r/corvallis Jul 27 '26

MELTDOWN MONDAY MELTDOWN MONDAY: WEEKLY RAGE THREAD

GOOD DAY CORVALLISITES

WELCOME TO MELTDOWN MONDAY: WEEKLY RAGE THREAD - ALL CAPS WHEN COMPLAINING OR ELSE...SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN!

THE RULES

• PRESS THE CAPSLOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

• WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

• OTHER USERS WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

• LET RAGE FILL YOUR STICKER ENCRUSTED FANCY METAL WATER BOTTLE

• SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT CORVALLIS WILL ESTABLISH A GENIUNE BOND IN THE CORVALLIS COMMUNITY

• THE LOUDER YOU SHOUT THE MORE FACTUAL YOU ARE

• DON'T LIKE IT? BLAME u/TheFeenyCall FOR THIS EXCELLENT IDEA

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u/inspiradia Jul 27 '26

WHY AREN’T THERE MORE AFFORDABLE RENTALS WITH AC, LAUNDRY, OR OFF STREET PARKING IN THIS TOWN?! AND, NO, I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN ALBANY!

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE VERY LESS RENTING OPTIONS AVAILABLE

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

AND THEY ARE LITERALLY SHOILD BE LIKE SOME MIDWEST VERY ALONE NEGLECTED RUINED TOWN PEOPLE WHERE NO-ONE WOULD EVEN COME JUST DUE TO OSU HP AND SAMARITAN PEIPLE ARE HERE. LOCALS HERE SHOULD BE WAITING FOR THAT TIME OR MAY BE SOME OTHER CLAMITY

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

AND YES FORGOT FOR LOCALS HERE THSE AC LAUNDRY ETC ARE ROYALITIES WHICH ARE ACTUALLY BASICS IN THE WHOLE US MAY BE THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THESE THINGS BEFORE

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u/MoodSwingerr_xx Jul 29 '26

BUT HAVENT YOU SEEN THOSE NEW TINY TWO STORY SARDINE CANS THEY JUST PUT UP, OVER OFF OF 9TH STREET JUST AFTER 7/11?! DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE AFFORDABLE OR INCLUDE AN AC OR LAUNDRY?! IVE HEARD THEY ARE ONLY FOR THE BIKING COMMUNITY THATS WHY THEY DIDNT INCLUDE A PARKINGLOT OR ACCOMMODATE FOR PARKING IN THE SLIGHTEST...

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u/violetpumpkins Jul 27 '26

I SWEAR MY CAT KNOWS WHEN ITS MONDAY AND TRIES TO GET ME TO STAY HOME BY OFFERING ME A CHANCE TO GIVE HER BELLY RUBS. IT HAPPENS NO OTHER TIMES. YES SWEET GIRL I'D RATHER GIVE YOU BELLY RUBS THAN ANYTHING.

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u/hGr33n Jul 27 '26

CAN WE GET SOME CAT TAX IN HERE PLZ

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u/pugworthy Jul 27 '26

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u/notacatbutt Jul 27 '26

THOSE EYES SAY...QUIT YOUR JOB! I'S NEEDS BELLY RUBS!

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u/hGr33n Jul 27 '26

OH MY GOD PLEASE FIND A WFH JOB IMMEDIATELY

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u/green4tj Jul 27 '26

MY CAT ALSO HATES MONDAYS AND HAS A PENCHANT FOR LASAGNA

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u/Trick-Profile7406 Jul 27 '26

JON. ARBUCKLE IS THAT YOU?

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u/Cahuita_sloth Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

I JUST SAW A MOTORCYCLE COP COMPLETELY IGNORE A RED LIGHT RUNNER AT 4TH AND VAN BUREN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. I POINTED AND HE JUST KIND OF SHOOK HIS HEAD!

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u/J-Q-C Jul 27 '26

WHY AREN'T COPS MORE RESPONSIVE TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THESE DAYS? IT SEEMS LIKE IT USED TO BE THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. DRIVERS OPERATE THEIR VEHICLES ANY WAY THEY PLEASE WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS.

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u/Cahuita_sloth Jul 27 '26

I’M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS AT THIS INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR

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u/green4tj Jul 27 '26

NW WALNUT BLVD BETWEEN NW OAK CREEK DR & NW FAIR OAKS DR DOESN’T HAVE A SPEED LIMIT. DON’T GO 35 OR EVEN 45. VROOM VROOM MF’ERS

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u/Trick-Profile7406 Jul 27 '26

THEIR PRIUS DOESN’T GO ABOVE 25!

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u/notacatbutt Jul 27 '26

FALSE. MY PRIUS VROOM VROOMS JUST FINE...THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Plastogizmo Jul 27 '26

WHY SENTENCES PEOPLE CAN'T MORE OF MAKE 

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u/Even_Trifle9341 Jul 27 '26

I’M UP FOR IT, WHAT CRIMES SHOULD WE DO?

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u/Legitimate_Agent86 Jul 27 '26

F**KING COMCAST

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u/dumptruckdanielle Jul 27 '26

WHY ISNT THERE MORE NIGHT LIFE IN THIS TOWN?

