# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/61 "2012-05-03T10:20:26Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I’m sorry to hear this, and also not sorry. Divorce is a not-fun thing to have to go thru, but I was so much happier after dumping old whatshisface. Just keep thinking about how nice it will be to not have to deal with his shit, and come back to vent when needed! Not a divorce, just a break-up. This has been a long time coming. I just don’t like feeling guilty when I’m the one in the right. ---
**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 3, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/62 "2012-05-03T12:22:29Z")
By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/63 "2012-05-03T12:24:59Z")
A pair of language mini-rants: A new favorite among right-wingers is “gin up” (a term meaning to create/increase). Columnists and editorialists (for instance at the Wall St. Journal) love to talk about how Obama and Democrats are “ginning up” new regulations or support for a project (“ginning up” has negative connotations (it just sounds sleazy) as opposed to “creating” something). It’s getting tiresome. They need to gin up a different phrase. Also there is the redundant idiocy of “going forward”. You don’t need to ask what the Romney campaign will do going forward. It’s even more stupid than “on the ground”, as in “We need to have more troops on the ground”. We should take the people who spout these phrases, and throw them under the bus to impact them on the ground until they learn to speak and write. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/64 "2012-05-03T12:45:52Z")
Going to top my one-month rant record count with this one: Fucking poison ivy!! For years, I was completely unaffected by it. Then about 5 years ago, I would just get a little annoying rash; nothing I couldn’t ignore and it went away pretty quickly. Then last week, I got hit with real goddamn poison ivy reaction. It’s just around my left ankle, and a little bit on top of my right ankle, so that’s good anyway. But dammit…it’s red, swollen, itchy, blistery. I have never conditioned myself to really watch out for the stuff, so now I guess I have to. It sucks. I went on a Roundup spree over the weekend because its all over my yard, and I guess that’ll be a weekly routine now. ---
**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 3, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/65 "2012-05-03T13:53:07Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I haven’t had a GYN exam since I had my tubal in 1988. Probably not a good idea but OTOH if it’s ain’t broke…\ On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won’t know about it until it’s probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it. ---
**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 3, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/66 "2012-05-03T14:45:50Z")
… and if it ISN’T broke, you have the peace of mind of knowing that for sure. ---
**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 3, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/67 "2012-05-03T14:47:28Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach! Hand to God; I will not WAIT until I have an upset stomach to not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/68 "2012-05-03T14:48:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won’t know about it until it’s probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it. When I was informed that the procedure is uncomfortable, I said ‘So is cervical cancer.’ Maybe I was out of line, but I think it’s a valid point. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/69 "2012-05-03T15:31:28Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I’ll try the nail polish remover, too. Pretty soon I’ll have to resort to removing some skin if I can’t find an option. Soap and scrubbing sure isn’t working. If the substance is greasy or tarry, try rubbing it with vegetable shortening or other solid fat. That should dissolve it and mix with it so it can be washed off. eta: That will work well for skin, not so well for fabrics. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/70 "2012-05-03T16:37:52Z")
Well balls. I think the dryer belt broke. It hums when I turn it on, but she no spin no more. And of course I now have a load and a half of wet to damp clothes, plus another overflowing basket waiting to be done. Sigh…off to try and find make and model # and then perhaps an online manual, and then to Lowes for parts, and then home again, when the Big Girl Words will _really_ start to fly. ---
**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 3, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/71 "2012-05-03T17:23:52Z")
Good luck. Might want to think about cutting your losses and looking on Craigslist for a secondhand dryer to replace it (if it’s more than a belt). ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/72 "2012-05-03T17:48:33Z")
Customer satisfaction polls suck rancid donkey balls! Jee-zusss, how I hate customer satisfaction polls. Is it possible to buy anything more expensive or advanced that a sixpack of beer, a loaf of bread and a liter of milk without being called up to answer a fucking five-minute customer. satisfaction. poll.? Dammit, if I’m happy with your service, you’ve got yourself a returning customer. If not, I’m voting with my wallet and you won’t see me again. But if you hire a fucking telemarketing company to call me in the evening to answer five fucking minutes of lame-ass questions (where about 50% of the answers are “none of the above”, but you don’t have a fucking “none of the above” entry on your fucking form, so you harass me another three fucking minutes to try to have me give you an answer, which I fucking won’t), you sure as hell won’t see one fucking cent of my money again. Just sayin’. ---
**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 3, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/73 "2012-05-03T18:40:09Z")
_VERY_ mini (in fact, it quite probably crosses the line into sneak-brag territory): Dear radio show hosts: Thank you ever so much for running the contest in which, by winning, I and my family were permitted to stay the night in the completely non-purchasable Dream Suite in Disneyland Park. Thank you also for your invitation to call into your show and describe the experience for the rest of your listeners. A decidedly firm UN-“thank you” for not letting me get a word in edgewise, while YOU (I’m looking at _you_, Mark Thompson) described the history of the suite, the decor, and the amenities. I guess since you’ve been there yourself, _and_ you get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to gab about nothing consequential for four hours a day, you’re more qualified than I am to actually describe the experience my family and I had. :rolleyes: To all my Doper pals: It was fabulous, magical, and brilliant in every way! _SQUEEEEE!!!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/74 "2012-05-03T19:50:09Z")
I’m still jealous! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/75 "2012-05-03T20:02:02Z")
1 month to the day since getting raped. I was really hoping things would be getting easier. Not happening. Happy fucking birthday to me ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/76 "2012-05-03T20:03:37Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Look you stupid bitch. I just got this car, I’m on my way home from the dealership, I haven’t even had a chance to call and switch the insurance yet. Stop tailgating me, back the fuck off, pay attention when lights change (hell yes, I’m stopping) and generally GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME YOU STUPID COW. > > The worst part of it? The place where she very nearly rear ended me because I dared to stop for a red light is right in front of the Civic Center / POLICE HEADQUARTERS. > > I’d…kinda like to use a different C word in describing her… Here they won’t even let you off the lot without proving you have insurance. > [@Cicero](#): > > By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach! Considering I won’t even be eating them on a non-upset stomach, I think I’m safe. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/77 "2012-05-03T20:25:59Z")
{{{ **madrabbitwoman** }}} I have been where you are now. It does get better. It won’t happen fast, but it will get better. Have you considered seeing a therapist? Sometimes it will ease the pressure to talk it out. I don’t recommend venting about it here because, while the regulars here are pretty understanding, there are some assholes on the board who will do their deal-level best to make you feel worse. If you want to vent in private, you can always send me a PM. Sardines in oil? Ew. Hork. Yuck. I don’t like any kind of little fishes, and that especially includes anchovies. I also don’t like smoked oysters - my roommate in high school could run me out of the room by opening a can of the nasty little buggers. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/78 "2012-05-03T20:32:26Z")
Mmmmm… Sardines are delicious, especially on really good bread, toasted of course. A touch of lemon juice is nice, but not required. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/79 "2012-05-03T20:37:17Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > I also don’t like smoked oysters - my roommate in high school could run me out of the room by opening a can of the nasty little buggers. Looooove these! But I’m going to go ahead and rant/pit them, because when I open the tin I inevitably spray smoky-fishy-smelling oil all over the place. So grrrrr, you delicious little devils! ---
**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 3, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/80 "2012-05-03T21:29:04Z")
Open the next can outside and/or near cats. Happy birthday, **madrabbitwoman**. _cheers_ Random strangers care, for whatever that’s worth. Oh, wait - didn’t you get a kitten? If so - your kitty wuvs you. Go give scritches and make it purr, and cry into its fur if you have to. Things really will get better for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=5)