Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

Why do you need technology to point at people?

How can you make a definitive opinion in the road with out smelling the person or seeing their fingernails?

What happens to the contract of pointing if one realises one pointed in the affirmative in haste?

Basically tinder shows you pictures of people. If you like the look of them you swipe one way, if not the other. If you both like each other then you can "chat" and arrange to "hook up". It isn't a novel idea, there was an app called grinder that did it beforehand but that only caters to the gay audience.

I prefer the old fashioned way of getting hammered and taking your chances.

Yorkie1

Wheezy wrote: »

Now 15st 10lbs

The average NP punter will think "2lbs, so what?", but it's a milestone as our scales are in kilos and I'm under 100 kilos now.

Congratulations [jumping smillie - tablet playing silly wotsits]

lemonjelly wrote: »

On the depression side of things, well what jason Manford has posted on Facebook this morning...

"If you feel alone and down, anxious and low. If you feel deep sadness but can't find a root cause. If people tell you to 'snap out of it' or 'things can only get better' or 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger', know that it's simply not always true. Sometimes it does kill you.

Please seek help. No one will think you're being melodramatic, I swear. No one will think you're silly or wasting people's time. No one will say 'what? But you're always so happy, maybe you're just having a bad day'. For some people, every day is a bad day and they get through it, but sometimes they stop getting through it.

If depression can (allegedly) kill Robin Williams, one of the world's greatest funny men, well it can get any of us at any time. If the Genie from Aladdin can suffer and the DJ in Good Morning Vietnam can be affected by it, then so can you, or your child or friend or work colleague.

I always remind myself of the quote from Watchmen:

"Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci."

Please. Ask for help. If you have no one or if you don't want to to tell them yet, then ring Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 for someone to talk to, or talk to your GP.

The world needs you even if you don't think it does. I promise, we need you here, now."

Thanks for posting that. So true. After a deep 'down', people are so pleased to see you functioning better than that, that they want you to be 110% and therefore tell you that you are 110%. Whereas in fact you might just look as though you're coping better underneath.

lostinrates wrote: »

What's tinder?

Is it a hook up site?

How does it work?

( asking for a friend, before any one gets excited)

You sign up, allow it to access your location, and (I think) tell it criteria the people you're interested in would match. It then sends you a list of photos of pages of people registered who match that criteria and are local to your present location.


You swipe the picture one way off the screen to discount them, and the other way if you're interested. Dunno what happens next ... !!

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Price match means if you are careful you can pay Tesco/Asda prices in Sains and vice-versa.

Price match has some other/odd/unknown criteria though. You can't, say, walk in, pick up 6 packs of Pepsi and demand a price match. There's more to it.... but I don't know what; I do know that whatever it is I'd struggle to be able to achieve it.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

How can you make a definitive opinion in the road with out smelling the person or seeing their fingernails?

Sounds like it's a site/app for a quick, rough trade, nameless and meaningless leg over.... not for meeting people.

chewmylegoff

Yorkie1 wrote: »

You swipe the picture one way off the screen to discount them, and the other way if you're interested. Dunno what happens next ... !!

Storks bring babies.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Basically tinder shows you pictures of people. If you like the look of them you swipe one way, if not the other. If you both like each other then you can "chat" and arrange to "hook up".

I prefer the old fashioned way of getting hammered and taking your chances.

Oh, I see. You are not just pointing at people in the street. Good. That's why I never see any one pointing. Phew.

Ok, I'll tell my friend. ( who has met a bloke who does this activity).

In 'my day' you wanted to hook up you went out, checked out finger nails , how a guy smelled, what he looked like in real life and if you liked him you smiled at him, then went from there. Mobile phones just were for flat mate communication.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30423051.html

Pic 4 - you'd not want to have a hangover or feel dizzy and need a glass of water would you ..

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Sounds like it's a site/app for a quick, rough trade, nameless and meaningless leg over.... not for meeting people.

Meaningless and meaningless fine, however, I don 't. want someone with nasty filthy nails or nasty ragged ones getting near me. . It all seems like it was better in the 'old days' in person.

And they have to smell right. And be clean. Ish.

Nikkster

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I prefer the old fashioned way of getting hammered and taking your chances.

I dunno. Today I heard some tales about Fri night that put me off :eek:

I bet I've spent the least on gas + electric over the past 10 months - £108.00 (for both).


That's because npower seem to find it rather difficult to take my money. They took their first direct debit payment 4 months after I moved in, then promptly cancelled the DD (not at my request, despite them stating in a letter that it was). They seem to have managed to reinstate the DD, but it's currently set up for £0.00 a month :wall:

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Why do you need technology to point at people?

How can you make a definitive opinion in the road with out smelling the person or seeing their fingernails?

What happens to the contract of pointing if one realises one pointed in the affirmative in haste?

I can never remember if swiping left is keep or throw .

Apparently there is an app for it so you don't even have to leave your front room, however you have to link it to facebook so I have not had the chance to experiment as DW shares my facebook and I don't have a photo.....

400k gets you 60sqm in the street next to my old house (although obviously it is not as desirable now as it was 5 years ago) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45932639.html?premiumA=true