Author Topic: so now that it's halfway over, what is your hot take on "The Tens"? (Read 3992 times)

recursivelyenumerable · « **on:** December 30, 2014, 03:08:59 PM »

mine: It was a harrowing experience but I learned a valuable lesson.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:21:18 PM »

StealthFan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:23:19 PM »

garbage. one suicide attempt and 200lbs of weight gain.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:24:04 PM »

worst half decade ever

Himu · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:24:23 PM »

this decade sucks

here's to the second half

Eric P · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:28:05 PM »

i thought this was about some paramathematics conference or something

Rufus · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:28:08 PM »

Another roaring twenties pls.

Himu · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2014, 03:29:15 PM »

85'ers this shall be our year.

toku · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:20:28 PM »

I'll let you know in five more years

king of the internet · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:26:03 PM »

I survived. So far.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:31:07 PM »

Not bad...could've been worse

Atramental · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:33:15 PM »

10s so far.

And my predictions for the next 3 upcoming decades:

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20s.

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30s.

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Positive Touch · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:33:30 PM »

I got married and fat so I guess people think I accomplished something? that's cool, sort of

TVC15 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:47:22 PM »

I wish I were dead. I wish you were dead.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2014, 04:49:37 PM »

just been crankin out babies like it wasn't nothin.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2014, 10:05:00 PM »

For me personally, it's been pretty kick ass. The first half of the decade has been an exercise in digging myself out a hole that was dug for me and that I dug myself in for the first 25 years of my life and I'm starting to get to where I want to be. Debt free, good job, currently going to graduate school, living well, and basically doing what I want to do. Aside from getting passed over for a promotion recently, I don't have much to complain about.

Conversely, 10 years ago, I wanted to kill myself every day, I worked two jobs and still was in debt. When I wasn't working crazy hours, I did shitty in school, doing just barely well enough to avoid academic probation. Parents were stealing money from me, women wanted nothing to do with me, and in spite of being in the greatest generation of video games ever (PS2-XB-GC era), I was too broke to get all the games I wanted to play. Oh and I spent a shitload of time on GAF but to be honest, pre-NeoGAF GAF was a pretty good board.

A lot's changed

Huff · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2014, 11:37:28 PM »

I was in a drunken haze for most of that time. So I dunno. Probably good

benjipwns · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2014, 11:40:04 PM »

2011-2014 = halfway over

I'm pretty sure there were more Steam sales 2010-2014 than in all of human history prior so....

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2014, 11:49:33 PM »

Pretty good. Lot of ups than downs. Lot of personal growth. Then again the 2000-2009 were rock bottom so anything is better.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:07:37 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on December 30, 2014, 11:40:04 PM

2011-2014
2010-2014

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benjipwns · « **Reply #20 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:18:04 AM »

I would have just assumed your comprehension of time was at some other level from the rest of us and that "The Tens" actually refers to ten distinct years over all of existence that you're musing about from the Vanishing Point.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #21 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:37:09 AM »

vp is a cool place, say hi to linda for me when you drop by

chronovore · « **Reply #22 on:** January 01, 2015, 09:17:46 AM »

As a decade and only being halfway through it, I think it’s heading in a good direction despite what most of the media is focusing on. We’re moving in a direction that is positive overall, with advances in health and improvement worldwide in survivability. Despite cat pictures and misattributed quotes, the Internet continues to improve our ability to democratize information and make processes more visible and transparent.

king of the internet · « **Reply #23 on:** January 01, 2015, 03:35:58 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on January 01, 2015, 03:34:03 PM

For me personally, it's been five years of digging myself out of the hole I fell into over the course of 2007-09.

I dug myself out of the hole then fell back in.

Rufus · « **Reply #24 on:** January 01, 2015, 04:29:30 PM »

I'm furnishing my hole.

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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #25 on:** January 01, 2015, 05:01:17 PM »

Where is my self driving car Google? Fuck the 10's.

chronovore · « **Reply #26 on:** January 01, 2015, 09:48:51 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on January 01, 2015, 05:01:17 PM

Where is my self driving car Google? Fuck the 10's.

I am always sad that we don’t have the jetpacks and flying cars, but then I watch how people conduct themselves with vehicles incapable of vertical movement, and I realize we’re better off.

Your gripe is more valid.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #27 on:** January 01, 2015, 09:54:19 PM »

The argument against self-driving cars where people are like "BUT WHAT IF THE CARS MALFUNCTIONS AND WRECKS?!?!?!" is really hilarious to me. It's like, dude, have you ever seen a human being drive a car before?

benjipwns · « **Reply #28 on:** January 01, 2015, 10:13:58 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 01, 2015, 09:54:19 PM

The argument against self-driving cars where people are like "BUT WHAT IF THE CARS MALFUNCTIONS AND WRECKS?!?!?!" is really hilarious to me. It's like, dude, have you ever seen a human being drive a car before?

The funny thing is that the people I know who subscribe to that theory were the same ones who believed the auto-accelerating when brakes were pressed garbage. So nothing would change in their worse case scenario if both sets of statements are true.

Rufus · « **Reply #29 on:** January 02, 2015, 01:14:09 AM »

The self driving cars get really interesting when they have to make decisions during unavoidable accidents. There'll have to be a part of the algorithm that makes a decision about which car it would rather crash into. The family van or the sedan, for instance.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #30 on:** January 02, 2015, 01:25:15 AM »

I hope there are extensive customization options in the about:choices settings page.

Oblivion · « **Reply #31 on:** January 02, 2015, 02:06:50 AM »

Let's see.

2010: Overall pretty awesome for the most part. Didn't finish the year off as wonderfully but still good. Had the best summer in a long, long time.
2011: Nothing special. Some highs, some lows, but nothing stellar either way.
2012: Pretty awesome.
2013: Pretty average.
2014: Pretty shitty.

So far, a huge meh/5.

EvilLore Killah · « **Reply #32 on:** January 02, 2015, 02:25:52 AM »

Thought this thread was about a TV show till I wised up after reading a few posts.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #33 on:** January 02, 2015, 07:03:59 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 01, 2015, 09:54:19 PM

The argument against self-driving cars where people are like "BUT WHAT IF THE CARS MALFUNCTIONS AND WRECKS?!?!?!" is really hilarious to me. It's like, dude, have you ever seen a human being drive a car before?

i don't really understand how you can argue for/against "self-driving cars" in the abstract in this sort of way??? i mean, a given implementation might be reliable, or it might not. presumably the implementations that exist now are not yet reliable/robust enough to market???

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34 on:** January 02, 2015, 01:09:32 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on January 02, 2015, 01:25:15 AM

I hope there are extensive customization options in the about:choices settings page.

I also hope there will be a take-the-fucker-with-me option through jail breaking.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #35 on:** January 02, 2015, 02:57:41 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on December 30, 2014, 04:47:22 PM

I wish I were dead. I wish you were dead.

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Author Topic: so now that it's halfway over, what is your hot take on "The Tens"? (Read 3992 times)