# Rant-a Claus is coming to town! (December mini-rants)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866 "2022-12-01T17:21:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866/361 "2023-01-02T17:16:46Z")

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It’s January 2nd! Why are we still posting in the December thread? Do I have to start a new thread _again?_ Yeesh!

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866/362 "2023-01-02T17:52:48Z")

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> [@Happy New Rant Year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rant-year/977461):
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> I don’t actually have much of a rant, other than I can’t think why I thought I liked painting walls in the house - Ugh, SUCH a pain. May this thread be very little used in this new year heart_decoration

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866/363 "2023-01-03T00:29:28Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> What the actual fuck are you talking about?

Absolutely this. But, he is an older male and I think he is speaking about stereotype of a woman in her 20s from his youth. Gods, but I hated that stereotype, even if I was a model in my own youth.

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**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866/364 "2023-01-03T19:56:36Z")

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Actually, I think he’s fallen for the incel/manosphere trope that a man who dares speak to a young, attractive woman, even in a professional setting, will be treated as a potential rapist and run out of town by feminazis and snowflakes.

Ugly, misogynistic crap, in other words.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866/365 "2023-01-03T23:55:45Z")

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> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#):
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> I treat women in their 20’s like I treat men: with no interest.

So every time you see a man in his 20s, you also look away and not at his face?

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