# Mini-rant thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000 "2016-12-31T22:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/1 "2016-12-31T22:13:34Z")
I looked from 2 months back. And either you peeps aren’t bitching enough or I’m, blind as a bat. (if so then mods do what you want) The rain has stopped where I live and it wasn’t supposed to. The rain has stopped and I am perturbed. I wanted more rain. This blows. One of my favorite things in this goddamned life is rain on the weekends. It gives you permission to just stay inside in your jim-jams\* and cuddle up with your family or drink hot chocolate or pet your cat/dog or read a book or watch stuff off your DVR or play with legos or play your vidja games all day. I blame the Universe. You suck. \*That is a Doctor Who reference for all you people-who-don’t-already-call-your-pajamas-jim-jams. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/2 "2016-12-31T22:18:31Z")
You’re blind as a bat. 😃 [Last month’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812511). [November’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809282). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/3 "2017-01-01T05:57:24Z")
So now we’re stuck with this lame-ass thread title for an entire month? ---
**Author:** ![DoggyDunnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DoggyDunnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoggyDunnit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/4 "2017-01-01T06:11:42Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > So now we’re stuck with this lame-ass thread title for an entire month? Hopefully not! ☹ I vote for “Cursing the Dawn of the Year of the Cock!” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/5 "2017-01-01T10:17:54Z")
Well, the _actual_ year of the (burning) cock does not start for another four weeks. Meanwhile, halfway there is another Friday the 13th, which could have been bad but for the fact that it is _the day after_ the full moon. Or maybe that would have been good. Friday the 13th is a day. Yawn. What is wrong with people? ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/6 "2017-01-01T17:08:49Z")
The thread title is an absolute atrocity. Empires have fallen over less. Serves me right for not starting “Jingling January Jimmy-Rants” 12 seconds after midnight last night. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/7 "2017-01-01T20:40:57Z")
Here I am, in PA. The sun is coming in through the windows strongly enough that my heat shut off a while back as the inside temperature climbed towards 80F (it made it to 76F). Most annoyingly, it’s coming in at an angle that means I can’t see my screen well enough to play Skyrim. Pfui. Someday, there’ll be curtains. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/8 "2017-01-01T20:42:25Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > The thread title is an absolute atrocity. Empires have fallen over less. Serves me right for not starting “Jingling January Jimmy-Rants” 12 seconds after midnight last night. Wouldn’t have done you any good. **Drunky Smurf** started well before midnight (at least in the States). ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/9 "2017-01-01T20:59:38Z")
We 'll have to bribe a mod, I guess. I have a bag of leftover mini candy canes I could toss into the pot. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/10 "2017-01-01T21:26:36Z")
I like the minimalist title. Or I would if it hadn’t been started by a little blue guy with a substance abuse problem… ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/11 "2017-01-01T21:50:46Z")
I was going to complain about a minor but slightly amusing mishap, but then I saw the thread’s title. Now I’m not going to dignify this abomination of a mini-rant thread with my whining. _Good day._ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/12 "2017-01-01T23:44:18Z")
Three deaths in 24 hours. Jesus fucking Christ. One person died in church. Knew her all my life. Heart attack. Bam. Another dear woman who I adored, very elderly, went in her sleep. My mom’s uncle, too, today. He managed to make it to 104, poor guy. She was very close to him, so she’s shattered. Last night I was all “woe is me” about my life. And today… fuck. I just don’t know. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/13 "2017-01-02T01:19:45Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I was going to complain about a minor but slightly amusing mishap, but then I saw the thread’s title. > > Now I’m not going to dignify this abomination of a mini-rant thread with my whining. _Good day._ Oh, c’mon, if ever we needed “slightly amusing”… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/14 "2017-01-02T13:31:30Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > You’re blind as a bat. 😃 > > [Last month’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812511). > > [November’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809282). Apparently so. Well at least I still have pants on. So I’ve got that going for me. Which is nice. For others. > [@panache45](#): > > So now we’re stuck with this lame-ass thread title for an entire month? Yeah, sorry aboot that. > [@Waxwinged](#): > > The thread title is an absolute atrocity. Empires have fallen over less. Serves me right for not starting “Jingling January Jimmy-Rants” 12 seconds after midnight last night. You should have. It would have been great! > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > We 'll have to bribe a mod, I guess. I have a bag of leftover mini candy canes I could toss into the pot. I’ve heard that Idle likes mint-cherry-cherry-mints. > [@digs](#): > > I like the minimalist title. > > Or I would if it hadn’t been started by a little blue guy with a substance abuse problem… Juxtaposition Sir. A beloved childrens show with ? > [@Sefton](#): > > I was going to complain about a minor but slightly amusing mishap, but then I saw the thread’s title. > > Now I’m not going to dignify this abomination of a mini-rant thread with my whining. _Good day._ And a Dood Day to you Sir. [**[Fez]** I said Dood Day! **[/Fez]**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuNvxH5kSKU) > [@MissTake](#): > > Three deaths in 24 hours. Jesus fucking Christ. > One person died in church. Knew her all my life. Heart attack. Bam. > Another dear woman who I adored, very elderly, went in her sleep. > My mom’s uncle, too, today. He managed to make it to 104, poor guy. She was very close to him, so she’s shattered. > Last night I was all “woe is me” about my life. And today… fuck. I just don’t know. Life, as glorious and amazing as it is, is still a dickhead. I am sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/15 "2017-01-02T17:17:15Z")
Why is it so difficult to copy somebody’s name exactly as they spell it in their signature? Email signature, no handwriting issues. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/16 "2017-01-02T18:09:46Z")
Good news: I’ve already lost 8 pounds. Bad news: it’s because I was sick from the day after Christmas until January 1 (horrible wracking cough followed by a head cold). In fact, I’m still not past it completely, but at least have an appetite again. But now the wife has a less severe version of the same thing. The worst part was having to cancel our annual NYD biscuits and gravy breakfast. A crappy end to a crappy year, and not a great start for the new one. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/17 "2017-01-02T20:20:01Z")
Had to work today. Not a single other person I know (other than my co-workers, of course) had to go in. And I’ve got a cold, which is worsening by the hour. The cold medicine helps, but I know the second it wears off. I can’t wait to go home and go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/18 "2017-01-02T22:11:38Z")
I lost my iPhone in a taxi overseas a few days ago and just had to pay full retail for a replacement, since it had been upgraded only 6 months ago and I didn’t have insurance. That was a big, unexpected expense to start off the year. Ouch. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/19 "2017-01-02T23:07:55Z")
Someone creative please, please start a new thread. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000/20 "2017-01-03T13:51:21Z")
We had new garage doors installed. It took me an hour to peel off and goo-gone the flourecent orange 8x10 “do not crush kids” stickers from the inside of the new doors. So, the installer stopped to make sure we were happy with the job (and to collect his final third payment). While here, he re-applied the flourecent orange 8x10 “do not crush kids” stickers. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-thread/776000.md?page=2)