What's the most interesting thing you think you might see happen in your lifetime?

[Boydy]

Things that have already happened don't count. It's about future things. So you can't go 'nothing will surpass x that already happened'.

I reckon the fall of the current North Korean regime will be pretty fascinating to watch. Would there be a reunification? How would that go down? I wonder if they'll find even more gruesome details about the regime that have remained hidden so far. Will there be a sense of guilt among the rest of the world for not acting soon enough/at all in the way there is about the Holocaust?

Maybe it won't even happen simply like the Soviet Union's collapse. Maybe they'll start a war when they feel they're backed into a corner.

Yeah, your turn.

[Giggles]

Leicester winning the Premier League.

[simon]

Putting someone on Mars would take some beating.

[Magic]

World War 3.

[Yevrah]

Putting someone on Mars would take some beating.

It's this.

I'd love to see it.

[randomlegend]

Magic's killing spree.

[Magic]

Magic's killing spree.

I've already said World War 3, mate.

[Raoul Duke]

Putting someone on Mars would take some beating.

Yeah, this is what I was going to go for.

Fossil fuels running out could be another that could have world-changing effects, although that's a bit of a longer-shot.

Maybe some kind of AI breakthrough or related mass-transportation one too. For example, the dominant transport in cities method becoming automated vehicles, perhaps.

[Jimmy Floyd]

North Korea only survives currently because China props it up, which is because they don't want all their refugees. As far as the two Koreas are concerned, the reunification would be disappointingly bland and successful I think, but on the Chinese side it would go tits up.

Any sort of major war involving the UK would be the most interesting thing that could happen in my lifetime. I doubt that'll happen, to be honest.

[Giggles]

Would Mars really matter? Maybe it's just that it doesn't interest me or I don't get it, but I just can't see the big deal when we don't take an interest in space on a day to day basis.

[Lee]

The only thing which would surpass us putting someone on Mars would be the nuking of a major city. I think I'd just soil myself if I saw that particular bit of breaking news.

[Raoul Duke]

Would Mars really matter? Maybe it's just that it doesn't interest me or I don't get it, but I just can't see the big deal when we don't take an interest in space on a day to day basis.

:cab: it's not like getting an Ryanair to Corfu.

Getting an established colony on another world is one of the most important things humankind can do.

[Giggles]

:cab: it's not like getting an Ryanair to Corfu.

Getting an established colony on another world is one of the most important things humankind can do.

To what end? Have probes and things found anything there that would be of any use to us?

[Raoul Duke]

Liquid water?

In theory we could potentially try to terraform it.

[Spammer]

I'm not sure if reunification would be successful in Korea as they fucking hate each other and North Koreans are indoctrinated to despise the south. If it happens it'll be over a very long time.

Getting people on Mars is definitely up there, although if they find life, which they might do, under the ice on Europa then that'll smash literally everything else out of the park. I really can't think of a bigger moment than finding out we're not alone.

[Giggles]

Liquid water?

In theory we could potentially try to terraform it.

:cab:

And our own water is?

Anyway, like I said I think I just don't get it or have the interest. I'm sure it would be huge in general if it happened.

[Henry]

The singularity...

[mugbull]

Maybe some kind of AI breakthrough or related mass-transportation one too. For example, the dominant transport in cities method becoming automated vehicles, perhaps.

The answer is clearly something in the realm of AI. Once we reach a certain threshold, growth in AI capabilities will begin to increase factorially. That's where shit will start to go down.

[QE Harold Flair]

Alien life, which I think will be confirmed within a decade. Ai and the like are obviously big things but I think they will phase in so as not to be a massive thing like the discovery of alien life would be.

For those of us old enough to remember before the internet, it's easily the biggest thing so far.

[Spammer]

...and we'll be domesticated pets in no time.

mokbull

[Toby]

I can't see past the possibility of people on Mars for this.

The AI stuff is very interesting and potentially very impressive though. Something on the level of Samantha in Her would probably trump Mars, but I'm not sure how plausible it is within my lifetime.

[Boydy]

I knew Mars would be a lot of people's answer when I started this. Should have headed it off with a 'no space shit' rule.

[Pepe]

The eradication of extreme poverty worldwide.

[Giggles]

The eradication of extreme poverty worldwide.

:harold: More chance of me going to Mars.

[Lewis]

We could eradicate (statistically) extreme poverty. The unlikely thing would be Oxfam and friends admitting that capitalism did it and not them.

[Pepe]

Could be done both ways I think.

[Giggles]

There's no profit in eradicating poverty.

[Pepe]

Even that's debatable. More customers for McDonald's init?

