# Rants Giving (November mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811 "2019-11-01T00:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/141 "2019-11-14T14:15:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I think it’s supposed to stand for Product Development. Well I’m sure you’re correct. But it also stands for Police Department, Politely Discreet, and Plenipotent Dominion. T[wo days ago]IL that in the context of your mini-rant\* it stands for Product Development. \*which was really more of a workplace gripe, but I didn’t want to come across as a Junior Mod… ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/142 "2019-11-14T14:32:25Z")
My mini-rant is that, on a site dedicated to Fighting Ignorance, people continually use acronyms without defining them. And that just SACIAWW’s my ESPLWW. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/143 "2019-11-14T15:10:54Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > It should mean, but sadly doesn’t, that when the corporatespeak is too much it’s ok to take a nap. One place where I worked the boss’s boss was an EST-hole. We’d have an all-hands quarterly meeting that typically lasted about 90 minutes, thirty of which were as informative as such meetings can be (not much) and sixty on the joys of EST. One afternoon I along with the New Guy headed for the cafeteria where these were held, it being the only room large enough to hold everybody. Since we were early we pretty much had the pick of where we wanted to be. I chose a seat in front of a pillar, eyeballed it carefully and set it about eighteen inches out from said pillar, then leaned it back against the pillar after sitting on it. New Guy asked, “What are you doing?” “What’s it look like?” “Looks like you’re getting ready for a nap.” (Thumb up) “Got it in one.” As were were leaving ninety minutes later he said he got it. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/144 "2019-11-14T16:51:22Z")
I was under the impression that rather than EST, it was specifically “est.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/145 "2019-11-14T18:51:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > my mini-rant is that, on a site dedicated to fighting ignorance, people continually use acronyms without defining them. > and that just saciaww’s my esplww. iswydt ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/146 "2019-11-14T22:20:41Z")
My mini-rant of the day: The nice people at the Mint decided to put on sale today, at noon, a nice spiffy silver dollar. They would let you get only one. By 12:01, it was in the bag, and I started to check out. At 12:18, I was on my 25th attempt of checking out, and was then informed they were out of stock. Who knew that Congress was running the Mint’s IT department?☹ ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/147 "2019-11-14T22:35:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > iswydt And I saw what you _izz-wee-deeted_ there… ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/148 "2019-11-15T00:31:39Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > But it has been cracked for over a year; unfortunately, my dentist capped the wrong tooth when I first told her about it. 😮 Have I just been encountering an unusually large number of dental horror stories lately (including my own), or are there a lot of really sketchy people practicing dentistry out there?? (My current dentist, by the way, is amazing.) ---
**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:** [November 15, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/149 "2019-11-15T01:05:14Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > 😮 > > Have I just been encountering an unusually large number of dental horror stories lately (including my own), or are there a lot of really sketchy people practicing dentistry out there?? > > (My current dentist, by the way, is amazing.) There seem to be a extremely large number of dentists that, while completing school, graduated at the bottom of their class, be it from a lack of ability, compassion or having a close Ferengi relative… ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/150 "2019-11-15T04:40:26Z")
Or their parents made a considerable cash contribution to ensure their enrollment eligibility. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/151 "2019-11-15T04:45:39Z")
Workplace self-grading. B’s across the board. I can’t play this game anymore, find someone else. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/152 "2019-11-15T11:49:28Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > There seem to be a extremely large number of dentists that, while completing school, graduated at the bottom of their class, be it from a lack of ability, compassion or having a close Ferengi relative… Either that or they’re the dentist’s [son-in-law](https://youtu.be/9IUSM4EKcRI). ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/153 "2019-11-15T13:35:14Z")
Quick update on my mother-in-law: She’s recovering well and should be going home tomorrow. She went from not being able to stand up on her own a month ago to now standing for up to 10 minutes and walking up 4 steps! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/154 "2019-11-16T02:35:22Z")
Do you notice anyything wrong on the [new seal for the CVN-79](https://www.yahoo.com/news/seal-navys-next-aircraft-carrier-171159400.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/155 "2019-11-16T02:56:43Z")
Damn! I spelled “anything” wrong. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/156 "2019-11-16T04:31:54Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > My mini-rants also seem really small compared to rockets. Stay safe, **Alessan**. > > I’ll still be a whiny crab and rant. > > 1. I have a crack in my tooth, which isn’t nearly as bad as breaking it off at the root, which must hurt like a bitch. But it has been cracked for over a year; unfortunately, my dentist capped the wrong tooth when I first told her about it. As such, I’ve been unwilling to get it taken care of because it wasn’t that bad. Now it’s getting close, so I should probably be a damn adult and get it done. … Damn. Bummer. A year or so ago at a long delayed dental cleaning at a new dentist (after my move) the dentist showed a intra-oral picture showing a large part of a lower molar had broken off. I didn’t hurt and I had no idea the tooth had broken. I deferred doing anything about it at the time Fast forward to the present and I started having pain when chewing on that side. Time to suck it up and go back to the dentist and he was able to put in a large filling. Problem solved… except the pain didn’t go away. As I was eating dinner a couple weeks ago, just days after the dental filling above, a large piece broke off a top molar on the same side… 15 minutes before my dentist’s office would close for the weekend. :smack: A brief phone conversation indicated that the piece of tooth would not be needed for a repair and there was no need for an emergency evaluation. Got a crown the following Monday morning. At four times the price of the filling. Not exactly the dentist capping the wrong tooth, but apparently it was a cracked upper molar that was causing the pain and it went undetected on a panoramic x-ray taken at the filling appointment. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/157 "2019-11-16T04:39:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Do you notice anyything wrong on the [new seal for the CVN-79](https://www.yahoo.com/news/seal-navys-next-aircraft-carrier-171159400.html)? Nope, can’t spot it. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/158 "2019-11-16T05:32:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Nope, can’t spot it. What is it? The new seal for the CVN-79 carrier shows outlines of the planes expected to be used on the ship. Among them is a pilotless drone plane. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/159 "2019-11-16T05:33:54Z")
i know ive posted some unintelligible. crap on here but does anyone understand anything 24KARAT is trying to say anywhere on the board ? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/160 "2019-11-16T08:50:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Nope, can’t spot it. What is it? Check out the Roman numeral. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811.md?page=9)