# MAY we have a new Mini-Rant thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217 "2021-05-02T07:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/341 "2021-05-31T06:29:06Z")
My oldest daughter lives on the other side of the country from me. We’ve lived on opposite coasts since she was 2 and her mom and I divorced. I think she prefers me _because_ I am not around as much. (Not that I chose that situation, it’s just what happened, and she knows that when she’s older she is welcome to live with me.) Because she doesn’t see her dad as often when she spends time with me it’s an event rather than something she can take for granted. I mean, we’ve done video chats often, I talk to her on the phone, I text her, so it’s not like I’m not in her life but she only gets to actually be with me once or twice a year (for a week or so at a time). I can tell that her bond with her mom is naturally deeper if not as obvious. I suspect that will be the case with you and him. You may not see it until he’s much older but I bet there’ll be a day when it makes itself clear. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/342 "2021-05-31T12:17:25Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The poor man tried to work up the energy to fuss about _kitten_ and _$2400.00_ , but had to take a nap instead. I giggled so hard at this. Is that wrong? ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/343 "2021-05-31T12:44:40Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > About kitten, I got an email from the breeder telling me what food George is eating. Yes, I am changing his kennel name and it doesn’t matter anyway. He’s a cat. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jPdHaNr0OAY/hqdefault.jpg "Kiss him and love him and squeeze him and hug him and call him George.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY) ---
**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 31, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/344 "2021-05-31T13:17:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I can tell that her bond with her mom is naturally deeper if not as obvious. I suspect that will be the case with you and him. Our kids would cycle through which parent they preferred, and whether they were clingy or affectionate or independent. Wife and I would look at each other as one of us was having the kids jump all over them, and say in unison “It’s just a phase…” (Actually, the one that was being mobbed would have a look like “I’m not going to get ANYthing done for the next hour, am I?” and the other would cheerily say “Well, since no one’s jumping on ME, I’m going to start laundry … then make a drink and read a good book.”) “It’s just a phase…” It’s ALL just a phase… ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/345 "2021-06-01T01:29:08Z")
Heh. Thanks for the support everyone. I’m working on changing my attitude about it. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m really worried about him because this just isn’t normal. I’m sorry, that sounds really rough. Best wishes to your hubs for a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/346 "2021-06-01T05:04:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m sorry, that sounds really rough. Thank you and thanks to everyone’s good wishes. I’m pretty sure he will recover, but at our age, we are in a move it or lose it situation, so even when he is recovered from COVID, he won’t get back everything he lost by spending weeks sleeping. Another bad part is me. I am so conflicted. I am so angry at him. This was so avoidable and he’s such a smart guy. When I’m not in the same room as him, I mentally seethe and rage at him, but as soon as I look at him I melt and want to do whatever I can to make him feel better. I’m going to go visit my kitten next week. I have been told that I will be allowed to pet all of the kittens and look at the parents. I can touch them as well, but that will probably be hard to do with my hands full of fuzzy lil kittens. I am so sad that hubs can’t come. He would have so much fun, he wouldn’t stop smiling for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/347 "2021-06-01T14:26:50Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > A new inanity in restaurants is, as you are paying your bill, the server will ask, “so, do you have plans for the rest of the evening?” My answer is usually, “I don’t know. What do you have in mind?”, with a Groucho- like waggle of the eyebrows. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/348 "2021-06-01T14:35:56Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > My answer is usually, “I don’t know. What do you have in mind?” And that, kids, is why your father has to wear sunglasses and the fake beard when we go to that restaurant. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/349 "2021-06-01T17:40:20Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m going to go visit my kitten next week. I have been told that I will be allowed to pet all of the kittens and look at the parents. I can touch them as well, but that will probably be hard to do with my hands full of fuzzy lil kittens. Kittens do have a way of helping us feel better. Enjoy the little furballs. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/350 "2021-06-01T20:12:36Z")
This crawled up my leg this morning while I was taking a shower. If you’re in the southeastern U.S., you probably heard me. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51218581796_d9d66ba1bc_b.jpg "Spider") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/51218581796/) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/351 "2021-06-01T22:38:59Z")
I wondered what that unholy shrieking was about. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/352 "2021-06-01T22:45:12Z")
Now you see it was super justified! 😱 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/353 "2021-06-01T23:37:59Z")
I think I heard you all the way up here in Ohio. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/354 "2021-06-02T01:12:56Z")
We thought it was an air raid siren. Can we come up from the bomb shelter now? . Oh, crap, it’s JUNE already! Someone with a good title start a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/355 "2021-06-02T01:21:36Z")
I believe it’s possible. I kind of blacked out while making the sound. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/356 "2021-06-02T01:37:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Any western Pennsylvanian’s remember the Spaghetti & Steak House on 22 in Delmont/Murrysville? > > I haven’t eaten there in 20 years, but it was an institution. [The other day a guy committed arson,](https://www.wtae.com/article/fire-destroys-spaghetti-and-steakhouse-restaurant-in-delmont/36439538) then crossed the highway and went to sleep after breaking into a car dealership’s vehicle. > > Place went up like it was made of dryer lint. ☹ The late Kopek and I drove past it many times on our way to & from Knoebels but we never ate there. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/357 "2021-06-02T01:38:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Yinz Gotta Carpe Diem! Yay for proper grammar!! ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/358 "2021-06-02T03:12:24Z")
I had a conversation with my wife about this and she said we heard two different things. She said she heard the server say they were sold out of the prime slices of the prime rib, so they could not possibly cook whatever was left medium rare. She said what I heard was “Fuck you and anyone that wants medium rare, because we are short staffed and losing money on the special and we aren’t separating out the best slices of prime rib so we are only cooking it medium from now on.” We will probably be back for the special again this week and I’m going to ask for medium rare, and if I can’t get I’m go to ask him why not (it’s okay we actually have a good relationship with the restaurant staff.) and report back. 😀 ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/359 "2021-06-02T03:50:06Z")
Dear, sweet, Og, that thing is _ **enormous** _. How did you get it into the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217/360 "2021-06-02T04:27:45Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > that thing is _ **enormous** _ . > > How did you get it into the toilet? The last time I heard those words there were no spiders involved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217.md?page=19)