# OMG, we need a mini-rants thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955 "2009-10-07T16:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/141 "2009-10-14T02:48:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Can there be \*that \*much of a difference?😕 Yes, from a sub-editing/layout/style point of view. You’re all (well, most of you) are familiar with American English, but British/Australian/NZ English has different spelling of words (tyre, colour, humour, armour, centre, and so on) and (generally) favours the -_ise_ ending rather than the -_ize_ ending used in American English (and, I know, Oxford English English, but that’s not my point). As Chief Sub-Editor (and Head of Production) I need to make sure the publication has a uniform “Style”, and in this case that’s British/Australian English, not American English. So, I’ve got contributors turning in copy in British/Australian English (hurrah!) and contributors turning in copy in American English, which means I have to go through the copy and manually correct every instance of “center” or “organize” or “Freshman” (and so on), when I really need to be doing other things (like getting the stories laid out, and chasing up people who haven’t submitted _any_ copy despite a deadline that’s been, gone, and made a lovely whooshing sound as it passed). There’s also a few of them who have tried to hedge their bets by alternating between American and British English _in the same copy_. It’s not an enormous amount of hassle to fix it, admittedly, but this is the “Mini-rants” thread and not the UN Forum On The Eradication Of Poverty, Famine, Warfare, and Lift Music- hence, a mini-rant about an irritating but ultimately minor thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/142 "2009-10-14T07:50:59Z")
Dear Athiests: We get it. You don’t believe in god. You don’t have to pop into _every single_ religious or related thread to remind us. Some threads are meant for such discussions. However: If I ask if Fallen Angels can be forgiven - you don’t have to stop by and say that there are no such things as Fallen Angels. We won’t slip up and suddenly think you found god. Seriously, use some common sense, discuss your beliefs or lack thereof in the appropriate threads. Don’t be a jerk. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/143 "2009-10-14T08:05:37Z")
FUCK YOU JON AND KATE! FUCK YOU FOR MAKING A FREAKSHOW OF YOUR LIVES AND THAT OF YOUR CHILDREN! You don’t get it both ways, asshole, You and Kate CHOSE to sell your life so shut the fuck up and make the best of it. If you want privacy, dipshit, don’t sell your life, don’t blog or post anything on the Internet. Fuck you. I’m so tired of you and i’ve only ever seen COMMERCIALS for your shit. Your children are going to need a fuckload of therapy. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/144 "2009-10-14T10:49:16Z")
I am down to my last tea bag this morning. AIGH!!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/145 "2009-10-14T11:01:05Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I am down to my last tea bag this morning. AIGH!!! This is just too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/146 "2009-10-14T15:30:53Z")
What do Australians say for “freshman”? (At my school, they were “first years”, but I went to a women’s college. I believe at Clemson they’re “rats”.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/147 "2009-10-14T17:55:05Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > So they called back, eh? 🙂 Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/148 "2009-10-14T18:20:55Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Dear Athiests: We get it. You don’t believe in god. You don’t have to pop into _every single_ religious or related thread to remind us. > > Some threads are meant for such discussions. However: If I ask if Fallen Angels can be forgiven - you don’t have to stop by and say that there are no such things as Fallen Angels. We won’t slip up and suddenly think you found god. > > Seriously, use some common sense, discuss your beliefs or lack thereof in the appropriate threads. Don’t be a jerk. I agree with this so much. And I’m an atheist! I just wish my fellow non-believers would stfu and be a little more respectful of other people sometimes. ETA: PS: my ear still hurts like a motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/149 "2009-10-14T19:15:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Huh? Old joke. You mistook the curling iron for the phone. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/150 "2009-10-14T21:02:10Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > It has been years since I burned my ear with the curling iron. A week or so I crisped my poor left ear. It hurt, it scabbed over, it healed. > > This morning I cooked the very same ear in the very same spot with, of course, the very same curling iron. I’m afraid I’m not going to have much of an ear left, at this rate. > > Ow. I think your left ear is trying to tell you that you look much better with straight hair. But you just won’t _listen_! 😃 Or maybe God is trying to tell you to change your hairstyle. \ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/151 "2009-10-15T01:23:18Z")