[elth]

The eradication of fossil fuel consumption for energy generation.

[Giggles]

Still more big money in creating it.

[Toby]

There's no profit in eradicating poverty.

Of course there is. Getting those people into a position where they can afford higher price items, like technology, cars etc, would expand the world market by millions of people. You think the likes of Apple and co wouldn't benefit from that?

(maybe you were joking, i dunno)

[Pepe]

The eradication of fossil fuel consumption for energy generation.

Now there's an unlikely one. I would really like to see us use much less though.

[mugbull]

We could eradicate (statistically) extreme poverty. The unlikely thing would be Oxfam and friends admitting that capitalism did it and not them.

Lol you mong

[Lewis]

It's been halved over the past thirty globalised, capitalist years. China alone accounts for hundreds of millions being lifted out of it.

[mugbull]

Indeed, and now they all have some awesome lymphomas to show for it

A man of history such as yourself should recognize the impact that our progressive Prussian friends had in forcing the invisible hand to actually do some good for the people

[Lewis]

Not really. It's still profit and competition that has taken us out of the ditch.

[mugbull]

These days, yes, because we've all been imbibed with equality and a middle-class lifestyle as common objectives of the Western world, objectives which check unfettered capitalist growth. But that mentality did not exist in the mainstream in the 1830s or whatever, and there's no reason to think that capitalism had anything to do with it. Capitalism made shit worse for almost everybody, until people took a step back and said, "alright fuck we need to regulate this".

[phonics]

These days, yes, because we've all been imbibed with equality and a middle-class lifestyle as common objectives of the Western world, objectives which check unfettered capitalist growth. But that mentality did not exist in the mainstream in the 1830s or whatever, and there's no reason to think that capitalism had anything to do with it. Capitalism made shit worse for almost everybody, until people took a step back and said, "alright fuck we need to regulate this".

At the same time, when it comes to seed manufacturing, regulation is so high that it costs so many billion to get one to market that the big companies are the only ones able to go through the process anyway.

[Spoonsky]

Donald Trump as president would be fascinating.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not sure if reunification would be successful in Korea as they fucking hate each other and North Koreans are indoctrinated to despise the south. If it happens it'll be over a very long time.

Getting people on Mars is definitely up there, although if they find life, which they might do, under the ice on Europa then that'll smash literally everything else out of the park. I really can't think of a bigger moment than finding out we're not alone.

They don't hate each other. Koreans in the south see the northerners as sort of long lost brothers, or perhaps as family members doing a lengthy stretch behind bars. When defectors manage to escape they are welcomed with open arms, whereas in China they are put in detention camps and sent back.

[Davgooner]

A new manager at Arsenal.

[Toby]

I still think Scotland will become an independent country at some point in my lifetime. I imagine it'll be extremely insignificant to the outside world but pretty interesting from the perspective of living there.

[Spammer]

They don't hate each other. Koreans in the south see the northerners as sort of long lost brothers, or perhaps as family members doing a lengthy stretch behind bars. When defectors manage to escape they are welcomed with open arms, whereas in China they are put in detention camps and sent back.

Fair enough, I'm happy to take your word for it. I'm less sure that North Koreans will feel alright as being a part of the south again though.

[ItalAussie]

It's going to be incredibly weird when Queen Elizabeth dies.

[Bernanke]

Since it's really difficult to tell how AI will develop 30-40 years from now, I'll say fully autonomous cars/trucks. Imagine getting in a car without a driver, how incredibly weird that must feel. 5-10 years away I reckon.

[Charlie]

You can't have autonomous cars without them all being autonomous, therefore I think it's incredibly improbable for it to happen even in my lifetime. Semi-autonomous for motorways, perhaps, but nothing more than that.

[Toby]

You can't have autonomous cars without them all being autonomous

Why?

[Charlie]

I'm not sure if reunification would be successful in Korea as they fucking hate each other and North Koreans are indoctrinated to despise the south. If it happens it'll be over a very long time.

Getting people on Mars is definitely up there, although if they find life, which they might do, under the ice on Europa then that'll smash literally everything else out of the park. I really can't think of a bigger moment than finding out we're not alone.

See, I just don't think finding 'life' on Europa or Mars will be very exciting. It seems incredibly likely that there is life elsewhere, which sounds great on the face of it, until you remember that when they say life they mean some piece of shit single celled organism.

[Charlie]

Why?

Humans are a liability.

[Toby]

Humans are a liability.

Sure, but they're a liability anyway. I don't see why it rules out automated cars alongside human-driven ones.

