The Cure

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, slash's hat said:

Ooh, that gets me every time! @stuartbert two hats the English language always evolves over time, otherwise we would still be using thee, thy, and thou. Just like the legend slot evolved to accommodate a band.

One day no-one will have a clue what we are talking about as auto-correct will take over and people will be too damn lazy to change the word. Tis the future...like garlic bread.

Yeah, but those apostrophe's.  I loose my temper every time I see one misplaced.

Yes, those errors were deliberate!

[Amy Lawn]

8 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Yes, those errors were deliberate!

Mate. It's error's.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Mate. It's error's.

Sorry

Them error's was delibarite.

Edited September 25, 2018 by stuartbert two hats
Uncorrected spelling

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Sorry

Them error's was delibarite.

As an aside, do you reckon the hyper-alertness to punctuation where it shouldn't be is a programmer thing? I think when you're in a job where fuckups can be caused by misspellings, errant characters, unmatched brackets etc, your brain learns to get alarmed by things not being where they should be.

[slash's hat]

Defiantly annoying.

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

As an aside, do you reckon the hyper-alertness to punctuation where it shouldn't be is a programmer thing? I think when you're in a job where fuckups can be caused by misspellings, errant characters, unmatched brackets etc, your brain learns to get alarmed by things not being where they should be.

Yes.  When your code doesn't compile because you forgot to capitalise something, you tend to grow a little picky over time.

[priest17]

4 hours ago, slash's hat said:

 

One day no-one will have a clue what we are talking about as auto-correct will take over and people will be too damn lazy to change the word. Tis the future...like garlic bread.

I ducking hope not.

(Does it defeat the point of this joke that I had to stop my phone autocorrecting ducking to fucking?)

[Quark]

14 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

As an aside, do you reckon the hyper-alertness to punctuation where it shouldn't be is a programmer thing? I think when you're in a job where fuckups can be caused by misspellings, errant characters, unmatched brackets etc, your brain learns to get alarmed by things not being where they should be.

Or are hyper alert people drawn to becoming programmers? It's definitely the case that my pernickity nature found a home in reading and drafting contracts, not the other way round.

[slash's hat]

9 hours ago, priest17 said:

I ducking hope not.

(Does it defeat the point of this joke that I had to stop my phone autocorrecting ducking to fucking?)

Well it certainly tells us a lot about your use of the f word, mine doesn't do that lol.

[stuartbert two hats]

16 minutes ago, Quark said:

Or are hyper alert people drawn to becoming programmers? It's definitely the case that my pernickity nature found a home in reading and drafting contracts, not the other way round.

Good point. I suspect there is a positive feedback loop. I.e. I was always pedantic, which drew me to software, but since I became a professional programmer, it got worse.

[eFestivals]

So, if it's The Cure, it's not going to be on the Friday.

[slash's hat]

8 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

So, if it's The Cure, it's not going to be on the Friday.

News specific to the cure or info for someone else on the Fri?

[John the Moth]

7 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

News specific to the cure or info for someone else on the Fri?

Beat me by a few seconds almost word for word

Edited October 5, 2018 by John the Moth
Fat thumb

[Andeeroo]

3 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

News specific to the cure or info for someone else on the Fri?

The Cure are playing Rock Werchter on the Friday.

[rzwodezwo]

4 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

News specific to the cure or info for someone else on the Fri?

Playing Werchter

[JSmurphy]

Play Werchter on the Friday.

[slash's hat]

Ah, ok thanks.

[rzwodezwo]

Neil, what did you think about this article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/cure-play-around-20-festivals-2019-2382083.

 

Asked if they might headline Glastonbury next year in a recent interview, Smith replied: “Yeah, maybe. We haven’t had a happy history with Glastonbury over the years. Although we’ve headlined three times, we’ve never been on the best of terms. I don’t know if they forgive and forget. There are enough other festivals for us to play.”

 

doesn't exactly inspire confidence...I think?

[scatteredscreens]

1 minute ago, rzwodezwo said:

Neil, what did you think about this article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/cure-play-around-20-festivals-2019-2382083.

 

Asked if they might headline Glastonbury next year in a recent interview, Smith replied: “Yeah, maybe. We haven’t had a happy history with Glastonbury over the years. Although we’ve headlined three times, we’ve never been on the best of terms. I don’t know if they forgive and forget. There are enough other festivals for us to play.”

 

doesn't exactly inspire confidence...I think?

This is old news, June this year news. 

[rzwodezwo]

Just now, James96 said:

This is old news, June this year news. 

Aight. I scrolled through the thread but haven't seen it discussed. 

[scatteredscreens]

2 minutes ago, rzwodezwo said:

Aight. I scrolled through the thread but haven't seen it discussed. 

Yeah Rob Smith was interviewed for Radio 6 and said this, which at the time I don't think anyone believed the cure were even in the running.

[rzwodezwo]

Ah fair. Just curious, what did we think about it then? Just friendly banter?

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, rzwodezwo said:

Ah fair. Just curious, what did we think about it then? Just friendly banter?

You take take it at face value. He's not going to say no if asked, but he's not really expecting to be asked.

[eFestivals]

18 minutes ago, rzwodezwo said:

Neil, what did you think about this article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/cure-play-around-20-festivals-2019-2382083.

 

Asked if they might headline Glastonbury next year in a recent interview, Smith replied: “Yeah, maybe. We haven’t had a happy history with Glastonbury over the years. Although we’ve headlined three times, we’ve never been on the best of terms. I don’t know if they forgive and forget. There are enough other festivals for us to play.”

 

doesn't exactly inspire confidence...I think?

Works in both directions to me. The "yeah, maybe" seems to suggest it could happen, and that Smith wouldn't knock it back despite the history.

It needs to also be remembered that if they were already signed and sealed he's not going to be admitting it, and would have to say something to get past the question.

But anyway, i'm not working off that. I've had specific info that's supposedly come from 2 different well-placed people who are likely to know, and the person who's relayed those to me is trusted by me, with a very good history of giving me correct info early (tho also with a few wrong'uns, but a small number against all the good stuff told me).

That info came to me before anything was public about their festival plans for next summer, too. When i heard it I wasn't too sure, tho the festie dates & info seem to back up what i was told.

(I've also had a further 2 people say it's the Cure, although I know less about them and their sources so can't really judge those for how accurate those might be)

Edited October 5, 2018 by eFestivals

[rzwodezwo]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Works in both directions to me. The "yeah, maybe" seems to suggest it could happen, and that Smith wouldn't knock it back despite the history.

It needs to also be remembered that if they were already signed and sealed he's not going to be admitting it, and would have to say something to get past the question.

But anyway, i'm not working off that. I've had specific info that's supposedly come from 2 different well-placed people who are likely to know, and the person who's relayed it to me is trusted by me.

(I've also had a further 2 people say it's the Cure, although I know less about them and their sources so can't really judge those for how accurate those might be)

Gotcha. I really hope it's them, but won't get my hopes up just yet.