Th4tGuyII

Th4tGuyII, 5 months ago

Yeah, if VLC can't do it, I'd bet my money nothing can

Th4tGuyII, 5 months ago

It's worm morse code, "my parents aren't home today"

Th4tGuyII, 5 months ago

Sucks doesn't it -- I too used to think that the Boomers would at some point exit stage left and let newer generations take over, but not only have they continued to hold onto power well into their 60s/70s, they've also done everything they can to consolidate their own power and riches, while knocking the ladder out from under the later generations.

My only advice is to take a break for the news and focus on yourself, maybe find a de-stressing hobby like drawing or sewing. Aside from that, I just wish you best of luck.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

There's not a single thing in this universe that cannot be accomplished with enough IF statements... as long as you've got infinite time to wait

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

True...

But even on a more metaphorical level, every single thing that has or will happen in this universe, down to even the smallest quantum fluctuations could be encapsulated into IF statements as long as you had enough of them.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Having parents who fight over this every year, keeping score like it's a game of chess, I agree that it gets annoying

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Yeah, my family have always had a problem of quanity over quality.

Not to sound ungrateful, but I'd prefer one thoughtful gift to a bag full of stocking fillers - it's better for the environment and they'll actually see use rather than just rotting in a drawer

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Was about to comment the same thing...

Green guy was pointing out that fl4pper was wrong about Linux not having support for professional recording software, that isn't the same as calling them a liar.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Sure - but if Joe's got enough energy to fuck around in a chocolate factory with his grandson, then he's got enough energy to work part-time to help his desperately poor family

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Yeah, I have - and the ones that could walk were constantly having to sit down, not doing bloody jigs like Joe did upon learning about the Golden Ticket.

Grandpa Joe has significantly more energy than his peers, that much I can tell - and the fact he let his poor family suffer rather than put that energy to use working even just a day a week is part of why I hate Grandpa Joe

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Bloody heck mate, lighten up a bit. Everyone hating on Grandpa Joe is aware it's a family film, it's just a rather conspicuous plot-hole that he went from not moving for years to prancing and dancing about.

But if you're going to be a pain in the arse about it...

Firstly, you mischaracterise the elderly, maybe from a myopic view based on personal anecdotes. People who live active lives before retirement tend to live relatively active lives after retirement. The reason they may choose to live more cautious lifestyles is because mundane injuries for a young person can spell a death sentence for the elderly. In over 65s, a simple fall can lead to a hip fracture, which has a one-year mortality rate of 21% if the patient undergoes surgery; this mortality rate rises to 70% if they do not undergo surgery.

Yeah, but we know Grandpa Joe has supppsedly been bed-bound like the other elders for years. He may have once lived an active lifestyle, but he ain't active now, and (especially when you're older) muscle you don't use disappears fast.

Secondly, if you earnestly believe that a 90 year old, over 20 years into retirement, needs to polish their work boots, get on their bike, and find work to support their family, then you’re either mentally deficient, a child with zero experience of the job market, or a tory. Either way, you’re detached from reality.

Damn, you really throwing the word Tory around like that... I'm firmly working class, I know struggle - and I do think that if you're barely hanging onto existence like Charlie's family is, then anyone who can be working should be for the sake of your family to improve life even just a little bit.

It absolutely is cruel to suggest that someone retired should have to pick up their cap, but life can be cruel like that, and I think you're detatched from reality acting like that sort of thing never happens - like nobody ever needs to come out of retirement for any reason ever.

Forgetting the fact that a retiree has earned their retirement, a company is simply less likely to take on an over 65, either through some judgment of their ability or out of fear that a common workplace slip can turn into a death.

True, but that doesn't stop Grandpa Joe from trying - sure beats watching your family living destitute while you live bed-bound for years full well knowing you don't need to be

You really need to get some perspective on how the world works, and maybe a hobby that isn’t making ill-informed ultra-literalised criticisms of family films. Next you’ll be saying that Grandpa Joe should learn to code so he can remote hustle from his bed.