[Toby]

I mean, look at this shit. Google Car's already interact with cyclists, pedestrians and even signalling traffic police alongside other cars: http://imgur.com/gallery/JWXnP

Obviously there's work to be done before they can be fully road ready but I don't think it's implausible that we'll start seeing them within a decade or so.

[Charlie]

Consider one automated car driving carefully, sticking to speed limits, on a road with cars controlled by people with emotions and complete unpredictability. Its going to be far from safe for anyone inside the automated one.

[Bernanke]

Consider one automated car driving carefully, sticking to speed limits, on a road with cars controlled by people with emotions and complete unpredictability. Its going to be far from safe for anyone inside the automated one.

From Tobys link:


To be a fully functional autonomous vehicle, the Google Car must be able to react to scenarios it has never encountered before. In this instant the car comes across a women in an electric wheelchair chasing a duck around the road.

That's the whole point of getting them street ready, handling unpredictability.

[Charlie]

A world with every car linked up to and controlled by the same system, running perfectly is a good one though. That efficiency.

[Bernanke]

The real benefit is in auto transports though. Imagine trucks that never have to stop.

[Toby]

I just don't see how. Look at the bike example in that link - it reacts faster than the human drivers. Idiots on the road are just as much a danger to fellow human drivers as to an automaton.

[Disco]

There's two issues with automated vehicles as I see it. First of all there's bound to be some twat called Kevin who thinks they can modify/service/repair it themselves, which is pretty concerning when they could be coming the other way. This is true to some extent already but automation can only make it worse.

Secondly, and perhaps more interesting, is the prospect of your own car potentially being programmed to kill you in certain circumstances. Your own sense of self preservation would have you swerve out of the way to avoid an accident even if you ended up ploughing into pedestrians. An automated system would need to make a decision on who gets to die and the likelihood is that it'll be programmed to choose less casualties even at the expense of the driver.

[Toby]

Unsurprisingly, public opinion on that is, "Kill the driver if it saves multiple lives. Unless I'm the driver."

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/542626/why-self-driving-cars-must-be-programmed-to-kill/

[Jimmy Floyd]

A world with every car linked up to and controlled by the same system, running perfectly is a good one though. That efficiency.

You've been in Asia too long.

[Lewis]

These days, yes, because we've all been imbibed with equality and a middle-class lifestyle as common objectives of the Western world, objectives which check unfettered capitalist growth. But that mentality did not exist in the mainstream in the 1830s or whatever, and there's no reason to think that capitalism had anything to do with it. Capitalism made shit worse for almost everybody, until people took a step back and said, "alright fuck we need to regulate this".

By 'made shit worse for everybody', what exactly do you think people were doing with their lives prior to the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions? Barely surviving would be one answer.

[Pepe]

I think the 89 year old woman dying is the winner so far.

[Toby]

You've been in Asia too long.

The amusing thing about this post is that it applies just as well to the post before.

[Reg]

Robots being accepted as near-equals to humans.

[Charlie]

You've been in Asia too long.

In what way? Asia is anything but efficient.

[Boydy]

Robots being accepted as near-equals to humans.
Sexy robots. :drool:

[Pepe]

Harold-debating robots. :drool:

[Disco]

You could build a bot that would do that relatively simply.

[Bernanke]

One factor to consider is that "your lifetime" could be a hell of a lot longer than you'd think.

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/clearing-retired-cells-extends-life/459723/


A series of experiments in mice has led to what some are calling “one of the more important aging discoveries ever."


I'm looking at a picture of two mice. The one on the right looks healthy. The one on the left has graying fur, a hunched back, and an eye that's been whitened by cataracts. “People ask: What the hell did you do to the mouse on the left?” says Nathaniel David. “We didn't do anything.” Time did that. The left mouse is just old. The one on the right was born at the same time and is genetically identical. It looks spry because scientists have been subjecting it to an unusual treatment: For several months, they cleared retired cells from its body.

Throughout our lives, our cells accumulate damage in their DNA, which could potentially turn them into tumors. Some successfully fix the damage, while others self-destruct. The third option is to retire—to stop growing or dividing, and enter a state called senescence. These senescent cells accumulate as we get older, and they have been implicated in the health problems that accompany the aging process.

[...]

By clearing these senescent cells from mice, Darren Baker and Jan van Deursen at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine managed to slow the deterioration of kidneys, hearts, and fat tissue. The animals lived healthier and, in some cases, they lived longer.

“The usual caveats apply—it’s got to be reproduced by other people—but if it’s correct, without wanting to be too hyperbolic, it’s one of the more important aging discoveries ever,” says Norman Sharpless from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.

