# Locked Down Laments (April Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757 "2020-03-31T20:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 115
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757/115 "2020-04-12T03:06:14Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I am really getting fucking tired of the phrase “In these uncertain times.” About 4.21\*10[sup]19[/sup] commercials and emails from random CEOs find it necessary to bring to my attention that these times are,apparently, uncertain. Find a damn thesaurus. Be glad you’re not getting inundated with the Chinese expression, “This special situation”. I echo and reiterate your suggestion, even for the Chinese. No! This is not a special time; it’s a damn disaster, a pandemic. Special would be graduating from university, falling in love, giving away your daughter at her wedding, or seeing your grandchild for the first time. This is not even close to any of those. Nor is this time uncertain. We know what is happening and we know who is screwing up the response to it. If anything, this is now the most certain time in the history of humanity. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757)._