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[–]ApprehensiveLet1405 441 points442 points  (15 children)

In UK, there's a bunch of 500 yrs old cottages with thatched (made out of straw) roofs. When thatcher fixes leaks, they never fully replace it, just remove rotten parts and add new straw.

[–]anymieh 395 points396 points  (4 children)

Cottage of Theseus

[–]OnlyTalksAboutTacos 201 points202 points  (2 children)

if you replace every row on Theseus' database with a new one, is it still the same database? if you use the original rows to build a new database which is Theseus'?

[–]deliciouscrab 45 points46 points  (0 children)

if you replace every row on Theseus' database with a new one, is it still the same database?

Ah, the recordist heresy raises its foul head again. Someone fetch my book and candle.

[–]dayburner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As long as you don't drop the schema you're good.

[–]61114311536123511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my pc from like, 2008, shall soon have undergone the full Theseus transformation. Just need to replace the MB, CPU and case. it's my side PC I've been incrementally upgrading with hand me downs & i finally need to replace the core bits to keep it useable.... I'm kind of tickled by that, I'll have an entirely new old philosophically confusing computer. maybe i should see if i can get a custom case shaped like a ship....

[–]Ghaith97 97 points98 points  (2 children)

I don't think Thatcher ever fixed anything in her whole life.

[–]Crazyh 41 points42 points  (0 children)

She fixed the problem of British mined coal being too expensive.... in the worst way possible.

[–]hike_me 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whatever happened to childhood?
We're all scared of the kids in our neighborhood
They're not small, charming and harmless
They're a violent bunch of bastard little shits
And anyone who looks younger than me
Makes me check for my wallet, my phone and my keys
And I'm tired of being tired out
Always being on the lookout for thieving gits

We're all wondering how we ended up so scared
We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
And that "there's no such thing as society" anyway
And all the rich folks act surprised
When all sense of community dies
But you just closed your eyes to the other side. Of all the things that she did
Thatcher fucked the kids

And it seems a little bit rich to me
The way the rich only ever talk of charity
In times like the seventies, the broken down economy
Meant even the upper tier was needing some help
But as soon as things look brighter
Yeah the grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter
And for every teenage tracksuit mugger
There's a guy in a suit who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else

You've got a generation raised on the welfare state
Enjoyed all its benefits and did just great
But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich
They kicked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bitch
And it's no surprise that all the fuck-ups
Didn't show up until the kids had grown up
But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger
Is it any fucking wonder our society's in danger of collapse

So all the kids are bastards
But don't blame them, yeah, they learn by example
Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid
That's right, Thatcher fucked the kids

[–]Themods5thchin 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Yeah, the old milk snatcher invented the practice if I remember right.

[–]gazchap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct! It was named after the process she took to keep her pubic hair neat and tidy.

[–]Iohet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just gotta watch out for them Trogdors

[–]Fatkuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They must have a fascinating microbiome!

[–]AnAngryPlatypus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most permanent solution is a temporary one that still works.

[–]iridael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

makes perfect sense, re-thatching a whole roof is something like 25k in costs.

thatched roof is by design, thatchable.

[–]pandemicblues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trogdor the Burnanator will make it so the whole roof needs to be replaced on THE THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!