# Time To Dismember (Rants of September){OLD} **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475 "2023-09-01T19:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/41 "2023-09-02T19:32:37Z")
This is why I love the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/42 "2023-09-02T20:00:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > “Whose”, not “who’s”. And you’re wrong about Buffett, too. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Fine. I’ll be wrong if you want me to be, but to me his concerts were the equivalent of Freddie Spaghetti singing _If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands_, but with tequila for grown ups. Boys…boys! Start your own Buffett thread if you wanna squabble. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/43 "2023-09-02T22:54:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Start your own Buffett thread Well, what do we have [here…?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jimmy-buffett/989495/23) By the way, I thought of him as a flamingo’ed frat boy, but heard some of his more thoughtful stuff and changed my mind. Today, I’m remembering how he spoke of hearing that John Wayne died: _Now on the day that John Wayne died_ _I found myself on the continental divide_ _Tell me where do I go from here?_ _Think I’ll ride into Leadville and have a few beers._ _I think of “Red River” or “Liberty Valance”,_ _Can’t believe the old man’s gone…_ _But now he’s incommunicado_ _Leavin’ such a hole in a world that believed_ _That a life with such bravado_ _Was takin’ the right way home…_ ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/44 "2023-09-02T23:09:07Z")
It’s 5:00 and my family members are hemming and hawing about dinner _again_. I made dinner _last_ night! What do they want from me? It’s like they expect to have meals every damn day. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/45 "2023-09-02T23:12:31Z")
At least with humans, you can expect some (age and health permitting) to be capable of feeding themselves. I’m surprised my cats aren’t already trying to bully me into the kitchen for their evening canned goo, when their suppertime is still two hours away (I do try to keep them on a reasonably consistent routine even on weekends). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/46 "2023-09-02T23:29:37Z")
I don’t think my views would be welcome in the Buffett thread. Listen, I told you I was having an existential crisis. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/47 "2023-09-02T23:50:21Z")
I just figured that The Dissenting View is kind of a specialty of the house here… But I know how you feel; so many self-styled “cultural icons” have been dying, and when I see tearful tributes to many of them I think “So? You sound like you’re crying, but when’s the last time you bought an album/movie ticket/book of theirs? Save your tears for the real visionaries, don’t waste them on pop phenomena.” . By the way, I just got the “We have NOTHING to eat!”. I said “Huh, well, _I’ll_ find something… for myself. Later.” Just walked into the kitchen to the sounds of successful scavenging. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/48 "2023-09-02T23:56:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Boys…boys! Start your own Buffett thread if you wanna squabble. I do not seek to squabble; however, when someone is wrong on the internet, it’s my sworn duty to whine about it. > [@digs](#): > > I just figured that The Dissenting View is kind of a specialty of the house here… It is, but so is mercilessly dumping on the dissenter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/49 "2023-09-03T00:08:10Z")
It’s a fair cop. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/50 "2023-09-03T00:21:09Z")
[A Pirate Looks at 40…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ptF2zqCNM&ab_channel=JimmyBuffett-Topic) ( … and objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are… ) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/51 "2023-09-03T01:25:29Z")
Only September 2nd, and so much bitching already! Here’s mine: I was peacefully reading a book on our porch today on one of our rare wonderful weather days of summer when I was rudely interrupted by a furious Mr. Romans. Why? Because today is the first full weekend of college football and he turned on the TV to find out that due to a spat between DirecTV and CBS, the game that he’d set to record on our DVR was Not Available, and he’d missed the entire first half. Oops. He did find the rest of the game on an out-of-area CBS affiliate we have access to (in standard def). But DirecTV is skating on real thin ice here, especially after we had to buy a new TV that makes going to 100% streaming way easier. So a big FU to DirecTV for pissing Mr. Romans off and wrecking what should have been a pleasant afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/52 "2023-09-03T01:47:18Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > It’s 5:00 and my family members are hemming and hawing about dinner _again_. I made dinner _last_ night! What do they want from me? It’s like they expect to have meals every damn day. A running joke at one of my workplaces was “Lunch? You had lunch yesterday!” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/53 "2023-09-03T02:31:54Z")
I’ve worked at various organizations in my time, both academic and commercial. At one of the big commercial tech companies I once worked for, the running joke was that managers were all issued with official company piss-bottles, because who has time to go to the bathroom! I wasn’t a manager, though. I had a special title that meant “status of a manager, but doesn’t actually manage anything”. Meaning that I got to play with stuff that interested me, and required no piss-bottle. 😄 Needless to say, my academic life was far more tranquil, but my corporate life was much more adventurous and travel-intensive! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/54 "2023-09-03T03:16:27Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > A Pirate Looks at 40… Thanks for posting that. I have it somewhere in my collection and have listened to it many times before, but since that YouTube soundtrack is right in front of my face, I’ve played it three times now. Buffett was a true artist. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/55 "2023-09-03T04:18:21Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > local credit union mrAru has had an account with the Great Lakes Navy Federal Credit Union since he was in boot camp back in 1983. We have a single bank account because it has a retirement pay going in - when we move we will change that allotment to a local to Nevada bank. My grumble is that while I love my Tiny Apex Predator [we call her Bunni] she likes to bring me live mice. I am happy she wants to share food with me, but she usually drops it on me so I scream and yeet it somewhere across the room. Then if she catches it and brings it back [or I don’t yeet it] it ends up getting taken and yeeted out a window. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/56 "2023-09-03T12:14:56Z")
I also had an NFCU account for many years. When I divorced my first wife, I left the account for her. NFCU is rated as one of the best CUs in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/57 "2023-09-03T22:46:50Z")
Here’s my mini rant. I live next to the Puget Sound and headed down to Las Vegas for 5 days at the tail end of Summer for vacation. It rained most of the time I was there. Really hard. WHAT THE FUCK?! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/58 "2023-09-03T22:49:43Z")
Mother Nature has a rather twisted sense of humor at times, doesn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/59 "2023-09-03T23:08:32Z")
My lady and I tried signing me up for Credit Karma. It said there was an already an account associated with my social security number. It showed an e-mail address that #1 I’d never seen before, and #2 was a woman’s first and last name. We (mostly my GF) navigated the confusing help function and eventually got what seemed to be a human being who said they would report it to the fraud department. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/60 "2023-09-03T23:18:27Z")
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