sometimes, and you just need firmer boundaries; maybe he’s a jerk, full stop, and you’d be better off cutting off contact. I have no way of knowing. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249/140 "2022-07-21T19:07:30Z")
Yes, just like that. AND HE STILL SMOKES. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249.md?page=8)