# Winter's a-coming! Season of Death Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833 "2010-09-18T09:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/661 "2010-10-24T04:05:56Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I wasn’t calling you an interfering control freak; I was calling the guy I was talking about in the paragraph after my comment to you. But if the shoe fits…🙂 If you were not responding to me, why did you quote me? ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/662 "2010-10-24T04:11:37Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Why don’t you buy a first-class ticket, or get your own plane? > > Son, you should probably not be sticking your forks in the outlets or banging your head against the wall so often. “Son”? _laugh_ No, I meant that comment. I got fed up with the airlines a long time ago. I bought first-class tickets, which solved the space problem, until the government got paranoid with the security and started subjecting people to indignities, at which point I bought my own plane. Every single person here has the choice to do what I did…instead, you will choose to search for the cheapest ticket you can find, you will behave like sheep and do everything that you’re told to do instead of standing up for yourselves, and you will bitch, piss, whine and moan about the way you’re being treated. What I’m pointing out is that if you act like a sheep, you will be treated like one, and all of the bleating you can do is not going to help. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/663 "2010-10-24T04:33:52Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I wonder what would happen if you called 911 and reported a child screaming. I mean, someone could be hurt for all you know. They are directly across the street from me and I can see all of them (well, I could before it got dark) so I think it would be a stretch to try to claim to the police that I thought the screamer(s) was hurt. Sure would be nice to be able to do it tho, since the screams are those one that the sub-conscious reacts to as Danger, and after seven hours my sub-conscious is getting tired! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/664 "2010-10-24T05:26:29Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > “Son”? _laugh_ > > No, I meant that comment. I got fed up with the airlines a long time ago. I bought first-class tickets, which solved the space problem, until the government got paranoid with the security and started subjecting people to indignities, at which point I bought my own plane. Every single person here has the choice to do what I did…instead, you will choose to search for the cheapest ticket you can find, you will behave like sheep and do everything that you’re told to do instead of standing up for yourselves, and you will bitch, piss, whine and moan about the way you’re being treated. What I’m pointing out is that if you act like a sheep, you will be treated like one, and all of the bleating you can do is not going to help. Wow, **Rand Rover** has nothing on you. All he does is tell people who complain about their job to get a new one, but you’ve introduced us to a whole new level of ignoring reality. Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/665 "2010-10-24T05:48:28Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Wow, **Rand Rover** has nothing on you. All he does is tell people who complain about their job to get a new one, but you’ve introduced us to a whole new level of ignoring reality. Nice one. Well, **Morella** is also one of those geniuses who denies Obama’s citizenship and his legitimacy as President, so don’t expect too much. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/666 "2010-10-24T05:58:36Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > If you were not responding to me, why did you quote me? I was responding to you - in the first line of my post. Then I changed subjects, which was indicated by a blank line and a new paragraph. Is this writing convention new to you? ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/667 "2010-10-24T06:33:14Z")
Well, it’s now after 11:30 pm here and the screaming continues. I had a look and there is a freaking _stroller_ in front of the jumper now, so that means that at least one of the screamers could be 2? years old? Jesus wept. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/668 "2010-10-24T11:07:27Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Well, **Morella** is also one of those geniuses who denies Obama’s citizenship and his legitimacy as President, so don’t expect too much. I question Obama’s citizenship. There are many unanswered questions about this Kenyan, or Kenyan-American, as the case may be, and those questions should be answered. Putting the head into the ass is never a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/669 "2010-10-24T11:08:27Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Well, it’s now after 11:30 pm here and the screaming continues. I had a look and there is a freaking _stroller_ in front of the jumper now, so that means that at least one of the screamers could be 2? years old? > > Jesus wept. Are you in Vegas? That sounds pretty much like my hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/670 "2010-10-24T15:39:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Well, **Morella** is also one of those geniuses who denies Obama’s citizenship and his legitimacy as President, so don’t expect too much. Seems obvious to me \*\*Morella \*\*is taking the piss. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/671 "2010-10-24T15:46:38Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Seems obvious to me \*\*Morella \*\*is taking the piss. Yeah, got to agree there. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/672 "2010-10-24T16:25:48Z")
We went out for a games night yesterday. I tried very hard to have fun, but not really managing to even get into the game much less compete for four hours is about as much fun as socializing with a bunch of people speaking a language you don’t speak. I think I should have just conceded and gone and watched television. I was really looking forward to games night, too. And now my eyelid is all puffed up. Bah. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/673 "2010-10-24T16:29:49Z")
WTF? You have requested to friend me on Facebook at least eight times now. Eight. I don’t know who you are. Yes, we went to high school together apparently, and I guess we have Facebook friends in common, but I have ignored you, tagged you as spam, denied your requests over and over. Get a fucking clue, you moron. Also, a fine fuck you to Facebook. You can track every known acquaintence I may possibly have on the entire internet, but you can’t pre-empt a member who I’ve tagged as spam/ignored several times? Wait, let me rephrase. Straight up fuck you Facebook, you could pre-empt this guy but you don’t. Of course you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/674 "2010-10-24T17:13:52Z")
SIL: It’s bad enough that you show no respect for my mom’s house or property and think your side of the fam is better than ours. But it’s even worse when we try to ask your husband/my brother or his daughter a question and you jump in and answer for them because you don’t want them to have a mind or a voice of their own. STFU. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/675 "2010-10-24T19:58:53Z")
Wanna know the quickest way to lose my vote? Send me a spam text. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/676 "2010-10-24T20:02:39Z")
Someone went around the neighborhood and taped “GOP voter guides” to the mailboxes. I’m really glad they did that – now I know exactly who to vote against! 😃 (I’m mildly disturbed that the handwriting appears to be a child’s – that was a lot of writing and folding for a kid.) ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/677 "2010-10-24T20:51:15Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Also, a fine fuck you to Facebook. You can track every known acquaintence I may possibly have on the entire internet, but you can’t pre-empt a member who I’ve tagged as spam/ignored several times? > > Wait, let me rephrase. Straight up fuck you Facebook, you could pre-empt this guy but you don’t. Of course you don’t. Have you tried blocking that person? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/678 "2010-10-25T00:50:01Z")
Oh, thank God. Who knew you could do that. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/679 "2010-10-25T01:00:54Z")
I think I may have mentioned this elsewhere, but there is now at least one aggregator of social networking information - [spokeo.com](http://spokeo.com). For the stalkerazzo on a budget, this is like finding the pot of soiled panties at the other end of his telephoto lens. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/680 "2010-10-25T03:00:58Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Wanna know the quickest way to lose my vote? Send me a spam text. I delete all texts, unread. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t do text. And I don’t give a shit about what some spammer has to say. So I merrily delete every offer. The quickest way to lose MY vote is to robocall me. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Someone went around the neighborhood and taped “GOP voter guides” to the mailboxes. I’m really glad they did that – now I know exactly who to vote against! 😃 > > (I’m mildly disturbed that the handwriting appears to be a child’s – that was a lot of writing and folding for a kid.) I have to confess, my handwriting was never really elegant, and ever since I’ve had the deadly combination of arthritis and access to a printer at home, I almost never hand write things, other than the occasional short grocery list. However, I’d never hand write a voter guide, I’d use the printer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833.md?page=35)