Again, chill the fuck out mate, it's way more light-hearted than you're being. Everyone's aware it's a family film.

Having said that, my perspective is that the world can be cruel at times, and that Grandpa Joe should be doing his part to help his destitute family rather than lying in bed if he's got enough energy to start dancing and singing, and fucking around with his Grandson in a chocolate factory - I think you're out of touch if you think everybody hits 65 and suddenly s financially set for the rest of their lives.

Also, certainly given the original film's setting, I suspect that neither of those would've been a thing yet.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

You can only hope these were cleaned after their last use

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Especially that first one - I'm scared to think that someone can even accomodate that up there

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Except that it is clearly satire - it's poking fun at the idea of anti-intellectualism.

Having said that, one could argue Poe's law - it can be hard to tell these days what's satire and what's not, and not everybody is laughing at anti-intellectualism

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Wish it was Gonald, but today's definitely a Miguel day

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Going after the copyright holder for infringing on your work, which by merely existing commercially infringes on their copyright, is one hell of a way to get sued out the arse...

Having said that, it is a crime that LOTR still hasn't entered the public domain yet.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Damn - Why does everything have to become a hustle or business opportunity? Why couldn't a wholesome accidental friendship just stay that way?
God I hate the influence hustle culture has had on the internet.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

The fucked up part is that barely a decade after his death - thanks to the efforts of Louis Pasteur - Semmelweis's work went from so controversial they condemned him to his death, to becoming the basis for the field of aseptics

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

I can't have stopped because I never started, because I'm not even married... See, even I can answer your bad faith question better than you answered the one @onion asked you.

But I will give it to you that my comment should've stipulated avoiding reasonable questions.

The difference is that there are two sets of rules already in use by large groups of people, so which do you consider correct?

However I still think you need your eyes checked, as the end of this comment by @onion is very clearly a question asking you WHICH ruleset you consider correct.

Unless you're refusing the notion of multiplication by juxtaposition entirely, then you must be on one side of this or the other.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

When the @onion said there were two different sets of rules, you know as well as I do that they meant strong vs. weak juxtaposition.

You're right that in reality nobody would write an equation like this, and if they did they would usually provide context to help resolve it without resorting to having to guess...

But the point of this post is exactly to point out this hole that exists in the standard order of operations, the drama that has resulted from it, and to shine some light on it.

Picking a side makes no sense only if you have the context to otherwise resolve it... If you were told to solve this equation, and given no other context to do so, you would either have to pick a side or resolve it both ways and give both answers. In that scenario, crossing your arms and refusing to because "it doesn't make sense" would get you nowhere.

In all honesty, I think you're acting like the people who say things like "I've never used algebra, so it was worthless teaching me it as a kid" as though there aren't people who would learn something out of this.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

That's rich considering what sparked this conversation was you refusing to answer a simple question.

Good luck to you too - with reading comprehension like your's, you might just need it.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

I'll just say it again, you're the one saying this problem is completely unambiguous, with your only explanation as to why being that real people communicate as though that solves every edge case imaginable.

I'm just saying, if you really believe that to be the case, Good luck.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

So you were taught strong juxtaposition then, where the implicit multiplication takes priority?

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

The meme refers to the problem of handling implicit multiplication by juxtaposition.
Depending on what field you're in, implicit multiplication takes priority over explicit multiplication/division (known as strong juxtaposition) rather than what you and a lot of people would assume (known as weak juxtaposition).

With weak juxtaposition you end up 9 just as you did, but with strong juxtaposition you end up with 1 instead.

For most people and most scenarios this doesn't matter, as you'd never encounter such ambiguous equations outside of viral puzzles like this, but it is worth knowing that not all fields agree on how implicit multiplication is handled.

Th4tGuyII, 6 months ago

Truly the dichotomy of man