# Rant Already! June Oh you want to! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838 "2013-06-01T04:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/441 "2013-06-25T00:50:15Z")
I pit Google’s image search! I know, it can be useful. It has been useful to me. But sometimes, if I’m looking up something on the regular Google homepage (_not_ the Image Search), and it’s something like a gross medical condition or something equally gory/disturbing, _and_ I have carefully turned off the “Load images automatically” feature on Firefox, Google still manages to show me a bunch of upsetting pictures on its search result page. Google, I don’t know how you do that, but please, for the love of whoever is up there, stop it. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/442 "2013-06-25T03:36:59Z")
I woke up at 2:30 am last night because I had something in my eye. How do you get something in your eye while you’re sleeping?! ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/443 "2013-06-25T03:47:52Z")
> [@stolatt](#): > > My world is polluted with unnecessary noise. People yapping into their cellphones. Shut up! People on noisy motorcycles. Shut up! People screaming across a store to their family. Shut up! Women yakking and laughing like hyenas, that’s attractive. Nonetheless, shut up! Everyone shut up! So sick of everyone’s noise. +2. I live in a quiet house, with a quiet husband and a (mostly) quiet cat - going out in public to all the blahblahblah and noise can really rub me the wrong way some days. > [@aruvqan](#): > > \ > I would much rather people just get some form of filtration - britta pitchers or those [large ewer](http://www.gaiam.com/berkey-filtration-system/01-0604_1,default,pd.html?start=6&cgid=1010800) things. Much cheaper over the long run, and better environmentally. Or they can just drink the magnificently pure, clean water that comes out of our taps for fractions of a cent per litre. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/444 "2013-06-25T04:46:09Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I woke up at 2:30 am last night because I had something in my eye. How do you get something in your eye while you’re sleeping?! When my allergies are bad, my eyes get crusted when I sleep. Maybe that’s what happened? The horses are gone from our AZ place. The evacuation order has been lifted and my friends and their live stock were allowed to go home. They cleaned up everything, Tony went to inspect and said that he could still smell the toilet cleaner. Had it been me, I would have moved back home and then come back to clean after a good nights sleep in my own bed. I guess my friends are more considerate than I am. Last night, I learned about hard wired smoke detectors. And that if the battery goes out, it will give out a shrill, teeth clenching beep about every 30 seconds until the strange noise is tracked down and then the triple A batteries are replaced. Why the heck would a smoke detector that is connected to house power need a battery and why do they need weird sized batteries that we don’t have at 3 AM? Additional ranting about it being a smoke detector on the ground floor, if it had failed on the 2nd floor, we could have just shut the doors and gone back to sleep, but NOOOO it had to be the one in his office. He’s got so much electronic stuff in there that it took us forever to figure out what was beeping and shutting the doors didn’t work. Not to mention that poor Bill couldn’t find triple A batteries at the c-store so had to go to a grocery store. At 3 am. (Bill didn’t know. He bought our home 7 years ago, and this is the first time he even knew the smoke detectors had batteries. Yeah, he bought enough weird sized batteries to replace them in all the detectors, but we aren’t going to remember when they fail in 7+ years) ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/445 "2013-06-25T05:08:07Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Last night, I learned about hard wired smoke detectors. And that if the battery goes out, it will give out a shrill, teeth clenching beep about every 30 seconds until the strange noise is tracked down and then the triple A batteries are replaced. > > Why the heck would a smoke detector that is connected to house power need a battery and why do they need weird sized batteries that we don’t have at 3 AM? For the same reason that clock radios have a battery backup: because house power can fail. One of our former posters was a volunteer firefighter as well as a general contractor and licensed electrician and plumber. He told me that non-house-wired smoke detector batteries should be replaced every 6 months (standard fire dept. rules), but that wired ones should be safe to replace once a year. As long as you’ve got the batteries, you might as well replace the rest of them. If it hasn’t been done in 7 years, I predict the others are going to start failing soon, too. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/446 "2013-06-25T05:17:20Z")
I hate pretty much everything right about now. It’s all probably due to the fact that my period has decided that it needs to come every two weeks so I dont forget about it, or something, but arrrgh. Im cranky. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/447 "2013-06-25T05:50:17Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > For the same reason that clock radios have a battery backup: because house power can fail. > > One of our former posters was a volunteer firefighter as well as a general contractor and licensed electrician and plumber. He told me that non-house-wired smoke detector batteries should be replaced every 6 months (standard fire dept. rules), but that wired ones should be safe to replace once a year. As long as you’ve got the batteries, you might as well replace the rest of them. If it hasn’t been done in 7 years, I predict the others are going to start failing soon, too. OK, that makes sense. It sure didn’t at 3 in the morning. Thank you, I just put a yearly reminder in our shared outlook calendar to remind us to change batteries on a yearly basis. I think we replaced the batteries in all of them now, but we have honestly never noticed them before. > [@raventhief](#): > > I hate pretty much everything right about now. It’s all probably due to the fact that my period has decided that it needs to come every two weeks so I dont forget about it, or something, but arrrgh. Im cranky. No advice, but can I offer you some chocolate and sympathy? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/448 "2013-06-25T05:57:24Z")