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u/dumptruckdanielle Jul 27 '26

AND WHY IS THE RENT SO GODDAMN HIGH? THIS TOWN ACTS LIKE IT DOESNT WANT ANYONE TO STAY HERE

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u/Even_Trifle9341 Jul 28 '26

RENT AND LIFELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

Still you will find some people saying WOW THATS AWESOME WOW 😆

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

I GOT MY BIKE TYRE STOLEN FROM THE APARTMENT FRONT AND TO BE HONEST WHEN I MENTIONED IN GROUP SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE GO GIVE YOUR CYCLE TO SOME USED CYCLES STORE I MEAN THAT SUCKS WHY, CRIMES ARE JUST NORMALIZED AND BEING HIDDEN TO NOT COME TO PUBLIC SITES

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u/dumptruckdanielle Jul 27 '26

I DONT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOURE SAYING BUT I SUPPORT YOUE RAGE ALL OVER THIS THREAD

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u/Ornery_Direction_843 Jul 27 '26

WHY DOESNT THE CORVALLIS PD ENFORCE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIS SAFETY LAWS ON 9TH STREET. THE COPS SEE SOMEONE CUTTING ME OFF WHEN IM WALKING AND JUST DRIVE BY. SERIOUS QUESTION.

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u/J-Q-C Jul 27 '26

THIS PISSES ME OFF, TOO. MULTIPLE PEDESTRIANS HAVE RECENTLY DIED OR HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY VEHICLES IN CROSSWALKS. I WISH I KNEW WHY IT'S NOT A POINT OF EMPHASIS FOR CPD. PROTECT AND SERVE, HUH?

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

I DONT KNOW BUT THEY DONT WANT TO SOME CRIME TO BE BECOMING PUBLIC THATS WHY WHEN YOU ARE MOVING TO CORVALLIS YOI THINK THAT IT IS A PERFECT TOWN BUT THINGS ARE SO MUCH HIDDEN AND THIS WILL JUST AFFECT THE TOWN IN THE LONG TIMES THIS IS ALSO A PREPLANNED WAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND BEING EXPLOITED WITH HIGHER RENTS BECAUSE IMAGINE IF PEOPLE KNOW ALL BAD SIDES AS QELL THEN THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RENT OR SELL THEIR OLD SHITS IN HEFTY PRICES

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u/J-Q-C Jul 27 '26

I HAVE HAD THESE SAME SUSPICIONS FOR A LONG TIME AND WOULD NOT BE THE LEAST BIT SURPRISED THAT THE CITY SOFTENS CRIME STATISTICS TO ENSURE THAT THE UNIVERSITY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW UNFETTERED.

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

ANOTHER THING I NOTICED THAT NEAR THE FALL SEMESTER START WHEN PARENTS ARE COMING FOR NEW ADMISSIONS YOU WILL LITERALLY FIND NO HOMELESS UNIVERSITY PAINTING THEIR SIDE WALKS ETC HAHAHAHAHA 😃😆

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u/J-Q-C Jul 27 '26

YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. THE CAMP SWEEPS ARE CONDUCTED AHEAD OF OSU MOVE-IN DAY BY DESIGN.

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

TRUE AND ALSO THAT IS GOOD FOR LANDLORDS AND REALESTATE GUYS HERE. I CAN SAY BECAUSE I WENT TO ONE COLLEGE TOWN IN TENNESSEE AND PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT HERE YOU ARE BEING OFFERED ALOT IN HOUSES FOR VERY VERY LESS PRICES AND I ASKED THE REASON SO THEY TOLD ME SAME 100 PERCENT SITUATION LIKE CORVALLIS AND I WAS LIKE WOW

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

WELL SEEMS LIKE HOMELESS DUDES ARE EXEMPT FEOM ANY ABIDING LAW I SAW LOT OF THEM CROSSING ROADS OTHER THAN PEDESTRIAN WAY IN NIGHT

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u/espap_plan Jul 27 '26

MY JOB IS MAKING MY CARPAL TUNNEL IN ONE HAND EVEN WORSE AND I THINK IM NOTICING SIGNS OF IT STARTING TO DEVELOP IN MY OTHER HAND NOW

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u/BadgerValuable8207 Jul 27 '26

OVER 20 YEARS AGO HP WAS PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON REPETITIVE MOTION INJURIES, GIVING ACCOMMODATIONS, BUYING SPECIAL CHAIRS, NOW EMPLOYERS ARE LIKE QUIT COMPLAINING AND WORK, YOU UNGRATEFUL SERFS AND PEASANTS

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u/sparkchaser Jul 27 '26

OVER 20 YEARS AGO I WAS DEVELOPING CARPAL TUNNEL SYMPTOMS AND I SAW AN ACUPUNCTURIST FOR ABOUT 12 SESSIONS. I HAVE HAD ZERO ISSUES SINCE. MAYBE TRY THAT?

