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[TdC]

the solution to a javascript problem not becoming a reality for most of the evening...until I realized I had a tyop in the name of the .js file. after correcting this ofc everything immediately worked. 4 hours of debugging. fuck. my. life.

 

[mooSe_]

Programming feels like it should be something logical but if anything it has made me more superstitious. The programming gods are cruel and require human suffering. In order to complete any significant project you must suffer. If you can't find the solution and it seems hopeless then you simply have to sit there being frustrated and pulling your hair out for long enough and the solution will appear. Sometimes you won't even understand why the program suddenly works, but it's best not to question it. Have faith.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I had a tyop

This has to be intentional.

 

[Tom]

I have no wish to be wrapped in cotton wool, and do not require the state to play Nanny to look after me. But then I get the concept of personal responsibility, which appears to be a dying principle these days.

I think you'll be requiring the state's help when you contract lung cancer or cirrhosis of the liver.

 

[Raven]

"if"

 

[Bodhi]

I think you'll be requiring the state's help when you contract lung cancer or cirrhosis of the liver.

You'll probably find I'm funding any future state help I need, if I need it.

 

[Tom]

You'll probably find I'm funding any future state help I need, if I need it.

Justifying your self-poisoning by claiming you pay enough taxes for the privilege isn't exactly a winning argument. In fact, it's rather delusional. The money spent trying to cure your smoking-related illnesses could be better spent on a replacement hip, or research into dementia. Basically, you're saying it's ok to destroy something "because I'm paying for it to be rebuilt". Very silly.

 

[Raven]

I think you should stop cycling in case you get hit by a bus and have to be put back together on the NHS then.

Only fair.

Or how about people just live their own lives and you stop trying to tell them you know best.

 

[Bodhi]

Sadly Tom, if we were all yo quit smoking tomorrow and not get smoking related diseases (which are actually quite cheap to treat) the NHS would lose around £10bn a year, just from tobacco sales. Then the government would have to stump up a shedload to pay for the extra pensions. I would imagine the £10bn pays for a lot of dementia care, or to fix a lot of cyclists who were convinced they were in the right only to end up under a bus.

I pay for any additional care I might need for my passtime. Do you?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Probably mentioned it before, or someone else has, but people who bang doors/cabinets/microwave doors/etc.

Having one of those "now i know what my mother meant when i was a kid" moments.

Also on the subject of microwaves; people who don't press a button/open the door to stop the "food is ready" beeping when they're right next to the bloody thing.

 

[Gwadien]

Probably mentioned it before, or someone else has, but people who bang doors/cabinets/microwave doors/etc.

Having one of those "now i know what my mother meant when i was a kid" moments.

Also on the subject of microwaves; people who don't press a button/open the door to stop the "food is ready" beeping when they're right next to the bloody thing.

I've noticed one thing that really irritates me since I've been back home, my mum doesn't just think 'This food will take 30 minutes to cook, I will put the timer on for 30 minutes'

She'll look at the clock, say this'll take 30 mins, so then she divides the time up on the oven to do other things, so she'll do a task for 5 minutes, so she'll put the timer on for 5 minutes, when it beeps for ever, she'll go and put it on for another 10 mins to do another job, then another 5 mins, then another 5 mins, then another 5 mins, then another 5 mins, I was like, why can't you just put the timer on for 30 mins, work out what you've got to do, do all those jobs, and then come back and it'll be done?

 

[Tom]

I think you should stop cycling in case you get hit by a bus and have to be put back together on the NHS then.

Only fair.

Or how about people just live their own lives and you stop trying to tell them you know best.

Well since regular cyclists are far more likely to live a long, healthy life than their sedentary counterparts, I think you might have chosen a poor analogy. See, there's an instance where I know best. As for smoking, if someone posts in a public forum that their smoking is harmless, I'm perfectly entitled to issue a retort to the effect that they're talking out of their arse.

Perhaps you should follow your own advice. The fact that we'd all have to wait until you knew best before you posted again might mean we're subject to less of your anal seepage.

 

[Tom]

Sadly Tom, if we were all yo quit smoking tomorrow and not get smoking related diseases (which are actually quite cheap to treat) the NHS would lose around £10bn a year, just from tobacco sales. Then the government would have to stump up a shedload to pay for the extra pensions. I would imagine the £10bn pays for a lot of dementia care, or to fix a lot of cyclists who were convinced they were in the right only to end up under a bus.

I pay for any additional care I might need for my passtime. Do you?

It's a weak argument used by people who seem to forget that if smokers suddenly all quit en masse, they'd suddenly have an awful lot more money in their pockets. Money that they'd then, perhaps, spend on things that have lasting societal benefits.

The idea that nicotine addiction provides a net benefit to society is so monumentally fucking stupid I can't find the words to continue. And no, beyond a long-held private pension and a private dentist (owing to the lack of NHS dentists around here), I don't pay for extra care. Considering that I engage in few or no activities that might be considered harmful (like emptying a bottle of wine a day), and actually look after myself by not inhaling carcinogens when my addiction compels me to, I don't see why I should.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Man, Tom is trolling hard today. Arguing with just about anyone.

