Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!

[aimeeandbeatles]

Windows Update notifies me of a new update. I open it up, and there aren't any new updates. Windows, what are you doing?

It's also very cold here and both my knee and neck hurt from it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

New rant: I saw a headline called "Why saving money on food is 'definitely a challenge' for millennials" and opened it up, expecting to see something about the rising cost of living. Instead:

When Leslie Hacker began taking a closer look at her finances recently, she noticed she was spending about $1,000 on food each month.
"It seems like a lot, but when I did the math, that's about 35 dollars a day, which doesn't seem that crazy anymore to be honest," she says.
Eating out, ordering in. Throw in a bagel here, a coffee there, and it all adds up.
"It's definitely a challenge for people my age to save on food."

....

In the age of smartphones, access is easier than ever with popular food apps like UberEats and SkipTheDishes bringing a hot meal to your door in minutes. But the convenience comes at a cost.
"There's the delivery fee — $5.00 to $7.50, I find, is the usual delivery charge. And then you have to tip the drivers."

WHAT THE %$#&???

It seriously bothers me because they could cover this issue in a serious manner, but instead they manage to go out and find a random millennial with no lifeskills and then use that to paint an entire generation as entitled.

 

[Zkribbler]

I read where California's gigantic wildfires have now resulted in mudslides. closing major highways.

 

[Phrossack]

I'm sorry dude, that's rough.

It's the only way these things seem to go anymore. I'm probably wasting my time trying.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: I found some saltine crackers in the cupboard but they were all stale and tasted nasty.

 

[cardgame]

I definitely spend way more than I probably should on food, but my expenses are still a lot closer to $35/week than $35/day. That's absolutely nuts.

 

[choxorn]

Same, and I live in a place where food (and generally, every living expense) is more expensive.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I am awake in the middle of the night because my mom slipped and fell on her way back from the bathroom. She knocked over her glass of tea and needed help cleaning it up. She is complaining about how it is impossible to sleep.

The antidepressant/sleep aid she started taking 2 nights ago does not seem to be helping. Considering that a common side effect is increasing orthostatic hypotension, it may have contributed to the fall.

 

[Arakhor]

Glass of tea? Was it a specially insulated glass?

(Yes, I have heard of American "sun" tea, but that doesn't seem likely in the dead of winter.)

 

[cardgame]

What's wrong with the phrase 'glass of tea'?

Do you not use glass and cup interchangeably in the UK? How is sun tea relevant?

 

[Arakhor]

No, of course not. A glass is made of glass and doesn't have a handle. If it did, it would be a mug or a cup..

 

[yung.carl.jung]

it's 2019 people why are you not drinking your tea from a gaiwan like you're supposed to??

 

[MagisterCultuum]

What mom was drinking was a weak green tea with way too much artificial sweetener (Splenda) for my taste. (She prefers to make about a gallon of tea using only 2 or 3 of these tea bags meant for individual cups.)

She used to put ice in it (in which case she's use 4 bags per gallon), but in recent years usually drinks it room temperature.

She drinks it out of what she calls a glass, but it not actually made of glass. It is a large plastic cup. It holds almost a liter when full, although she rarely fills it more than 3/4 of the way. has no handle.

This is Georgia, so even though temperatures it did drop below freezing last week it is now 53 degrees Fahrenheit, or 12 degrees Celsius.

 

[Arakhor]

Good grief, that's basically just faintly coloured water. I can't imagine that there's any tea left to sweeten!

 

[cardgame]

I don't even own any drinking pieces with a handle. Have never had tea that was too hot to hold in a glass (and I do like hot tea on occasion).

edit: rant incoming - Civ 5 won't recognize my subscribed mods, even when I uninstall and reinstall them. I can install some new ones... but not by grabbing them from their own pages, it only works if they're in someone else's compilation list.

 

[Silurian]

No, of course not. A glass is made of glass and doesn't have a handle. If it did, it would be a mug or a cup..

I have some small mugs made of clear Pyrex, I use them for drinking water out of when I do not want to use a half pint glass.

I do not have any plastic beakers.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No, of course not. A glass is made of glass and doesn't have a handle. If it did, it would be a mug or a cup..

Mugs and cups are identified by the handle* no matter what they are made of...that's fine. But what is it if it doesn't have a handle and isn't made of glass? I most commonly drink from a "plastic glass," and would be glad to have a less clunky and contradictory term for it.



*For those left pondering by this, a mug has vertical sides while a cup is tapered.

 

[Ajidica]

Weather is going to suck this week. The temperature will be relatively warm, overcast, and damp with snow/rain/sleet/general iciness until Thursday. No sun until a bit on Friday and Saturday, so the ice is just going to stick around. Snow/sleet is coming in overnight and ending right around morning rush hour.

Thankfully the temperature got colder since I last checked the forecast, so we should avoid the worst of the melt/refreeze cycle that plays havoc on the roads and sidewalks.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Glass of tea? Was it a specially insulated glass?

(Yes, I have heard of American "sun" tea, but that doesn't seem likely in the dead of winter.)

Iced tea is drunk from a glass (usually).

Mugs and cups are identified by the handle* no matter what they are made of...that's fine. But what is it if it doesn't have a handle and isn't made of glass? I most commonly drink from a "plastic glass," and would be glad to have a less clunky and contradictory term for it.

A glass is a glass, no matter if it's made of glass or plastic (ie. if it's tupperware).

*For those left pondering by this, a mug has vertical sides while a cup is tapered.

What if it's gently rounded, as in neither vertical nor tapered?

I guess I should just get out my goblets from my SCA days and use those. At least I know what to call them (two are made of wood and the others are ceramic).

 

[Timsup2nothin]

What if it's gently rounded, as in neither vertical nor tapered?

I guess I should just get out my goblets from my SCA days and use those. At least I know what to call them (two are made of wood and the others are ceramic).

That's still a cup. A mug is a specific type of cup, identified by the cylindrical shape. I did forget all about rounded cups though, for some reason. A friend of mine also pointed out that he has this weird modernist cup that is shaped like a cube and my shorthanded "vertical sides" would classify it as a mug also. I told him that it didn't matter what that abomination is called since you can't drink out of it anyway. His response; "I call it a paperweight."

A glass is a glass, no matter if it's made of glass or plastic (ie. if it's tupperware).

Fair enough. It just seems strange that a glass doesn't have to be made of glass, but I'm willing. 'My' glass is made of some sort of acrylic plastic and is air (vacuum?) gapped like a thermos bottle.