# Surrounded by fools in April? kvetch about it here. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508 "2013-04-01T05:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/41 "2013-04-03T22:30:33Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > I am annoyed at the world right now for making me doubt myself. > > My son is having some behavioural troubles at school. I have been to the school 8 times in the last 4 weeks dealing with this. We finally got in to see the pediatrician and based on some assessments, he’s ADD with a side of ODD (distinctly not ADHD). Well, we are at our wits end so I decide we will try medication. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, nothing lost. > > (This is from a person who declared before we had kids that we would NEVER give these kinds of meds to our child.) > > This decision is killing me. I know that they are overprescribed. I get that but there are kids who legitimately need them. What if my kid is one of them? What if this lets him be happier? I have to try it, right? > > I feel like I have failed as a parent. If your kid had an injury you’d give him pain meds, if he had an infection you’d give him antibiotics, right? There’s no shame in trying the meds to see if they help. If they do, then there’s nothing that says he has to stay on them forever. Maybe they’ll help get him over this hump at school, let his brain sort itself out as he learns, and he can wean back down off of them later when he’s ready to learn other ways of coping. Think of the meds as a tool, not as an endpoint. Parenting — yer doin’ it right 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/42 "2013-04-03T22:37:53Z")
I have an abscessed tooth. If you’ve ever had one, you know why I’m grumpy. If you haven’t had one, words cannot describe the joy that such a tooth brings into your life. > [@](#): > > I have a bikini that fits and looks good, but I wouldn’t want to do water aerobics in it and end up having a wardrobe malfunction in front of the 6 year olds. Most states don’t really put enough funding in Sex Ed, it’s up to us, the taxpayers, to make up the difference whenever and wherever we can. So woman up already. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/43 "2013-04-03T22:41:55Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > I feel like I have failed as a parent. If your kid is one of kids who legitimately needs meds, then you are being a good parent and doing the right thing. Take a deep breath and know that if it’s his brain chemestry that needs a little adjustment then it is a problem that has nothing to do with your parenting. You’ve consulted professionals and, after thinking about it, are following their advice. Would you feel this bad/guilty if your spouse was the one who needed meds? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/44 "2013-04-03T23:16:50Z")
[http://www.policymic.com/articles/32621/house-bill-494-north-carolina-gop-ditches-constitution-plans-to-implement-official-state-religion](http://www.policymic.com/articles/32621/house-bill-494-north-carolina-gop-ditches-constitution-plans-to-implement-official-state-religion) Fuck off North Carolina Repubs. I am so fucking sick of this shit. I do not give a fuck about your religion or anyone else’s religion for that matter including my own right now. Your religion is just a belief system and not one thing more. You do not get to turn non-Christians into second class citizens in our damned fucking country. Geez I am just so fucking sick of Christian privilege in this country. I don’t give a fuck you believe some Jew died on a cross in Roman times and all who think the guy was the son of god will have a nice happy afterlife. My own Jewish background argues against eating cheeseburgers and having physical contact with your own husband half the month which is just as fucking stupid. Why can’t we all just agree that we shouldn’t mug, murder, rape or steal, call the rest cultural and leave it alone? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/45 "2013-04-03T23:59:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > [http://www.policymic.com/articles/32621/house-bill-494-north-carolina-gop-ditches-constitution-plans-to-implement-official-state-religion](http://www.policymic.com/articles/32621/house-bill-494-north-carolina-gop-ditches-constitution-plans-to-implement-official-state-religion) > > Fuck off North Carolina Repubs. I am so fucking sick of this shit. I do not give a fuck about your religion or anyone else’s religion for that matter including my own right now. Your religion is just a belief system and not one thing more. You do not get to turn non-Christians into second class citizens in our damned fucking country. > > Geez I am just so fucking sick of Christian privilege in this country. I don’t give a fuck you believe some Jew died on a cross in Roman times and all who think