# Whew it's hot out here! Summer Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239 "2010-06-23T14:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1041 "2010-09-07T14:54:15Z")
When someone shows you who they are, believe them. Don’t waste ten years of your life begging them to be who you want/need them to be. Don’t waste your time asking and asking, because the answer is no. The answer is no. Don’t waste your time going way above and beyond hoping that maybe if you show them how you deserve their respect and the same kind of generousity they give to others, they’ll give it to you because it’s the right thing to do and you earned it. Because the answer is no. The answer is no. The answer will always be no. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1042 "2010-09-07T16:13:52Z")
So, can I put you down for a “maybe”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1043 "2010-09-07T17:57:04Z")
Why, you!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1044 "2010-09-07T18:42:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > **Boggette** , that reminded me of having wings last Wednesday with a younger person (mid-twenties, I think). The conversation went like this; “That sounds interesting. So, how did you guys like…{checks iPhone, types a little bit}…your trip to the Northwest Territories?” “Really? It was like a maritime town?..{checks iPhone, types a little bit}…” repeat throughout the entire evening. She’s a **nice girl** , and **I think she is probably representative of her whole generation** Emphasis added. No, she is not, and no, she is not. She’s a selfish, inconsiderate bitch, and other than the medium she uses to demonstrate her rudeness, it has very little to do with being in her mid-20s. > [@niblet\_head](#): > > Also Stop With the random Capitalizing. You probably know this, but assuming you’re working in MS Office, \*\*Format \*\*\> **Change Case**. > [@elfkin477](#): > > Dear MS Word developers, > Just so you know, a complex sentence with multiple clauses is in fact the opposite of a sentence fragment. Fragments lack either a verb or a subject, so if a sentence contains **both** _and_ has an independent clause, it’s not a fucking fragment.\*\* I\*\* know enough to ignore your stupid green squiggles, but you’re baffling kids who are just trying to write their damn papers. Isn’t it enough that they’re doing the work without confusing them like this?! Bastards. It’s shockingly hard to write algorithms that can properly parse English text. If you can do a better job than the one that MS uses for its office products, you could, I’m sure, retire on the \*vast \*sums of money you’d make from the translation software you could write. How about instead you pit the retarded fucking students who never figured out that just because there’s a green squiggle doesn’t mean anything is necessarily wrong and they should use _their own fucking brains_ to figure out when something actually needs to be changed? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1045 "2010-09-07T18:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=Shot From Guns] You probably know this, but assuming you’re working in MS Office, \*\*Format \*\*\> **Change Case**. [/quote] Quite. I use it to change all the PARAGRAPHS OF TEXT I ALSO GET IN ALL CAPS. ( \<– All caps for demonstration purposes only. No remonstration expressed or implied.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1046 "2010-09-07T18:57:20Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > You probably know this, but assuming you’re working in MS Office, \*\*Format \*\*\> **Change Case**. Or Shift+F3. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1047 "2010-09-07T21:17:26Z")
Attention head honchos: PLEASE fire the newest employee. She’s less than worthless: the fact that she still has a job is starting to seriously demoralize the rest of the office. Besides, there is no WAY she is the best you can find. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Her birthday lunch is scheduled for this Friday, and frankly, I’d rather not spend the $ to go, and even more frankly, I’d rather she not be here anymore by then. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1048 "2010-09-07T21:20:35Z")
You don’t get to just post something like that and leave it at that, **purplehorseshoe**. Stories! 😃 ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1049 "2010-09-07T21:48:17Z")
1. Perhaps, before you load up all your shit on a luggage cart and merrily wave your ride goodbye, you should first come in and inquire how much a room for the night would cost. This would save a lot of hassle on everyone’s part. 2. How about instead of telling me how your friends are from Florida and want to see the mountains, you shut your pie hole and pay attention when I tell you where to sign so I don’t have to repeat myself nine hundred times. 3. Message to everyone: Asheville is firmly parked in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You want a view of the mountains? GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE AND OPEN YOUR EYES. See? Mountains everywhere. I’ll be damned. