# March's Malevolent Maledictions (minirants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599 "2016-03-01T04:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/141 "2016-03-17T17:33:25Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > …Call here and we’ll take care of all of the medical needs of the child you had knowing you carry for a serious genetic disability and had no hope of covering youself (sic). The first time I saw this commercial (assuming it’s the same one) I had the same horrified reaction. On one hand I kinda want to know that lady’s story and be able to have sympathy, but on the other hand I kinda want to smack her for having a kid in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/142 "2016-03-17T18:11:08Z")
My cousin’s husband is constantly on Facebook, spewing out lots of stupid - he love’s meme’s especially. The other day he posted a quote by the “founder of The Weather Channel” claiming thatGlobal Warming was all a hoax. I got into it a bit w him, and asked him what he thought was the agenda for pushing GW. His response: > [@](#): > > Big governments spend big money from the U.S.to the U.N.to exert their power. The governments of the world have but only economic interest but political and power to gain from this issue. Companies only have economical. Controlling a populace is governments, of all levels, is the crown jewel.THAT’S WERE THE MONEY IS AT ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/143 "2016-03-17T18:33:27Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > My cousin’s husband is constantly on Facebook, spewing out lots of stupid - he love’s meme’s especially. The other day he posted a quote by the “founder of The Weather Channel” claiming thatGlobal Warming was all a hoax. I got into it a bit w him, and asked him what he thought was the agenda for pushing GW. Are you sure you’re not me? My cousin’s husband is an identical right-wing idiot on Facebook. And they share a freaking FB account, so I can’t unfollow or unfriend him or I stop getting updates on their kids. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/144 "2016-03-17T19:02:01Z")
> [@Aangelica](#): > > Do you know what I absolutely needed while dealing with what is most likely the Single Most Obnoxious And Ridiculous Mortgage Obtaining Process in History?\* > > For some jackhole in Dublin, Ireland to hack my PayPal account, which is linked to my checking account. That is exactly what I needed! > > Fortunately, I found this out because PayPal’s fraud prevention people were suspicious about my sudden appearance in Dublin and locked my account down - and it’s not like I’d had any activity recently. There was nothing to steal. A few years ago I had someone hack my Sainsbury’s (grocery store) account and try to order £200 worth of something to be delivered to a London address, and only found out because the website alerted me that my email address had been changed. I found this out just before I was about to go to bed, fortunately I saw the email and sorted it out in a panic before having money I didn’t really have removed from my checking account behind my back. What I SHOULD have done was capture screenshots and the delivery address and such and send them to the police or whoever, but I wasn’t thinking clearly at the time beyond ‘SHUT IT ALL DOWN CANCEL ORDER DELETE ALL GROCERY ACCOUNTS NUKE IT FROM SPACE IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE’. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/145 "2016-03-17T19:05:57Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Dear Family: I love each of you, individually and as a collective whole, more than anything else in the world. I’m really really really trying to get my shit back together, as I try to recover from a soul-crushing, paralyzing episode of depression. I’m really sorry about needing to take baby steps, needing a little solitude, periodically throughout the day. I’m trying to take care of myself so I can take care of you guys. {_{_{_{Hugs}_}_}_} ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/146 "2016-03-17T19:59:03Z")
Heh, looks like the pit thread by a certain whacko bird man has been deleted. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/147 "2016-03-17T20:05:50Z")
Just when it was getting fun. I wanted to figure out what a person from Philadelphia thought was good barbecue. Especially since he derided KC barbecue. I don’t recall ever hearing about Philadelphia barbecue. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/148 "2016-03-17T20:23:08Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Just when it was getting fun. > > I wanted to figure out what a person from Philadelphia thought was good barbecue. Especially since he derided KC barbecue. I don’t recall ever hearing about Philadelphia barbecue. > > 😃 It involves Cheez Wiz and Steak-ums. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/149 "2016-03-17T20:47:26Z")
I sent a nonfiction book proposal to an agent. To my surprise, she responded quickly and said she was interested. But that was days ago and I haven’t heard from her since. What’s the next step? Is she doing something? Should I be doing something? I have no idea. I don’t want to bother her, but if I haven’t heard something by Monday, I’ll send a friendly message. In the meantime, I’ll keep drumming my fingernails on the desk. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/150 "2016-03-17T22:19:46Z")
Got on the bus after work, went to sit down on the very front sideways facing handicapped seat. Bus driver takes off like a rocket, throwing me 5 feet to my side (backwards on the bus) ending with me down on my left knee, left hand preventing my head and shoulders from hitting the metal bottom of the upright and locked front row of regular seats. Not a word from the bus driver, just kept going. Now my back hurts like a motherfucker and my brain is a bit wobbly. I filed a complaint before we got out of downtown, now we’ll see if their never-helpful office is going to be contrite, or their usual jerks. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/151 "2016-03-17T23:41:56Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Uh, like, you don’t think there maybe _ought_ to be some downside to actually driving your car into a tree?? But she named it _ **BRAD** _!!! Minor but irritating complaint: one of the overhead lights in my office at work is failing. Since maintenance takes forever (weeks!) to take care of these things, I’ve been searching through the closets here at home for a nice lamp. I’ve found a couple that don’t look bad at all, and I’ve even found some nice bright compact fluorescents that aren’t really suitable for the house. But it apparently I managed to crush or otherwise damage all the lampshades during my last move. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/152 "2016-03-18T00:42:23Z")
