Pagination good practice
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Although if somebody now starts quoting the Goon Show I'll blow a fucking gasket.
Now I almost wish I knew what that was.
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Nah, you're wrong. It's not the forum. It's a certain type of person who mistakenly considers that learning somebody else's humour by rote and repeating it ad nauseum somehow makes them funny.
Yeah but where the fuck are these people coming from, and why are they here?
And I still wanna know what the fuck is up with Aranthor calling me "less human" and what significance that has.
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Now I almost wish I knew what that [the Goon show] was.
BBC Radio "light entertainment" show featuring Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Somewhat the radio equivalent of Monty Python; hit and miss in places, some has dated extremely badly, but some is outrageously funny. See also : everything with Milligan in it. Also see also : Michael Bentine
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He said almost.
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See the "human Wikipedia" bit is almost as annoying as the "tell jokes from old sitcoms" thing.
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Whatchu talkin' 'bout blakey‽
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A stupid poem, told just right, that sitcom Good Times is Dyn-O-Mite!
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I've never liked the name toaster (for the pop ups).
TIL WTF a "toaster" is supposed to mean.
BRB filing bug reports against half the things on our B2C website that are labelled "toaster".
Filed under: also apparently harkening back to my teenage days in California
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Woo, more consistency! If I press # to access the post number box, the text is selected ready for overtyping.
Cool; I never knew about that shortcut.
That's enormously discoverable.
Yeah, what he said.
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Why are people happy to learn more about this revolutionary software? I can't even…
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I would prefer not knowing anything about it whatsoever, but to the extent that learning more about it makes it less awkward to use, that knowledge is useful. "Cool" was probably not the right word; "useful" would be more accurate.
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Why doesn't # bring up a list of recently-used hashtags?
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#because hashtags just make things bigger here.
of course it only works at the beginning of a #line because clearly no one would ever want to do something like
#1) fuck you dicsourse list automation
#42) fuck you hard
#9000) these are far superior list formats
#9999) it is obviously better because dicsourse makes it a bigger list, and even keeps the numbering correct.
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Filed Under: sorry twitter
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#HashtagYoloSwag
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So \ actually works as an escape in this case, unlike " or list numbering. Discoursistency!
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We're here to make you toast.
Would you like a crumpet?
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Yeah I'm definitely never going to learn enough dicsourse to make my plain text remain plain text.
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We're here to make you toast.
Would you like a crumpet?
I'd prefer a scone, with Devon cream and strawberry jam.
Filed under: It's way past dinner time, and I just realized how hungry I am.
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http://p-ec2.pixstatic.com/506a14bedbd0cb306700119b.w.419_h.540_s.fit.jpg
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That doesn't look like strawberry; currant maybe? Looks delicious anyway. Now I'm even more hungry. Why is there no :hungry: emoji?
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Apologies, sir. We had a brief interruption in our strawberry jam service. Those responsible have been sacked.
http://www.royalvichotel.co.uk/communities/5/004/008/334/815/images/4563678146.jpg
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3 scones need 3 likes, but alas I can only give 1. Or is that one and two halves? No matter. I have given as many likes as I can.
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Heathen! Cream goes on top because of the superior mouthfeel
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That doesn't look like strawberry; currant maybe? Looks delicious anyway. Now I'm even more hungry. Why is there no :hungry: emoji?
Perhaps we should just mention @hungrier instead...
Filed under: at least until we get a :hungry: emoji
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Apparently, one can make grilled cheese sandwiches in a toaster. And it only looks like a minor fire hazard.
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Apparently, one can make grilled cheese sandwiches in a toaster. And it only looks like a minor fire hazard.
The bad ideas thread is way.
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I've seen things at the store designed for this. IIRC, it's basically a metal thing that holds everything inside.
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And I still wanna know what the fuck is up with Arantor calling me "less human" and what significance that has.
‘human’ is what you are when you make a mistake, thus if one person is “less human” than another (it is probably a mistake to ever call someone this), that means they are less mistaken.
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Actually, no, that wasn't it.
To find joy in things, to be amused by things, even silly stupid things, is human. The world is not so fucked up that there isn't joy to be found.
Unless you've had some of your essential humanity beaten out of you that you can't see any joy in anything, like our 'friend' blakeyrat has, because he can't see the joy in anything.
I may be messed up in a lot of ways but I can still see the good in things, still find even cheesy jokes funny and generally manage to function like a decent human being without spreading my fucking bile everywhere in an attempt to drag everyone else down.
Thus, to my mind, I'm a better fucking human being than blakeyrat is, and I have more of my humanity left.
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To be fair, blakeyrat is often in the "not even wrong" category.
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To be fair, being right some of the time does not excuse anyone from being a miserable fucking excuse of a human being.
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, but I don't think that's what @boomzilla meant.
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To find joy in things, to be amused by things, even silly stupid things, is human. The world is not so fucked up that there isn't joy to be found.
Yes, but this forum is about software in case you haven't noticed. Software is shit. I find joy in a lot of things that I don't come in here and discuss.
Unless you've had some of your essential humanity beaten out of you that you can't see any joy in anything, like our 'friend' blakeyrat has, because he can't see the joy in anything.
Who the fuck are you to tell me what I do or do not enjoy? You don't know anything about me.
You know the problem with Arantor? His goat-fucking. He's just the type of guy who fucks goats all the fucking time. He can't see the not-fucking-goats in anything!
Thus, to my mind, I'm a better fucking human being than blakeyrat is, and I have more of my humanity left.
