# What's gotten you worked up this month? (May 2024 mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008 "2024-05-01T12:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/301 "2024-05-30T21:56:51Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Weirdly, a huge crow swooped across and dive-bombed me 3 times this morning as I got into my car - enough to graze my hair. Was just at the pharmacy, wondering where my crows were. Last year about this time I got bombarded like hell. One of their fledglings had fallen out of the nest, and was out in the roadway through the parking lot. I kindly shepherded it to the ramp to get up on the sidewalk and out of traffic. Got me knocked on my head enough to strain my neck. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/302 "2024-05-31T00:39:50Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > They must be the U.K. equivalent of TX mockingbirds. Now there’s a bird that does not know the meaning of “shut the fuck up.” NC mockingbirds are the same. Wake up at 3 am, there he is in the front yard, mocking away. I actually don’t mind it. Much better than sirens, motorcycles revving, or the neighbors arguing/trying to beat the shit out of each other. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/303 "2024-05-31T08:07:43Z")
No, it means they’re nesting nearby, and you can expect this behaviour regularly for several weeks. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/304 "2024-05-31T18:56:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Moriarty](#): > > > > > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > > > > Bubly sparkling water (two cases because it was buy one get one free!) and it is deee-sgusting. > > > > I feel that way about all sparkling water. So I think it’s just how you got it. > > Word. Every “Flavored” sparkling water I’ve tried has been just _blah_ to me. Hearing about one with enough flavor to be _deee-sgusting_ kinda makes me want to try it. actually if you want a sparkling water that tastes like a soda try clearly Canadian or walmarts version “clear American” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/305 "2024-05-31T19:02:14Z")
Grants are finally in! I’m too fucking tired to celebrate. Oof. I’ve lost a lot of sleep this week. Looking forward to catching up at some point. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/306 "2024-05-31T19:10:28Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Grants are finally in! Well done, you! In case no one has told you, I’m telling you now: YOU ROCK AT YOUR JOB! Would that I were in a position to watch your little math whiz for you for a couple of days, so you could take the break that you clearly deserve. Now go take care of **Spice\_Weasel** for a couple of hours. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/307 "2024-05-31T19:34:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Would that I were in a position to watch your little math whiz for you for a couple of days, so you could take the break that you clearly deserve. Thank you! Thank you! Brilliant segue into adorable kid story time. Today was twin day at **Wee Weasel’s** therapy place. That’s where the staff dress up in clothes to match a child of their choice. They got **Wee Weasel** a matching shirt that says, “Just a Boy Who Loves Planets.” He was so happy to wear his planets shirt today. Then we got this message: “He got so excited. Immediately asked what would happen if Mercury went into the sun, then told us that touching the sun is unsafe.” 🤣 Glad the safety stuff is finally sinking in. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/308 "2024-05-31T21:22:13Z")
Also, can we not tell my son, “Maybe you’ll be the next Elon Musk!” No please god no. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/309 "2024-05-31T21:48:43Z")
I got a result for something (not a health issue) that makes zero fucking sense unless I’m a way bigger idiot than my entire academic and professional life has indicated. Of course, this comes by email a 4pm on a Friday and there’s no way I’ll be able to find out more until Monday. I’m hoping there’s a data entry or other computer/process error that spat out this result, but I just don’t know and I’m going to be worrying about this all goddamn weekend. If I actually messed up this badly, I’m fucking illiterate. Goddamn it. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008/310 "2024-05-31T22:17:51Z")
I was craving stuffed cabbage. Can’t afford to pay for a meal, theres no stuffed cabbage tv dinners in tha store. Finally I see some in prepared foods- 8.99 a lb. That would’ve used up my food stamps. I dislike cravings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-gotten-you-worked-up-this-month-may-2024-mini-rants/1001008.md?page=15)