# 'No' Means November Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729 "2013-10-31T07:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/361 "2013-11-15T14:38:12Z")
I’d quote all the helpful replies but I’m onnmy mobile. It was over-the-counter knock-off sinus spray. The good news is that my nose is mostly unclogged. The bad news is that it is a cold that has now settled in my chest. Making breathing easier but ten times more painful. Stupid surprise cold. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/362 "2013-11-15T14:52:53Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I do not give a shit if some waitress in Ratfuck, Wisconsin didn’t get tipped and someone left her a note lecturing about her looks/race/weight/political views or whatever. Especially since at least half those claims are fraudulent attempts at garnering sympathy and cash donations. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/363 "2013-11-15T17:51:04Z")
“Ratfuck, Wisconsin, where every wheel of cheese comes with a surprise rat inside!” I’ve got all the lights on in the house at 10:50 AM here - that is one grey, overcast, gloomy day outside. Oh, and it’s starting to snow now, too. SAD, here we come! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/364 "2013-11-16T02:48:47Z")
I can feel/hear my pulse in my ear. It’s driving me nuts. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/365 "2013-11-16T02:52:12Z")
How in the [bleep] did that program come back? I uninstalled it, and I really don’t think rolling back to a restore point would have reinstalled the program. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/366 "2013-11-16T02:57:46Z")
You dumbass motherfucking stupid son of a bitch. How does your daughter learn she has yet another sibling? Through court papers sent to baby momma #2. Court papers to bring your raggedy ass in for contempt. You’re too busy procreating to pay support for your three other daughters. Now there’s another. Then, when your eldest asks wtf, you get all defensive and tell her it’s none of her business. The kicker - you demand respect from her. Fuck off, you scraggly toothed, balding, stuck in 1990, flame shirt wearing, stupidly tattooed, miserable excuse for a parent. Respect is earned. You lost her respect back when you “surprised” her with sister number three. You know, the one whose mother is only nine years older than her. You lost her respect when you ignored her. You lost her respect when you shacked up with her godfather’s barely ex-wife (her godfather having been your best friend for many years). If I had a dollar for every time you swore you would not be like your father I’d be rich. Congratulations, asshat, you are exactly like your father. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/367 "2013-11-16T03:27:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Ratfuck, Wisconsin, where every wheel of cheese comes with a surprise rat inside!” Now you’ve gone and spoiled the surprise. Although maybe it’s the same sort of thing as being “surprised” at what you get when you go to Buttfuck, WI. :eek: \<— actual photo from the Buttfuck, WI tourist bureau. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/368 "2013-11-16T03:33:43Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > How in the [bleep] did that program come back? I uninstalled it, and I really don’t think rolling back to a restore point would have reinstalled the program. Sometimes the ‘update’ program is listed separately, and not obviously. So if you delete the main program, eventually the update will notice and put it back. Malware masquerading as useful software loves to do this. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/369 "2013-11-16T03:43:27Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Now you’ve gone and spoiled the surprise. Oops. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Although maybe it’s the same sort of thing as being “surprised” at what you get when you go to Buttfuck, WI. :eek: \<— actual photo from the Buttfuck, WI tourist bureau. I do not want to go to there. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/370 "2013-11-16T04:31:45Z")
What the hell do you say to someone whose beautiful and brilliant daughter has just been diagnosed with brain mets? So fucking unfair… ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/371 "2013-11-16T04:35:41Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sometimes the ‘update’ program is listed separately, and not obviously. So if you delete the main program, eventually the update will notice and put it back. Malware masquerading as useful software loves to do this. Based on its behavior, I’m nearly ready to put AVG 2014 in that category. It can’t be shut off, even from an administrator account, and apparently can’t be uninstalled. That’s the kind of behavior one sees from malware. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/372 "2013-11-16T04:52:21Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I can feel/hear my pulse in my ear. It’s driving me nuts. Argh! I hate when that kicks in.:mad: Sometimes it’s so loud I have to sleep with a radio on to drown it out. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/373 "2013-11-16T05:20:48Z")
> [@saje](#): > > What the hell do you say to someone whose beautiful and brilliant daughter has just been diagnosed with brain mets? So fucking unfair… Do you mean metastasized brain cancer? Because that truly sucks - my best wishes for both of you. ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/374 "2013-11-16T10:43:41Z")
Gods how I hate “Mo-vember”. My workplace is filled with men who can’t grow facial hair to save their lives, with these wimpy, ugly mustaches. It’s like high school all over again, but with guys who are old enough that they should know better. Here’s a hint: **It’s not attractive to grow sparse, scraggly facial hair. Give. it. up.** ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/375 "2013-11-16T12:56:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Do you mean metastasized brain cancer? Because that truly sucks - my best wishes for both of you. Sorry, wasn’t too clear. She was diagnosed w/ stage IV breast cancer, has had 2 rounds of chemo, and it looked like she was in remission for a bit. They just found spots in her brain ☹ She’s 28 and working towards a Lit. PhD. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/376 "2013-11-16T15:35:16Z")
Dear Weather dot com, Please stop putting pictures of spiders and ticks on my personalized page. They give me the creeps. Thank you. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/377 "2013-11-16T15:49:59Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > Dear Weather dot com, > > Please stop putting pictures of spiders and ticks on my personalized page. They give me the creeps. > > Thank you. Oh god yes. I hate that spider picture. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/378 "2013-11-16T15:52:43Z")
Ugh. Sat behind an annoying girl in the bus yesterday. She was watching some stupid comedy show on her iPhone/iPod device, without headphones, and laughing along to the annoying laugh track. I hate laugh tracks. ☹ And what is up with these “snowbirds” - people who live in Montreal (or elsewhere in Canada) for part of the year and live in Florida or other warmer places during the coldest months. Well, it may be an odd and controversial (and perhaps even bigoted?) opinion of mine, but I say, if you don’t have the balls to put up with the frigid weather during the winter months, then don’t live in Canada at all. Just live year-round in a warmer climate. So if you’re a “snowbird” who complains about how hard it is to comply with both the Canadian and the American laws, tough luck. You have no sympathy from me. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/379 "2013-11-16T16:25:41Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > I hate when that kicks in.:mad: Sometimes it’s so loud I have to sleep with a radio on to drown it out. > [@raventhief](#): > > I can feel/hear my pulse in my ear. It’s driving me nuts. Argh! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who has this problem on occasion! It’s very aggravating. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729/380 "2013-11-16T18:47:46Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Wow…there’s a certain thread on here where people have really different views than me. Political views. And it’s not even in GD… I sometimes feel I should stay out of that thread, but I feel compelled to keep returning. Can’t really express my displeasure in that thread, so I’m saying it here. > > Now I look like a whiny asshole who can’t tolerate views different from mine… :rolleyes: If your views are defensible, defend them. If they aren’t defensible, reconsider them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-means-november-rants/672729.md?page=20)