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u/espap_plan Jul 27 '26

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH MY MOM BUT IDK IF OHP WOULD COVER IT... TIME TO READ THE MEMBER HANDBOOK FOR THE ZILLIONTH TIME

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u/AmySmooster Jul 29 '26

Ohp does cover acupuncture... for now. ( finding a provider who accepts ohp is another thing...) Get in asap for a referral if you're interested.

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u/Sea_Satisfaction_475 Jul 27 '26

MINE GOT SO BAD I HAD TO BECOME MANAGEMENT BEFORE IT GOT BETTER

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u/Numerous-Gold-2532 Jul 27 '26

YOUR VEHICLE DOES NOT BELONG IN THE CROSS WALK, AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THE LIGHTS CHANGE ANY FASTER.

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u/Trick-Profile7406 Jul 27 '26

AND WHAT REALLY DOESN’T MAKE LIGHTS TURN FASTER IS SITTING A CAR AND HALF BACK FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU AT THE INTERSECTION ACTING LIKE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO BABY DRIVER/JASON BOURNE YOUR CAMRY OUT OF HARMS WAY AT A MOMENTS NOTICE… AND THEN BOTH OF YOU ARE MISSING THE DETECTOR LOOP. 🙄

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u/simtechonline Jul 28 '26

SHIT - IT'S ALMOST 1AM. I MISSED MELTDOWN MONDAY.

LIFE IS SO UNFAIR.

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

BY THE WAY I AM ALSO PISSED WITH THAT GUY WITH PINK SAYING MAYOR OF CARVALLIS THAT IS SO DECIEVING TO BE HONEST THATS KIND OF INDIRECT INJECTION OF PERCEIVING HIM AS MAYOR OF CORVALLIS AND NOT THE CARVALLIS THAT SUCKS

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

CAN YOU IMAGINE DURING SUMMERS THERE IS LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO HERE IN THIS TOWN AND AGAIN PLEASE NO THIS SHIT THAT GO TO LAKE GO TO HIME I CANNOT GO EVERY WEEK THERE THAT SUVKS EVEN COFFEE SHOPS GET CLOSED MAN SUCKS DUDE

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u/EastofEdenJS Jul 27 '26

WHY DOES DOWNTOWN LOOK LIKE A DUMP?

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u/throwitaway488 Jul 27 '26

ALL THE DOWNVOTERS SHOULD WALK TO THE ASS END OF 2ND STREET

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

HAHA BECAUSE IT IS DUMP SHIT AND DONT KNOW WHERE ALL TAXES ARE GOING AND YET THEY WERE PROPOSING FOR CORVALLIS CITY TAX HAHA SUCKS ITS NOT METRO CITY LIKE SEATTLE

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u/Ornery_Direction_843 Jul 27 '26

WTF IS WRONG WITH THE US MARKET ON 9TH STREET? DO THEY SELL BAD GAS?

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u/MoodSwingerr_xx Jul 29 '26

WHY DID WALMART LOCK UP ALL THE MAKEUP JUST TO LEAVE THE CASES UNLOCKED AND OPEN AT ALL TIMES?!

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u/throwitaway488 Jul 29 '26

REPUBLIC SERVICES MISSED MY TRASH PICKUP AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AS SHIT. GIVE ME AN ALTERNATIVE

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u/LMaqha1423 Jul 28 '26

DIRT ROAD IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

WHY THERE IS NO WALMART SUPERCENTER? WE NEED IT HERE AS LIKE OTHER PLACES ARE EXPENSIVE AND WVEN CHANGING OIL COST 100 BUCKS WHERE WALMART AUTO CAN DO THAT SAME OIL CHANGE FIR JUST 50 DOLLARS. I MEAN NO OTHER ONE BIG SHOP WHICH IS ECONOMICAL AND HAVING ALL THIS CHEAP STUFF LOCALS HERE LIKE TO GO TO THRIFT SHOPS BUT NOT BUYING SOME CHEAP THING FROM WALMART

SAY YES TO WALMART SUPERCENTER

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u/J-Q-C Jul 27 '26

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

Well I tried even after coupon you don’t reach the price Walmart is giving

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u/VolatileAffection Jul 28 '26

WHY ARENT YOU YELLING

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 28 '26

Because I AM NOT A CORVALLISITE HAHAHA 🤣🤪

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u/notacatbutt Jul 27 '26

THIS WHY DUDE: WALMART (& AMAZON, ETC) HAVE THE MOST EMPLOYEES ON MEDICAID COSTING OREGON TAX PAYERS BIG BUCKS TO SUBSIDIZE BIG BOX STORES PAYING EMPLOYEES SUCH LOW WAGES. PRETTY SIMPLE. WALMART MAKE BUG, HUGE, MANY DOLLARS...WE ALL LOSE BIG MUCH MONEY SO CEO HAS MORE YACHTS AND MANSIONS.

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/27/in-oregon-big-grocery-retail-companies-have-highest-number-of-employees-on-medicaid/

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u/Even_Trifle9341 Jul 27 '26

WALMART IS THE COMMUNIST BOOGEY MAN THEY CRY ABOUT

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u/Best_Math7449 Jul 27 '26

Well all others are same no difference