# \#monthly-mini-rant **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/monthly-mini-rant/114.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Ook-tober Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ook-tober-mini-rants/1033511)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ook-tober-mini-rants/1033511 "2026-10-01T16:07:13Z")
You may have heard of the big storm that hit the Northeast US last week? Our house is about 100 feet from the ocean on the North Shore of Boston, and after four or five days of heavy winds and rain, the “main” storm hit… --- ## [Deviated September (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738 "2026-10-01T15:52:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from August Wrong! (Monthly Mini-Rants): I’ll start out by mini-ranting about myself. I’m on a trip to Nevada, first in Vegas with my wife, then finishing the week in a nearby town where her p… --- ## [August Wrong! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-wrong-monthly-mini-rants/1032078)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-wrong-monthly-mini-rants/1032078 "2026-09-01T08:50:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Rant, Write, and Boo (July Mini-Rants): …But I’ll keep trying! I feel torn about work. I have a whole lot of new responsibility by necessity. We are in bad financial shape, being a gove… --- ## [Rant, Write, and Boo (July Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-write-and-boo-july-mini-rants/1031327)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-write-and-boo-july-mini-rants/1031327 "2026-08-03T03:56:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Blue June… (Monthly Mini-Rants): We have a trip planned to visit my in-laws near Las Vegas the first week of September. We’ve been watching plane ticket prices, as they’ve been going up a… --- ## [Blue June... (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520 "2026-07-01T07:39:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants): :notes:…“You saw me ranting alone”…:notes: I’m planning a trip in the beginning of September to Nevada to spend a week in Vegas and also see my w… --- ## [What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688 "2026-06-01T04:18:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from Failpril (Monthly Mini-Rants): I am so thoroughly exhausted, down to my bones. A coworker is on leave, overseas, for weeks. In the middle of that, apparently, one of the offices he suppo… --- ## [Failpril (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failpril-monthly-mini-rants/1028931)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failpril-monthly-mini-rants/1028931 "2026-05-06T07:59:13Z")
I did not see an April one started it yet, so here goes mine, which starts in March… …when I discovered the evening before I am set to travel that we have an issue with an overflowing drain in the basement that is con… --- ## [March Nemesis (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100 "2026-04-01T00:39:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Mini-Month Mini-Rants (Feb 2026): Been dealing with an annoying cold all week and it kicked my butt today. I slept in until noon and I’ve been coughing and sneezing all day. What really … --- ## [Mini-Month Mini-Rants (Feb 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273 "2026-03-02T14:56:47Z")
Winter finally hit SoFL. We awoke to temps just above freezing, ~35F ~2C. But at least the wind was howling. Hw cold was it? There were frozen iguanas littering parking lots. At breakfast about 1/3rd of the spaces were… --- ## [Welcome to Twenty-Twenty-Sucks (January Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-twenty-twenty-sucks-january-mini-rants/1026231)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-twenty-twenty-sucks-january-mini-rants/1026231 "2026-01-30T23:17:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from 'Twere the Rants Before Christmas (December Mini-Rants): It’s a new year, and illegal fireworks have been going since it first went dark. Which given the time of year means it has been go… --- ## ['Twere the Rants Before Christmas (December Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twere-the-rants-before-christmas-december-mini-rants/1025280)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 456\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twere-the-rants-before-christmas-december-mini-rants/1025280 "2026-01-11T00:12:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Happy Cranks-giving! (November mini-rants): …When all through the board, Not a poster deserving the trolls they ignored; The memes were posted with GIFs animated, Beside nightmare fuel,… --- ## [Happy Cranks-giving! (November mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cranks-giving-november-mini-rants/1024477)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cranks-giving-november-mini-rants/1024477 "2025-12-01T18:38:10Z")
I didn’t see a new thread created yet so here we go. Since COVID, most of the houses in our neighborhood set up in our driveways to hand out candy rather than having kids come all the way up to the front door. For the f… --- ## [Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563 "2025-11-06T23:44:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pee-ew in September (September mini rants): It’s now time to stress about Halloween. I generally love the holiday but every year we get more and more trick-or-treaters. Last year we went… --- ## [Pee-ew in September (September mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657 "2025-10-01T13:26:29Z")
I’m currently lying on the floor with my thighs elevated because I cannot be trusted to perform simple tasks correctly. I shave in the shower. I get a closer shave that way, and I get to hang out in the warm water for … --- ## [Unjust August (Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570 "2025-09-02T00:05:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants): I’m going to start off the month with a real mini mini-rant but a funny one. One of my toilet seats broke so I’m looking to replace it… --- ## [Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332 "2025-08-01T13:46:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from June, no, NOTHING! (Monthly Mini-Rants): I know it’s a bit early but a new thread was asked for in the previous thread, so I’ll accommodate. My first mini rant is for my dog. She’s a swe… --- ## [June, no, NOTHING! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 482\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081 "2025-07-12T19:18:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from …Bring May Glowers (Monthly Mini-Rants): I found another YouTube video which was a mini-documentary and the narrator can’t pronounce things properly. This time it was so bad I couldn’t wa… --- ## [...Bring May Glowers (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-may-glowers-monthly-mini-rants/1017737)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-may-glowers-monthly-mini-rants/1017737 "2025-06-01T20:15:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from April Sours… (Monthly Mini-Rants): We’ve been in this house for almost 13 years now. We bought it new; in fact, we bought the house before it was built and got to visit it at various stag…