Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Bacon Bits]

Oh my God. You went to a help forum, posted code that looked nothing like any code that anyone using that language writes—taking about 20 lines to accomplish what most people could do in 1 line—and then screamed at people for saying it was very hard to read. And they were still trying to help you, anyway! Instead of reading what they wrote, you got nasty and kept posting arguing comments about it for literal hours. You responded to yourself when you scared others away!

Four different people spelled out very clearly what the problem with the code was. You just wouldn't shut up about the fact that "[your] code has worked flawlessly for five years and still works on 3 out of the 4 systems it's on!"

The system is not obligated to return results in a given order unless you tell it to do so. By complete accident, it was returning results in an order that happened to work for five years. That doesn't mean your code isn't wrong. It just means you only had it installed on four systems that happened to behave the same way, and then suddenly they don't. But, no, you've got too much ego to ever let someone question your perfect code.

 

[trappedslider]

nah, i think you're dead...just like the rest of us here

 

[Ryujin]

Trying to explain to someone, who keeps spouting section numbers of the Criminal Code of Canada with no understanding of the sections or case law, why you can't accidentally assault someone.

Headdeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddesk...

 

[Ryujin]

nah, i think you're dead...just like the rest of us here

Only on the inside.

 

[Scribe]

 

[prabe]

Trying to explain to someone, who keeps spouting section numbers of the Criminal Code of Canada with no understanding of the sections or case law, why you can't accidentally assault someone.

Headdeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddesk...

Uh, isn't that mens rea, and isn't that like a requirement for a crime?

My sympathies to your desk.

 

[Ryujin]

Uh, isn't that mens rea, and isn't that like a requirement for a crime?

My sympathies to your desk.

Yeah. This person is trying to say that causing harm to another person, without intent, is still an assault by the common definition of the word in the English language. My response was something along the lines of, "Yes, we definitely have a word for that. It's 'accident.'"

EDIT - There's also stuff like depraved indifference and negligence, that don't specifically require intent, but for assault I would say that intent is definitely a requirement.

 

[prabe]

Yeah. This person is trying to say that causing harm to another person, without intent, is still an assault by the common definition of the word in the English language. My response was something along the lines of, "Yes, we definitely have a word for that. It's 'accident.'"

 

[overgeeked]

If perfection is your baseline, don’t act surprised when no one can meet that threshold.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Yeah. This person is trying to say that causing harm to another person, without intent, is still an assault by the common definition of the word in the English language. My response was something along the lines of, "Yes, we definitely have a word for that. It's 'accident.'"

EDIT - There's also stuff like depraved indifference and negligence, that don't specifically require intent, but for assault I would say that intent is definitely a requirement.

So if it's assault in Canada, does that make it assalt in 'Murikuh?

Protip-
The old common law difference that is drummed into your head in law school is assault is when you threaten to kick someone's posterior; battery is when you actually kick someone's posterior.

However, every state has different laws, and some have gotten rid of the distinction and will use aggravated assault, etc.


Finally, I still remember when I was watching the shows from the UK, and they kept talking about GBH. At first, I was confused with, um, the Cosby stuff. And then I finally realized it was battery (Grievous Bodily Harm).