Who's up for some human trials?

[Charlie]

Even if a life could be extended or people could live twice as long it wouldn't be allowed to go ahead because it's completely unsustainable.

[Pepe]

I'm certain I will live past one hundred.

[Bernanke]

I'm born in 1991 and intend to see the next century.


Even if a life could be extended or people could live twice as long it wouldn't be allowed to go ahead because it's completely unsustainable.

That's because our current way of life is incredibly inefficient from a energy usage and waste perspective. Nothing we can't overcome.

[Charlie]

Simply, it means producing enough food and getting them to the right places. It's not impossible, but again it's not something that's going to happen in my lifetime.

Planning for such a massive growth would be tough, too. Unprecedented population growth, a much greater age of retirement, jobs for everyone. I suppose you would just have to make it mandatory to go to university until you are 50 or something to stop flooding.

[Pepe]

That's because our current way of life is incredibly inefficient from a energy usage and waste perspective. Nothing we can't overcome.

I'm not fully convinced about that one.

[Yevrah]

There's two issues with automated vehicles as I see it. First of all there's bound to be some twat called Kevin who thinks they can modify/service/repair it themselves, which is pretty concerning when they could be coming the other way. This is true to some extent already but automation can only make it worse.

Secondly, and perhaps more interesting, is the prospect of your own car potentially being programmed to kill you in certain circumstances. Your own sense of self preservation would have you swerve out of the way to avoid an accident even if you ended up ploughing into pedestrians. An automated system would need to make a decision on who gets to die and the likelihood is that it'll be programmed to choose less casualties even at the expense of the driver.

Indeed. And added to that, who would actually want to 'drive' one? A car that sticks to the speed limits at all times? Nope, not having that.

It's decades away from properly happening, if it ever does.

[Yevrah]

Even if a life could be extended or people could live twice as long it wouldn't be allowed to go ahead because it's completely unsustainable.

Of course it would, we do it now (to a lesser extent) all the time with advances in healthcare.

[Pepe]

I would take a driverless car in a heartbeat. Posting here > holding the wheel straight. Also once they are the majority traffic would be much, much less.

Would be better if we minimized car use altogether of course, but yeah.

[Giggles]

Fuck sucking the joy out of life. I'll take a bit of traffic rather than become a robot.

[Pepe]

If driving on a highway is your idea of 'the joy of life' then I feel for you. Also, you would not be becoming a robot, your car would (kind of.)

[Giggles]

It's about a bit of freedom. There's enough fucking public transport without turning driving into it too. All this environmental bollocks has already ruined that enough.

[Pepe]

Well now you will be free to do whatever you want during your commute (read! learn a language! play videogames! take a nap!) instead of being stuck holding a wheel straight.

[Yevrah]

If driving on a highway is your idea of 'the joy of life' then I feel for you. Also, you would not be becoming a robot, your car would (kind of.)

Driving can be fun. Maybe not to you, but it is to a lot of people and there's no need to feel for them.

[Pepe]

Oh, I quite enjoy driving in the proper conditions. Conditions I hardly ever come across during my day to day.

[Yevrah]

Well now you will be free to do whatever you want during your commute (read! learn a language! play videogames! take a nap!) instead of being stuck holding a wheel straight.

Which leads us nicely onto why this absolutely must not happen, in that in reality, people will turn their cars into offices and just work while commuting. :sick:

[Pepe]

They already do that with their cellphones. :sick:

[Magic]

I'd love driverless. I hate driving with a large workload. Today I spent 6 hours driving again. It means I end up dealing with things at night and it's shit.

[Pepe]

You could watch your bestiality porn while in the car, less risky than at home.

[Giggles]

Well now you will be free to do whatever you want during your commute (read! learn a language! play videogames! take a nap!) instead of being stuck holding a wheel straight.

At least out of four you hit something with the last one.

[Manc]

Without road rage we'd be shanking each other with spoons.

[The Merse]

A resolution to the conflict between the radically Islamist world and everyone else (to say 'the west' is to fail to acknowledge the same stand off is occurring with Islamic populations and states).

[Toby]

Indeed. And added to that, who would actually want to 'drive' one? A car that sticks to the speed limits at all times? Nope, not having that.

It's decades away from properly happening, if it ever does.

Once they became commonplace speed limits could probably be increased a fair bit, especially on motorways.

[Bernanke]

Once they became commonplace speed limits could probably be increased a fair bit, especially on motorways.

The robot lane going 150mph. :drool:

[Yevrah]

There'd still be some cunt in it doing 55.

