# May the rant be with you (May 2012 rant thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483 "2012-05-01T05:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/501 "2012-05-24T13:43:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Oh, bullshit, **CW**. > > You’re telling me he didn’t go to the bathroom first? 😛 You’re right. {Hangs head in shame.} ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/502 "2012-05-24T16:13:04Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > So, boss was back, all jet lagged, I’m telling the story about me watching the eclipse and that the **flatlined**?! WTF? Where are you…? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/503 "2012-05-24T16:32:42Z")
Well, **flatline** did warn us that it wasn’t good enough for a MPSIMS post… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/504 "2012-05-24T17:23:38Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > **flatlined**?! WTF? Where are you…? The Rat King ate the internet! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/505 "2012-05-24T22:14:30Z")
I wish **flatlined** wouldn’t do this to us… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/506 "2012-05-24T22:50:22Z")
Ok, no more Phentermine or anything like it. The side effects on me are unbelievably frightening. :eek::eek::eek: I never want to experience anything like that again. Doc, you’re already on thin ice with me. If don’t listen (again) and keep pushing this shit on me, I’m done with you. I will follow my own oft-repeated advice regarding professionals. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/507 "2012-05-25T00:38:58Z")
I think my a/c broke. At least, it was making a weird noise when I came home and, despite being on and the temperature inside being higher than the thermostat trigger, the fan on the condenser unit wasn’t spinning. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/508 "2012-05-25T04:12:53Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > So, boss was back, all jet lagged, I’m telling the story about me watching the eclipse and that the Ok, it is now officially not funny. Did we all just witness a heart attack? Was that her ultimate post? (I hope she’s actually running to a neighbor’s to finish her post, after a feral cat bit her Ethernet cable…) I know what’ll get her back: **Man, I just made a PB/Mayo/Bacon/Blackberry Jam sandwich. I swear, it is the _Penultimate Snack!_** …at least that’s what my Auntie Penult used to say. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/509 "2012-05-25T04:14:56Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Ok, it is now officially not funny. Did we all just witness a heart attack? Was that her ultimate post? > (I hope she’s actually running to a neighbor’s to finish her post, after a feral cat bit her Ethernet cable…) Didn’t she say something about her power going out about a week ago? Tho why that would result in a chopped off post… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/510 "2012-05-25T05:09:00Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Didn’t she say something about her power going out about a week ago? Tho why that would result in a chopped off post… 😕 Very weird. I hope she’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/511 "2012-05-25T13:22:20Z")
I’m guessing it was a penultimate joke, too. If so, she needs to GET BACK IN HERE AND TELL US! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/512 "2012-05-25T13:29:55Z")
I thought this was going to be referring to Penultimate Thule. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/513 "2012-05-25T15:29:16Z")
Fucking scumbag doucebag ticket scalpers need to be placed on a boat, drifted onto the ocean and bombed into fucking oblivion. So my favourite band, The Gaslight Anthem, is coming to Toronto. I e-mailed the venue to ask when tickets would go on sale. They told me **May 25** (today). 10 am this morning I’m at Ticketmaster but couldn’t get any. WTF? Checked the “on sale date & time” tab - THEY FUCKING WENT ON SALE MAY **24** - yesterday - and now they’re all fucking sold out. Called the other places in Toronto that sell them (would have made a road trip tomorrow) and they’re sold out too. OH BUT…LOOK…the fucking “RESELLER” sites have them for like $100 US - 4x the face value of $23 CDN. FUCKING SCUMBAGS. How are those “reseller” (read SCALPER) sites even allowed to exist? Self-serving pricks depriving actual FANS of seeing their favourite bands for the actual price of a ticket. May they all burn fiery deaths in the depths of fiery hell. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/514 "2012-05-25T15:34:53Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Very weird. I hope she’s ok. Well, her profile shows that she logged in yesterday at 12:43 am, for what that’s worth. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/515 "2012-05-25T15:38:33Z")
Apparently some people in the area near \*\*flatlined \*\*were being evacuated due to the fire, and some are being allowed home today, so maybe she’s just been out of range due to fire. Hope so. Anybody know her IRL? ETA: she hasn’t been on line since the 23rd, at the time of her last post. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/516 "2012-05-25T15:58:51Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ok, no more Phentermine or anything like it. The side effects on me are unbelievably frightening. :eek::eek::eek: I never want to experience anything like that again. > > Doc, you’re already on thin ice with me. If don’t listen (again) and keep pushing this shit on me, I’m done with you. I will follow my own oft-repeated advice regarding professionals. Well, while we’re all sitting around waiting for **flatlined** to tell us that she, Tony, and all the assorted critters are ok (please, please, I hope …) I wandered around the internet: > **[Phentermine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phentermine)** > > Phentermine, sold under the brand name Adipex-P among others, is a medication used together with diet and exercise to treat obesity. It is available by itself or as the combination phentermine/topiramate. Phentermine is taken by mouth. > Common side effects include a fast heart beat, high blood pressure, trouble sleeping, dizziness, and restlessness. Serious side effects may include abuse, but do not include pulmonary hypertension or valvular heart disease, as the latter complications were caus... "…pharmacology similar to amphetamine… Less common side effects: Hallucinations Hostility with urge to attack Severe nausea, vomiting or diarrhea Periods of mania followed by period of depression … " Well, those all sound like fun. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/517 "2012-05-25T17:37:04Z")
Oh god oh god oh god. The goddamned fucking IRS just spent me a letter demanding over $3,100. :eek: I just mailed them checks for over 5k last month. Assholes. Go after Mitt Romney and leave me the fucking hell alone. What kind of lousy kleptocracy is America where the fucking Republican nominee for president earns so much more than I do yet pays a lower tax rate? ---
**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:** [May 25, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/518 "2012-05-25T17:41:11Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Fucking scumbag doucebag ticket scalpers need to be placed on a boat, drifted onto the ocean and bombed into fucking oblivion. > > So my favourite band, The Gaslight Anthem, is coming to Toronto. I e-mailed the venue to ask when tickets would go on sale. They told me **May 25** (today). 10 am this morning I’m at Ticketmaster but couldn’t get any. WTF? Checked the “on sale date & time” tab - THEY FUCKING WENT ON SALE MAY **24** - yesterday - and now they’re all fucking sold out. Called the other places in Toronto that sell them (would have made a road trip tomorrow) and they’re sold out too. > > OH BUT…LOOK…the fucking “RESELLER” sites have them for like $100 US - 4x the face value of $23 CDN. > > FUCKING SCUMBAGS. How are those “reseller” (read SCALPER) sites even allowed to exist? Self-serving pricks depriving actual FANS of seeing their favourite bands for the actual price of a ticket. May they all burn fiery deaths in the depths of fiery hell. When is the concert? Is there a chance you could win a pair of tix from a radio station? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/519 "2012-05-25T19:21:30Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > The goddamned fucking IRS just spent me a letter demanding over $3,100. :eek: I just mailed them checks for over 5k last month. Assholes. Go after Mitt Romney and leave me the fucking hell alone. What kind of lousy kleptocracy is America where the fucking Republican nominee for president earns so much more than I do yet pays a lower tax rate? The kind of kleptocracy where rich people in the legislature write (or at least approve) the tax code? The kind of kleptocracy where only really rich people can afford enough advertising to get elelcted? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/520 "2012-05-25T19:36:44Z")
Why is it so hard to get my hands on decent cassette tapes? I only want a couple because my car plays them but anything good I can only get through Ebay or Amazon, and I can’t record them because my stereo doesn’t have a tape deck. Thrift stores haven’t turned up much but i’ll keep looking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=27)