Mmm chocolate. I never eat sweet unless “Aunt Flo” is visiting but damn when she is… chocolate is heaven on earth. Thanks! ---
**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 25, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/449 "2013-06-25T10:22:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Or they can just drink the magnificently pure, clean water that comes out of our taps for fractions of a cent per litre. 🙂 I do not understand people who think that the only clean water is bottled. I drink bottled water too, but my bottles are reused and refilled from the tap. Bottled water is pretty much just tap water from somewhere else, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/450 "2013-06-25T12:25:36Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Not to mention that poor Bill couldn’t find triple A batteries at the c-store so had to go to a grocery store. At 3 am. > > (Bill didn’t know. He bought our home 7 years ago, and this is the first time he even knew the smoke detectors had batteries. Yeah, he bought enough weird sized batteries to replace them in all the detectors, but we aren’t going to remember when they fail in 7+ years) **flatlined** , A sugestion for sleeping bliss: replace ALL of the batteries at once, with the long-life Lithium ones. The batteries are there as a backup in case you have a problem when the power goes out. AAA batteries are becomming the norm now that they are designing things to eat less power. I remember the bad old days when C and D cells were the norm. You DO have CO detectors in the house??? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/451 "2013-06-25T12:29:04Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I woke up at 2:30 am last night because I had something in my eye. How do you get something in your eye while you’re sleeping?! I read someplace that people eat (some number of) spiders in their sleep. So maybe? (There, that should keep you from sleeping at all.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/452 "2013-06-25T12:58:48Z")
Dear women at work: Sometimes it gets hot out. Sometimes it doesn’t. In either case, I wear socks and shoes to work. What makes you think that every time the thermometer rises above 70 that I want to see your varicose veins, cellulite, and gross-ass bare feet? You drive from an air conditioned house in an air conditioned car to an air conditioned office building. So call me crazy, but I see no need for you to dress like you’re going to the beach while all the men dress as they would in the winter. So guess what girls? Cellulite doesn’t disappear when it gets warm out. Painted toenails do not camoflage varicose veins. Either suck it up and put some pantyhose on or wear pants to work. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/453 "2013-06-25T13:31:18Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I read someplace that people eat (some number of) spiders in their sleep. So maybe? (There, that should keep you from sleeping at all.) [Does the average person consume four spiders per year in his sleep?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1828/does-the-average-person-consume-four-spiders-per-year-in-his-sleep) ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/454 "2013-06-25T13:31:43Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I read someplace that people eat (some number of) spiders in their sleep. So maybe? (There, that should keep you from sleeping at all.) That’s long since been [discredited](http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/455 "2013-06-25T13:58:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Dear women at work: > > Sometimes it gets hot out. Sometimes it doesn’t. In either case, I wear socks and shoes to work. What makes you think that every time the thermometer rises above 70 that I want to see your varicose veins, cellulite, and gross-ass bare feet? You drive from an air conditioned house in an air conditioned car to an air conditioned office building. So call me crazy, but I see no need for you to dress like you’re going to the beach while all the men dress as they would in the winter. > > So guess what girls? Cellulite doesn’t disappear when it gets warm out. Painted toenails do not camoflage varicose veins. Either suck it up and put some pantyhose on or wear pants to work. AND STOP WITH THE GODDAMNED FLIP FLOPS!!! I am SO glad I don’t have to go to the office much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/456 "2013-06-25T15:21:29Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > The horses are gone from our AZ place. The evacuation order has been lifted and my friends and their live stock were allowed to go home. They cleaned up everything, Tony went to inspect and said that he could still smell the toilet cleaner. They trained the horses to use the toilet?! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/457 "2013-06-25T15:24:24Z")
I’ve been looking at this thread title for 25 days, and I’ve just got the pun. I are a idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/458 "2013-06-25T15:25:26Z")
Speaking of which, it’s probably time to start thinking of a title for July’s thread. How about “America the Ranti-ful”, in keeping with the patriotic theme of the month. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/459 "2013-06-25T16:07:23Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > I’ve been looking at this thread title for 25 days, and I’ve just got the pun. > > I are a idiot. Took me a while too. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Speaking of which, it’s probably time to start thinking of a title for July’s thread. > > How about “America the Ranti-ful”, in keeping with the patriotic theme of the month. But not all of us are from America. Besides, I don’t currently have a reason to rant about America. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/460 "2013-06-25T16:14:22Z")
How about: Why don’t you tell the truth…why July? Hey, put those tomatoes down… it’s as good as this month’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=24)