[Pepe]

:D

dots

[Disco]

Welcome to the future chaps.

http://i.imgur.com/RNVlaoA.png

[Jimmy Floyd]

As someone who has failed 4 driving tests, driverless cars really can't come soon enough.

They will also allow old people to use the road for far longer.

[Raoul Duke]

OAPs, the disabled, freight goods etc - all benefit from it.

In the millions of miles they've racked up driving in the real world the main causes of incidents with them has been human idiots driving into them :D

[leedsrevolution]

I do quite enjoy driving generally but all the traffic etc is fucking shit. I'd quite enjoy driver less cars really. Can I drink in them because then I'm fucking sold.

[Bernanke]

I do quite enjoy driving generally but all the traffic etc is fucking shit. I'd quite enjoy driver less cars really. Can I drink in them because then I'm fucking sold.

The first ones will probably require an actual driver behind the wheel ready to take over or whatever, but in time? Sure, why not.

[John]

Life, however primitive, being discovered on another planet. The implications of that are just immense, and it would basically be the moon landing of its time.

[Spoonsky]

Driverless cars would be great. I love looking out the side windows, especially on a long drive, and driving doesn't really allow that.

[mugbull]

Driverless cars are like nuclear power plants. There's such a social stigma around the latter for no reason at all, and people's ignorance will prevent meaningful legislation from getting passed. Democracy is shit man.

[Charlie]

Of course it would, we do it now (to a lesser extent) all the time with advances in healthcare.

You do realise that the current extensions of life through healthcare are so slow that it becomes sustainable. Raising the age of retiring a few years is not so dramatic is it.

[Shindig]

I wonder if driverless cars will have some benefit to traffic levels. I hold out hope for a real breakthrough against cancer.

[Charlie]

If all cars were driverless, you would expect there to be no congestion at all, especially if they could communicate with each other.

[Giggles]

Well I can't speak for anywhere else, but here the main source of congestion is that there's not enough actual road for the amount of cars. So making them self driven won't solve that.

[Charlie]

The distance between cars could be reduced considerably. Bumper to bumper, essentially.

An equally important cause of congestion is actually human decision making. Someone slamming on the breaks because someone in front was weaving a bit, or some bellend in a 4x4 not know how big their car is and being too nervous to drive through a gap that is clearly big enough. These are the types of things that at busy times actually cause congestion. All would be removed from the equation should all cars be automated.

[Toby]

Well I can't speak for anywhere else, but here the main source of congestion is that there's not enough actual road for the amount of cars. So making them self driven won't solve that.

There's also driving factors though, like people using the brakes where just slowing down earlier would do, then the people behind them see the brake light and do the same, and so on. Only causing seconds of difference to the individual but a bit of a chain reaction in a queue of cars.

[Disco]

That's exactly how many jams are caused, there's no actual hold up just a ripple effect of braking amplified back through traffic until people are coming to a complete stop.

[QE Harold Flair]

Driverless cars are like nuclear power plants. There's such a social stigma around the latter for no reason at all, and people's ignorance will prevent meaningful legislation from getting passed. Democracy is shit man.

I wouldn't say it's for no reason. Meltdowns do happen, and I don't just mean by members of this board. A driverless car crashing would be bad - a nuclear meltdown a bit more so.

[Giggles]

There's also driving factors though, like people using the brakes where just slowing down earlier would do, then the people behind them see the brake light and do the same, and so on. Only causing seconds of difference to the individual but a bit of a chain reaction in a queue of cars.

There definitely is, middle lane hogs, last minute exiters, poor mergers, and the like. But the main one is still that there's not ebough tarmac in some areas for the amount of vehicles.

[Pepe]

Too many cars is the issue, actually. If you want to see what laying more tarmac will cause search for that 10+ lanes lolfest in Texas (hint: traffic got even worse.)

[Giggles]

Too many cars is the issue, actually. If you want to see what laying more tarmac will cause search for that 10+ lanes lolfest in Texas (hint: traffic got even worse.)

I know, I've driven on it. I'd rather see more built than us all being forced onto buses or sharing cars though.

[Pepe]

There are numerous studies that suggest more built = more traffic though. Is that what you want?

[Disco]

Yup, traffic levels tend to increase to fit the available capacity. Increased capacity only gives you increased traffic.

[Giggles]

There are numerous studies that suggest more built = more traffic though. Is that what you want?

They can turn the whole place into roads.

[Pepe]

How 'bout some dedicated bike lanes?

[Giggles]

Most definitely. There are places on the continent that are brilliant for that and cyslclists and motorists aren't a danger to each other. In an ideal world there would be a cycle lane on every road.