Fucking cable keeps going out while I’m trying to watch the Pens’ game!!! Especially now when it’s in overtime!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/152 "2009-10-15T01:52:02Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > But you just won’t _listen_! 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/153 "2009-10-15T02:02:25Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > As Chief Sub-Editor (and Head of Production) I need to make sure the publication has a uniform “Style”, and in this case that’s British/Australian English, not American English. Why? Why not just leave them in whatever English they are in, subject to the normal editing? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/154 "2009-10-15T02:54:07Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > 1. We’ve been talking about trying mini-rants in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share in the “What is Pit-Worthy?” thread. I’m going to try moving this one from The BBQ Pit to MPSIMS. After discussing this with the MPSIMS Moderators, I’m moving it back to The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/155 "2009-10-15T04:08:55Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > After discussing this with the MPSIMS Moderators, I’m moving it back to The Pit. I feel vindicated in some way. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/156 "2009-10-15T04:09:58Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I feel vindicated in some way. Cool, but still send the money, okay. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/157 "2009-10-15T04:25:46Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > It has been years since I burned my ear with the curling iron. A week or so I crisped my poor left ear. It hurt, it scabbed over, it healed. My mother burned my ear with a curling iron when I was six. On the rare occasions anybody is using a curling iron on me (I barely own a couple of hairbrushes, let alone anything fancy for hair like a curling iron) I get very, very, very nervous when they’re around my ears. Apparently I was young enough to be _permanently traumatized_ by it. I was out and about today and the sun was out but it was raining, since there were patchy weird clouds around. My rant? Do I turn on my freaking headlights or not??? It’s raining, which means yes, but there’s lots of sunlight, which means no. Arrrrgh!!! Stupid weather. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/158 "2009-10-15T04:34:20Z")
This morning, on my fave morning radio talk show, the hosts did one of their “impromptu” style endorsments, this one for Comcast cable. “Unlike satellite, Comcast won’t go out when its raining.” HAH! If I had satellite, I could at least have pixels and garbled audio! This is the second day in a row that Comcast has gone out. Call the number, they plead high call volumes and BLAME THE WEATHER for the REGIONAL OUTAGES! Also, at no time has it been raining when the cable went out. What, did the sunshine melt the cables? But only for prime time, not during the day. Of course. I hate -having- to watch tv online, even though I’m very glad that I can. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/159 "2009-10-15T04:59:27Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > My mother burned my ear with a curling iron when I was six. On the rare occasions anybody is using a curling iron on me (I barely own a couple of hairbrushes, let alone anything fancy for hair like a curling iron) I get very, very, very nervous when they’re around my ears. Apparently I was young enough to be _permanently traumatized_ by it. > > I was out and about today and the sun was out but it was raining, since there were patchy weird clouds around. My rant? Do I turn on my freaking headlights or not??? It’s raining, which means yes, but there’s lots of sunlight, which means no. Arrrrgh!!! Stupid weather. Never hurts to drive with your headlights on, even in full daylight. Lotsa new cars come equipped with daytime running lights, standard. You just have to remember to turn them off when you stop the engine and get out of the car (otherwise, they turn themselves off automatically, r-e-e-e-a-a-a-l sl-o-o-o-w-w :D). Does your car chime at you if you open the door with the headlamps on, but the engine off? Of so, it shouldn’t be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955/160 "2009-10-15T05:05:17Z")
If you’re dictating an international telephone number to me over the telephone DON’T randomly start again halfway through without telling me you’re starting over. Okay? That way I won’t end up with a bogus fucking number like 7437 4393 8561 when the correct number is 743 938 561. Fuckheads. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-we-need-a-mini-rants-thread/512955.md?page=9)