Sayonara, Chumps!
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One person overreacted and got questioned for suggesting death; standard behaviour here. As for the Eye reference, it is a satirical news periodical in the UK. Unfortunately there is no way to filter out non-Usain references, but there is a marvellous web site by the name of google where you can look up things you don't know or find difficult to understand. Try it.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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One person overreacted
Probably true that I overreacted, but we just lost our little dog of 12 years so I was a little oversensitive to go with the overreaction. I apologise to those who cared for this unfortunate person.
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
_beauw_ wrote:
I'm not sure how that works,
Just ask for it in the Site Bugs & Suggestions forum.
_beauw_ wrote:
lack of a downvote option
This only applies for the Lounge, does it not ? If so, stay tuned on the forums and Q&A, nobody asks you to visit the Lounge.
_beauw_ wrote:
I've already removed all of my content from this site
That's clearly overreacting. Every single one of us appreciate good written articles, even the one giving sarcastic answers to kids trying to get us to do their homework. I do not see how the fact that one Lounge thread contained nonsense for you has any impact on how people should judge your work.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
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Aww snacks.. Honestly, I didn't know you were here until you posted this.
If it moves, compile it
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
_beauw_ wrote:
Sayonara, chumps.
Frankly, that says a lot all by itself. Not wishing to participate in forums and the BS that does happen in here, fine its your choice etc... Pulling down all of your articles and whatnot just smacks of "I'm taking my ball and going home" attitude. If you were really as concerned with people benefiting from things here, you would have left those for people to benefit from(assuming they were of any value, haven't read any personally). The crap that gets spouted in the lounge and Soapbox, have absolutely zero to do with the value of information that is available for people who are truly looking for it. yeah, some long time posters here have long since gotten tired of the "gimme codezzz" posters in quick answers. I also see those same people posting helpful answers to plenty of people who use the forums in the sense they are intended for IE.. "I did my research, this is what I have but it still doesn't work, can somebody point me in the right direction?" Bitching about threads int eh lounge is akin to watching tv, you don't like it, DON'T READ IT. If you are here to help people with coding issues, then do that and ignore the lounge.
Treat stressful situations like a dog, if you can't eat it, play with it or screw it, then just piss on it and walk away. Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
The internet is a place where an asshole can hide behind a keyboard. If I over-reacted every time someone got mad at me or I said something that someone didn't like or whatever I'd be a neurotic, psychotic mess. Oh wait a minute maybe I am...never mind!
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Aww snacks.. Honestly, I didn't know you were here until you posted this.
If it moves, compile it
Ouch.
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The internet is a place where an asshole can hide behind a keyboard. If I over-reacted every time someone got mad at me or I said something that someone didn't like or whatever I'd be a neurotic, psychotic mess. Oh wait a minute maybe I am...never mind!
VS2010/Atmel Studio 6.0 ToDo Manager Extension
Version 3.0 now available. There is no place like 127.0.0.1Mike Hankey wrote:
Oh wait a minute maybe I am...never mind!
Even if you are a neurotic, psychotic mess (I don't know it and I can hardly to believe this since you are retired): You are still here on CP...
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
Why are you punishing all the people that could benefit from your articles just because you don't like a few people that frequent a procrastination forum that's actually a very small part of a great site? It's not possible to like all the people of such a big place. So in what way is that different to life? And those few in the lounge can't have been the audience you intended for your articles anyway.
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Oh wait a minute maybe I am...never mind!
Even if you are a neurotic, psychotic mess (I don't know it and I can hardly to believe this since you are retired): You are still here on CP...
Marco Bertschi wrote:
You are still here on CP...
...and you need more proof? :laugh:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
Holy shit, we can't downvote?
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
Waaa waaaa, someone call the wambulance.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
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I agree about the Mindy McCready post, not one single person mentioned the two kids she left behind. Suicide has a massive stigma, I think it's still a crime in a lot of places. You are overreacting though.
_Josh_ wrote:
I think it's still a crime in a lot of places
What are they going to do? "You are hereby sentenced to death for commiting suicide. Oh, wait..."
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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_Josh_ wrote:
I think it's still a crime in a lot of places
What are they going to do? "You are hereby sentenced to death for commiting suicide. Oh, wait..."
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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I agree about the Mindy McCready post, not one single person mentioned the two kids she left behind. Suicide has a massive stigma, I think it's still a crime in a lot of places. You are overreacting though.
_Josh_ wrote:
I agree about the Mindy McCready post, not one single person mentioned the two kids she left behind. Suicide has a massive stigma, I think it's still a crime in a lot of places.
You are overreacting though.My thoughts exactly, on both accounts. There is a less than a year old baby somewhere in the story who lost both his parents to suicide in 2013.
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
To quote a character from a certain SBS tv series not known for it's eloquence "Harden-up d*ckhead, stop being such a soft-c*ck". The world's full of people that don't 'get it', don't care and don't get along. Although one can wonder sometimes, the internet isn't full of people from outer-space, it's full of people from the very same world. Why should the internet be any different than the rest of the world? You seem to be implying that their comments have been personally endorsed by the people running the site, and by extension, that the management should not be able to make a financial gain from your input. Seriously, how much revenue do you really think your articles have generated for CP? Do you really consider that removing your articles will have a greater impact on the site as a whole than it will have on the users that have read, enjoyed, learned from and indeed, voted for our articles? Gotta be honest, you seem to be just as childish as the people whom you castigate - certainly not as puerile or cruel, but just as much of a big kid. Harden up!
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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I was just reading the "RIP Mindy McCready" thread. About 90% of the content in that thread is either unintelligible nonsense (e.g. about some Spy magazine) or morally bankrupt garbage... and I cannot even downvote. I'm not sure if "no downvotes" is personal, specific to the forum, or something else... but the lack of a downvote option basically makes this site unusable for me. Constant protests aside, a downvote is exactly what many of those posts deserve. (A downvote is far too mild for several of them. Anyone who abuses the memory of someone who just died should be banned.) This is the last straw for me. I've already removed all of my content from this site. Now, I'm removing my account. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll just e-mail Chris M. if I have to. CP had a lot of good things going for it at one time. It's unfortunate that there's not a site where people writing long, in-depth articles are appreciated (as opposed to people giving sarcastic "party line" answers to kids doing their homework). Of course, I can't forget WPF zealots, and now, it would seem, dog Chauvinists; such people are apparently embraced here. Sayonara, chumps.
I finally worked my way back to that thread, I was off from work today so not on here much. I have to agree with you on most of your points, even though I understand I may sometimes act like the type of member that is driving you away from CP. It turned into a pretty idiotic thread. Half people trying to be funny, and half people misdirecting whatever adult angst they have about someone making a decision that millions of people made before her, people they even respect. I feel like if the victim were a renowned musician in English, Irish, German, etc music, the responses would have been less severe, maybe even sincere. But this is CP, and picking on a country musician is just another way to take a shot at Americans in general, or at least the stereotype of Americans. I recommend taking a break from the Lounge, I do it occasionally, especially when people seem to have keyboard diarrhea. It sometimes becomes as juvenile and idiotic as the rest of the internet, the parts of the internet I hate and avoid.