[TG09]

World War 3.

Agreed. This will happen at some point.

Now I am married, children for me. That would be interesting..

Arsenal Win the CL

Winning the lottery

World sea level rise and wipe out countries.

[The Merse]

As someone who has failed 4 driving tests, driverless cars really can't come soon enough.

They will also allow old people to use the road for far longer.

Fuck aye.

I like a lot of cars but driving is shit and I'm losing the will to retry learning/the test living in such a congested city with hideous parking around my way. I'd like one for the journeys out of the city, but perhaps I'll just revert to my last few relationships and get a girlfriend who'll drive in those instances.

[Boydy]

Now I am married, children for me. That would be interesting..

Arsenal Win the CL

Winning the lottery

Get out.

[Shindig]

Newcastle winning something of note would be special. China's apparently created an artificial sun. Hopefully this is a solution to an energy crisis rather than a successful IVF treatment.

[TG09]

Get out.

Whys that?

[Smiffy]

The fact you believe something that hasn't happened in 140 years will happen in your lifetime, no doubt. :cool:

[TG09]

The fact you believe something that hasn't happened in 140 years will happen in your lifetime, no doubt. :cool:

Haha, one can always live in hope. Without hope, who are we as humans.

[Boydy]

Whys that?

The thread is about global events and achievements of humanity that might possibly happen in your lifetime, not you jizzing in your wife and her pumping out another fucking dipshit waste of space and resources or a shitty fucking football team winning some shitty competition they play in every year. And winning the lottery isn't going to happen. Nor would it be of any interest to anyone else.

[Giggles]

The thread is about global events and achievements of humanity that might possibly happen in your lifetime, not you jizzing in your wife and her pumping out another fucking dipshit waste of space and resources or a shitty fucking football team winning some shitty competition they play in every year. And winning the lottery isn't going to happen. Nor would it be of any interest to anyone else.

:D fucking hell.

[Lewis]

Somebody wasted a tenner on lottery tickets...

[John]

It sounds a bit more deep rooted than that. I reckon he was once denied sweets because his mum wanted to put a lottery on but only had two quid in change and didn't want to break a tenner.

[Reg]

Boydy, chill out and stop being a dickhead.

[randomlegend]

He's been a right prick lately to be honest.

[Lewis]

They're all coming out the woodwork tonight.

[niko_cee]

:D

Ignore them Boyd. Fully warranted.

[John]

They're all coming out the woodwork tonight.

KJAC was viewing a minute ago so that works twice.

[Boydy]

He's been a right prick lately to be honest.

You're only getting crotchety because I (rightfully) called you a bellend the other day with your pseudo-MRA shit.

It was more vitriolic than was necessary towards TG but it was a stupid post in the first place and then he couldn't even work that out so fuck it.

[randomlegend]

I'd forgotten about that, I meant you being a cunt to Hammer in the depression thread.

EDIT: Also lol at "pseudo-MRA shit". Fuck off back to tumblr.

[Toby]

Boydy, chill out and stop being a dickhead.


He's been a right prick lately to be honest.

Fucking hell. Read a different board if that's how well you understand this one.

[TG09]

The thread is about global events and achievements of humanity that might possibly happen in your lifetime, not you jizzing in your wife and her pumping out another fucking dipshit waste of space and resources or a shitty fucking football team winning some shitty competition they play in every year. And winning the lottery isn't going to happen. Nor would it be of any interest to anyone else.

Alright pipe down fella.

I just read the title, and it didnt say nothing about not being personal.

[Lewis]

Here's his fellow touchy dickhead Toby to defend him...

[Boydy]

I'd forgotten about that, I meant you being a cunt to Hammer in the depression thread.

EDIT: Also lol at "pseudo-MRA shit". Fuck off back to tumblr.

I've never been on tumblr. You can fuck off back to reddit or 4chan or whatever cesspit of the internet you frequent for your K-Pop and paedophilia.

[randomlegend]

paedophilia.

Excuse me?

[Lewis]

'What? It's just baking. I don't... I eat them myself!'

[Toby]

Excuse me?

http://im.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-209649668.gif

[randomlegend]

'What? It's just baking. I don't... I eat them myself!'

I'll do Boyd some sertraline marshmallows, might perk him up.

[Reg]

Fucking hell. Read a different board if that's how well you understand this one.
I understood (what's there to not understand?). Boydy was being a dick, and got called out for it.

[Boydy]

Jesus, you can't even tell someone who's being fucking stupid that they're being fucking stupid any more. It's political correctness gone mad.