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1050 "2010-09-07T23:42:12Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > 1. Message to everyone: Asheville is firmly parked in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You want a view of the mountains? GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE AND OPEN YOUR EYES. See? Mountains everywhere. I’ll be damned. This is where you need to play the role of the shop clerk in the Monty Python Parrot Sketch. “Nope, not a mountain in sight. Flat as a pancake around here. Not even trees! To get some REAL mountains, you’d have to go all the way to Kansas!” Complete with the eyes wide, downward purse lips “I’m putting you on” look. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1051 "2010-09-08T05:38:12Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > **Boggette** , that reminded me of having wings last Wednesday with a younger person (mid-twenties, I think). The conversation went like this; “That sounds interesting. So, how did you guys like…{checks iPhone, types a little bit}…your trip to the Northwest Territories?” “Really? It was like a maritime town?..{checks iPhone, types a little bit}…” repeat throughout the entire evening. She’s a **nice girl** , and **I think she is probably representative of her whole generation** > > Emphasis added. No, she is not, and no, she is not. She’s a selfish, inconsiderate bitch, and other than the medium she uses to demonstrate her rudeness, it has very little to do with being in her mid-20s.\ I thought all you young folks were constantly attached to your electrical umbilical. 🙂 Yeah, I did think it was rude, but I was giving her the benefit of the doubt, that it was just a generation gap thing. I’m going to have to develop a way to bust people’s asses on this behaviour - “What, our conversation isn’t interesting enough for you?” or something like that. It’s funny when people think things like the Blue Ridge Mountains are actually mountains - you got trees growing right to the tops of them! 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1052 "2010-09-08T05:40:18Z")
Ha HA! 22nd page, bitches! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1053 "2010-09-08T14:34:06Z")
I read that as “Ha HA! 22 pages, bitching!” Which, I think, sums it up pretty well. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1054 "2010-09-08T16:41:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought all you young folks were constantly attached to your electrical umbilical. Not those of us with any class, no. And unfortunately there are plenty of people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. who can’t put down their fucking phones, either (often things like work BlackBerrys). Stomp that shit the fuck _out_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1055 "2010-09-08T16:57:28Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > I thought all you young folks were constantly attached to your electrical umbilical. > > Not those of us with any class, no. And unfortunately there are plenty of people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. who can’t put down their fucking phones, either (often things like work BlackBerrys). Stomp that shit the fuck _out_. And we all know you’ve got class out the fuckin’ ears, **Guns**. 😛 Too right about the older folk, too. My mother is tied straight into her phone. A text comes through, she has to check it and reply; I don’t exist for those 20 seconds. It’s pretty hilarious considering I’ve always been the techie of the family, but I’m the only one who still has a simple little pay-as-you-go flip phone where you have to hit 4-4 4-4-4 just to text “hi”. If all goes well I’m getting my very own electronic umbilicus on Friday. I’m looking forward to being able to interrupt someone in order to send a text. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1056 "2010-09-08T17:01:31Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I read that as “Ha HA! 22 pages, bitching!” Which, I think, sums it up pretty well. 😃 That works too. 🙂 I promise, when I get my electrical umbilical, I’ll only ignore other people to surf the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1057 "2010-09-08T18:12:47Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > And we all know you’ve got class out the fuckin’ ears, **Guns**. Damn straight. > [@](#): > > simple little pay-as-you-go flip phone where you have to hit 4-4 4-4-4 just to text “hi”. Personally, I’d go with 4 4 (down select) 4 4 4 so it would go faster, albeit with an extra keypress. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1058 "2010-09-08T18:18:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yeah, I did think it was rude, but I was giving her the benefit of the doubt, that it was just a generation gap thing. I’m going to have to develop a way to bust people’s asses on this behaviour - “What, our conversation isn’t interesting enough for you?” or something like that. You should have texted her that she was being rude. 😃 (I did this to my Mom once, when she took a third call during lunch at a Thai restaurant…) ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1059 "2010-09-08T18:37:38Z")
Christ, people think it’s rude that I don’t answer my landline at home if I don’t want to. It’s a very radical idea, apparently, not to be a slave to any ringing/beeping/vibrating thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/1060 "2010-09-08T19:24:05Z")
The kicker is that theoretically, the advantage of texting over calling is that the reply isn’t time-sensitive. It’s okay if you don’t respond immediately, it can wait. My mother gushes about this all the time, yet she’s always on top of her texts, at least in my presence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=54)