the guy was the son of god will have a nice happy afterlife. My own Jewish background argues against eating cheeseburgers and having physical contact with your own husband half the month which is just as fucking stupid. > > Why can’t we all just agree that we shouldn’t mug, murder, rape or steal, call the rest cultural and leave it alone? Goddammit, I am this close to renouncing this state. When they’re not trying to [steal my city’s water system](http://www.mountainx.com/article/49293/Old-disputes-at-heart-of-bill-that-transfers-water-system-to-MSD), they’re forcing their religious bullshit down my throat. I didn’t vote for any of those motherfuckers, yet thanks to their gerrymandering my vote didn’t count. And just for the record I have met our current governor and he’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to work a showerhead. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/46 "2013-04-04T00:25:41Z")
So many rants to rant about. I’ll have to be choosy. But keep in mind I’m WAY pregnant, so EVERYTHING is pissing me off. 😛 And I just realized how energy it will take me to sum up the things I’m currently pissed off about, so I’m giving up before I even get started… ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/47 "2013-04-04T01:49:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hah - you’ve perfectly described the spectrum of responses cats have to a new event. 😃 Bill says that he doesn’t think that Spike was scared. He thinks Spike was sniffing at the strange thing in the living room, then saw greeblies and ran after them. (Greeblies are those invisible things that all attentive cats protect their humans from. This usually happens at 3 in the morning, but Spike is lucky to know if its day or night.) Wistfully, she was a very nice dog. But, she’s in a no kill rescue and will probably get snatched up very shortly. > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have an abscessed tooth. If you’ve ever had one, you know why I’m grumpy. If you haven’t had one, words cannot describe the joy that such a tooth brings into your life. > > Most states don’t really put enough funding in Sex Ed, it’s up to us, the taxpayers, to make up the difference whenever and wherever we can. So woman up already. At least your bad tooth didn’t hurt your snarky sense of humor. I’d tell you that I :D’d at your post but I don’t want to get hurt. 😉 I hope the meds kick the infection down fast. That’s like the very worse sort of pain ever. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/48 "2013-04-04T02:53:41Z")
Not to distract from the nocturnal cat adventures, but the normal quick jump-on-jump-off the bed, it’s morning, get up! from my dog was at 4:45 this morning. Usually it’s six, and it’s time to get up anyway, but this morning not so much. I hope this isn’t the beginning of a trend, or a punishment for my husband being gone, because he won’t be back for a few days. At least it seems like it will be warmer for tomorrow’s 6:30 dog walk than today (15F). Mini self-pitting for not eating well while he’s gone, and spending too much time surfing the Dope. Granted, I had salad the first three nights, but only because I was too lazy to make anything else. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/49 "2013-04-04T03:28:12Z")
> [@](#): > > I have an abscessed tooth. If you’ve ever had one, you know why I’m grumpy. If you haven’t had one, words cannot describe the joy that such a tooth brings into your life. Abscessed teeth are hellish dangerous, besides being pass me the entire bottle of percocet painful. Get thee to the dentist, and demand antibiotics before he does anything!!! ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/50 "2013-04-04T03:35:58Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Abscessed teeth are hellish dangerous, besides being pass me the entire bottle of percocet painful. Get thee to the dentist, and demand antibiotics before he does anything!!! Lynn is no stranger to abscesses be it teeth or toes. Rest assured she will persevere. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/51 "2013-04-04T04:01:02Z")
Ewwwwwwww. What’s worse than finding a mouse in the house? Finding half a mouse. Watched over by one incredibly satisfied cat. I feel almost physically ill now. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/52 "2013-04-04T04:10:50Z")
My cat just jumped up on the couch, barfed, and jumped back down. I _used_ to have a cat that would clean up such messes for me, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/53 "2013-04-04T04:12:58Z")