[Reg]

Read your post. You sound like a raving madman, throwing personal attacks around.

First act after acting like a dick: admit you've acted like a dick.

[randomlegend]

You told Hammer he wasn't depressed enough to post in the depression thread and you've just called me a paedophile for not having the same views as you on feminism. That's just being a cock.

[phonics]

Now children, you've all been a bit cranky these past couple of days, does someone need a nap?

[Toby]

I was really just joking but now I'm wondering if Reg actually doesn't understand.

[Boydy]

You told Hammer he wasn't depressed enough to post in the depression thread and you've just called me a paedophile for not having the same views as you on feminism. That's just being a cock.

It's not just differing views on feminism. You generally exude the attitude of internet nerd neckbeard types. You were all over the 'faggot' thing as well and love throwing the homophobic slurs around.

[randomlegend]

So because I don't think the word 'faggot' should be such a big deal on a messageboard and I don't agree with everything you say about feminism, I'm an 'internet neckbeard type'. :D

You're so fucking miserable and vitriolic. I bet it's because I'm a filthy 'gamer'.

[John]

You told Hammer he wasn't depressed enough to post in the depression thread and you've just called me a paedophile for not having the same views as you on feminism. That's just being a cock.

Boydy ended up apologising in the depression thread, but I don't reckon he had to. Initially he just said it sounded like Hammer was feeling a bit down rather than in the grip of depression, and Hammer went off on a sweary dickhead rant. So not only was Boyd not a cock in the first place, but he later apologised for not being a cock.

[randomlegend]

The fact he apologised for being a cock (he was) doesn't make it not exist.

[Toby]

You people never got The Bruce either. I'm writing you all off as Celt-hating.

[randomlegend]

The people in both Glasgow and Edinburgh were thoroughly pleasant to the point I'd consider moving to Scotland, so it can't be that. Much nicer than the English in big cities.

[John]

The fact he apologised for being a cock (he was) doesn't make it not exist.

I was more suggesting that even though he wasn't being a cock he was enough of a non-cock to apologise anyway just to put an end to the thing. Boyd might see it differently, but I saw nothing wrong with his initial post, and what spun out from there was largely driven by Hammer being as chippy as usual.

He went a bit overboard on TG, but that idiot didn't help himself by claiming only to have read the title and thought it was about his own life when he's quoted a post about World War three and mentioned the oceans rising.

[randomlegend]

Maybe he was 'chippy' because he felt down enough to post in a depression thread and someone turned round and told him what he was feeling wasn't worthy?

It's hardly surprising you see nothing wrong with someone being needlessly unpleasant to other people.

[Toby]

There he goes again, racist prick.

"I've got Scottish mates though."

[randomlegend]

Oh fuck off Toby :D

[John]

Maybe he was 'chippy' because he felt down enough to post in a depression thread and someone turned round and told him what he was feeling wasn't worthy?

It's hardly surprising you see nothing wrong with someone being needlessly unpleasant to other people.

I didn't recognise his description of depression either. As I remember, it was 'I only feel shit if something shit happens', which does just sound like run of the mill sadness. I've warned people for being twats in the old board's iteration of that thread, because I've been genuinely depressed before myself so I do recognise there's a certain sensitivity required, I just didn't see anything wrong with that particular remark.

The second sentence is particularly lol coming on the same page as you saying you don't see a problem with the word 'faggot'.

[randomlegend]

I didn't recognise his description of depression either.

So what? He felt down enough to seek help from the people here. Telling him he's not depressed serves absolutely no purpose, it's just a bit mean.

And no, I don't see what makes 'faggot' so uniquely awful. Words get thrown around here all day every day which when used for their original meaning and towards certain people are extraordinarily offensive but they are apparently fine.

[phonics]

Such as?

[Toby]

To be fair to him, retard, mong etc are suitable examples there.

[Toby]

I didn't mean to call you that, but I'm lolling now that I've realised how it might read.

[phonics]

To be fair to him, retard, mong etc are suitable examples there.

And IIRC warnings were doled out when Number_25s mum had to come on here and have a word with us. At the time of the rule implementation, we actually had a regular poster who specifically stopped posting because people were more interested in being able to say faggot than in being a basic, decent human being.

[randomlegend]

Yes, it's mainly slurs against the disabled which spring to mind. I'm sure I could use flid without anyone batting an eyelid, which is a horrible word really.

[phonics]

I've never even heard of that word so I'm not sure we have to start worrying about it quite yet.

[Toby]

And IIRC warnings were doled out when Number_25s mum had to come on here and have a word with us. At the time of the rule implementation, we actually had a regular poster who specifically stopped posting because people were more interested in being able to say faggot than in being a basic, decent human being.

