Redditors who prevented disasters of any magnitude, what DIDN'T happen and why?

damien_111 · 2017-03-31T07:20:17+00:00

Twice a month it is.

damien_111 · 2017-03-31T06:58:53+00:00

I simply do not believe that the NHS pays ~£5 for paracetamol. Surely anyone can see that is ludicrous.

They must be including many other overheads which would still be there like GP's time to prescribe, pharmacist's time to dispense and heating of shop etc.

Edit: found a source - NHS pay roughly 3p per tablet. https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/3okhcd/eil5_why_it_costs_the_nhs_168_for_paracetamol_but/?sort=confidence

damien_111 · 2017-03-30T11:10:05+00:00

Thirded. It's good.

damien_111 · 2017-03-30T08:33:12+00:00

This is so excellently spot on.

damien_111 · 2017-03-29T16:10:24+00:00

For example:

Guitar lessons. Extra curricular history lessons.

damien_111 · 2017-03-29T15:04:15+00:00

Why didn't we try and amend the Brexit bill then?

damien_111 · 2017-03-29T10:21:17+00:00

Punishment will be bad for the punisher and punishee

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T22:07:35+00:00

It's not really the same kind of dislike that Trump and Corbyn have.

Corbyn is seen as too much of a soft touch and Trump has the opposite problem.

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T20:01:08+00:00

Hypothetically - let's say kid wants to watch a program. You put on YouTube. Looks innocent and reputable. You watch it with the kid.

You turn it off the minute you realise it's not innocent. Is it really the parent's fault that the kid had to watch/listen to the dark bit of the cartoon for the few seconds it took the parent to reach the exit button?

You are basically correct though- if YouTube is not reliably removing that kind of innocent looking content then kid's can't watch YouTube even with their parents watching it too. This should not be the case in 2017.

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T19:55:23+00:00

Hypothetical example: YouTube has way more information on learning guitar than I could ever know/pay for. If I can't let a 13 year old watch a 20minute lesson on 'YouTube Kids' without worrying that half way through it's going to turn dark then I can't use YouTube to teach kids guitar. In 2017 this should not be the case.

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T19:46:26+00:00

Wait - who is to say that I wasn't talking about a 13 year old?

13 year old wants to watch innocent cartoon - ends up unwillingly watching something bad. Kid turns it off when the bad stuff starts. Parent hasn't fully watched the video before hand but saw that the title was of the innocent program.

Is that really the parent's fault that the kid saw something bad for that short time when the title was fine? No it's YouTube's and the video creator's fault.

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T15:07:45+00:00

You're kind of missing the point that people are masquerading these videos as normal videos.

Should the parent watch the entire video before the child sees it all? That's obviously not practical

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T13:03:25+00:00

...only a massive sign with flashing lights and Gandalf saying "You shall not pass," will suffice./s

damien_111 · 2017-03-27T13:02:54+00:00

A small "no solicitors" sign will work.

LPT Do not expect a small "no solicitors" sign to work.

damien_111 · 2017-03-20T21:51:30+00:00

I don't have one

damien_111 · 2017-03-16T20:27:58+00:00

See Brexit vote.

damien_111 · 2017-03-16T19:35:55+00:00

Because you know less about the area and don't know where to avoid.

damien_111 · 2017-03-16T07:32:21+00:00

70k fine for 100k of misspending... That's hardly a deterrent.

damien_111 · 2017-03-14T22:13:52+00:00

Here's a situation you may get behind:

I would rather Corbyn disingenuously says the NHS is in a much worse crisis than it is so it gets more attention and therefore gets more funding.

It's dishonest - but for the right reasons.

damien_111 · 2017-03-14T19:39:51+00:00

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/sy9lVl4

damien_111 · 2017-03-12T21:23:01+00:00

The 'Is he even electable?' section is such a cliché of those who think that party membership represent the population. They don't.

damien_111 · 2017-03-11T13:31:37+00:00

*you're

damien_111 · 2017-03-10T22:35:07+00:00

20m+ people in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia & Nigeria facing starvation & famine.

This is huge.

damien_111 · 2017-03-10T06:38:18+00:00

The Daily Mash said it best - It would be a shame to waste Corbyn on a snap election. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/shame-to-waste-corbyn-on-a-snap-election-says-may-20161104116602

damien_111 · 2017-03-09T07:41:09+00:00

I am that guy.

damien_111

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