Good luck **Sefton** , and feel better **Chimera**! I hope you both hear something positive, soon. Decided to enjoy a bit of spring gardening today. Ma is in the process of moving, so she sent me several potted landscape plants that she has decided not to use at the new place. We’re supposed to have a rainy weekend, so I figured I’d get those plants in the ground today, and let Mother Nature water them for the next several days. As I moved the largest sago palm around to its planned location? I learned that it was in.fested. with ants. I have 40-50 fire ant bites on my arms and legs and in my belly button and on my elbow and so forth. I’m beginning to think that me + gardening is like **flatlined** + cooking. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/153 "2016-03-18T09:01:50Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Good luck **Sefton** , and feel better **Chimera**! I hope you both hear something positive, soon. > > Decided to enjoy a bit of spring gardening today. Ma is in the process of moving, so she sent me several potted landscape plants that she has decided not to use at the new place. We’re supposed to have a rainy weekend, so I figured I’d get those plants in the ground today, and let Mother Nature water them for the next several days. As I moved the largest sago palm around to its planned location? I learned that it was in.fested. with ants. I have 40-50 fire ant bites on my arms and legs and in my belly button and on my elbow and so forth. > > I’m beginning to think that me + gardening is like **flatlined** + cooking. Fire ants should be nuked from orbit, or meet Mr. Molten Aluminum. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/154 "2016-03-18T14:02:27Z")
Found out recently that a friend of mine has gone into politics (provincial politics for her local area - I don’t know much more about it.) She’s part of a political party, some of whose views I don’t support - but that’s not really my problem, as I find I can still get along with friends who support different political parties. What has me more worried is that she’s an anti-vaxer and supports homeopathy, and has other pro-pseudo-scientific views. Argh. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/155 "2016-03-18T15:01:44Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Fire ants should be nuked from orbit, or meet Mr. Molten Aluminum. Agreed - About the only thing about my exile that I’ve enjoyed is the distinct lack of fire ants in Tennessee. My old house had brown spots on the lawn where I would pour boiling water on fire ant mounds, cackling gleefully. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/156 "2016-03-18T19:19:02Z")
Some POS just stabbed one of my husband’s colleagues. If any of you guys do the praying thing, please keep the deputy and his loved ones in your thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/157 "2016-03-19T22:27:07Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I’m beginning to think that me + gardening is like **flatlined** + cooking. Hey! I resemble that remark! Honestly, if I found fire ants in the kitchen, the resulting fire would not be accidental. Boric acid bacon fat and honey is very effective, just be careful to not use too much boric acid. (While you want them all dead RIGHT NOW, you need to use it in a small enough concentration for the workers to bring the poison to the hive. The good thing about boric acid is that it won’t hurt children or pets who eat it and won’t hurt the infested plants. If that doesn’t work, remove the afore mentioned children and pets from the area and nuke them from orbit. Its honestly the only way to be sure. > [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Some POS just stabbed one of my husband’s colleagues. If any of you guys do the praying thing, please keep the deputy and his loved ones in your thoughts. I was going to rant about spring and all of that yellow pollen in the air before I saw this. Prayers are on the way. I’m sure that the deputy is getting the best of care, but how terrifying for his family. BTDT and don’t want the t-shirt. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/158 "2016-03-19T23:25:00Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Some POS just stabbed one of my husband’s colleagues. If any of you guys do the praying thing, please keep the deputy and his loved ones in your thoughts. Oh, shit! ☹ All are in my prayers. I hope they caught the asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/159 "2016-03-20T02:20:19Z")
Okay, just to be clear? “Getting beaten in a video game by someone who is better than you at it” is not a good reason to lock yourself in the bathroom and cut yourself. Dammit, I really _like_ this game, but every time we play it together, another nice set of red lines appear on your forearm and I just feel like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599/160 "2016-03-20T02:45:30Z")
Tony talked to the deputy tonight. He’s in pretty bad shape (a lot of knife wounds to the face and neck, including an ear nearly severed, and blood loss. It sounds like his doctors are trying to avoid a blood transfusion - will recheck his hemoglobin count in the morning.) The incident happened with 4 deputies on scene, serving a court order for a psychiatric hold. The suspect was injured in the tussle, but not seriously. Ditto the other 3 officers - minor cuts and scrapes. Just a crazy situation, not malicious. Tony was all for going to camp at the hospital, or send flowers or something. I suggested, instead, that we send a pizza\* delivery for dinner on H’s first night home. With 5 children and an injured husband, Mrs. H has her hands full. \*I’m resisting the urge to go pick up from my favorite carry-out in Savannah: Vinnie Van Go-Go’s. 😉 Also? Fire ant bites hurt. Especially the ones around my waist. I’ve been wearing a muumuu around the house, but figured I’d wear real clothes to the grocery store. Ouch. The muumuu is in the wash, so the bathrobe it is! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marchs-malevolent-maledictions-minirants/747599.md?page=9)