This - the amount of times I've thought or said "it'd be interesting to test $concept on a baby/toddler/child", normally followed by "I'd be a rubbish parent". Luckily, every one I know understands my sense of humour.
This reminds me of the news the other day - there have had a few bombs going off recently in Northern Ireland - with warnings. Anyhow, on Monday the news said that a man was being treated for burns in Belfast, which was thought to be linked to sectarian violence, my first thought was "FFS, now they're setting each other on fire", quickly followed by laughter when it turned out the incendiary device he was carrying detonated - serves the stupid fucker right.
Due to the difficulty in gaining an expert licence, the bridge is unfortunately no longer for sale. However we have just had a completely unique iron tower come into our inventory.
I don't think guilt is the right word - concern would be better. Much in the same way, if someone were to highlight that the rate of something undesirable* was several times higher than that in similar countries, feeling guilty would be useless. Thinking "what the hell, what can be done to improve this" would be a better option.
Take obesity for example, UK & Ireland are twice that of Scandinavia, so what can we take from those countries to improve this.
* I was going to use rape as an example, but the rates (per 100k) are almost the opposite of what I expected - UK: 28, Ireland: 11, Albania: 0.7, Sweden: 64, and I thought that maybe that's because some countries have broader definitions (Sweden) and reported rates will vary based on the stigma.
Mod comment: Interesting: For some that may not know about the Swiss banking system Overrated: For those that do know about the Swiss banking system Insightful: Well, it's true Funny: Made fun of the Swiss - always good Troll: Winding them up about their dodgy banking system
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't hate my mother for being born in a country that was responsible for the holocaust. I suppose I'm also responsible for killing British soldiers as I was born in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980s, as are many Bostonians.
My friends tell me to live in the present not to believe in collective guilt, but it's to bloody difficult not to feel responsible for something I had no control over.
I had a play around with the data, but (as far as I'm concerned, with my basic stats knowledge) there aren't enough data points to start removing outliers.
In fact, you have to remove the top 12 states before you get below the European level of 3.5/100k. But wait, if you get to remove your outliers, so do we, so I remove our top two - Greenland and Russia (Europe has really expanded since I left school) - which gives us 2.5/100k. The US would have to remove *half* of the states as "outliers" to get to that level.
However, I disagree with the gun control advocates - removing guns won't reduce your murder rate by much - you'd just find a different way to kill each other.
In addition, can you you see the use in a language which has the following feature:
I think this type of logic represents the feminist idea that something can be and not be without being a contradiction, that is a system where the following statement is not explosive: (p && p) == 1.
Did you actually read the "Research"? It was like a somebody threw a bunch of words on a page in the hope that they made some sense. If you can explain why using feminist ideology will make a better, faster, easier to use, less error prone or more efficient programming language, then I will accept that it's not worth parodying.
If this research takes off, I look forward to seeing the improvement of using feminist ideology in other processes - manufacturing machine screws, cooking, circuit board design. Can you really see it revolutionising the way in which we live? I can't, however I can see feminist ideology reducing the pay differences between the sexes, and improving workplace equality.
This is the same with nearly every organisation that seeks change - Greenpeace, RSPCA*, Feminism, etc. Once they get what they want they don't stop and say "job done", they just go batshit insane.
A man walks into a feminist bookshop, he looks around for a while and then walks up to the checkout. "Can I help" asks the cashier. "I'm looking for the humour section" he replies "Oh" the cashier says, "we don't have one of those".
It looks to me that the Github's deletion act is a violation of free speech.
Not really, it probably wasn't worth GitHub's time hosting it - I'm guessing their admins were being DOSed by all the complaints from the "poor snowflakes" who had their "language co-opted".
No, worse than getting people fired - getting the police involved:
Modern Leftist @ModernLeftist 10h @ashedryden I'm going through the saved list to find the Swedish and UK citizens. Already found 2. They can expect the police shortly.:3
I actually looked up the definition for racist (just to make sure that it wasn't different to what I assumed it was). Seeing as you're only feel superior to said person (because you feel you don't have a chip on your shoulder), it's not racist as you don't believe your race is superior to another. Though it would probably bite you in the ass if you described the black person who sues you when they carelessly walked out in front of your car (giving you no time to stop) as a nigger - that'd probably turn it into a bona-fide hate crime
Question is, do you have a similar word for a white, hispanic, asian, etc person with a chip on their shoulder - for me, "cunt" works quite nicely.
This. People can complain as much as they want about the lack of free speech, but I'd much prefer living in a country that my rights to privacy are properly respected* over being allowed to say what ever I want. It would be interesting to see when the protections against employers snooping into their employees pasts were implemented, and what prompted it.
* In the Netherlands you are not allowed to publish the name or a photo of someone unless they have been convicted of a crime. In short, they take innocent unless proven guilty rather more seriously than the US (or the UK for that matter).
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Never noticed this, however I'll be making sure to check it out from now on.
This - the amount of times I've thought or said "it'd be interesting to test $concept on a baby/toddler/child", normally followed by "I'd be a rubbish parent". Luckily, every one I know understands my sense of humour.
I like that one, especially as you can bait people with it - you can easily get away without using any gendered pronouns.
No, as far as I know it'll be switched on for new BT customers, but current customers will be contacted to see if they want to opt in.
It'll be interesting to see if this applied to our leased line from BT.
This reminds me of the news the other day - there have had a few bombs going off recently in Northern Ireland - with warnings. Anyhow, on Monday the news said that a man was being treated for burns in Belfast, which was thought to be linked to sectarian violence, my first thought was "FFS, now they're setting each other on fire", quickly followed by laughter when it turned out the incendiary device he was carrying detonated - serves the stupid fucker right.
