The Random thought thread

[onetrack]

I don't know about "dearer" - that looks like "long and painful", with more neck pain than ever! There's nothing like tribal stupidities!

[pmccarthy]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

and I have been advised to get  a thumb sling to hold the thumb in place.

 

 

Not a famous as the invention of Otto Titsling. Though he lost to in the end to m. Brassiere.

[nomadpete]

7 hours ago, old man emu said:

When was the last time you stepped on chewing gum on a footpath? 

 

My Mum asked me to get her some chewing gum for her as she suffers from "dry mouth" and chewing gum keeps her mouth moist with saliva. I tries to find some at the supermarket, but could hardly find any.

OME, go to a pharmacy and get her some Aque mouth spray.

[nomadpete]

Intolerance will NOT be tolerated

[old man emu]

43 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

OME, go to a pharmacy and get her some Aque mouth spray.

She does use a product called Oral 7 which is a gel. Doesn't use it all the time. She didn't tell me why she wanted chewing gum. Maybe she heard the song , "I'm forever blowing bubbles ..."

[Jerry_Atrick]

This isn't a random thought.. but I was in a discussion with someone today about becoming an adopter of a new technology framework over the current widespread frameworks. I made the point it is highly unusual for me to go all in on the first new release of this particular vendor's product, usually preferring to wait a few releases and then only taking it on after it has proved itself and has traction in the market. 

 

His response is that we won't be able to find the developers and that we should stick with the tried and tested frameworks. My response was if that were the case, we would all still be on IBM Mainframes writing COBOL, and that as a well paid and experienced/quality developer, he should be able to learn the new framework and start productively developing in a couple of months - and with all that experience avoid the pitfalls of newbies.

 

It sort of backed him into a corner where we were debating the technical merits of the framework. It got me thinking - how much do we hold up progress by hanging onto the old way of doing things? Forgetting the climate change argument, why wouldn't we transition to cleaner energy that would result in cleaner air and less environmental damage*? People argue cost, but if we reduced toxins in the air, which is likely to reduce all sorts of ailments from respiratory issues to cancers resulting in early deaths, how much do we save through a healthier population not dragging down finances for health care, and the opportunity cost lost on related losses from sick leave, loss of economic capacity through early deaths or retirements through ill health, etc. 

 

How many times do you see a meme that says something like "out yout hand up if you were slapped as a kid and learned to respect people"? I can recall  both my partner and I were heavily influenced by our parents' parenting, which differed substantially. And after a disagreement about how to handle a situation (after it was handled), when my partner was defending her approach based on it was what her mother did in the same situation, I stopped and thought for a minute. "Don't we both complain about how our parents handled situations.. and now we're both applying what we complained about" Of course, parenting that doesn't set boundaries and implement consequences normally results in kids out of control and worse, but studies continually conclude where the boundaries are set in calm and rational ways, and consequences are applied in calm and reasonable/non-violent ways, they have a better outcome than smacking.  Of course, in the field of any animal behaviour, there are outliers. I am not saying there is no place for a gentle tap on the wrist.. and I once did grab the boy by the ear when he was being particularly obstinate.. But, geez I felt crap afterwards. 

 

Of course, old ways worked then, and many are just as applicable now as they were.. but what if we are less shackled and more open.. how much better would this planet be?

Edited Wednesday at 08:35 PM by Jerry_Atrick