> [@smaje1](#): > > So many rants to rant about. I’ll have to be choosy. But keep in mind I’m WAY pregnant, so EVERYTHING is pissing me off. 😛 > > And I just realized how energy it will take me to sum up the things I’m currently pissed off about, so I’m giving up before I even get started… I understand. Well, I don’t understand because I’ve never been there, but I am smart enough to give you chocolate before offering to tie your shoes for you. > [@Alpine](#): > > Not to distract from the nocturnal cat adventures, but the normal quick jump-on-jump-off the bed, it’s morning, get up! from my dog was at 4:45 this morning. Usually it’s six, and it’s time to get up anyway, but this morning not so much. I hope this isn’t the beginning of a trend, or a punishment for my husband being gone, because he won’t be back for a few days. At least it seems like it will be warmer for tomorrow’s 6:30 dog walk than today (15F). > > Mini self-pitting for not eating well while he’s gone, and spending too much time surfing the Dope. Granted, I had salad the first three nights, but only because I was too lazy to make anything else. Are you me? With dogs instead of cats? I always eat the fridge stuff first, then start eating junk food. Is your dog a little one? With those annoying bed bumps? Or a big one who lands with all 4 feet all at once? I used to have a St. Bernard who was very good about not being on the furniture when the people were around, but would sneak onto my bed in the middle of the night. She was so stealthy that I never noticed until I was smothering in fur and couldn’t move because I had a dog on my chest and cats laying next to me, helping Dindin hold me down. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/54 "2013-04-04T04:55:38Z")
> [@Ms.Pumpkin](#): > > My cat just jumped up on the couch, barfed, and jumped back down. I _used_ to have a cat that would clean up such messes for me, dammit! We have laminate flooring all over the entire main floor of our house, and a handful of scatter rugs - guess where the cats ALWAYS barfed. It’s like they have maximum damage radar for barfing. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/55 "2013-04-04T05:04:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We have laminate flooring all over the entire main floor of our house, and a handful of scatter rugs - guess where the cats ALWAYS barfed. It’s like they have maximum damage radar for barfing. No kidding. If it’s not on the couch or my bed, it’s gonna be on one of the two rugs I have in the entire house. Damn barf-radar! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/56 "2013-04-04T05:05:02Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Abscessed teeth are hellish dangerous, besides being pass me the entire bottle of percocet painful. Get thee to the dentist, and demand antibiotics before he does anything!!! Oh, I went to the dentist on Tuesday. That’s how I know it’s an abscess, instead of just a toothache. As soon as I get the abscess calmed down, he’s gonna give me (yet another) root canal. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/57 "2013-04-04T07:38:46Z")
Hey you fucks! If I order something on March 28th, counting “time from order” since April 2nd is cheating. Then again, so is the way in which you give prices: “19.90€ all included” but then when you order it turns out that you have very strange definitions of “all” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/58 "2013-04-04T12:06:32Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > I just found this one on the Walmart website (and have seen similar ones in person). > > I personally like tankinis because they are much easier to pee when wearing. > [@Taters](#): > > I’ve had good luck at this site: [hapari.com](http://hapari.com) > > Good quality, super fast shipping, extremely helpful staff. Best of all; they are reasonably priced. Thanks guys, I’ll give those a look. But I still rather prefer the convenience of trying it on in the store, knowing it fits before I plunk down money for it, and walking out with it the same day, you know? > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Most states don’t really put enough funding in Sex Ed, it’s up to us, the taxpayers, to make up the difference whenever and wherever we can. So woman up already. Ha! I hope your tooth feels better. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/59 "2013-04-04T15:39:25Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hey you fucks! If I order something on March 28th, counting “time from order” since April 2nd is cheating. Then again, so is the way in which you give prices: “19.90€ all included” but then when you order it turns out that you have very strange definitions of “all” :mad: Maybe they have the same definition as my dental insurance - 100% coverage for a checkup, yet I still paid $11 for a $200 checkup. If my math is right, that isn’t 100% covered. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/60 "2013-04-04T15:55:04Z")
I hurt my lower back pretty badly last night - strained the muscles. Today is Period Crampy Day. My whole lower abdomen _hurts,_ dammit. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508.md?page=4)