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Please let us know if you're interested.
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I don't think guilt is the right word - concern would be better. Much in the same way, if someone were to highlight that the rate of something undesirable* was several times higher than that in similar countries, feeling guilty would be useless. Thinking "what the hell, what can be done to improve this" would be a better option.
Take obesity for example, UK & Ireland are twice that of Scandinavia, so what can we take from those countries to improve this.
* I was going to use rape as an example, but the rates (per 100k) are almost the opposite of what I expected - UK: 28, Ireland: 11, Albania: 0.7, Sweden: 64, and I thought that maybe that's because some countries have broader definitions (Sweden) and reported rates will vary based on the stigma.
Mod comment:
Interesting: For some that may not know about the Swiss banking system
Overrated: For those that do know about the Swiss banking system
Insightful: Well, it's true
Funny: Made fun of the Swiss - always good
Troll: Winding them up about their dodgy banking system
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't hate my mother for being born in a country that was responsible for the holocaust. I suppose I'm also responsible for killing British soldiers as I was born in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980s, as are many Bostonians.
My friends tell me to live in the present not to believe in collective guilt, but it's to bloody difficult not to feel responsible for something I had no control over.
Oh, I know they're not outliers, I was just entertaining an AC's comment about them.
I had a play around with the data, but (as far as I'm concerned, with my basic stats knowledge) there aren't enough data points to start removing outliers.
It works quite well over here - the UK murder rate is about a quarter of the US murder rate.
Yes, you're right, Germany's population is only about a quarter of the US, but they had less than a 20th of the number of murders committed in the US.
Or in terms that normal (no pun intended) people use:
Germany's murder rate is 0.8/100k compared to 4.7/100k
Ok, so we let you cherry pick - you can remove the two regions with the highest murder rate - DC and Louisiana (whose rates are 150% of the 3rd highest state - you get a rate of 4.11/100k
In fact, you have to remove the top 12 states before you get below the European level of 3.5/100k. But wait, if you get to remove your outliers, so do we, so I remove our top two - Greenland and Russia (Europe has really expanded since I left school) - which gives us 2.5/100k. The US would have to remove *half* of the states as "outliers" to get to that level.
However, I disagree with the gun control advocates - removing guns won't reduce your murder rate by much - you'd just find a different way to kill each other.
Ate special characters:
(p && !p) == 1
In addition, can you you see the use in a language which has the following feature:
I think this type of logic represents the feminist idea that something can be and not be without being a contradiction, that is a system where the following statement is not explosive: (p && p) == 1.
It actually made me laugh out loud.
Did you actually read the "Research"? It was like a somebody threw a bunch of words on a page in the hope that they made some sense. If you can explain why using feminist ideology will make a better, faster, easier to use, less error prone or more efficient programming language, then I will accept that it's not worth parodying.
If this research takes off, I look forward to seeing the improvement of using feminist ideology in other processes - manufacturing machine screws, cooking, circuit board design. Can you really see it revolutionising the way in which we live? I can't, however I can see feminist ideology reducing the pay differences between the sexes, and improving workplace equality.
This is the same with nearly every organisation that seeks change - Greenpeace, RSPCA*, Feminism, etc. Once they get what they want they don't stop and say "job done", they just go batshit insane.
* I'm slightly reticent to include the RSPCA, but their recent crusade against fox hunting (I've never been keen on fox hunting and we never allowed the hunt across our land) whilst ignoring "Minorities" involved in cock fighting amongst other things has shown that they only seem to care about some animal cruelty.
A man walks into a feminist bookshop, he looks around for a while and then walks up to the checkout.
"Can I help" asks the cashier.
"I'm looking for the humour section" he replies
"Oh" the cashier says, "we don't have one of those".
Doesn't this imply that men != people ?
It looks to me that the Github's deletion act is a violation of free speech.
Not really, it probably wasn't worth GitHub's time hosting it - I'm guessing their admins were being DOSed by all the complaints from the "poor snowflakes" who had their "language co-opted".
Oh yes, and another quote, apparently this parody is a hate crime:
Modern Leftist @ModernLeftist 14 Dec
@mgedmin @bitbucket http://bitbucket.org/ has servers in UK and the material is illegal. Report it here https://secure.met.police.uk/hatecrime_internet/
No, worse than getting people fired - getting the police involved:
Modern Leftist @ModernLeftist 10h :3
@ashedryden I'm going through the saved list to find the Swedish and UK citizens. Already found 2. They can expect the police shortly.
I actually looked up the definition for racist (just to make sure that it wasn't different to what I assumed it was). Seeing as you're only feel superior to said person (because you feel you don't have a chip on your shoulder), it's not racist as you don't believe your race is superior to another. Though it would probably bite you in the ass if you described the black person who sues you when they carelessly walked out in front of your car (giving you no time to stop) as a nigger - that'd probably turn it into a bona-fide hate crime
Question is, do you have a similar word for a white, hispanic, asian, etc person with a chip on their shoulder - for me, "cunt" works quite nicely.
Do you need permission from both owners of the bed, or only just one?
This. People can complain as much as they want about the lack of free speech, but I'd much prefer living in a country that my rights to privacy are properly respected* over being allowed to say what ever I want. It would be interesting to see when the protections against employers snooping into their employees pasts were implemented, and what prompted it.
* In the Netherlands you are not allowed to publish the name or a photo of someone unless they have been convicted of a crime. In short, they take innocent unless proven guilty rather more seriously than the US (or the UK for that matter).