Right; you've seen 0.00005% of my life's output, and therefore you're qualified to judge me. Do you even read my Twitter? Have you met me at a party? Have we even walked past each other on a sidewalk?
Hey I may think software is shit, but software shit ain't nothing compared to, "I'm superior to another human being" shit. For example, the latter leads to things like concentration camps and wars while the former only leads to doofy jokes on a forum.
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He can't see the not-fucking-goats in anything!
Once you go Billy, you'll never go Filly.
Filed Under: best I could do on short notice
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No, this forum isn't about software, not entirely. If you think it is, I would speculate you've missed the point.
We're all refugees. Survivors of idiocy and stupidity from the world around us. We all have that in common. It brings us together.
If it were simply about idiocy and IT, it'd be like the old CS forums. You had people that talked about the idiocy, and shared wisdom but it never felt to me like a real 'community'. People telling their stories, perhaps, but not really sharing them. Outside of Swampy, perhaps, and Morbs doing what Morbs did best.
Since DC came in, it's been different. Instead of just diverse experiences that we all sort of brought to the table, we've all had one unifying thing that we've all largely resented to some degree - and it's brought some of us closer together as human beings. A common cause. A community brought together in some kind of adversity. Like it or not, this place is different to CS and not just because of the software.
The attitude's different. The vibe is different. You may not like what it has become, because it's not what you want out of this community. Newsflash: if you don't like it, you don't have to come here and bitch about it. You said I could avoid posting because you don't approve of my sense of humour... well, you know what? I gave it 24 hours, and decided that I wasn't going to let you dictate how I should spend my time just because you had a problem with it. Because in fact pretty much the only person who did have a problem with me was you.
If you don't like what this place has become, no-one is expecting you to stay here. The tone has changed. If you don't like it, you, for one, could leave. We'd miss your colourful ranting, but frankly, it's disturbing to the fabric of what this community is now to read your endless bitching.
I don't presume to tell you what you do or don't enjoy. I merely observed that from all the evidence of your posting here that you don't see any joy in the world because every single post of yours is doom and gloom and misery.
I've seen a fraction of your life's output but it's the part of you that you bring to the table here. I see frustration and bitching and complaining. I see someone complaining when others try to have a bit of fun just because they don't approve of it. I see someone who seems actually just a little bit envious of others having a bit of fun to the point where they have to stamp it out because they can't have any.
I don't have enough material to know you. How could I? I don't even know what you do outside of here, nor really do I care. I see what you show me here and I see a very bitter, twisted, hurting person who can't let others have a little joy in their own miserable lives.
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And yet, you literally called me a subhuman.
No. That is not right. That doesn't just get forgiven. You crossed a line.
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And yet, you literally called me a subhuman.
No. That is not right. That doesn't just get forgiven. You crossed a line.
I called you a human that's missing some humanity, then I ran with your own apparent self-identification as a rat.
I'm not asking for or seeking your forgiveness. I was, previously, aiming for some sense of tolerance from your attitude since I knew full well you'd never actually like me. I'm too fond of digging out obscure Monty Python references as you complained about before, but I consciously made an effort to tone it down.
But when the choice is between me feeling like I have to censor myself on a daily basis in front of a miserable sod who complains about everything, or just being fucking myself, I'll take being myself, because I refuse to spend my time worrying so much about offending people. Thank you for giving me the balls to be myself, rather than the watered down, over-self-analysing numpty in the corner that I would otherwise have been.
Other people don't seem to have a problem with my attitude, it's pretty much just you. But as I said, this community isn't the one it used to be. Damaged, maybe. Broken, possibly. But it is different, and I would strongly suggest if you do not like what this forum has become, that you abstain from being here, like you so glibly suggested I do yesterday.
Because my presence here is going to offend you, it seems. Sharing jokes with fellow community members is part of what I do. I'm just sorry you can't see what it means to be part of a community.
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but I consciously made an effort to tone it down.
That really is Doing It Wrong. And not in a Discourse way.
But it is different, and I would strongly suggest if you do not like what this forum has become, that you abstain from being here, like you so glibly suggested I do yesterday.
He had a lot of issues with the previous community, too (viz. previous ragequit), though I think he finds less to like here than there.
Sharing jokes with fellow community members is part of what I do
You're not Arantor. You're Alientator.
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Would you believe that last night I got into an argument with a dear friend of mine last night about this place?
I told her what had happened, and she knows how much time I spend here and how fond I am of the place (DC notwithstanding) and I told her, and I quote from IM:
I just feel like he's more value to the community than I am and whatever my opinion is doesn't really matter.
That's what it's like inside my head. Perpetually undervaluing myself. I came to the conclusion that it would almost have been better for the community if I didn't come back. I gave myself 24 hours to think about it. Then I realised I'm a fool (so what else is new)... because I'm not the one with a problem. I have many problems, and who doesn't, but in this place, the only one who really had a problem with me was him - and it seems increasingly that he has a problem with everyone, leading to my comment about missing some inner humanity.
I don't intend to alienate people and I'm usually mildly afraid of doing just that. You know there's a reason I'm (basically) single, right?
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As much as seeing a "Let's bash Blakeyrat" thread amuses me, Arantor seems to not be acting too civilized either.
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I'll be damned before I let the equivalent of the school bully dictate the rules. But I've said my piece now. I have nothing more to add.
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Do you even read my Twitter?
Who does?
Have you met me at a party?
I don't image anyone ever has, so I wouldn't hold that against him.
Have we even walked past each other on a sidewalk?
You go outside?!
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Feature Request: CSS to make the toast thingies literally look like toast.
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