 

[mooSe_]

Also on the subject of microwaves; people who don't press a button/open the door to stop the "food is ready" beeping when they're right next to the bloody thing.

My friend loses his shit if you let his microwave count down to 0 and beep. I don't really understand it at all. I'd rather let it beep so that it resets itself, otherwise the next person to use the microwave is gonna have to press an extra button or 2 because it's still going to be on 1 second from last time.

 

[Raven]

Man, Tom is trolling hard today. Arguing with just about anyone.

Its not trolling. Just the sad lament of a moron.

 

[old.Tohtori]

My friend loses his shit if you let his microwave count down to 0 and beep. I don't really understand it at all. I'd rather let it beep so that it resets itself, otherwise the next person to use the microwave is gonna have to press an extra button or 2 because it's still going to be on 1 second from last time.

Yeah i don't mind people letting it beep the one time(that's what the beep is for), but when they ignore the beep and it keeps beeping when they're 5 feet away

Different microwaves ofcourse, but the one here doesn't stop at that one beepy and has the annoying reminder beep.

Actually tempted to pop the f*cker open and remove the beepy, but doubt it's that simple.

 

[Bodhi]

Well since regular cyclists are far more likely to live a long, healthy life than their sedentary counterparts, I think you might have chosen a poor analogy. See, there's an instance where I know best. As for smoking, if someone posts in a public forum that their smoking is harmless, I'm perfectly entitled to issue a retort to the effect that they're talking out of their arse.

Perhaps you should follow your own advice. The fact that we'd all have to wait until you knew best before you posted again might mean we're subject to less of your anal seepage.

Cyclists are also more likely to end up under a bus, or come off in a way that takes a lot of NHS Care to pin them back together. Then at the end of this long and healthy life, are probably more likely to end up with Alzheimer's or Dementia - you know, the really expensive things to care for.

Plus, they seem to spend most of their time on this planet being utter cocksockets

 

[old.Tohtori]

What's the yearly NHS quota for stress induced problems to regular folk caused by c*nty cyclists?

 

[Bodhi]

What's the yearly NHS quota for stress induced problems to regular folk caused by c*nty cyclists?

About half of that for embarrassing lycra burns

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well if i were to get into this, which i really don't want to in any serious fashion, i'd probably compare smoker input into nhs(sales) to smoker costs(healthcare), then do the same with cyclists and see what's what.

So, go wild. @Scouse that sound about right for a definitive answer to this particular sh*tstorm?

 

[Tom]

Cyclists are also more likely to end up under a bus, or come off in a way that takes a lot of NHS Care to pin them back together. Then at the end of this long and healthy life, are probably more likely to end up with Alzheimer's or Dementia - you know, the really expensive things to care for.

Plus, they seem to spend most of their time on this planet being utter cocksockets

Nothing intelligent to add so you resort to bollocks and insults. I think I'll leave it at that.

 

[Bodhi]

In addition smokers tend to have a sense of humour. Cyclists? Not so much.

 

[DaGaffer]

Well if i were to get into this, which i really don't want to in any serious fashion, i'd probably compare smoker input into nhs(sales) to smoker costs(healthcare), then do the same with cyclists and see what's what.

So, go wild. @Scouse that sound about right for a definitive answer to this particular sh*tstorm?

Its been done. At a societal level there are some major savings in healthcare costs if the UK went up to say, Danish or Dutch levels of cycling. The counter argument is the cost of creating cycling infrastructure to accommodate Danish or Dutch levels of cycling. If you did with current UK roads it would probably be a bloodbath because cycle lanes are so crap.

As for the cost/benefit of smoking taxes, its been discussed on here before; you probably pay for yourself in taxes and the savings the state makes on reduced pension/care costs because you croak sooner.

 

[old.Tohtori]

So currently cyclists net-cost the NHS more then smokers? We done?

 

[Raven]

Don't forget that they are also more likely to be insufferable bores too.

 

[Tom]

In addition smokers tend to have a sense of humour. Cyclists? Not so much.

I've somersaulted a badger and raced a sheep while cycling, I don't think anyone can accuse me of not having a sense of humour.

 

[DaGaffer]

So currently cyclists net-cost the NHS more then smokers? We done?

Pretty sure I didn't say that...

 

[Scouse]

It's you cunts cycle baiting that are the insufferable boors.

Sorry, insufferable fat bores who'll probably die sooner.

 

[Tom]

The usual suspects are all back on ignore. I unignored them a few days ago as the forum was becoming unreadable. But the truth is, I'd rather not understand half the conversations in here than read any more of their mental midgetry.

While I disagree with Bodhi, at least he manages to leave the confines of his bedroom each day. Unlike others. He's like a trainee Nigel Farage, without the politics.