No wonder Randrew finds it hypocritical.

[phonics]

I can't tell if this is more of your dry wit or not.

[randomlegend]

He's calling me autistic, which I am a bit.

[igor_balis]

CLASSIC Boydy, there.

The most interesting thing I hope to see in my lifetime is all of us getting along. :hug:

[John]

Lewis called Harold a flid the other day.

You're right that we don't ping everything that could potentially be offensive to someone somewhere, but when an openly gay member asks people to stop calling eachother 'faggot' and is answered with 'fuck off faggot' by several other posters something needs done. That Zink seems to have left, or not found the lifeboat, doesn't mean suddenly it's open season again. It's a horrible word, and we became a more pleasant board when it was fucked off.

[phonics]

That Zink seems to have left, or not found the lifeboat, doesn't mean suddenly it's open season again.

He PM'd me on the old place saying 'Thanks for trying' but felt totally uncomfortable with the place/members afterwards.

[randomlegend]

I'm not sure the disabled are really adequately described as 'someone somewhere', but whatever. This doesn't need doing again.

[randomlegend]

I'm quite seething about Boydy calling me a paedophile, it was so uncalled for.

[Pepe]

Open borders. Full freedom for everyone to move wherever they want. I know you'll chimp out but it would make the world a better place.

When it happens I am moving in with Boydy whether he wants it or not.

[Spoonsky]

You've got to lighten up if you didn't enjoy that Boydy post a bit.

[mugbull]

There's so many shits on TTH. TG09 is a certified imbecile out there in the real world, John I'm sure has no friends at all. There's others too, far worse than RL or Boy dyke to vent your insecure frustrations onto.

[QE Harold Flair]

So because I don't think the word 'faggot' should be such a big deal on a messageboard and I don't agree with everything you say about feminism, I'm an 'internet neckbeard type'. :D

You're so fucking miserable and vitriolic. I bet it's because I'm a filthy 'gamer'.

It's rather weird actually since male feminists (lol) invariably have neckbeards.

[QE Harold Flair]

And IIRC warnings were doled out when Number_25s mum had to come on here and have a word with us. At the time of the rule implementation, we actually had a regular poster who specifically stopped posting because people were more interested in being able to say faggot than in being a basic, decent human being.

He probably just realised the harsh truth.

[QE Harold Flair]

Lewis called Harold a flid the other day.

You're right that we don't ping everything that could potentially be offensive to someone somewhere, but when an openly gay member asks people to stop calling eachother 'faggot' and is answered with 'fuck off faggot' by several other posters something needs done. That Zink seems to have left, or not found the lifeboat, doesn't mean suddenly it's open season again. It's a horrible word, and we became a more pleasant board when it was fucked off.

At the end of the day, 'pleasant' is what we all need to strive for. Especially given the influx of new posters. I'm rarely treated any other way than pleasantly, I'm happy to report.

[QE Harold Flair]

Open borders. Full freedom for everyone to move wherever they want. I know you'll chimp out but it would make the world a better place.

When it happens I am moving in with Boydy whether he wants it or not.

Say that when you have everyone who can afford to fucking 3rd world shitholes off to live in your area. You will soon change your tune.

[Spoonsky]

I mean, look at this shit. Google Car's already interact with cyclists, pedestrians and even signalling traffic police alongside other cars: http://imgur.com/gallery/JWXnP

Obviously there's work to be done before they can be fully road ready but I don't think it's implausible that we'll start seeing them within a decade or so.

"To be a fully functional autonomous vehicle, the Google Car must be able to react to scenarios it has never encountered before. In this instant the car comes across a women in an electric wheelchair chasing a duck around the road."

:D

[Charlie]

Was that some new act from Boydy trying to come across as edgy on the last page? All came across a little try hard, and it explains why John has his back as he must be flattered by the imitation of himself.

[TG09]

There's so many shits on TTH. TG09 is a certified imbecile out there in the real world, John I'm sure has no friends at all. There's others too, far worse than RL or Boy dyke to vent your insecure frustrations onto.

You what mate, ta very much.

[ScousePig]

Here's his fellow touchy dickhead Toby to defend him...

You should read a different board as well you dick. Can't believe the tobester left you out.

[Giggles]

Well this was fun coffee reading.

[wullie]

Cov in the Premier League probably. Maybe a son.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Well this was fun coffee reading.

Seconded, three or four proper laughs.

[Giggles]

Seconded, three or four proper laughs.

It also tells me I am missing out by not reading the depression thread.