# July mini rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887 "2016-07-01T20:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 5, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/61 "2016-07-05T12:13:09Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > It’s a rant thread and I posting about stuff that annoy me during the month of July. And who said I was unhappy? I am just posting about the things that happen through the month that irritates me. Angry + annoyed + irritable + irrational + defensive + misogynistic + self-absorbed + petty . . . = unhappy. And “throughout the month”? Jeez, it’s only the 5th. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/62 "2016-07-05T12:28:03Z")
This is so weird, I’m in a rant thread and people ranting about my ranting:smack: ---
**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 5, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/63 "2016-07-05T13:37:01Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > This is so weird, I’m in a rant thread and people ranting about my ranting:smack: And now you’re ranting about people ranting about your ranting. (I know, I’m ranting about your ranting . . . .) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/64 "2016-07-06T00:39:36Z")
I’m having a terrible summer. My dad died 3 weeks ago and I’m still so, so sad. I also have to have arthroscopic hip surgery soon (the sooner the better, really. I’m in hella pain) and I might not be able to take my full vacation because of a project at work. It ain’t semi-boneless steak, but it’s what I got. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/65 "2016-07-06T00:47:08Z")
Damn, **lorene**. That’s not mini. I wish your problems were semi-boneless steak. ((( **lorene** ))) ---
**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 6, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/66 "2016-07-06T00:48:22Z")
I’m sorry for your loss and other troubles, **lorene**. Makes my semi-boneless tears dry up a bit. Better times. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/67 "2016-07-06T00:51:09Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, **lorene**. Here’s hoping the surgery finds something easily correctable with your hip. Bum hips are no fun at all. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/68 "2016-07-06T00:58:06Z")
Thanks, guys. Ranting helps. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/69 "2016-07-06T02:41:14Z")
More of a disappointment than a rant, but I’ve just confirmed that a friend (not a close friend, but a friend) is, as she puts it, a “100% a Trump supporter. I hate Obama and I hate the Clintons”. This is a woman who works 2 or 3 jobs, including one as a waitress. And she thinks Trump will be a great president. She wanted to know how I could support Clinton and not Trump. I gave her a list of reasons why I thought Clinton was a better choice, and why I thought Trump would be a terrible choice. I think she just skipped over it. ☹ Or worse, she read it and just reflexively brought out several of the conspiracy theories in response because it was all she had. Oh, well. She’s now in the same category as the parents: Do Not Discuss Politics, They Have Drunk the Fox News Flavor Aid. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/70 "2016-07-06T04:04:15Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss, **lorene**. Losing someone you love always hurts and it seems like the sadness never goes away. It does after a while, but it takes a long time. I overruled our caterer for the party. She suggested that we serve large, grilled portabella mushrooms on gluten free sourdough buns for our vegan/vegetarian guests. I thought that was a wonderful idea and told her that we would only need 20. She suggested that I was wrong, so I agreed to 30. We were serving ribs, fried chicken and steaks and folks out here are mostly carnivores. Anyone want to guess what we ran out of first? :smack: (Thank goodness that she was smarter than me, she brought extra mushrooms just in case they were needed.) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/71 "2016-07-06T05:35:33Z")
At my workplaces, when they get pizza for everyone, there’s always a couple vegan ones for the few vegans. And yep, that stuff always disappears. Not until the very end, if I can have anything to do with it, though. I catch people I know eat cheese or meat trying to take a vegan slice, “just to try it” and I tell them not to be assholes. Hey, think about it, they CANNOT eat your cheese crap, can’t you please leave what they CAN eat alone until they’re full?? Dur, Derp! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/72 "2016-07-06T13:07:07Z")
Listen bitches, the second you cover up the article I was trying to read with a oh-so-helpful popup asking me to please subscribe to your newsletter, or give you my email address, is the absolute second I decide never, ever to give you my email ever. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/73 "2016-07-06T15:21:16Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > At my workplaces, when they get pizza for everyone, there’s always a couple vegan ones for the few vegans. And yep, that stuff always disappears. Not until the very end, if I can have anything to do with it, though. I catch people I know eat cheese or meat trying to take a vegan slice, “just to try it” and I tell them not to be assholes. Hey, think about it, they CANNOT eat your cheese crap, can’t you please leave what they CAN eat alone until they’re full?? Dur, Derp! See, this is a thing that has always confused me. There is nothing about vegan food that means the rest of us can’t or shouldn’t eat it. It’s generally healthier. If your vegan (see also kosher, halal, gluten-free, or other restricted diet foods) food is tastier than the regular stuff, why not buy more of it instead of bitching at the people who are eating tasty food they like? **flatlined** gets a pass, because she ordered as much veggie food as she thought would be wanted and now she knows to order more next time. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/74 "2016-07-06T15:26:43Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > See, this is a thing that has always confused me. There is nothing about vegan food that means the rest of us can’t or shouldn’t eat it. It’s generally healthier. If your vegan (see also kosher, halal, gluten-free, or other restricted diet foods) food is tastier than the regular stuff, why not buy more of it instead of bitching at the people who are eating tasty food they like? > > **flatlined** gets a pass, because she ordered as much veggie food as she thought would be wanted and now she knows to order more next time. Vegan food isn’t the same, really. It’s not the same as vegetarian food. I can see everyone eating vegetarian food but I am surprised that everyone would eat the vegan pizza. No cheese! ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/75 "2016-07-06T15:31:20Z")
Well, I know vegan food isn’t the same as vegetarian, but the principle still holds - if people like it, why not order more instead of treating them like idiots for eating food that they like? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/76 "2016-07-06T15:36:05Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > Well, I know vegan food isn’t the same as vegetarian, but the principle still holds - if people like it, why not order more instead of treating them like idiots for eating food that they like? Maybe. BUT, if there is a limited selection, then you should wait and let them eat first, and say, “Hey orderer of food, next time can you order more vegan pizza?” You don’t eat their food and don’t leave them any, it’s not polite. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/77 "2016-07-06T15:41:06Z")
Oh, I have another rant. Suddenly I am old enough and pathetic enough to require sandals/shoes with arch support? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/78 "2016-07-06T15:48:53Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Maybe. BUT, if there is a limited selection, then you should wait and let them eat first, and say, “Hey orderer of food, next time can you order more vegan pizza?” You don’t eat their food and don’t leave them any, it’s not polite. Absolutely true. But I’d get annoyed at the person who is persistently mis-ordering food ( **SeaDragonTattoo** said this was an ongoing problem), not at the people who are simply eating the food they like best. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/79 "2016-07-06T17:35:30Z")
I was about to fall asleep last night in bed, and I was peacefully listening to an interview show on the radio. I was dozing off when suddenly - SHRIEK! An interview guest shrieked. I was quite awake after that, but I thought that as long as the interview guest didn’t do that again, I’d be fine. Talking on the radio resumes, and then SHRIEK again. After the \*third \*SHRIEK, I changed the goddamn station. Stuff like that sure doesn’t help my two-week-long headache. I’m hoping this headache will eventually go away (and I have seen doctors about it 3 times, and they all said they couldn’t do much unless it got worse or there was evidence of it actually harming my brain.) ---
**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 6, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/80 "2016-07-06T19:42:11Z")
I really think I’m reaching some kind of critical tipping point of bullshit and feeling the need to do something extreme and radical. This morning it was just stop taking all my meds (which would be dumb) because I’m so sick to Og damn death of side effects that derail my every attempt to be productive and useful. Now I want to quit Facebook, forever. Become a marathoner. Donate thousands of dollars. I don’t fucking know. Something’s gotta give. The status quo is no longer tolerable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887.md?page=5)