# unfortunate events we seem unable to eliminate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911 "2018-11-02T21:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/41 "2018-11-03T14:48:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Seriously, just click on the rolleyes. That is some rabid willful ignorance on display by the OP of this thread. I clicked on the rolleyes. Yes, yes, you are right. It is truly far more dreadful than anything else mentioned in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/42 "2018-11-03T16:24:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Did you really expect people to click on the smilie with no explanation?:rolleyes: > > I find it :dubious: that of all the horrible things mentioned in the OP, the thing that sparks the most outrage is the unjust accusation about dogs. I’m having a nitpicky day (oh, do shut up); the one thing I find most irritating about the things mentioned in the OP is that several of them are actually the same: people thinking that “love” is what you do with your cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/43 "2018-11-03T19:15:39Z")
People who think homosexuals are pedophile, trying to recruit children. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/44 "2018-11-03T19:25:10Z")
_Ahem._. Drippy ice cream cones! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/45 "2018-11-03T19:34:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > _Ahem._. > > Drippy ice cream cones! And ketchup on hot dogs! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/46 "2018-11-03T19:52:55Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Drippy ice cream cones! > [@Colibri](#): > > And ketchup on hot dogs! These are a few of my favorite things. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/47 "2018-11-03T20:14:45Z")
In reality, unfortunate events are what make life non-boring. Without them, there would be nothing to shape our personalities, and we would all be cookie-cutter drones shambling through a drab monochromatic dystopia. We need to have stuff to push back against, to keep our pushing muscles in shape. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/48 "2018-11-03T21:12:16Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > Dogs killing kids and old people, especially pit bull dogs > People driving drunk and killing people, including themself. > People driving inattentively, hitting kids at bus stops. > Men beating their wives and/or kids > Murder suicide > Drug killings > Love Triangle killings > ‘If I can’t have her, nobody can’ killings > Date rape > e coli contamination of fresh greens > Cancer > MS > CP > Senility of various kinds > Addiction > Votes for Republicans But it’s a great place to raise children! Anyway, the OP is very selfish for ignoring starvation in Yemen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/49 "2018-11-03T21:20:00Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > I had rather hoped people would add more mundane things to the list, as some did. Things like being unable to keep squirrels from chewing through screenwire to get at birdseed Then you should have started with a list of more mundane things, but I’ll help. Stupid people posting to message boards Stupid people not realizing that they are stupid, even though the evidence keeps piling up at the message boards they participate at. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/50 "2018-11-03T22:08:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > In reality, unfortunate events are what make life non-boring. Tell that to the Baudelaire children. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/51 "2018-11-03T22:12:31Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > Dogs killing kids and old people, especially pit bull dogs > People driving drunk and killing people, including themself. > People driving inattentively, hitting kids at bus stops. > Men beating their wives and/or kids > Murder suicide > Drug killings > Love Triangle killings > ‘If I can’t have her, nobody can’ killings > Date rape > e coli contamination of fresh greens > Cancer > MS > CP > Senility of various kinds > Addiction > Votes for Republicans I’m surprised no one did this for the OP: > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > These are a few of my favorite things. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/52 "2018-11-03T22:38:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m surprised no one did this for the OP: I like the way he brackets “e. coli contamination of fresh greens” between “Date rape” and “cancer.” The OP is certainly a non-linear thinker! ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/53 "2018-11-04T16:36:24Z")
Daylight saving time. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/54 "2018-11-04T17:09:13Z")
We don’t seem to be able to eliminate school shootings, at least in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/55 "2018-11-05T17:44:10Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Someone needs to do something about all the killer golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. You say this like it’s some kind of clever comeback, but it’s not and shows how you are contributing to misinformation. Golden retrievers have attacked and killed people. I’ve had experience with a rogue golden at my local dog park who was the most dangerous dog there, repeatedly growling, lunging and snapping at people as well as other dogs (although no fatalities were involved to my knowledge). We kept having to ask the guy to leave, but he kept coming back with his dog. The difference is that golden retrievers have good press. Like most people who have known pit bulls in person, I follow alarmist news stories about dogs. It would amaze you if you saw the number of stories in which a dog attacks and/or kills someone and the breed is never mentioned UNLESS the dog is a pit bull (or someone CLAIMS the dog was). And the same police jurisdictions that shoot pit bulls involved in incidents often take an entirely different approach to non-pit-bull dogs, saying “it’s nobody’s fault, just an accident,” and returning the offending lab or Dalmatian to their home. Police bias is bad enough – no policeman with tooth marks on his ankle ever got an award from the chief for shooting a miniature poodle, so of course he claims it was a monster dog – but press bias is worse: > **[Dog bites and the media: Researcher Karen Delise weighs in](https://dogtime.com/dog-health/general/9218-dog-bites-and-the-media-researcher-karen-delise-weighs-in)** > > For more than two decades, Karen Delise has been researching dog bites and how the media reports them. She is the founder and director of research for the National Canine Research Council, and her background includes 29 years of service with the... ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/56 "2018-11-05T18:30:14Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > Daylight saving time. I think you meant down with Standard Time! DST Forever! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/57 "2018-11-06T05:47:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > We don’t seem to be able to eliminate school shootings, at least in the US. After every mass shooting since 2014, satirical news outlet the Onion repeats the story with this headline: - “No way to prevent this” says only nation where this regularly happens.\* ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/58 "2018-11-06T13:40:22Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > _Ahem._. > > Drippy ice cream cones! [Pledge $15 or more and get a . . . _sticker?_](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15865846/the-drip-drop) ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/59 "2018-11-07T00:15:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > _Ahem._. > > Drippy ice cream cones! I remember an article in Readers Digest many years ago entitled _How to Eat Like a Child_. Under “ice cream cones”, it had “lick the ice cream down to the to of the cone. Bite off the bottom of the cone and suck the ice cream out. Leave cone upside down on the dashboard of father’s car.” With the exception of the latter (I ate the cone), for years that’s how I ate ice cream cones. Dipped cones are the worst. You would think the chocolate coating would seal it all in, but it cracks and ice cream drips out of all the fissures. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/60 "2018-11-07T01:10:57Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I remember an article in Readers Digest many years ago entitled _How to Eat Like a Child_. Under “ice cream cones”, it had "lick the ice cream down to the to of the cone. Bite off the bottom of the cone and suck the ice cream out. The was an excellent moment from an episode of _Mom_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911.md?page=4)