# Remember, remember, the rants of November **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560 "2012-11-01T13:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/621 "2012-11-30T15:47:08Z")
They’ve moved on now from the crazy into attempt to look rational. But it’s all just the same bullshit. So we now get a parent who just knows that vaccines caused her son’s autism but hey she’s really not anti-vaccine. She’s a vaccine safety advocate. Because it makes perfect sense in their world to state you’re pro-vaccine and argue they cause serious, chronic, life long illness. ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/622 "2012-11-30T17:31:49Z")
December mini-rants tomorrow - we need a good title, people! How about, “Christmas sucks. December mini-rants.” 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/623 "2012-11-30T17:35:30Z")
Or the classic “Bah. Humbug. Mini-rants.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/624 "2012-11-30T17:36:53Z")
Tis the season for minirants? The minirants are so delightful? Deck the Halls with minirants? It’s a Holly, Jolly minirants thread? (I could go on and on 🙂 ) ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/625 "2012-11-30T17:42:36Z")
Rudolph’s Dead Here’s Your Lump of Coal Bite Me, Santa ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/626 "2012-11-30T17:47:13Z")
I vote for Bite me Santa. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/627 "2012-11-30T18:04:14Z")
The War on Christmas: Revenge of the December Mini-Rants? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/628 "2012-11-30T18:19:03Z")
It’s the most rant-iful time of the year! You can hear it in Andy Williams’ voice, if you want to drive yourself crazy. Me, I watched part of Gypsy last weekend, and I now have “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” firmly implanted in my inner ear. I’m afraid I’m going to start doing bumps and grinds in the office. “If you’re gonna bump it, bump it with a trumpet!” I’m traveling to Houston on business Sunday. Two whole nights in the land of oil and money and big shiny buildings. I don’t like travel, and I don’t like hotels (usually), and I have to get out of bed at the equivalent of 4:00 am my personal clock’s time to get to my 8:00 am (6:00 am to me) meeting. But at least I don’t have to pay for it myself. Roddy ---
**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 30, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/629 "2012-11-30T18:30:34Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > The War on Christmas: Revenge of the December Mini-Rants? That’s my vote. Anybody who wishes to vote for a different one, please keep in mind that it works best (and saves the need to have the title edited later for clarity) if the thread title contains the word “mini-rants” (or at least “rants”). ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/630 "2012-11-30T19:16:10Z")
The war on Rants-mas: December mini-rants. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/631 "2012-11-30T19:34:03Z")
Decembrants ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/632 "2012-11-30T19:35:59Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I still hate my commute. I hate driving in the dark, I hate the traffic, I hate the way my lower back starts to ache at about the 60 minute mark, and I look down to discover I’ve got 30-45 more minutes to go. In fact, I wish the Dope had an autopost feature so I could get that gripe out of the way quickly each day. My hatred for my commute is as regular as the setting sun. > > You know what else pisses me off? At least two or three times a day I get into an imaginary argument with my former boss who was a horrendous bitch but _who I will never see again_. Like, six months later, with the job long behind me, I’m still pissed off about it. It’s the greatest waste of mental space ever. I pit **olivesmarch4th** for hacking my SD account and posting as me. How did you know I still argue with my former boss? Except it’s been six years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/633 "2012-11-30T20:33:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It’s the most rant-iful time of the year! This. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/634 "2012-11-30T20:41:24Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It’s the most rant-iful time of the year! Theoretically this is the best title so far. But every time I read it, I’m going to have that fucking song stuck in my head. Like right now. :mad: ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/635 "2012-11-30T20:42:27Z")
Oh my God, woman - don’t glare at ME when I honk at you because you’re walking with your baby in a carriage and your toddler following behind you\* in the middle of a slippery road, around a corner. There are sidewalks on both sides - I don’t know what the hell was going through her mind. Murder/suicide by car? \*That’s something I could have lived my entire life without seeing - a toddler walking by herself on the road in front of my car. ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/636 "2012-11-30T20:56:24Z")
I’m trying to write next weeks menu while browsing through the grocery ad. Following is the conversation that makes me proud I did not drown my child many years ago: Should I do a roast on Sunday? I won’t eat it, I don’t like roast. It’s beef, you’ve had it many times before. Oh, it is? Okay, I guess I’ll try it. Should I do stuffed peppers? I don’t like pepper PepperS, child. Tomatoey beefy rice cooked in pepperS Sounds gross, but I guess Okay, what would YOU like me to put on the menu? I dunno. No ideas? Whatever you want. GAH ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/637 "2012-11-30T21:15:34Z")
Stupid fucking bureaucratic bullshit. Got an e-mail from another co-worker today, saying she was directed by the boss to collect the following from us: Serial number from our 20 training laptops…also, the inventory number from the tag on each. Serial number from 20 power supplies. Serial numbers from 20 cheap-ass mice. Serial number from projector. Serial number from rolling dolly. Serial number from fucking any POWER STRIPS we have. Goddam kidding me. You’re telling me you don’t know the numbers on twenty fucking computers you gave me? How do you know you gave me 20? Shit, know what? I only have 10. Serial numbers on AC adapters and fucking MICE??? Things that are sitting tangled in boxes in IT by the hundreds, and you want me to account for a $5 piece of shit mouse? Fuck that. Power strips…do the cunting things even have serial numbers? Why the fuck do you need them? You’re never…ever…ever going to use them for anything, you’re just gonna enter them (actually, so poor fucking intern will) into yet ONE MORE spreadsheet that’ll never again be seen by human eyes. Perhaps in 200 years, SkyNet will find it interested, nay, amusing that we toyed with such trivialities. So overall, around 100 serial numbers I have to hunt down and report. I kind of feel like being a real assole and pointing out that each battery also has its own serial number and we should probably get those as well. But then, my 6 co-workers will hang me. This will probably take me all next week. Right? Sure will. Not sure I’ll get much else done. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/638 "2012-11-30T21:32:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It’s the most rant-iful time of the year! > > You can hear it in Andy Williams’ voice, if you want to drive yourself crazy. > > Me, I watched part of Gypsy last weekend, and I now have “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” firmly implanted in my inner ear. I’m afraid I’m going to start doing bumps and grinds in the office. “If you’re gonna bump it, bump it with a trumpet!” Damn you, sir! This is pure evil! Now _I_ have both those songs stuck in my head. Damn you to hades! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/639 "2012-11-30T21:37:30Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Okay, what would YOU like me to put on the menu? > I dunno. > No ideas? > Whatever you want. \*Noted. You have given me carte blanche permission to set the menu as I see fit. Please understand that since you did so willingly and without presenting alternatives or preferences, no complaints or refusals to eat said food will be accepted during this time period. If, during this round of meals, you should find this unacceptable, please note that you were offered input into the process and will be offered the same with the next round of meals.\* 😃 ---
**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 30, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/640 "2012-11-30T21:39:48Z")
“All You Need Is Rants.” “How The Rants Was Won.” “Go Rants, Young Man.” I’m going in a different direction. 🙂 ETA: What **Chimera** said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560.md?page=33)