# SMH: Things people have told me today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021 "2026-05-12T16:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/21 "2026-05-12T21:59:50Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > remember you! You were very likable. šŸ˜ > I also remember the Ron (and Ron-duh) thread. Thank you! I may have changed in my old age. I remember you too šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/22 "2026-05-12T22:04:00Z")
I will nitpick that it was not a mistake, but a difference of opinion. As a zombie, if it makes @Czarcasm happier to be more right and more knowledgeable than I (whether he knows me or not) - I will give him that because happiness is key šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/23 "2026-05-12T22:05:15Z")
Itā€™s sort of like, my senior year of college, on the dorm request form I put down that Iā€™d like a room with a built-in bathroom. Which everyone would like, of course, but apparently I was the only one who put it on the form, so I got it. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/24 "2026-05-12T22:05:43Z")
In other things I think but donā€™t get to say outloud - I have never had anyone in an interview tell me they are not a ā€œfast learnerā€ or ā€œhard workerā€ but I just smile and nod. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/25 "2026-05-12T22:14:47Z")
Oh didnā€™t you know? Czarcasm is always right. Says so right on his business card ā€œIā€™m always right, ask me anythingā€. I kid you Czarcasm šŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/26 "2026-05-12T22:37:58Z")
Earlier today, someone posted a picture on a local Facebook page of a gas station, with one of those easel signs that says ā€œGAS STATIONā€ with an arrow pointing at it. Other people who lived in the neighborhood said it was probably because of the road construction, which was visible in the background, and the sign was by the only available entrance/exit. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/27 "2026-05-13T03:13:00Z")
Were you beingā€¦ sarcastic? \< insert Roger Daltry scream here \> ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/28 "2026-05-13T04:49:19Z")
On the news last week I heard: ā€œThe New York Knicks moved to a 2 - 0 lead in their series with the Philadelphia '76s after they won game 2 of the series last night.ā€ Now I reckon that if they just had said, ā€œThe New York Knicks moved to a 2 - 0 lead in their series with the Philadelphia '76s last night.ā€ I could have answered all these questions anyway:, how many have the Knicks won? how many games in the series have been played? who won last night? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/29 "2026-05-13T12:22:22Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > The opposite of love is not hate, is indifference. Meh.   ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/30 "2026-05-13T12:51:20Z")
Who were you again? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/31 "2026-05-13T13:26:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh didnā€™t you know? Czarcasm is always right. Well you donā€™t get to be TIME magazine person of the year without being always right. (Unless youā€™re orange or something.) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/32 "2026-05-13T13:59:41Z")
I had a guy once told me that he doesnā€™t drive Corvettes because Corvettes donā€™t win races. Um, you donā€™t drive Corvettes because you work the swing shift at a gas station. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/33 "2026-05-13T14:36:17Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > ā€œSince weā€™re replacing your entire HVAC system today, please donā€™t turn the AC or heat on during the process.ā€ > > Again, my response mentally is much like the OP - ā€œReally? People have to be told this?ā€ Apparently the saying among lawyers is that every one of those weird and seemingly self-evident disclaimers and warnings on a product or in the instructions is written in blood. Meaning that some clown somewhere at some time did that very thing. So when the can of oven cleaner says something like ā€œNot for use on scrotumā€, itā€™s there because some nimrod sprayed his balls with Easy-Off at some point and tried to sue the company that makes it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/34 "2026-05-13T14:38:56Z")
> [@bump](#): > > because some nimrod sprayed his balls with Easy-Off at some point I mean, who among usā€¦? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/35 "2026-05-13T14:51:22Z")
I do some things, like adjusting my thermostat, without really thinking about it. Around April, I try not to turn the heat on at all, but if the day is colder than usual I might crank the thermostat up. I can see myself getting absorbed in reading something, getting cold, and turning the heat on like Iā€™ve done a thousand times before. I also know that about myself. If someone was working on the boiler Iā€™d make sure the system was disabled so I wouldnā€™t absent-mindedly turn it on. I can also understand how some people might not take those precautions and cause an accident. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/36 "2026-05-13T15:01:31Z")
I know, I know guys. Thus the: > [@ParallelLines](#): > > (though, I grant some people are so unmindful that itā€™s probably needed more often than I want to admit) It just makes me despair of the species. Especially when they were carting parts of the furnace (from the huge crawlspace) out to their truck through the house. Not something you easily forget in the course of a day. Granted, Iā€™m also a deep reader @Robot_Arm - so I get being so absorbed in a book that I forget Iā€™m hungry, thirsty, or itā€™s gotten dark moments until itā€™s so bad you have to come up for air. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/37 "2026-05-17T11:10:00Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, who among usā€¦? Yeah. Iā€™ve heard that it can feel really good. Pleasantly warm, tingly, and a bit naughty, is what Iā€™ve heardā€¦ just heard some talk, justā€¦around and stuffā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/38 "2026-05-17T11:14:57Z")
Wouldnā€™t professional HVAC people disconnect the power first thing? Or at least the thermostat? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/39 "2026-05-17T11:18:34Z")
Thatā€™s the same thing Iā€™ve been thinking. How can there be any risk involved if the whole system has been disconnected from service in order for the work to done? It _would_ be disconnected, in such a case wouldnā€™t it? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021/40 "2026-05-17T11:27:41Z")
Youā€™d think so. A reasonably prudent person (my Dad used this phrase constantly) would. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021.md?page=3)