# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1121 "2010-12-07T15:29:00Z")
To the jackwagons that complain about how high our prices are in our thrift store, yet talk about their second home in Florida: Kindly Suck IT! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1122 "2010-12-07T15:36:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I really should start my petition to get rid of Clock Messing Around Time in this province (I don’t know which time is the bad one - I just want to pick a time and stick with it). You could emulate that beloved Canadian namesake and set your clock to read a couple of minutes before eleven at all times. And then it would always be time for “a little something.” Win-win! 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1123 "2010-12-07T23:39:15Z")
> [@Norse](#): > > And you in the new, big BMW: Quit pointing at the sidewalk when you pass me, I can’t ride my bike on the sidewalk today, even if I wanted to. There’s about 20cm of snow there, see? A bike is, by definition, a vehicle and, according to our traffic rules, perfectly legal to use on the road. It’s not your pavement, even if you’re driving that new, ridiculously expensive penis substitute. So don’t pass me, cut in before me and stop, because I’ll probably dent your precious bimmer when I rear-end you. OK? And attend a refreshment class in traffic rules before Christmas, will ya? You seem to need just that. Asshole. On a related note, to the jackhole who parked their car in the bike lane, a few reminders. 1. That’s a bike lane. Notice the bike painted on it at regular intervals? Not a parking lane. 2. You’re hanging out into the traffic lane, causing everyone to swerve around your expensive silver piece of ego. I hope someone hits you. 3. Please note that the parking lane is across the street. Yes, you’ll have to turn your car around and cross the street to get to your house. At least that way your piece of ego is out of the traffic lane. Boy I hope someone takes off that person’s sideview mirror tonight. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1124 "2010-12-08T05:30:51Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > me too. It’s dark at half past four in the afternoon; daylight saving my ass. Saved for when exactly, motherfucker? For summer, when it’s daylight from four in the morning until 11 o’clock at night. > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > To the jackwagons that complain about how high our prices are in our thrift store, yet talk about their second home in Florida: Kindly Suck IT! Rich people are cheap bastards - you don’t get rich by spending money. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1125 "2010-12-08T14:36:31Z")
Two hours to get to work today. 9:30 and it feels like 2 p.m., and I’m a nervous wreck. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1126 "2010-12-08T18:44:53Z")
Why do the taxpayers have to foot the bill for professional makeup for some neo-Nazi criminal on trial for murder just so the jury isn’t prejudiced by his tattoos. Give him a damned turtleneck sweater for the neck tattoos and a bandaid or smiley face sticker for the one under his eye. This is just a waste of taxpayers money, it’s bad enough we have to waste money on a second trial. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1127 "2010-12-08T18:53:45Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Why do the taxpayers have to foot the bill for professional makeup for some neo-Nazi criminal on trial for murder just so the jury isn’t prejudiced by his tattoos. Give him a damned turtleneck sweater for the neck tattoos and a bandaid or smiley face sticker for the one under his eye. This is just a waste of taxpayers money, it’s bad enough we have to waste money on a second trial. Actually, I’m happy to hear that they are doing so (I know nothing of the case). He is presumed innocent for the time being, so I think it’s fair he is given any reasonable advantage in his case that I would want if I were in his place. Maybe they can put in a stipulation that he has to work off the cost if he is convicted? They might never get it back, but at least it would address the principle. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1128 "2010-12-08T19:01:53Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Actually, I’m happy to hear that they are doing so (I know nothing of the case). He is presumed innocent for the time being, so I think it’s fair he is given any reasonable advantage in his case that I would want if I were in his place. > > Maybe they can put in a stipulation that he has to work off the cost if he is convicted? They might never get it back, but at least it would address the principle. Oh sure, fair trial and all that I get. My point is, it’s over the top to pay a professional to do makeup every day of his trial, most of the tats are on his neck. Easily covered by a high collar. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1129 "2010-12-08T19:03:27Z")
I don’t know why a jury shouldn’t be “prejudiced” by something he presumably did to his appearance on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1130 "2010-12-08T19:25:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t know why a jury shouldn’t be “prejudiced” by something he presumably did to his appearance on purpose. I’m just thinking how I would feel if a long series of my own poor life choices and bad luck ended me up as an innocent man, but all tatted up, in front of a jury. I’m not saying this to be a pain—I’m sure that if I knew the victim or knew of grisly details of the case, my attitude would likely be different. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1131 "2010-12-08T19:33:42Z")
Yeah, I can envision some extenuating circumstances that might change my attitude, but I’m not familiar with the case either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1132 "2010-12-08T20:42:12Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yeah, I can envision some extenuating circumstances that might change my attitude, but I’m not familiar with the case either. 🙂 I thought you might have heard of it being in Florida. He stabbed some woman and killed the young man she was with, a friend of her son’s. Story [here](http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/dec/06/061824/pasco-neo-nazis-murder-trial-begins/news-breaking/). It’s shocking to me that the previous hung jury was leaning toward not guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1133 "2010-12-08T20:49:43Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > But. But. How can you exist without Farmville? Once, I got a Facebook update that “[Friend X] planted two peach trees for needy people”, and my mind automatically inserted “in Farmville!” It took me around a minute to realize that she really was talking about an event she physically completed to help people. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1134 "2010-12-08T20:52:43Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Why do the taxpayers have to foot the bill for professional makeup for some neo-Nazi criminal on trial for murder just so the jury isn’t prejudiced by his tattoos. Give him a damned turtleneck sweater for the neck tattoos and a bandaid or smiley face sticker for the one under his eye. This is just a waste of taxpayers money, it’s bad enough we have to waste money on a second trial. Okay, _now_ I’d get behind this almost a hundred percent…except I wouldn’t supply a bandaid. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1135 "2010-12-08T20:55:49Z")
I love the Do Not Call list, really I do, but I think that it gives telespammers too much time to call me before they have to abide by my wishes. Telespammers get to call me for a month before they have to take my number off their lists. Let’s face it, the numbers are dialed by computer, and these computers should have to update their calling lists no less frequently than every week. It’s not like this is still the 70s, when telemarketers worked with photopied lists of phone numbers. Also, if we could manage to pass a Do Not Call list that charities, political organizations, and so on had to abide by, I’d give up every single birthday, Xmas, Mother’s day, and anniversary present from here on out. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1136 "2010-12-08T20:58:50Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Oh sure, fair trial and all that I get. My point is, it’s over the top to pay a professional to do makeup every day of his trial, most of the tats are on his neck. Easily covered by a high collar. I’m torn here. On the one hand, yeah, his tattoos are part of his personality…that’s why he got them, right? On the other hand $125 a day is fairly cheap to ensure he doesn’t have a mistrial. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1137 "2010-12-08T21:49:36Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Also, if we could manage to pass a Do Not Call list that charities, political organizations, and so on had to abide by, I’d give up every single birthday, Xmas, Mother’s day, and anniversary present from here on out. Start forwarding these gifts to me, along with a list of any organiztions you’d like… \*dissuaded \*from contacting you. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1138 "2010-12-08T22:02:57Z")
If I want to get serious about dissuading people, I always have my cousin Vinnie. If I know the people that I want to discourage, that is. Problem is, telemarketers generally don’t give their real names. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1139 "2010-12-08T22:33:31Z")
Mysterious office fires don’t generally require names. Just sayin’. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833/1140 "2010-12-09T01:28:20Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > \ > > Also, if we could manage to pass a Do Not Call list that charities, political organizations, and so on had to abide by, I’d give up every single birthday, Xmas, Mother’s day, and anniversary present from here on out. Don’t forget the companies you have previously done business with - you bought one thing from them one time, so they can telemarket you until you die now. Bullshit to that, I say - I know your company, I know how to get in touch with you - I’ll find YOU when I want more of your product. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winters-a-coming-season-of-death-mini-rants/554833.md?page=58)